The KaipÃÂtiki Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of Auckland Council, and is one of the two boards overseen by the council's North Shore Ward councillors. It covers Glenfield south to Northcote Point. Its eastern border is the Northern Motorway and its western border is the WaitematÃÂ Harbour. The board sits within the Glenfield Library building on Bentley Ave, Glenfield. AUT's Akoranga Campus is the only tertiary institution in the North Shore ward, and it is in the KaipÃÂtiki board area.
It includes the suburbs of Totara Vale, Wairau Valley, Bayview, Glenfield, Birkdale, Beach Haven, Hillcrest, Chatswood, Northcote, Northcote Point and Birkenhead.
KaipÃÂtiki Local Board Area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km<sup>2</sup>.
KaipÃÂtiki had a population of 88,128 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 141 people (âÂÂ0.2%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 5,634 people (6.8%) since the 2013 census. There were 43,440 males, 44,343 females and 345 people of other genders in 29,928 dwellings. 4.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 36.1 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 16,125 people (18.3%) aged under 15 years, 17,787 (20.2%) aged 15 to 29, 42,936 (48.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 11,283 (12.8%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 56.5% European (PÃÂkehÃÂ); 9.4% MÃÂori; 6.6% Pasifika; 34.8% Asian; 3.6% 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 92.3%, MÃÂori language by 1.9%, Samoan by 1.1%, and other languages by 31.8%. No language could be spoken by 2.5% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 45.9, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 32.6% Christian, 3.3% Hindu, 1.8% Islam, 0.4% MÃÂori religious beliefs, 2.0% Buddhist, 0.4% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 1.6% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 52.0%, and 5.9% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 27,108 (37.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 28,863 (40.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 16,032 (22.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $50,000, compared with $41,500 nationally. 11,682 people (16.2%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 41,247 (57.3%) people were employed full-time, 8,976 (12.5%) were part-time, and 1,893 (2.6%) were unemployed.
The current board members for the 2025-2028 term, elected at the 2025 local elections, are:
The board members for the 2022-2025 term, elected in the 2022 Auckland local elections, were:
The results of the 2022 local board election.
The following table is the results from the election. Those in bold won seats.
Richard Hills became ineligible to be elected to the local board, despite being the highest polling candidate, as he was elected North Shore Ward Councillor.