The Puketāpapa board, named after the Māori name for Mount Roskill, covers the suburbs of Hillsborough, Lynfield, Mount Roskill, Three Kings, Waikowhai, and Wesley.
Puketāpapa Local Board Area covers 18.72 km2 (7.23 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 64,000 as of June 2024,[2] with a population density of 3,419 people per km2.
The results were 32.1% European (Pākehā); 6.7% Māori; 15.7% Pasifika; 50.4% Asian; 4.6% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.4% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".
The percentage of people born overseas was 52.7, compared with 28.8% nationally.
[5] Of those at least 15 years old, 17,379 (36.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 17,211 (36.3%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 12,813 (27.0%) people exclusively held high school qualifications.