Puketāpapa Local Board
The Puketāpapa Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council, and is one of the two boards overseen by the council's Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward councilors.
The Puketāpapa board, named after the Māori name for Mount Roskill, covers the suburbs of Hillsborough, Lynfield, Mount Roskill, Three Kings, Waikowhai, and Wesley.
The board is governed by six board members elected at-large. The first board members were elected by the nationwide local elections, which were held on Saturday 9 October 2010.
Geography
The area includes the suburbs of Wesley, Three Kings, Mt Roskill, Royal Oak, Hillsborough, Waikowhai and Lynfield.Demographics
Puketāpapa Local Board Area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.Puketāpapa had a population of 56,949 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 606 people since the 2018 census, and an increase of 4,011 people since the 2013 census. There were 28,290 males, 28,446 females and 213 people of other genders in 18,045 dwellings. 3.5% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 35.7 years. There were 9,549 people aged under 15 years, 13,083 aged 15 to 29, 26,040 aged 30 to 64, and 8,277 aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 32.1% European ; 6.7% Māori; 15.7% Pasifika; 50.4% Asian; 4.6% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders ; and 1.4% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 89.7%, Māori language by 1.4%, Samoan by 4.0%, and other languages by 42.1%. No language could be spoken by 2.3%. New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 52.7, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 33.5% Christian, 13.8% Hindu, 8.3% Islam, 0.3% Māori religious beliefs, 2.3% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 1.9% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 34.1%, and 5.6% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 17,379 people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 17,211 had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 12,813 people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $41,100, compared with $41,500 nationally. 5,580 people earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 24,519 people were employed full-time, 5,679 were part-time, and 1,461 were unemployed.