[3][4] The economy is mostly sheep and cattle farming, with lifestyle blocks increasing in popularity.

[5] A bridle track was established to Glorit on the Kaipara Harbour in 1899, and part was improved to a dray road the following year.

[6] The North Auckland Line reached Kaipara Flats from Ahuroa in 1906.

Kaipara Flats is part of the larger Puhoi Valley statistical area.

The results were 86.3% European (Pākehā); 13.7% Māori; 2.0% Pasifika; 5.9% Asian; and 3.9% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA).