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Grafton, New Zealand
Grafton is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is named for the Duke of Grafton, a patron of the first Governor of New Zealand, William Hobson, and the grandfather of a subsequent Governor, Robert FitzRoy. Once known as 'Grafton Heights', denoting its history as a well-off suburb in Auckland's earliest decades.
The Khyber Pass Road District was formed on 31 December 1867 to administer the area. In 1868, the road district renamed to Grafton Road Highway District and started operation 9 September 1868. In 1882 the road district was annexed by the City of Auckland.
The suburb is characterised by its many historic buildings, many of them essentially unchanged from the early decades of the 20th century. While the extents of the suburb have shrunk with the motorway and arterial road construction of the middle 20th century, the remaining smaller suburb thus has a highly cohesive structure, which is recognised, for example, in the residential zoning which discourages demolition of existing buildings.
Grafton has a local resident's association, abbreviated as the GRA. The menswear fashion brand and retail chain Barkers has its head office in Grafton.
Grafton covers 0.87 km2 (0.34 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 3,520 as of June 2025, with a population density of 4,046 people per km2.
Grafton had a population of 3,111 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 531 people (20.6%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 306 people (10.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,512 males, 1,575 females and 24 people of other genders in 1,239 dwellings. 11.2% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 31.6 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 186 people (6.0%) aged under 15 years, 1,215 (39.1%) aged 15 to 29, 1,446 (46.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 261 (8.4%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 53.4% European (Pākehā); 7.5% Māori; 5.0% Pasifika; 38.8% Asian; 5.6% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.4% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.0%, Māori language by 2.0%, Samoan by 1.0%, and other languages by 37.9%. No language could be spoken by 1.1% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 53.1, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 28.8% Christian, 4.2% Hindu, 2.3% Islam, 0.4% Māori religious beliefs, 2.5% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, 0.2% Jewish, and 1.7% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 55.1%, and 4.6% of people did not answer the census question.
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Grafton, New Zealand
Grafton is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is named for the Duke of Grafton, a patron of the first Governor of New Zealand, William Hobson, and the grandfather of a subsequent Governor, Robert FitzRoy. Once known as 'Grafton Heights', denoting its history as a well-off suburb in Auckland's earliest decades.
The Khyber Pass Road District was formed on 31 December 1867 to administer the area. In 1868, the road district renamed to Grafton Road Highway District and started operation 9 September 1868. In 1882 the road district was annexed by the City of Auckland.
The suburb is characterised by its many historic buildings, many of them essentially unchanged from the early decades of the 20th century. While the extents of the suburb have shrunk with the motorway and arterial road construction of the middle 20th century, the remaining smaller suburb thus has a highly cohesive structure, which is recognised, for example, in the residential zoning which discourages demolition of existing buildings.
Grafton has a local resident's association, abbreviated as the GRA. The menswear fashion brand and retail chain Barkers has its head office in Grafton.
Grafton covers 0.87 km2 (0.34 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 3,520 as of June 2025, with a population density of 4,046 people per km2.
Grafton had a population of 3,111 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 531 people (20.6%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 306 people (10.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,512 males, 1,575 females and 24 people of other genders in 1,239 dwellings. 11.2% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 31.6 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 186 people (6.0%) aged under 15 years, 1,215 (39.1%) aged 15 to 29, 1,446 (46.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 261 (8.4%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 53.4% European (Pākehā); 7.5% Māori; 5.0% Pasifika; 38.8% Asian; 5.6% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.4% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.0%, Māori language by 2.0%, Samoan by 1.0%, and other languages by 37.9%. No language could be spoken by 1.1% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 53.1, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 28.8% Christian, 4.2% Hindu, 2.3% Islam, 0.4% Māori religious beliefs, 2.5% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, 0.2% Jewish, and 1.7% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 55.1%, and 4.6% of people did not answer the census question.