Waiake


Waiake is a suburb in the East Coast Bays of Auckland, New Zealand, between the suburbs of Browns Bay to the south and Torbay to the north. It has a beach, which looks out to the Tor, after which Torbay is named. Waiake is under the local governance of the Auckland Council.

Demographics

Waiake had a population of 3,885 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 165 people since the 2013 census, and an increase of 270 people since the 2006 census. There were 1,299 households. There were 1,911 males and 1,974 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.97 males per female. The median age was 39 years, with 726 people aged under 15 years, 771 aged 15 to 29, 1,827 aged 30 to 64, and 561 aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 81.7% European/Pākehā, 4.9% Māori, 1.9% Pacific peoples, 14.9% Asian, and 2.9% other ethnicities.
The proportion of people born overseas was 46.1%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 54.0% had no religion, 37.0% were Christian, and 3.7% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 981 people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 300 people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $41,000. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,668 people were employed full-time, 501 were part-time, and 96 were unemployed.