The Devonport-Takapuna Local Board covers from Castor Bay and Sunnynook south to the end of the Devonport Peninsula; it is separated from the Kaipātiki board area by the Northern Motorway.

[2] This local board sits in the Auckland Council office buildings on The Strand in Takapuna.

It is part of the North Shore Ward of Auckland Council, which also includes the Kaipātiki Local Board.

[citation needed] Grant Gillon was chair followed by George Wood from early 2018.

The results were 66.4% European (Pākehā); 6.2% Māori; 2.9% Pasifika; 29.0% Asian; 3.1% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.0% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".