Milford, New Zealand

Milford
Suburb of Auckland
Milford Marina
Coordinates: 36.770496918°S 174.759830294°E / -36.770496918; 174.759830294
Country	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Local authority	Auckland Council
Electoral ward	North Shore ward
Local board	Devonport-Takapuna Local Board
Area
• Land	157 ha (388 acres)
Population  (June 2022)
• Total	4,970
Postcode(s)	0620

Forrest Hill	Castor Bay	(Hauraki Gulf)
Wairau Valley	Milford	(Hauraki Gulf)
Westlake	Takapuna	Takapuna

Milford is a suburb located on the North Shore, Auckland. It is located on northern side of Lake Pupuke. It also has a popular swimming beach, which runs some two kilometers from Black Rock in the south to Castor Bay in the north. The Wairau Creek reaches the sea at the Hauraki Gulf at the northern end of Milford Beach, and its lower tidal reaches host the Milford Marina.

Milford is part of the North Shore electorate, which is currently represented by National member of parliament Simon Watts.

Demographics

Milford covers 1.57 km² (0.61 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 4,970 as of June 2022, with a population density of 3,166 people per km².

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	4,773	—
2013	4,767	−0.02%
2018	5,019	+1.04%
Source:

Milford had a population of 5,019 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 252 people (5.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 246 people (5.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,025 households, comprising 2,358 males and 2,664 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.89 males per female, with 720 people (14.3%) aged under 15 years, 822 (16.4%) aged 15 to 29, 2,262 (45.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,215 (24.2%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 72.4% European/Pākehā, 4.1% Māori, 1.2% Pacific peoples, 24.3% Asian, and 3.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 40.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.5% had no religion, 37.8% were Christian, 0.1% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.0% were Hindu, 1.3% were Muslim, 1.5% were Buddhist and 2.1% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,602 (37.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 408 (9.5%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,182 people (27.5%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,980 (46.1%) people were employed full-time, 585 (13.6%) were part-time, and 126 (2.9%) were unemployed.

Individual statistical areas

Name	Area (km2)	Population	Density (per km2)	Households	Median age	Median income
Milford West	0.83	3,072	3,701	1,203	41.6 years	$38,000
Milford Central	0.74	1,947	2,631	822	53.3 years	$45,800
New Zealand					37.4 years	$31,800

Milford Beach

Aerial view of Milford, with Rangitoto Island, ca. 1920s-1940s

Economy

Milford Centre

Milford Centre shopping centre opened in Milford in 2006. It covers 14,000 m². It consists of 757 carparks and 65 retailers, including The Warehouse and a Countdown supermarket.

Education

Carmel College is a girls' secondary (years 7-13) school with a roll of 993. It is a state integrated Catholic school, which was founded in 1957.

Milford School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1-6) school with a roll of 505. It opened in 1926 as a spillover from Takapuna School, and became an independent school in 1946.

Rolls are as of July 2022.

External links

• Photographs of Milford held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections.