Westlake, New Zealand

Westlake is a suburb of the North Shore in New Zealand's Auckland urban area. It lies eight kilometres to the northwest of the Auckland CBD between the major suburbs of Milford and Glenfield. The name arises from its position on the western shoreline of Lake Pupuke.

Westlake
Suburb
Country	New Zealand
Local authority	Auckland Council
Electoral ward	North Shore Ward
Population  (2018)
• Total	2,994
Busway station(s)	Smales Farm Busway Station

Wairau Valley	Forrest Hill	Milford
Marlborough	Westlake	Lake Pupuke
Hillcrest	Takapuna	Takapuna

Within Westlake is North Shore Hospital.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	2,523	—
2013	2,796	+1.48%
2018	2,994	+1.38%
Source: [1]

Westlake had a population of 2,994 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 198 people (7.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 471 people (18.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,104 households. There were 1,338 males and 1,656 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.81 males per female. The median age was 38.9 years, with 516 people (17.2%) aged under 15 years, 561 (18.7%) aged 15 to 29, 1,305 (43.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 612 (20.4%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 55.5% European/Pākehā, 3.3% Māori, 2.1% Pacific peoples, 41.5% Asian, and 3.5% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 51.3%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 45.8% had no religion, 41.3% were Christian, and 7.4% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 900 (36.3%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 246 (9.9%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $33,500. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,164 (47.0%) people were employed full-time, 306 (12.3%) were part-time, and 72 (2.9%) were unemployed.[1]

Education

Westlake Boys High School and Westlake Girls High School are single-sex secondary (years 7-13) schools with rolls of 2382 and 2297 respectively, as of March 2020.[2][3][4]

Westlake High School, which opened in 1958, became Westlake Girls High School in 1962 after Westlake Boys High School opened.[5]

References

1. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Westlake (125500). 2018 Census place summary: Westlake
2. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
3. Education Counts: Westlake Boys High School
4. Education Counts: Westlake Girls High School
5. Sparks, Zizi (17 February 2017). "Former Westlake High School students celebrate 60-year reunion". North Shore Times.