Papakura Local Board

The Papakura Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council. It is overseen by the Manurewa-Papakura ward councillor.

The local board area extends between Alfriston and Drury, and includes Takanini, Hingaia, Red Hill, Pahurehure and the Papakura town centre.

Demographics
Papakura Local Board Area covers 40.23 km2 and had an estimated population of as of  with a population density of  people per km2.

Papakura Local Board Area had a population of 72,318 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 14,682 people (25.5%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 26,682 people (58.5%) since the 2013 census. There were 23,589 dwellings. The median age was 32.3 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 17,133 people (23.7%) aged under 15 years, 15,429 (21.3%) aged 15 to 29, 32,826 (45.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 6,933 (9.6%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 36.7% European/Pākehā, 24.6% Māori, 20.5% Pasifika, 34.2% Asian, 1.7% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders, and 0.9% other. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

Papakura Local Board Area had a population of 57,636 at the 2018 New Zealand census. There were 17,049 households, comprising 28,599 males and 29,037 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female.

The percentage of people born overseas was 30.2, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 40.0% had no religion, 36.4% were Christian, 2.4% had Māori religious beliefs, 5.7% were Hindu, 1.5% were Muslim, 1.3% were Buddhist and 6.7% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 8,019 (18.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 8,688 (19.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $32,800, compared with $31,800 nationally. 6,738 people (15.3%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 23,541 (53.5%) people were employed full-time, 4,956 (11.3%) were part-time, and 2,313 (5.3%) were unemployed.

2022-2025 term
The current board members for the 2022-2025 term, elected at the 2022 local elections, are:

2019–2022 term
The members of the board, elected at the 2019 local body elections, were:
 * Keven Mealamu, Papakura First – (6079 votes)
 * Brent Catchpole, Papakura Action Team – (5247 votes)
 * George Hawkins, Papakura Action Team – (4549 votes)
 * Jan Robinson, Papakura Action Team – (4030 votes)
 * Felicity Auva'a, Papakura First – (3699 votes)
 * Sue Smurthwaite, Papakura Action Team – (3666 votes)

2016–2019 term
The board members who served from the 2016 local body elections to the 2019 elections were:
 * Brent Catchpole (Chair)
 * Felicity Auva'a (Deputy chair)
 * George Hawkins
 * Bill McEntee
 * Michael Turner
 * Katrina Winn