Its northern and eastern boundaries are defined by the Waitematā Harbour and the Tamaki Estuary.

Historically, the area of Glendowie around Taylors Hill was a forest of mostly pūriri trees.

[3] The eastern edge of Glendowie bordering the Tāmaki River was called Tauoma, and was the Eastern edge of the area settled by Te Waiohua, the largest settlement of which was called Te Taurere (located at Taylors Hill).

[3][4] The suburb of Glendowie was established in the 1920s, when George Riddell created a loop road through the area.

[6] Their brother, Allen Kerr Taylor, lived near Mount Albert in a house called Alberton.

The results were 78.8% European (Pākehā); 5.9% Māori; 3.7% Pasifika; 17.0% Asian; 3.1% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".

[15] Sacred Heart College is a state-integrated Catholic boys' school (years 7–13) with a roll of 1,264.