Hibiscus and Bays Local Board
The Hibiscus and Bays Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council. It is one of two boards overseen by the council's Albany Ward councillors. The board consists of eight members elected at large.
The board's area is divided into the Hibiscus Coast subdivision and the East Coast Bays subdivision, the latter of which stretches as far south as Campbells Bay. The board area also includes Tiritiri Matangi Island, off the end of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula.
Geography
The area includes the suburbs of Waiwera, Orewa, Red Beach, Stanmore Bay, Manly, Army Bay, Gulf Harbour, Arkles Bay, Silverdale, Stillwater, Long Bay, Torbay, Waiake, Browns Bay, Rothesay Bay, Murrays Bay, Mairangi Bay and Campbells Bay.The boundary of Hibiscus and Bays stretches from Waiwera in the north to Campbells Bay in the south, and across the Whangaparaoa Peninsula out to Tiritiri Matangi Island in the east. The main town centres are at Orewa, Silverdale, Whangaparaoa, Browns Bay and Mairangi Bay.
Demographics
Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.Hibiscus and Bays had a population of 114,033 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 10,023 people since the 2018 census, and an increase of 24,204 people since the 2013 census. There were 55,452 males, 58,203 females and 378 people of other genders in 40,431 dwellings. 2.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 41.3 years. There were 21,477 people aged under 15 years, 18,345 aged 15 to 29, 52,998 aged 30 to 64, and 21,210 aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 75.9% European ; 7.2% Māori; 2.4% Pasifika; 20.6% Asian; 2.2% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders ; and 2.2% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 94.7%, Māori language by 1.0%, Samoan by 0.2%, and other languages by 24.7%. No language could be spoken by 1.9%. New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 42.9, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 33.4% Christian, 1.2% Hindu, 0.7% Islam, 0.2% Māori religious beliefs, 1.1% Buddhist, 0.4% New Age, 0.2% Jewish, and 1.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 55.1%, and 6.7% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 29,469 people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 43,065 had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 20,022 people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $46,400, compared with $41,500 nationally. 17,022 people earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 47,388 people were employed full-time, 13,191 were part-time, and 1,920 were unemployed.