Shelly Park
Shelly Park is a South eastern suburb of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. The suburb is in the Howick ward, one of thirteen electoral divisions of the Auckland Council. It is named after the beach of the same name. Shelly Park Cruising Club (SPCC) is a yacht club at this beach which also offers dry docking facilities and the beach is an access point to the estuary where boats are moored. The beach is also one end of a nature walkway - Mangemangeroa Reserve - which runs from there to Somerville Road. Demographics. Shelly Park had a population of 2,850  at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 39 people (1.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 90 people (3.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 933 households. There were 1,392 males and 1,458 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.95 males per female. The median age was 40.6 years, with 552 people (19.4%) aged under 15 years, 543 (19.1%) aged 15 to 29, 1,350 (47.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 405 (14.2%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 78.9% European/Pākehā, 4.8% Māori, 2.3% Pacific peoples, 17.9% Asian, and 1.8% other ethnicities (totals add to more  than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 44.3%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 47.2% had no religion, 40.6% were Christian, 1.4% were Hindu, 0.5% were Muslim, 0.9% were Buddhist and 2.9% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 678 (29.5%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 219 (9.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $42,600. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,227 (53.4%) people were employed full-time, 348 (15.1%) were  part-time, and 75 (3.3%) were unemployed. Education. Shelly Park Primary School is a contributing primary school (Year 1-6) with a roll of ..