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Waitākere Ward
ward of Auckland

Country	New Zealand
Island	North Island
Region	Auckland Region
Area ^[1]
• Land	358.95 km² (138.59 sq mi)
Population (June 2024)^[2]
• Total	192,900

Waitākere Ward is a district of Auckland Council in New Zealand. It consists of the part of the old Waitakere City lying west of a line from Te Atatū Peninsula to Titirangi.

The ward elects two councillors, currently Shane Henderson and Ken Turner, who have oversight of its two local boards, Henderson-Massey and Waitākere Ranges.

Demographics

Waitākere ward covers 358.95 km² (138.59 sq mi)^[1] and had an estimated population of 192,900 as of June 2024, with a population density of 537 people per km².

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	144,288	—
2013	156,081	+1.13%
2018	170,514	+1.78%
Source: ^[3]

Waitākere ward had a population of 170,514 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 14,433 people (9.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 26,226 people (18.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 52,704 households, comprising 84,312 males and 86,205 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female. The median age was 34.1 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 38,010 people (22.3%) aged under 15 years, 36,177 (21.2%) aged 15 to 29, 78,606 (46.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 17,724 (10.4%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 56.6% European/Pākehā, 15.8% Māori, 18.1% Pacific peoples, 23.3% Asian, and 3.6% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 35.2, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 44.9% had no religion, 37.6% were Christian, 1.0% had Māori religious beliefs, 4.3% were Hindu, 2.4% were Muslim, 1.6% were Buddhist and 2.2% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 31,212 (23.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 21,096 (15.9%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $33,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. 22,464 people (17.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 70,071 (52.9%) people were employed full-time, 17,391 (13.1%) were part-time, and 6,114 (4.6%) were unemployed.^[3]

Councillors

Waitākere Ward councillors of Auckland
Incumbent Shane Henderson Ken Turner
Term length	Three years
Inaugural holder	Penny Hulse Sandra Coney
Formation	1 November 2010
Website	www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Election		Councillors Elected	Affiliation	Votes	Notes
2010	1	Penny Hulse	Independent	18125	Hulse was appointed Deputy Mayor of Auckland by mayor Len Brown, and served alongside him until he stepped down. She was replaced by Bill Cashmore upon Phil Goff becoming Mayor in 2016.
2010	2	Sandra Coney	Best for the West	13451
2013	1	Penny Hulse	West at Heart	19498
2013	2	Linda Cooper	Independent	11437
2016^[4]	1	Penny Hulse	West at Heart	19935^[5]	Hulse retired from Auckland Council at the 2019 elections.^[6]
2016^[4]	2	Linda Cooper	Independent	12442^[5]
2019	1	Linda Cooper	Independent	14750^[7]
2019	2	Shane Henderson	Labour	14695^[7]
2022	1	Shane Henderson	Labour	16545^[8]
2022	2	Ken Turner	WestWards	14654^[8]	Seat gained from Linda Cooper by 659 votes

Election Results

Election Results for the Waitākere Ward:

2022 election results

	Name	Affiliation	Votes
1	Shane Henderson	Labour	16545
2	Ken Turner	WestWards	14654
	Linda Cooper	Independent	13995
	Shawn Blanchfield	WestWards	8472
	Peter Chan	Independent	8199
	Tua Schuster	Independent	3278
	Aimela Hansen	Independent	2648
	Michael Coote	Independent	2550
Blank			1528
Informal			61

^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Waitākere Ward (07604).
^ "Local body election nominations close". Radio New Zealand. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Ward councillors – Waitākere Ward confirmed" (PDF). Auckland Council. 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^ "Penny Hulse farewells council life". Our Auckland. Auckland Council. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Local board members" (PDF). Auckland Council. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Local Elections 2022 - Official Results" (PDF). Auckland Council. 15 October 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

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