Area

1. Did you know that Manukau city covers 55,387 hectares?
2. 54%, or 29,626 hectares of the city is currently rural, compared to 40,680 hectares recorded in 2001.
3. There is approximately 382 kilometres of coastline in Manukau.
4. Manukau has more than 3,200 hectares of open space including over 400 parks, 90 civic areas, and 150 kilometres of esplanade. This is in addition to the 3,600 hectares of regional parks in the city.

The city is divided into seven electoral wards. Click on the ward name below to find out where each ward is, its councillors, community board and community advisor:

1. Manurewa
2. Mangere
3. Otara
4. Howick
5. Pakuranga
6. Papatoetoe
7. Botany - Clevedon

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Dwellings (2006 Census)

There are 95,118 occupied dwellings and 4,569 unoccupied dwellings in Manukau City. For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,273 unoccupied dwellings.

The average household size in Manukau is 3.46.

At the time of the census there were 711 dwellings under construction in Manukau, compared with 13,560 under construction throughout New Zealand.

Dwellings in Manukau City and New Zealand, 2006 census

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Community

• There are 10 council-owned leisure and recreation centres in the city, including 6 pools.
• Manukau has 15 public libraries.
• There are 6 community arts centres.
• There are 23 urban marae.
• Manukau has 138 schools (2007):
  Primary - 85
  Intermediate - 13
  Middle - 2
  Secondary -30
  Special Character -8
  
  (Source: www.minedu.govt.nz)

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