Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward

Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ward is an Auckland Council ward which elects one councillor and covers the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board. The current councillor is Josephine Bartley.

Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ward
ward of Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Island	North Island
Region	Auckland Region
Government
• Councillor	Josephine Bartley
Area [1]
• Land	40.39 km2 (15.59 sq mi)
Population  (June 2024)[2]
• Total	96,800

Demographics

Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward covers 40.39 km² (15.59 sq mi)^[1] and had an estimated population of 96,800 as of June 2024,^[2] with a population density of 2,397 people per km².

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	66,372	—
2013	80,346	+2.77%
2018	87,054	+1.62%
2023	88,545	+0.34%
The 2006 population is for a smaller area of 36.38 km2. Source: [3][4]

Population density in the 2023 census

Maungakiekie-Tāmaki had a population of 88,545 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 1,491 people (1.7%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 8,199 people (10.2%) since the 2013 census. There were 43,521 males, 44,655 females and 366 people of other genders in 30,423 dwellings.^[5] 3.9% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 34.6 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 16,698 people (18.9%) aged under 15 years, 19,230 (21.7%) aged 15 to 29, 41,898 (47.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 10,719 (12.1%) aged 65 or older.^[4]

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 44.2% European (Pākehā); 13.4% Māori; 23.6% Pasifika; 30.3% Asian; 3.2% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.5% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 91.8%, Māori language by 2.8%, Samoan by 4.4%, and other languages by 30.3%. No language could be spoken by 2.8% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 42.5, compared with 28.8% nationally.^[4]

Religious affiliations were 40.6% Christian, 4.4% Hindu, 2.6% Islam, 1.1% Māori religious beliefs, 2.6% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, 0.2% Jewish, and 1.8% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 40.6%, and 6.0% of people did not answer the census question.^[4]

Of those at least 15 years old, 24,282 (33.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 28,557 (39.7%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 19,014 (26.5%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $46,600, compared with $41,500 nationally. 10,194 people (14.2%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 40,383 (56.2%) people were employed full-time, 7,380 (10.3%) were part-time, and 2,400 (3.3%) were unemployed.^[4]

Councillors

Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ward councillor of Auckland
Incumbent Josephine Bartley since 2018
Term length	Three years
Inaugural holder	Richard Northey
Formation	1 November 2010
Website	www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Election	Councillors elected	Affiliation	Votes	Notes
2010	Richard Northey	Labour	9236
2013	Denise Krum	Communities and Residents	8483
2016[6]	Denise Lee	Auckland Future	9361[7]	elected as Denise Krum. Reverted to her maiden name, Lee, after the election.[8] Resigned after election to parliament at the 2017 general election, triggering a by-election.[9]
2018 by-election	Josephine Bartley	Labour	7225	elected in by-election, 17 February 2018.[10]
2019	Josephine Bartley	Labour	8358[11]
2022	Josephine Bartley	Labour	8877[12]

Election Results

Election Results for the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ward:

2022 Election Results

	Name	Affiliation	Votes
1	Josephine Bartley	Labour	8877
	Troy Elliott	Communities and Residents	6868
	John Peebles	Independent	1812
	Christopher Carroll		1213
Blank			954
Informal			29

^[12]

2016 Election Results

	Name	Affiliation	Votes	%
1	Denise Krum	Auckland Future	9,361	53.9%
	Patrick Cummuskey	Labour	4,920	28.3%
	Viliami Teli Tiseli		1,748	10.1%
Blank			1,320	7.6%
Informal			25	0.1%
Turnout			17,374

^[13]