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A sunset view of Stonefields from Maungarei
Stonefields
Coordinates: 36°53′15″S174°50′25″E / 36.88750°S 174.84028°E / -36.88750; 174.84028
CountryNew Zealand
City Auckland
Local authority Auckland Council
Electoral ward Ōrākei ward
Local board Ōrākei Local Board
Area
[1]
  Land99 ha (245 acres)
Population
 (June 2023) [2]
  Total4,230
Postcode(s)
1072 [3]
Meadowbank (3.5 km) St Johns (3.3 km) Glen Innes (2.7 km)
Greenlane (5.9 km)
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Tamaki (3.3 km)
Ellerslie (4.6 km) Mt Wellington (4.6 km) Panmure (3.5 km)

Stonefields is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand, located 8 kilometres southeast of the city centre. [4] Stonefields is surrounded by the suburbs of Mount Wellington, Saint Johns and Glen Innes.

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History

The 100 hectares site of single basalt lava flow from the nearby scoria cone of Maungarei/ Mt Wellington was purchased by Percy Winstone in the mid 1930's. Quarrying began in 1936 and by 1969, the quarry reached a production total of 1 million tonnes per year. When the quarry was worked out by the year 2000, in excess of 35 million tonnes had been produced and used to build the city of Auckland. Once the quarry ceased operations, there was much debate on its future use. A landfill rubbish site was considered and the plan was discarded due to the risk of leachate into ground water. Instead, Stonefields, a housing development was agreed. [5]

The former rock quarry was to be one of the largest blocks of undeveloped land in Auckland, able to take a $1.5 billion housing subdivision for about 8000 people in up to 1000 apartments, 1000 stand-alone houses and 1000 terraced houses. In 2002 New Zealand's Overseas Investment Commission approved the purchase of land surrounding the Mt Wellington quarry by Fletcher Residential. Approval was required as the parent company, Fletcher Building, was more than 25 per cent foreign owned. [6]

Demographics

Stonefields covers 0.99 km2 (0.38 sq mi) [1] and had an estimated population of 4,230 as of June 2023, [2] with a population density of 4,273 people per km2.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20060    
20132,043    
20183,792+13.17%
Source: [7]
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Stonefields being developed in 2008

Stonefields had a population of 3,792 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 1,749 people (85.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 3,792 people since the 2006 census. There were 1,425 households, comprising 1,782 males and 2,010 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.89 males per female, with 744 people (19.6%) aged under 15 years, 708 (18.7%) aged 15 to 29, 1,857 (49.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 480 (12.7%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 63.9% European/Pākehā, 3.6% Māori, 1.7% Pacific peoples, 34.3% Asian, and 3.2% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 42.6, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 47.5% had no religion, 36.3% were Christian, 4.4% were Hindu, 2.4% were Muslim, 2.8% were Buddhist and 2.5% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,542 (50.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 186 (6.1%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,209 people (39.7%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,854 (60.8%) people were employed full-time, 369 (12.1%) were part-time, and 69 (2.3%) were unemployed. [7]

Individual statistical areas
NameArea
(km2)
PopulationDensity
(per km2)
HouseholdsMedian ageMedian
income
Stonefields West0.541,9803,66770237.4 years$54,800 [8]
Stonefields East0.451,8124,02772337.2 years$58,400 [9]
New Zealand37.4 years$31,800

Education

Stonefields School is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school with a roll of 650 as of April 2023. [10] [11]

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  2. 1 2 "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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  6. "Housing giant to take chunk of quarry site". New Zealand Herald. 3 September 2002. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Stonefields West (144900) and Stonefields East (145700).
  8. 2018 Census place summary: Stonefields West
  9. 2018 Census place summary: Stonefields East
  10. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  11. Education Counts: Stonefields School