Alfriston is in the Manurewa-Papakura ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland Council.

The town was settled in the 1840s and was originally named Papakura Valley,[2] before the name was changed to Alfriston, after Alfriston, Sussex, home of one of the earliest settlers, Dr George Edward Bodle.

The results were 30.5% European (Pākehā); 12.5% Māori; 18.7% Pasifika; 45.5% Asian; 4.7% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.5% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".

The percentage of people born overseas was 46.5, compared with 28.8% nationally.

[6] Of those at least 15 years old, 765 (24.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,365 (43.2%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,038 (32.8%) people exclusively held high school qualifications.

[8] Alfriston College is a secondary school (years 9–13) with a roll of 1,204.