Stanley Point

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Stanley Point
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Stanley Point, the westernmost part of Stanley Bay
Stanley Point
Coordinates: 36°49′37″S174°47′20″E / 36.827°S 174.789°E / -36.827; 174.789
CountryNew Zealand
City Auckland
Local authority Auckland Council
Electoral ward North Shore ward
Local board Devonport-Takapuna Local Board
Area
[1]
  Land99 ha (245 acres)
Population
 (June 2023) [2]
  Total1,930
Postcode(s)
0624 [3]
(Shoal Bay)(Ngataringa Bay)(Ngataringa Bay)
(Waitematā Harbour)
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Devonport
(Waitematā Harbour)(Waitematā Harbour)(Waitematā Harbour)

Stanley Point (previously Stanley Bay) is a small suburb located on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand, near Devonport, another suburb. It is mostly residential. The Devonport Naval Base lies to the east of the bay on the south side of the Stanley Bay peninsula and is connected to storage facilities on the north side at Ngataringa Bay by a tunnel. [4]

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Name

The suburb was known as Stanley Bay until December 2007 when The New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) officially named the suburb as Stanley Point. [5] [6]

The area is named after Owen Stanley, captain of HMS Britomart (1808), [7] who conducted a survey of the Waitematā Harbour in 1841. [8] During the construction of the Calliope Dock in the 1880s, Stanley Bay was home to a Māori village for the labourers who worked on the dock construction. [9]

Demographics

The statistical area is called Stanley Point. It covers 0.99 km2 (0.38 sq mi) [1] and had an estimated population of 1,930 as of June 2023, [2] with a population density of 1,949 people per km2.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20062,028    
20132,040+0.08%
20182,025−0.15%
Source: [10]

Stanley Point had a population of 2,025 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 15 people (−0.7%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 3 people (−0.1%) since the 2006 census. There were 615 households, comprising 1,050 males and 975 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.08 males per female. The median age was 37.7 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 387 people (19.1%) aged under 15 years, 492 (24.3%) aged 15 to 29, 891 (44.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 252 (12.4%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 88.7% European/Pākehā, 7.6% Māori, 2.1% Pacific peoples, 4.0% Asian, and 5.6% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 31.0, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 58.4% had no religion, 32.1% were Christian, 0.4% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.1% were Hindu, 0.7% were Buddhist and 2.2% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 684 (41.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 87 (5.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $47,800, compared with $31,800 nationally. 567 people (34.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 945 (57.7%) people were employed full-time, 237 (14.5%) were part-time, and 33 (2.0%) were unemployed. [10]

Education

Stanley Bay School (state contributing school in Auckland, New Zealand) Stanley Bay School.jpg
Stanley Bay School (state contributing school in Auckland, New Zealand)

Stanley Bay School is a coeducational contributing primary school (years 1–6), with a roll of 198 as of February 2024. [11] [12] The school motto is "Those Who Do Their Best Do Well". [13] The school was founded in 1909 [14]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. "Search Result - auckland stanley point Auckland - New Zealand Postcode".
  4. Gregory's Auckland & Surrounds Street Directory (3rd ed.). 2008. maps 66–67. ISBN   978-0-7319-2048-8.
  5. "Notice of Intention to Assign or Alter Place Names - 2007-ln3603 - New Zealand Gazette". gazette.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  6. "Place name detail: 5554". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board . Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  7. "(1800–1913) Owen Stanley and HMS Britomart". National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  8. "Stanley Street". Auckland Museum . Retrieved 7 February 2009.
  9. Jones, Les (2011). "Development of Auckland Ports". In La Roche, John (ed.). Evolving Auckland: The City's Engineering Heritage. Wily Publications. pp. 87–104. ISBN   9781927167038.
  10. 1 2 "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Stanley Point (131400). 2018 Census place summary: Stanley Point
  11. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  12. Education Counts: Stanley Bay School
  13. "Stanley Bay School". Stanley Bay School. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  14. Cornelius, Rod (10 September 2001). "Stanley Bay School dates back 90 years". Devonport Flagstaff. pp. 16–17.

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