The Hibiscus and Bays Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council. It is one of two boards overseen by the council's Albany Ward councillors. The board consists of eight members elected at large.
The board's area is divided into the Hibiscus Coast subdivision and the East Coast Bays subdivision, the latter of which stretches as far south as Campbells Bay. The board area also includes Tiritiri Matangi Island, off the end of the WhangaparÃÂoa Peninsula.
The area includes the suburbs of Waiwera, Orewa, Red Beach, Stanmore Bay, Manly, Army Bay, Gulf Harbour, Arkles Bay, Silverdale, Stillwater, Long Bay, Torbay, Waiake, Browns Bay, Rothesay Bay, Murrays Bay, Mairangi Bay and Campbells Bay.
The boundary of Hibiscus and Bays stretches from Waiwera in the north to Campbells Bay in the south, and across the Whangaparaoa Peninsula out to Tiritiri Matangi Island in the east. The main town centres are at Orewa, Silverdale, Whangaparaoa, Browns Bay and Mairangi Bay.
Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km<sup>2</sup>.
Hibiscus and Bays had a population of 114,033 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 10,023 people (9.6%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 24,204 people (26.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 55,452 males, 58,203 females and 378 people of other genders in 40,431 dwellings. 2.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 41.3 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 21,477 people (18.8%) aged under 15 years, 18,345 (16.1%) aged 15 to 29, 52,998 (46.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 21,210 (18.6%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 75.9% European (PÃÂkehÃÂ); 7.2% MÃÂori; 2.4% Pasifika; 20.6% Asian; 2.2% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.2% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 94.7%, MÃÂori language by 1.0%, Samoan by 0.2%, and other languages by 24.7%. No language could be spoken by 1.9% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 42.9, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 33.4% Christian, 1.2% Hindu, 0.7% Islam, 0.2% MÃÂori religious beliefs, 1.1% Buddhist, 0.4% New Age, 0.2% Jewish, and 1.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 55.1%, and 6.7% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 29,469 (31.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 43,065 (46.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 20,022 (21.6%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $46,400, compared with $41,500 nationally. 17,022 people (18.4%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 47,388 (51.2%) people were employed full-time, 13,191 (14.3%) were part-time, and 1,920 (2.1%) were unemployed.
The current board members for the 2025-2028 term, elected at the 2025 local elections, are:
The board members, elected in the 2022 local body elections, in election order:
Board members, elected in the 2019 local body elections, in election order:
Board members, elected in the 2016 local body elections, in election order: