The Waitematā board, named after the Waitematā Harbour which forms its northern boundary, covers the Auckland central business district, and the suburbs of Arch Hill, Eden Terrace, Freemans Bay, Grafton, Grey Lynn, Herne Bay, Mechanics Bay, Newmarket, Newton, Parnell, Ponsonby, Saint Marys Bay, Western Springs, and Westmere.

Waitematā Local Board Area covers 19.42 km2 (7.50 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 89,600 as of June 2024,[2] with a population density of 4,614 people per km2.

[5] Ethnicities were 59.9% European/Pākehā, 8.4% Māori, 5.8% Pasifika, 31.5% Asian, 4.8% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders, and 0.8% other.

[5] Waitematā Local Board Area had a population of 82,866 at the 2018 New Zealand census.

The proportion of people born overseas was 50.7%, compared with 27.1% nationally.