Westlake is a suburb of the North Shore in New Zealand's

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urban area. It lies eight kilometres to the northwest of the Auckland CBD between the major suburbs of

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and Glenfield. The name arises from its position on the western shoreline of

Lake Pupuke Lake Pupuke (traditionally known in Māori as Pupukemoana) is a heart-shaped freshwater lake occupying a volcanic crater (or maar) between the suburbs of Takapuna and Milford on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. The heart shape is a re ...

Demographics

Westlake covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Westlake had a population of 2,994 at the

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, an increase of 198 people (7.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 471 people (18.7%) since the

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. There were 1,104 households, comprising 1,338 males and 1,656 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.81 males per female. The median age was 38.9 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 516 people (17.2%) aged under 15 years, 561 (18.7%) aged 15 to 29, 1,305 (43.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 612 (20.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 55.5% European/

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, 3.3%

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, 2.1% Pacific peoples, 41.5%

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, and 3.5% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 51.3, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 45.8% had no religion, 41.3% were

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, 0.1% had Māori religious beliefs, 2.3% were

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, 1.6% were

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, 2.3% were

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and 1.1% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 900 (36.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 246 (9.9%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $33,500, compared with $31,800 nationally. 501 people (20.2%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,164 (47.0%) people were employed full-time, 306 (12.3%) were part-time, and 72 (2.9%) were unemployed.

Education

Westlake Boys High School Westlake Boys High School is a state secondary school for boys located in Forrest Hill, Auckland, New Zealand. The school opened in 1962, when Westlake High School (opened 1958) split into Westlake Girls High School on the existing site and We ...

and

Westlake Girls High School Westlake Girls High School is a state girls secondary school, located to the west of Lake Pupuke in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. The school was established in 1958 as a coeducational school, changing to girls only in 1962 when Westlake Boys ...

are single-sex secondary (years 9-13) private schools with rolls of and respectively, as of Westlake High School, which opened in 1958, became Westlake Girls High School in 1962 after Westlake Boys High School opened.

References

{{Devonport-Takapuna Local Board Area Suburbs of Auckland North Shore, New Zealand Populated lakeshore places in New Zealand