Stanmore Bay is a suburb and beach located on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, in the Auckland Region of New Zealand.

[4] The area was named Stanmore by Walter James Hill son of Henry Hill who emigrated to New Zealand in 1853, because it reminded the family of Stanmore, England where they came from.

The results were 85.2% European (Pākehā); 11.9% Māori; 3.5% Pasifika; 11.2% Asian; 1.5% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.3% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,611 (18.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 4,491 (52.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,941 (22.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications.

[6] Whangaparaoa College is a secondary (years 7-13) school with a decile rating of 9[12] and a roll of 1,779[13] (November 2024).

The college opened at the beginning of 2005, incorporating Hibiscus Coast Intermediate School.