It is located to the north of Manurewa, east of Wiri and south of Totara Heights.

Auckland Botanic Gardens are on the west side of the suburb.

The results were 44.2% European (Pākehā); 10.5% Māori; 17.4% Pasifika; 41.5% Asian; 2.8% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.3% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".

The percentage of people born overseas was 41.9, compared with 28.8% nationally.

[4] Of those at least 15 years old, 912 (28.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,494 (46.4%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 816 (25.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications.