Waiake

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2017}} {{stack begin}} {{Infobox New Zealand suburbs | name = Waiake | image = Waiake Beach and The Tor.jpg | caption1 = Waiake Beach and The Tor | city1 = Auckland | ward = Albany<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/SiteCollectionDocuments/ward_albany.pdf|accessdate=27 May 2017|title=Albany Ward|publisher=Auckland Council}}</ref> | council = Auckland Council | board = Hibiscus and Bays | established = | area = 125 | areasource = <ref name="Area"/> | population = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Waiake|y}} | popdate = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y}} | popsource = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2||||y}} | population_density_km2 = auto | trainstations = | ferryterminals = | buswaystations = | airports = | hospitals = | coordinates = {{coord|-36.7071|174.7497|region:NZ|display=inline,title}} | mapframe = y | mapframe-zoom = 13 | caption2 = | postcode = 0630 }} {{Adjacent place | centre = Waiake | north = Torbay | northeast = Hauraki Gulf | east = Hauraki Gulf | southeast = Hauraki Gulf | south = Browns Bay | southwest = Northcross | west = Northcross | northwest = Torbay Heights }} {{stack end}} '''Waiake''' is one of the northernmost suburbs of the North Shore, in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located in the East Coast Bays between the suburbs of Browns Bay to the south and Torbay to the north. It has a beach (named '''Waiake Beach'''), which looks out to the Tor, a presque-isle at the north end of the beach that becomes an island at high tide. Waiake is under the local governance of the Auckland Council.

==Geography== [[File:2Bio Field Trip Waiake.JPG|thumb|left|A biology trip to the Waitemata Group sandstone cliffs south of Waiake Beach]]

Waiake is a suburb of North Shore in Auckland, New Zealand, adjacent to Waiake Beach. It is in the East Coast Bays area, surrounded by Torbay, New Zealand to the north and west, and Browns Bay to the south.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{Cite web |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/6609 |title=Waiake |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/45471 |title=Torbay |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref> Deep Creek is a stream along the border between Torbay and Waiake that flows eastwards into Waiake Beach.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/19476 |title=Deep Creek |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>

The bay to the east of the suburb is called Torbay,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/44462 |title=Torbay |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref> which has a small coastal stack presque-isle known as the Tor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/43837 |title=The Tor |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="ThematicReview2">{{cite report |url=https://knowledgeauckland.org.nz/media/1741/tr2011-010-north-shore-heritage-thematic-review-vol-2-parts-6plus-july-2011.pdf |title=North Shore heritage – North Shore area studies and scheduled items list: volume 2 parts 6+ |first1=Heike |last1=Lutz |first2=Theresa |last2=Chan |work=Heritage Consultancy Services |publisher=Auckland Council |date=2011 |access-date=7 July 2023 |archive-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201094607/https://knowledgeauckland.org.nz/media/1741/tr2011-010-north-shore-heritage-thematic-review-vol-2-parts-6plus-july-2011.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The south-eastern headland of the suburb is called Tipau Point.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/44123 |title=Tipau Point |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>

The land at Torbay is primarily made up of Waitemata Group sandstone, which formed during the Miocene approximately 16 to 22 million years ago on the seafloor. Gradually, the seafloor was uplifted due to tectonic forces.<ref name="ThematicReview2"/> Prior to human settlement, pōhutukawa trees were a major feature of Waiake.<ref>{{cite report|title=The Māori Archaeology of Te Raki Paewhenua/North Shore|first=Dave|last=Veart|publisher=Auckland North Community and Development|year=2018|isbn=978-0-9941358-4-1|page=10}}</ref>

==History== [[File:Tīpau Point from SE from the air.jpg|thumb|left|Tipau Point between Waiake and Browns Bay was the location of Ōmangaia, a defensive headland pā in the 18th century]]

===Māori history=== Māori settlement of the Auckland Region began around the 13th or 14th centuries.<ref name="Waikōwhai Coast">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/local-boards/all-local-boards/puketapapa-local-board/docsheritagestudies/waikowhai-coast-heritage-study.pdf |title=Waikōwhai Coast Heritage Study |first1=Elizabeth |last1=Pishief |first2=Brendan |last2=Shirley|date=August 2015|publisher=Auckland Council|access-date=14 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="Penlink">{{cite report|url=https://nzta.govt.nz/assets/projects/penlink/docs/penlink-cultural-and-environmental-context-cultural-environmental-design-framework.pdf |title=Penlink Cultural & Environmental Design Framework: Penlink Cultural and Environmental Context |author=Boffa Miskell |publisher=Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency |access-date=4 July 2023}}</ref> The North Shore was settled by Tāmaki Māori, including people descended from the ''Tainui'' migratory canoe and ancestors of figures such as Taikehu and Peretū.<ref name="NgaiTaiValues">{{cite report|url=https://www.epa.govt.nz/assets/FileAPI/proposal/NSP000039/Applicants-proposal-documents/7a1333716c/NSP000039-NCI-Vol-2-AEE-Appendix-F-Cultural-Values-Assessments.pdf |title=Cultural Values Assessment Report to New Zealand Transport Agency for Northern Corridor Improvements Project (NCI) |author=Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki |publisher=NZ Transport Agency |date=April 2016 |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> During his arrival in New Zealand, Hoturoa, captain of the ''Tainui'', guided the waka to the Waiake Lagoon (Deep Creek), which was a safe anchorage for the canoe.{{sfn|Willis|2018|pp=6}}

Many of the early Tāmaki Māori people of the North Shore identified as Ngā Oho.<ref name="Wynyard">{{cite report|url=https://www.waitangitribunal.govt.nz/assets/E79-CVA-Te-Kawerau-Iwi-Tribunal-Authority.pdf |title=Cultural Values Assessment for America's Cup 36 - Wynyard and Hobson Planning Application |first=Sarah |last=Mossman |work=Te Kawerau Iwi Tribunal Authority |date=August 2018 |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> While the poor soils of the upper North Shore hindered dense settlement,<ref name="ThematicReview1">{{cite report |url=https://knowledgeauckland.org.nz/media/1737/tr2011-010-north-shore-heritage-thematic-review-vol-1-july-2011.pdf |title=North Shore Heritage - Thematic Review Report Volume 1 |author=Heritage Consultancy Services |publisher=Auckland Council |date=1 July 2011 |isbn=978-1-927169-21-6 |access-date=29 June 2023 |archive-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201094618/https://knowledgeauckland.org.nz/media/1737/tr2011-010-north-shore-heritage-thematic-review-vol-1-july-2011.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> traditional resources in the area included fish, shellfish and marine birds.<ref name="ManuhiriFiona">{{cite report|url=https://www.epa.govt.nz/assets/FileAPI/proposal/NSP000039/Applicants-proposal-documents/7a1333716c/NSP000039-NCI-Vol-2-AEE-Appendix-F-Cultural-Values-Assessments.pdf |title=Cultural Impact Assessment for the NZ Transport Agency's Northern Corridor Improvements |first=Fiona |last=McKenzie |work=Manuhiri Kaitiaki Charitable Trust |publisher=NZ Transport Agency |date=June 2016 |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> The headland near the Tor to the east of Waiake is a known pā site.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/UnitaryPlanDocuments/pc-78-chapter-l-schedules-part-two.pdf |title=Schedule 14.1 Schedule of Historic Heritage |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>

The traditional name for the wider Torbay area is {{lang|mi|Waiake}}, meaning "Eternal Spring",<ref name="ThematicReview2"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2020/06/torbay-gem-gets-a-helping-hand/ |title=Torbay gem gets a helping hand |author=OurAuckland |date=24 June 2020 |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref> referring to a pool upstream of Deep Creek known as a good location to catch kahawai.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> An alternative explanation of the name is that the name means "Waters of Akeake", referring to ''Dodonaea viscosa'' (akeake / broadleaf hopbush).{{sfn|Willis|2018|pp=6}} The mouth of Deep Creek is a kāinga site. Stone adzes have been found at the river mouth, and remains of waka and paddles have been found in Deep Creek.{{sfn|Willis|2018|pp=6}}<ref name="ThematicReview2"/> Lonely Track Road was an overland {{lang|mi|ara}} (pathway), linking the Lucas Creek in the north-western Waitematā Harbour to the streams of the east coast, such as the Awaruku Creek.<ref name="ThematicReview2"/>

The warrior Maki migrated from the Kāwhia Harbour to his ancestral home in the Auckland Region, likely sometime in the 17th century. Maki conquered and unified many the Tāmaki Māori tribes as Te Kawerau ā Maki, including those of the North Shore.<ref name="AucklandCouncilWaitHeritage">{{Cite web| date=December 2018 | title = Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage-walks-places/docswaitakererangesheritagearea/waitakere-ranges-heritage-area-local-parks-design-guide.pdf | publisher = Auckland Council| access-date = 28 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="Murdoch">{{Cite book| editor-first=James| editor-last=Northcote-Bade |title=West Auckland Remembers, Volume 1 |year=1990 |publisher=West Auckland Historical Society |isbn=0-473-00983-8 |chapter=Nga Tohu o Waitakere: the Maori Place Names of the Waitakere River Valley and its Environs; their Background History and an Explanation of their Meaning |first1=Graeme |last1=Murdoch |pages=13–14}}</ref> After Maki's death, his sons settled different areas of his lands, creating new hapū. His younger son Maraeariki settled the North Shore and Hibiscus Coast, who based himself at the head of the Ōrewa River. Maraeariki's daughter Kahu succeeded him, and she is the namesake of the North Shore, {{lang|mi|Te Whenua Roa o Kahu}} ("The Greater Lands of Kahu"),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngati-Manuhiri/Ngati-Manuhiri-Deed-of-Settlement-21-May-2011.pdf |title=Deed of Settlement of Historical Claims |author1=Ngāti Manuhiri |author2=The Crown|date=21 May 2011|publisher=New Zealand Government|access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="Taonga">{{cite web|url=https://restorehb.org.nz/resources-matauranga-maori/ |title=He taonga o te rohe |first=Mel |last=Whaanga |publisher=Restore Hibiscus & Bays |date=March 2022 |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> Many of the iwi of the North Shore, including Ngāti Manuhiri, Ngāti Maraeariki, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Poataniwha, Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki and Ngāti Whātua, can trace their lineage to Kahu.<ref name="Taonga"/><ref name="DeedNgaiTai">{{Cite web|last=Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki and the Trustees of the Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki Trust and the Crown|date=7 November 2015|title=Deed of settlement schedule documents|url=https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki-Documents-Schedule-Nov-2015.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=31 October 2021|website=NZ Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213154038/https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki-Documents-Schedule-Nov-2015.pdf |archive-date=13 February 2020 }}</ref>

By the 18th century, the Marutūāhu iwi Ngāti Paoa had expanded their influence to include the islands of the Hauraki Gulf and the North Shore.<ref name="GovtNgatiPaoaDeedofSettlement">{{Cite web| date=20 March 2021 | title = Ngāti Pāoa and the Trustees of the Ngāti Pāoa Iwi Trust and The Crown Deed of Settlement of Historical Claims |url=https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngati-Paoa/2021-03-20-N-Paoa-Deed-of-Settlement-Historical-Claims.pdf |author1=New Zealand Government |author2=Ngāti Paoa | publisher = New Zealand Government| access-date = 1 September 2021}}</ref> During these events in the latter 18th century, Tipau Point to the east of Browns Bay was the location of Ōmangaia Pā, a defensive pā site associated with the Ngāti Tai Manawaiti chief, Te Hehewa.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/58082 |title=Ōmangaia Pā |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki and the Trustees of the Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki Trust and the Crown|date=7 November 2015|title=Deed of settlement schedule documents|url=https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki-Documents-Schedule-Nov-2015.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=31 October 2021|website=NZ Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213154038/https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki-Documents-Schedule-Nov-2015.pdf |archive-date=13 February 2020}}</ref> After periods of conflict, peace had been reached by the 1790s.<ref name="HistoryWalk">{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage-walks-places/Documents/wenderholm-regional-park-history-walk.pdf |title=Wenderholm Regional Park: Our History |date=2015 |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref> The earliest contact with Europeans began in the late 18th century, which caused many Tāmaki Māori to die of {{lang|mi|rewharewha}}, respiratory diseases.<ref name="FionaCultural">{{Cite web| date=May 2017 | title = Cultural Values Assessment for the Warkworth North Structure Plan and Associated Development |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/UnitaryPlanDocuments/pc25-appendix-7-2-ngati-manuhiri-cia.pdf | first=Fiona |last=McKenzie |work=Manuhiri Kaitiaki Charitable Trust |publisher=Auckland Council | access-date = 4 July 2023}}</ref> During the early 1820s, most Māori of the North Shore fled for the Waikato or Northland due to the threat of war parties during the Musket Wars. Most people had returned by the late 1820s and 1830s.<ref name="Penlink"/><ref name="GovtNgatiPaoaDeedofSettlement"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngati-Manuhiri/Ngati-Manuhiri-Deed-of-Settlement-21-May-2011.pdf |title=Deed of Settlement of Historical Claims |author1=Ngāti Manuhiri |author2=The Crown|date=21 May 2011|publisher=New Zealand Government|access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>

A traditional story involving the Tor at Waiake involves Moeroa, the beautiful daughter of a local chief. Moeroa used to sit on the cliffs of the Tor, where she sung with tūī and korimako, and wove mats. One day, the cliffs gave way and she fell to her death, after which the island became tapu. The events likely occurred in the early 19th century.{{sfn|Willis|2018|pp=6}}<ref name="ThematicReview2"/>

===European settlement=== thumb|Ferry steamer at Waiake Beach, ca 1910

In 1841, the Crown purchased the Mahurangi and Omaha blocks; an area that spanned from Takapuna to Te Ārai. The purchase involved some iwi with customary interests in the area, such as Ngāti Paoa, other Marutūāhu iwi and Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, but not others, such as Te Kawerau ā Maki or Ngāti Rango.<ref name="Rigby">{{cite report|url=https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_93961548/Wai%20674%2C%20F001.pdf |title=The Crown, Maori and Mahurangi 1840-1881 |first=Barry |last=Rigby |date=August 1998 |publisher=Waitangi Tribunal |access-date=4 July 2023}}</ref>{{sfn|Stone|2001|pp=188}}<ref name="DeedNgaiTai"/><ref name="TeKawerauDeed">{{Cite web| date=22 February 2014 | title = Deed of Settlement of Historical Claim |url=https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Te-Kawerau-a-Maki/Te-Kawerau-a-Maki-Deed-of-Settlement.pdf | author1 = Te Kawerau ā Maki | author2 = The Trustees of Te Kawerau Iwi Settlement Trust | author3 = The Crown | access-date = 4 July 2023}}</ref> The Crown spent until 1873 rectifying this sale, by making further deals with stakeholders.{{sfn|Stone|2001|pp=188}}<ref name="TeKawerauDeed"/>

The first European land owner in Waiake was John Logan Campbell, who purchased Allotment 189 (Ōkura to Browns Bay) in 1864, believing that there was coal in the area.{{sfn|Cass|1989|pp=5-6}}{{sfn|Willis|2018|pp=7, 13}} The search for coal was unsuccessful, so Campbell sold the land in the 1870s.{{sfn|Willis|2018|pp=13}} Early names for the area included McGowan's Beach, Rock Isle Beach, Oneroa Bay and Deep Creek.{{sfn|Cass|1989|pp=3-4}}{{sfn|Willis|2018|pp=6-7}} Around the year 1880, a British farmer, Mr. Long, purchased 200 acres of land around Waiake and Torbay, naming his farm Rock Island and Waiake Beach Rock Isle Beach.{{sfn|Willis|2018|pp=7}} After he died, his land was sold to Captain Charles Cholmondeley-Smith,{{sfn|Willis|2018|pp=7}} who grew tobacco, until the market crashed and he established the Glenvar Wine Company.{{sfn|Willis|2018|pp=8}} Cholmondeley-Smith's sons established a sawmill, where kauri logs from the Coromandel Peninsula were processed,{{sfn|Willis|2018|pp=8}} and a flaxmill was established on the property.{{sfn|Cass|1989|pp=3-4}}

The first wharf on Waiake Beach was constructed circa 1880 by the Cholmondeley-Smith family, and ferries were the major means of transport well into the 1920s.{{sfn|Willis|2018|pp=9}} Waiake Beach became known as McGowan's Beach in the early 20th century, after Scottish resident Anstruther McGowan, who periodically lived in Waiake between 1908 and 1936.{{sfn|Sheehan|2019|pp=12}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/34647 |title=McGowan house on Ellangowan Road, Torbay, 1908 |at=E0073 |publisher=Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>

==Local government==

From 1876 until 1954, the area was administered by the Waitemata County, a large rural county north and west of the city of Auckland.<ref name="West-Reidy-civic">{{cite book |last1=Reidy |first1=Jade |chapter=How the West Was Run |pages=238–239 |editor-last1=Macdonald |editor-first1=Finlay |editor-link1=Finlay Macdonald (editor) |editor-last2=Kerr |editor-first2=Ruth |title=West: The History of Waitakere |publisher=Random House |date=2009 |isbn=9781869790080}}</ref> In 1954, the area split from the county, forming the East Coast Bays Borough Council,<ref name="West-Reidy-civic"/> which became East Coast Bays City in 1975.<ref name="HeritageTrail">{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage-walks-places/Documents/browns-bay-heritage-walk.pdf |title=Browns Bay Heritage Walk |first=Tania |last=Mace |publisher=North Shore City Council |date=October 2006 |access-date=4 July 2023}}</ref> In 1989, the city was merged into the North Shore City.<ref name="HeritageTrail"/> North Shore City was amalgamated into Auckland Council in November 2010.<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.26686/pq.v11i4.4572| issn = 2324-1101| volume = 11| issue = 4| last = Blakeley| first = Roger| title = The planning framework for Auckland 'super city': an insider's view| journal = Policy Quarterly| date = 2015| doi-access = free}}</ref>

Within the Auckland Council, Waiake is a part of the Hibiscus and Bays local government area governed by the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board. It is a part of the Albany ward, which elects two councillors to the Auckland Council.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}

==Amenities==

*Waiake Beach, and the adjacent Waiake Beach Reserve.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/parks-recreation/Pages/park-details.aspx?Location=711 |title=Waiake Beach Reserve |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref> The Torbay Sailing Club, established in 1959, is located adjacent to the beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.torbaysailing.club/mission-statement--history.html |title=Mission Statement & History |publisher=Torbay Sailing Club |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref> *Waiake / Aickin Reserve, an open reserve on the shores of Deep Creek.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/parks-recreation/Pages/park-details.aspx?Location=490 |title=Waiake / Aickin Reserve |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>

==Demographics== Waiake covers {{Convert|1.25|km2||abbr=on}}<ref name="Area">{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Statistical Area 2 2023 (generalised)|access-date=25 December 2024}}</ref> and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Waiake|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Waiake|y}}|R}}/1.25|0}} people per km².

{{Historical populations|2006|3,615|2013|3,720|2018|3,885|2023|3,912|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=<ref name="Census 2018">{{NZ census 2018|Waiake (117900)|waiake|Waiake}}</ref><ref name="Census 2023"/>}} Waiake had a population of 3,912 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 27 people (0.7%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 192 people (5.2%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,920 males, 1,983 females and 12 people of other genders in 1,338 dwellings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_005&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.117900.2023&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_DWD_003|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for dwellings, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses}}</ref> 2.5% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 40.1 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 771 people (19.7%) aged under 15 years, 642 (16.4%) aged 15 to 29, 1,908 (48.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 591 (15.1%) aged 65 or older.<ref name="Census 2023"/>

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 75.8% European (Pākehā); 6.4% Māori; 1.8% Pasifika; 20.6% Asian; 2.6% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 94.1%, Māori language by 1.2%, Samoan by 0.2%, and other languages by 26.8%. No language could be spoken by 2.2% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 47.0, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 30.1% Christian, 1.1% Hindu, 1.0% Islam, 0.1% Māori religious beliefs, 1.2% Buddhist, 0.2% New Age, 0.5% Jewish, and 0.6% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 59.5%, and 5.8% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 879 (28.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,353 (43.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 666 (21.2%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $51,900, compared with $41,500 nationally. 639 people (20.3%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,740 (55.4%) people were employed full-time, 435 (13.8%) were part-time, and 66 (2.1%) were unemployed.<ref name="Census 2023">{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.117900.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Waiake (117900)}}</ref>

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==Bibliography== {{Refbegin}} *{{cite book |last=Cass |first=David |title=ECB – the Years to 1989 |publisher=East Coast Bays City Council |date=1989}} *{{cite book |last=Sheehan|first=Vanessa|title=An Almost Complete History of the East Coast Bays|year=2019}} *{{cite book |last1=Stone |first1=R. C. J. |author-link1=Russell Stone (historian) |title=From Tamaki-makau-rau to Auckland |publisher=Auckland University Press |date=2001 |isbn=1869402596}} *{{cite book|last=Willis|first=Jenny|title=Early History of East Coast Bays|edition=Second|year=2018}} {{Refend}} ==External links== {{Subject bar|auto=y|d=y}} {{East Coast Bays}}

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