Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board


The Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council. It is overseen by the Manukau ward councillors.
The local board area includes the suburbs of Ōtara, Papatoetoe, East Tāmaki, Puhinui and central Manukau.

Geography

The area includes the suburbs of main suburbs of Ōtara and Papatoetoe, and the neighbouring suburbs of Manukau, Middlemore and Clover Park.

Demographics

Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.
Ōtara-Papatoetoe had a population of 86,949 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 1,827 people since the 2018 census, and an increase of 11,286 people since the 2013 census. There were 43,389 males, 43,365 females and 195 people of other genders in 22,380 dwellings. 2.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 31.1 years. There were 20,448 people aged under 15 years, 21,177 aged 15 to 29, 37,566 aged 30 to 64, and 7,755 aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 14.6% European ; 15.8% Māori; 48.7% Pasifika; 35.4% Asian; 1.0% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders ; and 0.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 88.6%, Māori language by 3.8%, Samoan by 16.3%, and other languages by 30.9%. No language could be spoken by 3.1%. New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 46.5, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 46.6% Christian, 11.9% Hindu, 5.3% Islam, 1.5% Māori religious beliefs, 1.8% Buddhist, 0.1% New Age, and 6.5% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 20.0%, and 6.7% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 10,149 people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 30,309 had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 26,046 people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $36,800, compared with $41,500 nationally. 2,868 people earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 33,858 people were employed full-time, 5,877 were part-time, and 3,333 were unemployed.

2022–2025 term

The current board members, elected at the 2022 local body elections, are:
  • Apulu Reece Autagavaia, Labour –
  • Ofa Dewes, Labour –
  • Albert Lim, INDEPENDENTLY PAPATOETOE –
  • Vi Hausia, Labour –
  • Swanie Nelson, Labour –
  • Ashraf Choudhary, Labour –
  • Topou Folau, –

2019–2022 term

Board members, elected at the 2019 local body elections, are:

2016–2019 term

The board members who served from the 2016 local body elections to the 2019 election were: