Howick Ward is an
Auckland Council
Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is a ...
ward which elects two councillors and covers the
Howick Local Board
Howick Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council, and is overseen by the council's Howick Ward councillors.
The board's administrative area includes the suburbs Pakuranga, Howick, Flat Bush, and East Tāmaki, and ...
. Sharon Stewart and Maurice Williamson are the current councillors.
Demographics
Howick ward covers
and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2.
Howick ward had a population of 140,970 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 13,845 people (10.9%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 27,465 people (24.2%) since the
2006 census. There were 43,587 households, comprising 69,399 males and 71,568 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.97 males per female. The median age was 37.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 27,279 people (19.4%) aged under 15 years, 28,542 (20.2%) aged 15 to 29, 66,066 (46.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 19,086 (13.5%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 46.0% European/
Pākehā
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, 5.7%
Māori
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, 5.7%
Pacific peoples, 46.5%
Asian, and 3.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 53.1, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 42.2% had no religion, 35.8% were
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, 0.3% had
Māori religious beliefs, 6.3% were
Hindu, 2.8% were
Muslim, 3.4% were
Buddhist
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and 4.0% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 33,936 (29.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 13,800 (12.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $34,900, compared with $31,800 nationally. 22,953 people (20.2%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 58,050 (51.1%) people were employed full-time, 15,138 (13.3%) were part-time, and 3,843 (3.4%) were unemployed.
Councillors
(a)By-election result.
Election Results
Election Results for the Howick Ward:
2022 Election Results
References
{{Subdivisions of Auckland Council
Wards of the Auckland Region