Silverdale, Auckland


Silverdale is a village approximately 30 km north of Auckland in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on the north bank of the Weiti River and lies to the west of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula. It was formerly called Wade but renamed Silverdale in 1911 because of the many poplar trees in the area at the time and because it is situated in a dale.
State Highway 1 passes to the west of the village via the Northern Motorway. The former route of State Highway 1 runs south-west to north-east through the village. This route was redesignated State Highway 17 before being redesignated Hibiscus Coast Highway. This passes through Orewa and Waiwera before joining State Highway 1 at the termination of the motorway south of Puhoi.
Hibiscus Coast Busway Station is the northernmost station participating in the Northern Busway. It is located on the Hibiscus Coast Highway a few hundred metres south-west of Silverdale.

Demographics

Silverdale and Silverdale South ) had a population of 2,283 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 198 people since the 2013 census, and an increase of 459 people since the 2006 census. There were 756 households. There were 1,188 males and 1,095 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.08 males per female, with 411 people aged under 15 years, 414 aged 15 to 29, 1,212 aged 30 to 64, and 240 aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 86.6% European/Pākehā, 7.8% Māori, 1.4% Pacific peoples, 9.5% Asian, and 2.4% other ethnicities.
The proportion of people born overseas was 32.3%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 60.3% had no religion, 29.6% were Christian, and 3.7% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 402 people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 234 people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,113 people were employed full-time, 294 were part-time, and 48 were unemployed.

Education

Silverdale School is a full primary school with a roll of students as at. The school was founded in 1869 and moved to its current site at the end of 2006.
Stella Maris Primary School is a state integrated full primary school with a roll of students as at. The Catholic school opened at the beginning of 2005.
Both schools are coeducational.