Local features include many public reserves (the most prominent being Luckens Reserve, which in 2014 received a basketball court), tennis courts, two local primary schools, West Harbour School and Marina View School, a Church, and farm land.

West Harbour is home to Hobsonville Marina, a large marina catering to around 600 boats and yachts, which was part of the route the Royal Family took during their 2014 visit.

The results were 52.8% European (Pākehā); 13.6% Māori; 11.5% Pasifika; 34.0% Asian; 2.7% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".

The percentage of people born overseas was 40.7, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,938 (21.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 4,221 (47.2%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 2,292 (25.6%) people exclusively held high school qualifications.