Algies Bay

Algies Bay is a northern coastal suburb of Auckland, in New Zealand. It is on the Mahurangi Peninsula about 68 kilometres (by road) north of the city centre.

Algies Bay
Suburb
CountryNew Zealand
Local authorityAuckland Council
Electoral wardRodney Ward
Snells Beach (Kawau Bay) (Kawau Bay)
(Mahurangi Inlet)
Algies Bay
 (Kawau Bay)
(Mahurangi Inlet) Scotts Landing Martins Bay

Highfield Garden Reserve is an area of public land just north of Algies Bay. Until 1985, it was a privately owned flower-growing and orchard business, which also had donkeys. The owners gifted it to the public, and it now has gardens, walks, fruit trees, and a donkey sanctuary.[1]

Scandrett Regional Park[2] and Mahurangi Regional Park East[3] are south of Algies Bay. Mahurangi Regional Park at Scott Point[4] (often called Scotts Landing) has a historic building, the Scott Homestead.[5] A causeway between Scotts Landing and Casnell Island (Motu Maunganui) is accessible.at low tide. The island was a pā site in the 16th century.[6]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
2006933—    
20131,041+1.58%
20181,185+2.63%
Source: [7]
Casnell Island, with Scotts Landing visible behind it on the left

Algies Bay-Scotts Landing had a population of 1,185 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 144 people (13.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 252 people (27.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 498 households. There were 564 males and 621 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.91 males per female. The median age was 60.2 years, with 135 people (11.4%) aged under 15 years, 99 (8.4%) aged 15 to 29, 471 (39.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 477 (40.3%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 93.4% European/Pākehā, 6.3% Māori, 2.0% Pacific peoples, 4.3% Asian, and 1.5% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 23.8%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 45.6% had no religion, 43.3% were Christian, and 2.5% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 240 (22.9%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 189 (18.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $29,500. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 327 (31.1%) people were employed full-time, 168 (16.0%) were part-time, and 24 (2.3%) were unemployed.[7]

Notes
  1. "Highfield Garden Reserve - Donkeys With A View". Junction. 30 June 2019.
  2. "Scandrett Regional Park". Auckland Council. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. "Sadler Point, Mahurangi Regional Park (East)". Auckland Council. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  4. "Scott Point, Mahurangi Regional Park (East)". Auckland Council. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  5. "New Mahurangi parkland provides unrivalled access to harbour". Our Auckland. Auckland Council. 20 February 2020.
  6. "Casnell Island". Mahurangi East Residents & Ratepayers Association. 3 June 2019.
  7. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Algies Bay-Scotts Landing (111900). 2018 Census place summary: Algies Bay-Scotts Landing

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