The Manukau ward is an Auckland Council ward that elects two councillors and covers the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu and Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Boards. The two councillors are currently Alf Filipaina and Lotu Fuli.
Demographics Manukau ward covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.
Manukau ward had a population of 165,594 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 2,022 people (1.2%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 18,975 people (12.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 82,485 males, 82,719 females and 390 people of other genders in 42,012 dwellings. 2.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 31.0 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 39,207 people (23.7%) aged under 15 years, 40,650 (24.5%) aged 15 to 29, 70,527 (42.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 15,213 (9.2%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 16.4% European (Pākehā); 16.3% Māori; 54.3% Pasifika; 27.9% Asian; 1.0% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 0.7% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 89.4%, Māori language by 4.2%, Samoan by 17.2%, and other languages by 28.7%. No language could be spoken by 3.0% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 43.4, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 51.8% Christian, 8.7% Hindu, 5.4% Islam, 1.6% Māori religious beliefs, 1.5% Buddhist, 0.1% New Age, and 3.9% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 20.5%, and 6.8% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 18,519 (14.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 59,139 (46.8%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 48,738 (38.6%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $35,800, compared with $41,500 nationally. 6,195 people (4.9%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 63,399 (50.2%) people were employed full-time, 11,250 (8.9%) were part-time, and 6,468 (5.1%) were unemployed.
Councillors
ElectionCouncillors electedAffiliationVotesNotes 20101 Alf Filipaina Labour 152352 Arthur Anae Independent 13260 20131 Alf Filipaina Labour 174412 Arthur Anae Independent 12961 20161 Alf Filipaina Labour 173272 Fa'anana Efeso Collins Labour 16500 20191 Fa'anana Efeso Collins Labour 19053Stood down at 2022 Elections to run for Mayor2 Alf Filipaina Labour 18814 20221 Alf Filipaina Labour 16,7342 Lotu Fuli Labour 14,935 Won seat formerly held by Efeso Collins 20251 Alf Filipaina Labour2 Lotu Fuli Labour
Election results Election results for the Manukau ward:
2025 election results { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Manukau ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Labour style="text-align:left" Alf Filipaina 13,406
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" Labour style="text-align:left" Lotu Fuli 12,193
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Carol Ah-Voa 5,599
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Swanie Nelson 5,087
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" Fix Auckland style="text-align:left" Luke Mealamu 4,422
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" Fix Auckland style="text-align:left" Vicky Hau 4,301
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" ACT Local style="text-align:left" Henriette Devoe 3,328
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Christopher Hughes 2,116
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" Communities and Residents style="text-align:left" Malcolm Turner 2,065
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 74
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 784
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 113,942 style="background:lightgrey"
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Labour hold
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Labour hold - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
2022 election results NameAffiliationVotes1Alf FilipainaLabour167342Lotu FuliLabour14935Malcolm TurnerCommunities and Residents8612Hine AfeakiOutdoors & Freedom5699Blank1345Informal27
2016 election results NameAffiliationVotes%1Alf FilipainaLabour17,32731.8%2Efeso CollinsLabour16,50030.3%Brendan CorbettRespect Our Community Campaign7,73814.2%Sooalo Setu MuaAuckland Future5,55010.2%Ika TameifunaAuckland Future5,3049.7%Blank1,8783.4%Informal1640.3%Turnout54,461
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