Point England is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is under the local governance of the Auckland Council. Demographics Point England covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Point England had a population of 4,923 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 618 people (14.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 696 people (16.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,323 households, comprising 2,361 males and 2,559 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.92 males per female. The median age was 29.0 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 1,347 people (27.4%) aged under 15 years, 1,200 (24.4%) aged 15 to 29, 1,872 (38.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 507 (10.3%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 27.0% European/Pākehā, 26.5% Māori, 52.8% Pacific peoples, 13.2% Asian, and 2.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 33.7, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 29.6% had no religion, 53.0% were Christian, 3.3% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.1% were Hindu, 2.7% were Muslim, 2.6% were Buddhist and 1.3% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 402 (11.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 924 (25.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $18,900, compared with $31,800 nationally. 231 people (6.5%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,386 (38.8%) people were employed full-time, 426 (11.9%) were part-time, and 306 (8.6%) were unemployed. History Ngāti Pāoa established a foothold along the western side of the Tamaki River and at Mokoia (present day Panmure) in around 1780. Extensive settlement and agriculture by Ngāti Pāoa in the Mokoia area was recorded by the missionaries John Butler and Samuel Marsden around 1820. Mokoia was a significant settlement in the region. Butler estimated four thousand inhabitants. When Butler climbed what was Maungarei / Mount Wellington he saw twenty villages in the valley below and "with a single glance, beheld the greatest portion of cultivated land I had ever met within one place in New Zealand." Marsden stated that "Their houses are superior to most I've met with. Their stores were full of potatoes containing some thousands of baskets and they had some very fine hogs.”