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Flat Bush (also known as Ormiston) is a suburb in Auckland, and is New Zealand's largest and most comprehensively planned new town, taking shape on 1700 hectares in south east Auckland. An Auckland Council transformation project, Flat Bush had over 34,000 people by 2021, a similar population to Nelson, and includes five neighbourhood centres. Located near Manukau Heights the council has planned for the area to undergo substantial development since buying 290 hectares there in 1996.[3] While most of Flat Bush is being developed by the private sector, Auckland Council is guiding the overall development of the area to ensure people, places and the environment are given emphasis. The suburb contains the 94 hectare "Barry Curtis Park", named in recognition of Manukau's longest standing mayor, Barry Curtis,[4] with a development programme stretching into the 2020s.[5] A neighbouring 20 hectare town centre was planned to be developed starting in 2010,[6] with the development rights taken over by Todd Property in 2010.[7] Building of houses has started next to Barry Curtis Park as of 2012. More land in the area is going to be developed over the next few years by Todd Property Group. After years of planning in 2018, Flat Bush in south-east Auckland is getting its long-awaited town centre at Ormiston in a $200 million scheme now under construction.[8] The newest shopping centre, Ormiston Town Centre, was officially opened to the public on 25 March 2021, offers supermarket, gyms, a department store, food and beverage, and a mix of health and beauty and speciality services, including ASB, Unichem Pharmacy, 2Degrees and SnapFitness plus a variety of other stores will expect to open.[9]

New Zealand's first cable-stayed bridge, on Ormiston Road, runs through the middle of Barry Curtis Park,[10] which is to be the green centre piece of the new town. The bridge was opened in October 2008.[11]

The city centre has started ground works Feb-Mar 2013 that was stalled due to the Global Financial Crisis since bridge completion.

In 2018, Panuku Development Auckland, the council's property management CCO, was involved in construction of a new mall in conjunction with Todd Property. Nearby, 700 homes are being built by the partnership.[12]

Flat Bush gets its name from early settlers who named the area from the odd flat bush that characterised it, especially when viewed from the surrounding mountains.[13]

Demographics

Flat Bush covers 19.58 km² (7.56 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 34,250 as of June 2022,[2] with a population density of 1,749 people per km².

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	12,210	—
2013	18,237	+5.90%
2018	26,040	+7.38%
Source: [14]

Flat Bush had a population of 26,040 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 7,803 people (42.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 13,830 people (113.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 6,513 households, comprising 13,005 males and 13,035 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female, with 5,535 people (21.3%) aged under 15 years, 6,264 (24.1%) aged 15 to 29, 12,087 (46.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 2,160 (8.3%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 20.6% European/Pākehā, 6.1% Māori, 10.9% Pacific peoples, 65.9% Asian, and 4.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 61.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 30.1% had no religion, 33.2% were Christian, 0.4% had Māori religious beliefs, 14.4% were Hindu, 5.0% were Muslim, 5.6% were Buddhist and 7.2% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 6,015 (29.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 2,691 (13.1%) people had no formal qualifications. 3,402 people (16.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 11,214 (54.7%) people were employed full-time, 2,439 (11.9%) were part-time, and 825 (4.0%) were unemployed.[14]

Individual statistical areas

Name	Area (km2)	Population	Density (per km2)	Households	Median age	Median income
Dannemora South	0.64	2,706	4,228	675	35.6 years	$34,700[15]
Baverstock	1.09	3,990	3,661	1,014	33.8 years	$35,800[16]
Ormiston North	2.30	2,163	940	579	33.8 years	$37,300[17]
Chapel Downs	0.76	3,330	4,382	855	30.9 years	$29,100[18]
Donegal Park	0.91	2,637	2,898	762	34.5 years	$28,300[19]
Ormiston South	1.70	5,514	3,244	1,197	30.8 years	$36,500[20]
Hilltop (Auckland)	1.14	3,381	2,966	864	31.3 years	$35,800[21]
Ormiston East	4.41	876	199	168	31.0 years	$34,000[22]
Tuscany Heights	6.63	1,443	213	399	41.9 years	$42,800[23]
New Zealand					37.4 years	$31,800

Education

A strategy to build schools in the area was developed by the Ministry of Education in 2007.[24]

Ormiston Senior College is a senior secondary school for years 11–13 with a roll of 958.[25] Ormiston Junior College covers years 7–10 and has a roll of 830 students.[26] Ormiston Primary School is a contributing primary school (years 1–6) with 1099 students.[27] The three schools are spread over two blocks. The Senior College opened in 2011,[28] the Junior College in 2017,[29] and the primary school in 2015.[30]

Baverstock Oaks School and Te Uho o te Nikau Primary School are full primary schools (years 1–8) with rolls of 642 and 250 students, respectively.[31][32] Baverstock Oaks opened in 2005[33] and Te Uho o te Nikau in 2019.[34]

Sancta Maria College is a state-integrated Catholic secondary school (years 7–13) with a roll of 1023.[35] Sancta Maria Catholic Primary School is a state-integrated contributing primary school (years 1–6) with 382 students.[36] The two schools are on the same site. The college opened in 2004[37] and the primary school in 2010.[38]

Tyndale Park Christian School is a private composite school (years 1–13) with a roll of 158.[39] The school was founded in 1981.[40]

All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of July 2022.[41]

References

External links

• Photographs of Flat Bush held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections.

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