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Pakuranga Heights

Suburb in Auckland, New Zealand

Pakuranga Heights
Suburb
Coordinates: 36°54′58″S 174°53′21″E / 36.916073°S 174.889046°E / -36.916073; 174.889046
Country	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Local authority	Auckland Council
Electoral ward	Howick ward
Local board	Howick Local Board
Area [1]
• Land	353 ha (872 acres)
Population  (June 2023)[2]
• Total	9,820

(Tamaki River), Panmure	Sunnyhills	Highland Park
Pakuranga	Pakuranga Heights	Botany Downs
(Tamaki River), Ōtāhuhu	East Tāmaki	Burswood

Pakuranga Heights is an Auckland suburb.

Pakuranga Heights covers 3.53 km² (1.36 sq mi)^[1] and had an estimated population of 9,820 as of June 2023,^[2] with a population density of 2,782 people per km².

Pakuranga Heights had a population of 9,240 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 441 people (5.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 663 people (7.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,811 households, comprising 4,710 males and 4,524 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.04 males per female, with 2,034 people (22.0%) aged under 15 years, 1,917 (20.7%) aged 15 to 29, 4,314 (46.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 981 (10.6%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 47.0% European/Pākehā, 11.3% Māori, 10.4% Pacific peoples, 40.7% Asian, and 3.5% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 46.6, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 44.4% had no religion, 36.2% were Christian, 0.6% had Māori religious beliefs, 4.7% were Hindu, 3.2% were Muslim, 2.5% were Buddhist and 2.2% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,851 (25.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 990 (13.7%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,128 people (15.7%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,870 (53.7%) people were employed full-time, 924 (12.8%) were part-time, and 282 (3.9%) were unemployed.^[3]

Elm Park School, Pakuranga Heights School and Riverhills School are coeducational contributing primary schools (years 1–6) with rolls of 459, 410 and 90 students, respectively.^[7][8][9] Rolls are as of February 2024.^[10]