Henderson-Massey Local Board Area
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Henderson-Massey Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the
Auckland Council Auckland Council () is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that also has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is a unitary authority, according to t ...
, and is overseen by the council's Waitākere Ward councillors. The board's administrative area includes the suburbs of Glendene, Henderson, Massey, Rānui, Sunnyvale, Te Atatū Peninsula, Te Atatū South, Westgate and West Harbour, and covers from the foothills of the Waitākere Ranges in the west and the Waitematā Harbour in the east. The board is governed by eight board members elected at-large. The inaugural members were elected in the nationwide 2010 local elections, coinciding with the introduction of the Auckland Council.


Demographics

Henderson-Massey Local Board Area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Henderson-Massey had a population of 124,779 in the
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, an increase of 6,357 people (5.4%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 17,094 people (15.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 61,803 males, 62,574 females and 399 people of other genders in 39,114 dwellings. 3.2% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 34.3 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 26,208 people (21.0%) aged under 15 years, 26,142 (21.0%) aged 15 to 29, 58,566 (46.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 13,863 (11.1%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 43.6% European (
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); 18.1% Māori; 22.2% Pasifika; 31.7% Asian; 2.9% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.0% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 91.5%, Māori language by 4.1%, Samoan by 6.2%, and other languages by 28.3%. No language could be spoken by 2.9% (e.g. too young to talk).
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was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 40.0, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 37.2%
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, 5.8%
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, 3.3%
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, 1.2%
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, 1.8%
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, 0.4%
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, 0.1%
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, and 1.6% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 42.5%, and 6.3% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 24,441 (24.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 44,448 (45.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 29,679 (30.1%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $41,900, compared with $41,500 nationally. 9,648 people (9.8%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 52,782 (53.5%) people were employed full-time, 10,701 (10.9%) were part-time, and 3,972 (4.0%) were unemployed.


Board members


2016–2019

* Shane Henderson (chair) (Labour) * Peter Chan (deputy chair) (Independent) * Paula Bold-Wilson (Labour) * Brenda Brady (Independent) * Warren Flaunty (Independent) * Will Flavell (Labour) * Matt Grey (Labour) * Vanessa Neeson (Independent)


2019–2022

* Chris Carter (chair) (Labour) * Will Flavell (Labour) * Brooke Loader (Labour) * Brenda Brady (Independent) * Peter Chan (Independent) * Ingrid Papau (Independent) * Matt Grey (Independent) * Vanessa Neeson (Independent)


2022–2025

* Chris Carter (chair) (Labour) * Will Flavell (Labour) * Brooke Loader (Labour) * Brenda Brady (Independent) * Peter Chan (Independent) * Ingrid Papau (Independent) * Dan Collins (Labour) *
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(Labour)


References

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