Browns Bay, New Zealand


Browns Bay is an Auckland suburb in the East Coast Bays area.
Browns Bay is under the local governance of the Auckland Council, and is located in the Albany ward, one of thirteen administrative areas in the council.
The population was 4,239 in the 2013 census, an increase of 261 from 2006.
Browns Bay is also the exact Antipode of Benaoján in Spain.

History

Peter Brown, after whom the bay is named, bought 136 acres of bush and scrub there in 1876. He built his house on what is now the corner of Clyde Road and Anzac Road. This house was destroyed by fire in 1930. He also built a manager's residence in 1886 overlooking his land at 33 Glencoe Road. This house still exists and is believed to be the oldest existing house in East Coast Bays.

Demographics

Browns Bay, comprising the statistical areas of Browns Bay South West, Browns Bay Central, and Browns Bay South East, had a population of 9,996 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 567 people since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,206 people since the 2006 census. There were 3,417 households. There were 4,923 males and 5,073 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.97 males per female, with 1,818 people aged under 15 years, 1,986 aged 15 to 29, 4,806 aged 30 to 64, and 1,386 aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 68.6% European/Pākehā, 4.9% Māori, 1.8% Pacific peoples, 27.6% Asian, and 3.8% other ethnicities.
The proportion of people born overseas was 52.7%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 53.9% had no religion, 34.8% were Christian, and 5.0% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 2,556 people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 744 people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 4,209 people were employed full-time, 1,224 were part-time, and 321 were unemployed.

Education

Browns Bay School is a contributing primary school with a roll of students as at. The school was established in 1888.
The Corelli International Academic School of the Arts was a private composite school which ran specialist programs in visual arts, music, drama and dance as well as the general curriculum. It went into receivership in 2016.

Sport and recreation

The East Coast Bays Barracudas rugby league club is based in Browns Bay.