Sunnyvale is a suburb of West Auckland located north-west of the Waikumete Cemetery, due south of Henderson.

Sunnyvale forms a part of the Waitematā lowland forests ecological zone.

The free-draining soils and broad terraces provided a habitat that was ideal for large broadleaf trees, including pūriri, tōtara, karaka and tītoki.

The results were 38.9% European (Pākehā); 17.3% Māori; 26.7% Pasifika; 32.8% Asian; 4.1% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.3% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".

The percentage of people born overseas was 41.4, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,272 (26.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 2,229 (45.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,386 (28.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications.