Whau 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 ...

ward which elects one councillor and covers the

Whau Local Board The Whau Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council. It is the only local board overseen by the council's Whau Ward councillor. The Whau board, named after the Whau River estuary which runs through the board area, cover ...

. The current councillor is

Kerrin Leoni Kerrin Leoni is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor. In 2022, Leoni was elected as the Whau ward councillor. Early life Leoni is of Māori ( Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāi Takoto, and Ngāti Kurī) and European (Italian and Irish) des ...

Demographics

Whau ward covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Whau ward had a population of 79,356 at the

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, an increase of 6,762 people (9.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 10,185 people (14.7%) since the

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. There were 24,675 households, comprising 39,639 males and 39,717 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female. The median age was 34.4 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 15,000 people (18.9%) aged under 15 years, 18,480 (23.3%) aged 15 to 29, 36,252 (45.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 9,624 (12.1%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 40.4% European/

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, 9.9%

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, 18.7% Pacific peoples, 40.3%

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, and 3.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 47.1, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 36.5% had no religion, 36.5% were

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, 0.6% had Māori religious beliefs, 10.7% were

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, 5.6% were

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, 2.3% were

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and 2.6% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 18,240 (28.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 9,210 (14.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $29,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. 9,174 people (14.3%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 32,553 (50.6%) people were employed full-time, 8,247 (12.8%) were part-time, and 2,871 (4.5%) were unemployed.

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2019 Election Results

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