Kaipātiki Local Board
The Kaipātiki Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of Auckland Council, and is one of the two boards overseen by the council's North Shore Ward councillors. It covers Glenfield south to Northcote Point. Its eastern border is the Northern Motorway and its western border is the Waitematā Harbour. The board sits within the Glenfield Library building on Bentley Ave, Glenfield. AUT's Akoranga Campus is the only tertiary institution in the North Shore ward, and it is in the Kaipātiki board area.
Geography
It includes the suburbs of Totara Vale, Wairau Valley, Bayview, Glenfield, Birkdale, Beach Haven, Hillcrest, Chatswood, Northcote, Northcote Point and Birkenhead.Demographics
Kaipātiki Local Board Area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.Kaipātiki had a population of 88,128 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 141 people since the 2018 census, and an increase of 5,634 people since the 2013 census. There were 43,440 males, 44,343 females and 345 people of other genders in 29,928 dwellings. 4.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 36.1 years. There were 16,125 people aged under 15 years, 17,787 aged 15 to 29, 42,936 aged 30 to 64, and 11,283 aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 56.5% European ; 9.4% Māori; 6.6% Pasifika; 34.8% Asian; 3.6% 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 92.3%, Māori language by 1.9%, Samoan by 1.1%, and other languages by 31.8%. No language could be spoken by 2.5%. New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 45.9, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 32.6% Christian, 3.3% Hindu, 1.8% Islam, 0.4% Māori religious beliefs, 2.0% Buddhist, 0.4% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 1.6% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 52.0%, and 5.9% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 27,108 people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 28,863 had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 16,032 people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $50,000, compared with $41,500 nationally. 11,682 people earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 41,247 people were employed full-time, 8,976 were part-time, and 1,893 were unemployed.
Board members
The Board has eight members, elected in the 2022 Auckland local elections.| Name | Party | Position | |
| John Gillon | Shore Action | Chairperson | |
| Danielle Grant | Shore Action | Deputy Chairperson | |
| Paula Gillon | Shore Action | ||
| Melanie Kenrick | Shore Action | ||
| Adrian Tyler | Shore Action | ||
| Janet Tupou | Shore Action | ||
| Erica Hannam | Shore Action | ||
| Tim Spring | Shore Action |