Westlake is a suburb of the North Shore in New Zealand's Auckland urban area. It lies eight kilometres to the northwest of the Auckland CBD between the major suburbs of Milford and Glenfield. The name arises from its position on the western shoreline of Lake Pupuke.

Suburb of Auckland in Auckland Council, New Zealand

Westlake
Suburb of Auckland
Coordinates: 36.777°S 174.754°E / -36.777; 174.754
Country	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Local authority	Auckland Council
Electoral ward	North Shore ward
Local board	Devonport-Takapuna Local Board
Area [1]
• Land	69 ha (171 acres)
Population  (June 2021)[2]
• Total	3,000
Busway station(s)	Smales Farm busway station

Wairau Valley	Forrest Hill	Milford
Marlborough	Westlake	Lake Pupuke
Hillcrest	Takapuna	Takapuna

Demographics

Westlake covers 0.69 km² (0.27 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 3,000 as of June 2021,[2] with a population density of 4,348 people per km².

Westlake had a population of 2,994 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 198 people (7.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 471 people (18.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,104 households, comprising 1,338 males and 1,656 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.81 males per female. The median age was 38.9 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 516 people (17.2%) aged under 15 years, 561 (18.7%) aged 15 to 29, 1,305 (43.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 612 (20.4%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 55.5% European/Pākehā, 3.3% Māori, 2.1% Pacific peoples, 41.5% Asian, and 3.5% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 51.3, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 45.8% had no religion, 41.3% were Christian, 0.1% had Māori religious beliefs, 2.3% were Hindu, 1.6% were Muslim, 2.3% were Buddhist and 1.1% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 900 (36.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 246 (9.9%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $33,500, compared with $31,800 nationally. 501 people (20.2%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,164 (47.0%) people were employed full-time, 306 (12.3%) were part-time, and 72 (2.9%) were unemployed.[3]

Education

Westlake Boys High School and Westlake Girls High School are single-sex secondary (years 9-13) private schools with rolls of 2487 and 2143 respectively, as of March 2022.[4][5][6]

Westlake High School, which opened in 1958, became Westlake Girls High School in 1962 after Westlake Boys High School opened.[7]

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