Stanley Point (previously Stanley Bay) is a small suburb located on the North Shore of

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, near Devonport, another suburb. It is mostly residential. The

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lies to the east of the bay on the south side of the Stanley Bay peninsula and is connected to storage facilities on the north side at Ngataringa Bay by a tunnel.

Name

The suburb was known as Stanley Bay until December 2007 when The New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) officially named the suburb as Stanley Point. The area is named after Owen Stanley, captain of , who conducted a survey of the Waitematā Harbour in 1841. During the construction of the Calliope Dock in the 1880s, Stanley Bay was home to a

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village for the labourers who worked on the dock construction.

Demographics

Stanley Point covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Stanley Point had a population of 1,977 in the

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, a decrease of 48 people (−2.4%) since the 2018 census, and a decrease of 63 people (−3.1%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,032 males, 939 females and 3 people of other genders in 624 dwellings. 3.6% of people identified as

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. The median age was 39.1 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 342 people (17.3%) aged under 15 years, 501 (25.3%) aged 15 to 29, 867 (43.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 264 (13.4%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 89.2%

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); 9.4%

; 3.5% Pasifika; 5.9% Asian; 1.5% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.0% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 98.0%, Māori language by 1.8%, Samoan by 0.3%, and other languages by 13.1%. No language could be spoken by 1.1% (e.g. too young to talk).

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was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 31.6, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 24.1%

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, 0.5%

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, 0.2%

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, 0.6%

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, 0.6%

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, and 1.4% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 66.8%, and 5.8% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 744 (45.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 723 (44.2%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 162 (9.9%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $58,700, compared with $41,500 nationally. 486 people (29.7%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 999 (61.1%) people were employed full-time, 210 (12.8%) were part-time, and 21 (1.3%) were unemployed.

Education

Stanley Bay School is a coeducational contributing primary school (years 1–6), with a roll of as of The school motto is "Those Who Do Their Best Do Well". The school was founded in 1909

Notes

External links

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held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections. {{Subject bar, auto=y, d=y, portal=New Zealand Suburbs of Auckland North Shore, New Zealand Populated places around the Waitematā Harbour