Birkdale is a suburb of the contiguous

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metropolitan area located in

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. It comprises statistical area units such as 'Birkdale North' and 'Birkdale South'. The suburb is located in the North Shore, and is under the governance of Auckland Council.

Demographics

Birkdale covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Birkdale had a population of 8,898 at the

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, an increase of 561 people (6.7%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,002 people (12.7%) since the

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. There were 2,856 households, comprising 4,392 males and 4,506 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.97 males per female, with 1,932 people (21.7%) aged under 15 years, 1,956 (22.0%) aged 15 to 29, 4,242 (47.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 771 (8.7%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 65.2% European/

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, 13.1%

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, 9.7% Pacific peoples, 22.2%

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, and 5.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 39.3, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 49.4% had no religion, 36.9% were Christian, 0.5% had Māori religious beliefs, 2.5% were

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, 2.0% were Muslim, 1.3% were

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and 2.3% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 2,202 (31.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 828 (11.9%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,455 people (20.9%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 4,143 (59.5%) people were employed full-time, 906 (13.0%) were part-time, and 237 (3.4%) were unemployed.

Education

Birkenhead College is a secondary (years 9-13) school with a roll of students. The school began as Birkdale College, opening in 1972. Notable alumni includes comedian Melanie Bracewell. Birkdale Intermediate is an intermediate (years 7-8) school with a roll of . Birkdale North School and Birkdale Primary School are contributing primary (years 1-6) schools with rolls of and , respectively. Birkdale Primary was established in 1894. All of these schools are

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. Rolls are as of

Notes

External links

Birkenhead College website

Birkdale Intermediate website

Birkdale Primary School website

Birkdale North School website

Photographs of Birkdale
held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections. {{Kaipātiki Local Board Area Suburbs of Auckland North Shore, New Zealand Kaipātiki Local Board Area