Glendene is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

of West Auckland, in

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. It is under the local governance of the

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. Glendene is a mainly residential suburb with the north-eastern portion devoted to light industry.

History

Glendene is named after a farm in the area owned by Percy Jones, which was later subdivided for housing. The Western shores of the

Whau River The Whau River () is an estuarial arm of the southwestern Waitemata Harbour (rather than a river) within the Auckland metropolitan area in New Zealand. It flows north for from its origin at the confluence of the Avondale Stream and Whau Stream ...

were home to many clay and pottery yards in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the Malam, Laurie, Black & Scott and Hepburn yards. Most of the development of Glendene as a residential suburb occurred in the 1960s and 1970s. In April 2014, Glendene became a part of the new Kelston electorate. Th
Glendene Community Hub
was opened in March 2015 in response to Council studies that showed a need for community development in the area.

Demographics

Glendene covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Glendene had a population of 7,719 in the

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, an increase of 156 people (2.1%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 798 people (11.5%) since the 2013 census. There were 3,900 males, 3,789 females and 30 people of other genders in 2,403 dwellings. 3.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 35.5 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 1,494 people (19.4%) aged under 15 years, 1,632 (21.1%) aged 15 to 29, 3,645 (47.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 948 (12.3%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 37.9% European (

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); 15.0%

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; 28.2% Pasifika; 33.1% Asian; 2.9% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.4% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 92.7%, Māori language by 3.6%, Samoan by 8.6%, and other languages by 30.2%. No language could be spoken by 2.5% (e.g. too young to talk).

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was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 40.7, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 39.6%

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, 8.7%

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, 5.1%

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, 1.1%

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, 2.1%

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, 0.3%

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, 0.1%

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, and 1.5% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 34.2%, and 7.5% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 1,389 (22.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 2,949 (47.4%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,890 (30.4%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $41,700, compared with $41,500 nationally. 501 people (8.0%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,309 (53.2%) people were employed full-time, 642 (10.3%) were part-time, and 252 (4.0%) were unemployed.

Education

The local primary school (years 1 - 6) is Glendene School (opened in 1965) It is coeducational. The roll was as of Nearby secondary schools are Henderson High School,

Kelston Boys' High School Kelston Boys' High School ("KBHS") () is an all-boys state secondary school in Kelston, a suburb in the Waitakere region of Auckland, New Zealand. It was created in 1963 when the roll of Kelston High School (formed in 1954) became too large fo ...

Kelston Girls' College Kelston Girls’ College (KGC) is a single-sex girls state secondary school in Kelston, New Zealand, Kelston, a suburb in West Auckland, New Zealand, West Auckland, New Zealand. It was created in 1963 when the roll of Kelston High School (formed ...

Liston College Liston College is a school in Henderson, New Zealand, Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand, for year seven to 13 boys and offers a Roman Catholic, Catholic education to its students. It was the second List of Christian Brothers schools, school open ...

and St Dominic's College.

Notes

External links

Photographs of Glendene
held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections.
Glendene Community Society
{{Henderson-Massey Local Board Area Suburbs of Auckland Henderson-Massey Local Board Area Populated places around the Waitematā Harbour West Auckland, New Zealand