The Manurewa Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the
Auckland Council. It is overseen by the
Manurewa-Papakura ward councillor.
The local board area includes the areas of
Wiri,
Hillpark,
Manurewa East
Manurewa East is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. Formerly part of Manukau City, it is now under the local governance of Auckland Council, following the merger of Manukau City Council with all of Auckland's other councils in 2010 to form a sin ...
,
Homai,
Weymouth and
Wattle Downs.
Demographics
Manurewa Local Board Area covers
and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2.
Manurewa Local Board Area had a population of 95,670 at the
2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 13,428 people (16.3%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 18,480 people (23.9%) since the
2006 census. There were 23,562 households, comprising 47,841 males and 47,826 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female. The median age was 29.5 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 24,687 people (25.8%) aged under 15 years, 23,985 (25.1%) aged 15 to 29, 39,021 (40.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 7,977 (8.3%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 29.2% European/
Pākehā
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, 26.0%
Māori, 36.3%
Pacific peoples, 25.4%
Asian, and 2.7% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 36.3, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 28.1% had no religion, 46.1% were
Christian, 2.8% had
Māori religious beliefs, 7.6% were
Hindu, 2.7% were
Muslim, 1.6% were
Buddhist
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and 5.4% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 10,281 (14.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 14,673 (20.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $27,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. 7,311 people (10.3%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 35,928 (50.6%) people were employed full-time, 7,569 (10.7%) were part-time, and 4,377 (6.2%) were unemployed.
2019–2022 term
The current board members, elected at the
2019 local body elections, are:
*Joseph Allan, Manurewa Action Team – (7027 votes)
*Anne Candy, Manurewa Action Team – (6712 votes)
*Rangi Mclean, Manurewa Action Team – (6695 votes)
*Ken Penney, Manurewa Action Team – (6682 votes)
*Glenn Murphy, Manurewa Action Team – (6041 votes)
*Melissa Atama, Manurewa Action Team – (6030 votes)
*David Pizzini, Manurewa Action Team – (5843 votes)
*Tabetha Gorrie, Manurewa Action Team – (4963 votes)
2016–2019 term
The board members who served from the
2016 local body elections to the 2019 elections were:
*
Angela Dalton (Chair)
* Stella Cattle (Deputy chair)
* Joseph Allan
* Rangi McLean
* Sarah Colcord
* Angela Cunningham-Marino
* Ken Penney
* Dave Pizzini
References
{{Auckland Council local boards
Local boards of the Auckland Region