The Franklin ward is the southernmost ward on the Auckland Council. The Franklin ward has one local board, also called Franklin; the Franklin Local Board has three subdivisions - Wairoa, Pukekohe and Waiuku. Franklin is currently represented by Andy Baker.
Demographics Franklin ward covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.
Franklin ward had a population of 84,357 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 9,519 people (12.7%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 19,038 people (29.1%) since the 2013 census. There were 41,865 males, 42,252 females and 243 people of other genders in 28,884 dwellings. 2.4% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 40.1 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 16,929 people (20.1%) aged under 15 years, 14,274 (16.9%) aged 15 to 29, 39,231 (46.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 13,923 (16.5%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 77.0% European (Pākehā); 16.6% Māori; 7.3% Pasifika; 12.5% Asian; 1.1% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.3% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.2%, Māori language by 2.8%, Samoan by 0.8%, and other languages by 14.0%. No language could be spoken by 2.0% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 25.6, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 31.7% Christian, 2.4% Hindu, 0.9% Islam, 1.0% Māori religious beliefs, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 2.6% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 53.0%, and 7.5% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 14,595 (21.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 36,210 (53.7%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 16,632 (24.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $47,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 11,331 people (16.8%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 36,495 (54.1%) people were employed full-time, 8,811 (13.1%) were part-time, and 1,698 (2.5%) were unemployed.
Councillors
ElectionCouncillor electedAffiliationVotesNotes2010Des MorrisonC&R Team Franklin10,6512013 Bill CashmoreC&R Team Franklin8,1782016 Bill CashmoreTeam Franklinelected unopposed Appointed Deputy Mayor of Auckland by mayor Phil Goff after Goff won the 2016 Auckland mayoral election.2019Bill CashmoreTeam Franklinelected unopposed2022Andy BakerTeam Franklin14,1872025Andy BakerTeam Franklin10,912
Election results Election Results for the Franklin Ward:
2025
{ class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Franklin ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" %
style="text-align:left" Team Franklin style="text-align:left" Andy Baker 10,912 56.82
style="text-align:left" ACT Local style="text-align:left" Dene Green 4,395 22.89
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Les Thomas 3,341 17.40 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Informal 21 0.11 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Blank 534 2.78 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Turnout 19,203 31.88 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Registered 60,244 style="background:lightgrey"
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Team Franklin hold - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
2022
+Franklin WardAffiliationCandidateVotes% Team FranklinAndy Baker14,18758.39IndependentKeven Mealamu9,27938.19Informal100.04Blank8203.38Turnout24,296
References
External links Council description of Franklin Ward