Howick Ward is an
Auckland Council
Auckland Council () is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that also has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is a unitary authority, according to t ...
ward which elects two councillors and covers the
Howick Local Board
Howick Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council, and is overseen by the council's Howick Ward councillors.
The board's administrative area includes the suburbs Pakuranga, Howick, Flat Bush, and East Tāmaki, and ...
. Sharon Stewart and Maurice Williamson are the current councillors.
Demographics
Howick ward covers
and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2.

Howick ward had a population of 153,570 in the
2023 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 12,600 people (8.9%) since the
2018 census, and an increase of 26,445 people (20.8%) since the
2013 census. There were 75,996 males, 77,190 females and 381 people of
other genders in 47,061 dwellings.
2.5% of people identified as
LGBTIQ+. The median age was 38.1 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 29,202 people (19.0%) aged under 15 years, 29,346 (19.1%) aged 15 to 29, 73,104 (47.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 21,915 (14.3%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 38.1%
European
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(
Pākehā
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); 6.3%
Māori
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Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...
; 8.0%
Pasifika; 52.5%
Asian; 2.8% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.7% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 88.6%, Māori language by 1.1%, Samoan by 2.1%, and other languages by 43.3%. No language could be spoken by 2.1% (e.g. too young to talk).
New Zealand Sign Language
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was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 55.5, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 32.4%
Christian
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, 7.2%
Hindu
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, 3.5%
Islam
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, 0.3%
Māori religious beliefs
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...
, 3.6%
Buddhist
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, 0.2%
New Age
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, 0.1%
Jewish
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, and 4.3% other religions. People who answered that they had
no religion were 42.6%, and 5.9% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 39,618 (31.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 49,611 (39.9%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 35,130 (28.2%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $44,900, compared with $41,500 nationally. 17,046 people (13.7%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 66,246 (53.3%) people were employed full-time, 14,814 (11.9%) were part-time, and 3,156 (2.5%) were unemployed.
Councillors
(a)By-election result.
Election Results
Election Results for the Howick Ward:
2022 Election Results
References
{{Subdivisions of Auckland Council
Wards of the Auckland Region
East Auckland