[3][4] The area, especially the north-east along Sandringham Road at Gribblehirst Park was known to early European residents as Cabbage Tree Swamp, due to the number of tī kōuka (cabbage trees) that lined the swampland.

[4] On 29 June 1841, the Mount Albert area was sold to the Crown by Ngāti Whātua, as a part of a 12,000 acre section.

[7] In 1864, reverend Alexander French purchased allotment 161 and established a farm in the modern St Lukes area.

[3] Allan Kerr Taylor, a major landowner in the Mount Albert area, gifted land along New North Road to the Anglican Church.

[9] In 1962, the Wagener subdivision, an industrial area of Auckland, was constructed on Saint Lukes Road.

[11] From 2003 to 2011, a large apartment complex called St Lukes Garden was built in the area.

[17][18] Te Kura Kaupapa Māori O Nga Maungarongo is a full primary school (years 1–8) with a roll of 87.

The residents of Albert-Eden elect a local board, and two councillors from the Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward to sit on the Auckland Council.