Māngere East or Mangere East is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, under the governance of Auckland Council. It is located to the south of Favona, north of Papatoetoe, west of Middlemore, east of Māngere and Māngere Bridge, and southwest of Ōtāhuhu.

Suburb of Auckland in Auckland Council, New Zealand

Māngere East Mangere East
Suburb of Auckland
Aerial view of Māngere East, with the Māngere Inlet and Ōtāhuhu in the background (2009).
Coordinates: 36.96612°S 174.82590°E / -36.96612; 174.82590
Country	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Local authority	Auckland Council
Electoral ward	Manukau ward
Local board	Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
Area [1]
• Land	614 ha (1,517 acres)
Population  (June 2021)[2]
• Total	29,740
Postcode(s)	2024

	Favona	Ōtāhuhu
Māngere	Māngere East Mangere East	Middlemore
	Papatoetoe

In 2019, the name of the suburb was officially gazetted as Māngere East.[3]

Demographics

Māngere East covers 6.14 km² (2.37 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 29,740 as of June 2021,[2] with a population density of 4,844 people per km².

Māngere East had a population of 27,372 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 2,298 people (9.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 3,051 people (12.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 5,721 households, comprising 13,641 males and 13,740 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.99 males per female, with 7,383 people (27.0%) aged under 15 years, 7,224 (26.4%) aged 15 to 29, 10,632 (38.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 2,145 (7.8%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 12.7% European/Pākehā, 15.9% Māori, 65.2% Pacific peoples, 20.1% Asian, and 1.1% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 41.7, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 15.1% had no religion, 63.1% were Christian, 1.8% had Māori religious beliefs, 6.6% were Hindu, 5.3% were Muslim, 1.2% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,974 (9.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 4,461 (22.3%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,224 people (6.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 9,780 (48.9%) people were employed full-time, 2,100 (10.5%) were part-time, and 1,269 (6.3%) were unemployed.[4]

Education

Kedgley Intermediate School is an intermediate school (years 7–8) with a roll of 767.[14]

Robertson Road School, Mangere East and Sutton Park School are full primary schools (years 1–8) with rolls of 515, 525 and 527 students, respectively.[15][16][17]

Kingsford and Papatoetoe North schools are contributing primary schools (years 1–6) with rolls of 303 and 765 students, respectively.[18][19]

St Mary MacKillop Catholic School is a state-integrated full primary school (years 1–8) with a roll of 314.[20]

De La Salle College is a state-integrated boys' Catholic secondary school (years 7–13) with a roll of 938.[21]

All these schools except De La Salle are coeducational. Rolls are as of July 2022.[22]

Community facilities

• Tri Duc Temple, a Vietnamese Buddhist temple is located in the suburb.[23]

Notable people

• William Massey – Prime Minister of New Zealand (1912–1925)
• Tupou Neiufi – Commonwealth Games and Paralympics athlete[24]

References