Hillcrest, Auckland


Hillcrest is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, and since 2010 has been under the jurisdiction of Auckland Council. It is located in the North Shore, and is surrounded by Glenfield, Wairau Valley, Northcote and Birkenhead. The Auckland Northern Motorway passes to the east.

Demographics

Hillcrest, comprising the statistical areas of Hillcrest North, Hillcrest West and Hillcrest East, had a population of 10,548 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 732 people since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,026 people since the 2006 census. There were 3,471 households. There were 5,079 males and 5,466 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.93 males per female, with 1,920 people aged under 15 years, 2,424 aged 15 to 29, 4,944 aged 30 to 64, and 1,263 aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 55.0% European/Pākehā, 6.7% Māori, 3.2% Pacific peoples, 40.0% Asian, and 3.4% other ethnicities.
The proportion of people born overseas was 46.8%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 51.8% had no religion, 34.4% were Christian, and 8.7% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 3,123 people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 804 people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 4,542 people were employed full-time, 1,308 were part-time, and 288 were unemployed.

Education

Sunnybrae Normal School and Willow Park School are coeducational contributing primary schools with rolls of and respectively, as of Willow Park was established in 1967.