Western Heights, Auckland


Western Heights is a neighbourhood of Henderson, in Auckland, New Zealand. Originally considered as an overpriced part of Henderson, Western Heights has increasingly been considered a suburb in its own right as its population has increased, mainly through the construction of subdivisions. Western Heights School and the nearby shops are the centre of the community. Western Heights is a "frontier suburb", separating suburban Auckland from lifestyle farming blocks, orchards and the Waitākere Ranges.

Demographics

Western Heights, comprising the statistical areas of Summerland South, Summerland North and Western Heights, had a population of 10,272 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 939 people since the 2013 census, and an increase of 2,316 people since the 2006 census. There were 3,015 households. There were 5,061 males and 5,211 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.97 males per female, with 2,016 people aged under 15 years, 2,193 aged 15 to 29, 4,842 aged 30 to 64, and 1,233 aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 46.8% European/Pākehā, 8.6% Māori, 9.1% Pacific peoples, 42.8% Asian, and 4.3% other ethnicities.
The proportion of people born overseas was 46.5%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 40.3% had no religion, 37.1% were Christian, and 16.9% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 2,298 people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 1,161 people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 4,473 people were employed full-time, 1,026 were part-time, and 297 were unemployed.

Education

Western Heights School and Summerland Primary are coeducational contributing primary schools with rolls of and respectively, as of Summerland Primary opened in 2002. The area is named for the summerland apple variety once grown here.
The local State secondary schools are Henderson High School, Waitakere College, Massey High School, Liston College and St Dominic's College.