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{{Infobox New Zealand suburb
| name           = Devonport
| image          = Devonport Naval Base, Southeast Base.jpg
| caption1       = Devonport Naval Base with [[Mount Victoria, Auckland|Mount Victoria]] visible in background
| city1          = [[Auckland]]
| ward           = [[North Shore ward]]
| council        = [[Auckland Council]]
| board          = [[Devonport-Takapuna Local Board]]
| established    = 1841
| coordinates    = {{coord|-36.831667|174.796278|type:landmark_region:NZ|display=it}}
| area           = 189
| areasource     = <ref name="Area"/>
| population     = {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Devonport|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Cheltenham|y}}|R}}|0}}
| popdate        = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y}}
| popsource      = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2||||y}}
| postcode       = 0624
| trainstations  =
| ferryterminals = [[Devonport Wharf]]
| airports       =
| hospitals      = [[Navy Hospital, Devonport|Navy Hospital]]
| map            = {{infobox mapframe|zoom=13}}
| caption2       = Location of Devonport in Auckland.
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{{Adjacent place
| centre         = Devonport
| north          = [[Narrow Neck, New Zealand|Narrow Neck]]
| northeast      = ([[Rangitoto Channel]])
| east           = ([[Rangitoto Channel]])
| southeast      = ([[Waitematā Harbour]])
| south          = ([[Waitematā Harbour]])
| southwest      = ([[Waitematā Harbour]])
| west           = [[Stanley Point]]
| northwest      = ([[Ngataringa Bay]])
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'''Devonport''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɛ|v|ən|p|ɔːr|t}} {{respell|DEV|ən|port}})<ref>{{cite RDPCE|page=351}}</ref> is a harbourside suburb of [[Auckland]], New Zealand. It is located on the [[North Shore, New Zealand|North Shore]], at the southern end of the Devonport Peninsula that runs southeast from near [[Lake Pupuke]] in [[Takapuna]], forming the northern side of the [[Waitematā Harbour]]. East of Devonport lies [[North Head, New Zealand|North Head]], the northern promontory guarding the mouth of the harbour.

The suburb hosts the [[Devonport Naval Base]] of the [[Royal New Zealand Navy]], the main facility for the country's naval vessels, but is also known for its harbourside dining and drinking establishments and its heritage charm. Devonport has been compared to [[Sausalito, California]], US due to its setting and scenery.<ref name="DOING">''[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03EFDF113AF936A35753C1A961958260&scp=34&sq=auckland&st=nyt In Auckland, Life Is Alfresco]'' – ''[[The New York Times]]'', 5 October 1997</ref>

== Etymology ==
Devonport is named after the English naval town of [[Devonport, Devon|Devonport]].<ref name="Wises New Zealand Guide 1979. Page 83">Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. Page 83</ref>

Eastern Devonport is known as Cheltenham, named after the English town of [[Cheltenham]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Reed |first = A. W. |author-link = Alexander Wyclif Reed |title = Place Names of New Zealand |year = 2010 |publisher = Raupo |location = Rosedale, North Shore |isbn = 9780143204107 |editor = Peter Dowling |page = 78}}</ref>

== Geography ==
[[File:Mt Victoria 2018.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of [[Mount Victoria (Auckland)|Takarunga / Mount Victoria]] in 2018]]

Devonport is a peninsula at the mouth of the [[Waitematā Harbour]] on the [[North Shore, New Zealand|North Shore]] of Auckland. It is surrounded by Ngataringa Bay to the northwest, the Waitematā Harbour mouth to the south, and the [[Rangitoto Channel]] of the [[Hauraki Gulf]] to the east.<ref name="Linz">{{cite web|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/1175 |title=Devonport |work=New Zealand Gazetteer|publisher=[[Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand]] |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref>

The suburb of [[Stanley Point]] can be found to the west of Devonport, while the suburbs of [[Narrow Neck, New Zealand|Narrow Neck]] and Vauxhall are found to the north.<ref name="Linz"/> The northwestern section of Devonport is located at Duders Point, a peninsula within Ngataringa Bay.<ref name="Linz"/>

The suburb has three beaches: Devonport Beach and Duders Beach to the south,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/19582 |title=Devonport Beach |work=New Zealand Gazetteer|publisher=[[Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand]] |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/19981 |title=Duders Beach |work=New Zealand Gazetteer|publisher=[[Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand]] |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> and Cheltenham Beach to the northeast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/18388 |title=Cheltenham Beach |work=New Zealand Gazetteer|publisher=[[Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand]] |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref>

Devonport is home to three volcanoes of the [[Auckland volcanic field]]: [[Mount Victoria (Auckland)|Takarunga / Mount Victoria]], [[North Head (New Zealand)|Maungauika / North Head]] and [[Mount Cambria|Takararo / Mount Cambria]]. Of these three volcanoes, Maungauika / North Head is the oldest, estimated to have last erupted around 87,500 years ago. Takaroro / Mount Cambria and Takarunga / Mount Victoria are estimated to have last erupted 42,300 and 34,800 years ago respectively.<ref name="Hopkins 2020">{{cite journal |last1=Hopkins |first1=Jenni L. |last2=Smid |first2=Elaine R. |last3=Eccles |first3=Jennifer D. |last4=Hayes |first4=Josh L. |last5=Hayward |first5=Bruce W. |last6=McGee |first6=Lucy E. |last7=van Wijk |first7=Kasper |last8=Wilson |first8=Thomas M. |last9=Cronin |first9=Shane J. |last10=Leonard |first10=Graham S. |last11=Lindsay |first11=Jan M. |last12=Németh |first12=Karoly |last13=Smith |first13=Ian E. M. |title=Auckland Volcanic Field magmatism, volcanism, and hazard: a review |journal=New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics |date=3 July 2021 |volume=64 |issue=2–3 |pages=213–234 |doi=10.1080/00288306.2020.1736102|s2cid=216443777|hdl=2292/51323 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> Takarunga / Mount Victoria is the taller of the volcanoes, reaching a height of {{convert|81|m}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/54545 |title=Takarunga / Mount Victoria |work=New Zealand Gazetteer|publisher=[[Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand]] |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> with Maungauika / North Head reaching a height of {{convert|65|m}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/54533 |title=Maungauika |work=New Zealand Gazetteer|publisher=[[Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand]] |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> Takararo / Mount Cambria formerly stood at a height of {{convert|30|m}}, but was quarried in the 1870s. Another scoria cone, the {{convert|20|m}} high [[Duders Hill]], believed to be a section of Takarunga / Mount Victoria, was quarried in the early 20th century.<ref name="FieldGuide2008">{{cite book |last1=Cameron |first1=Ewen |last2=Hayward |first2= Bruce |author-link2=Bruce Hayward |last3=Murdoch |first3= Graeme |title=A Field Guide to Auckland: Exploring the Region's Natural and Historical Heritage |isbn=978-1-86962-1513 |publisher=Random House New Zealand |year=2008 |edition=rev. |page=149}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Tainui Landing Memorial.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Tainui Landing Memorial, marking the spot where the ''[[Tainui (canoe)|Tainui]]'' migration canoe landed c.1350.]]
Around 40,000 years ago Devonport consisted of three islands of volcanic origin, [[Mount Victoria (Auckland)|Mount Victoria]], [[North Head, New Zealand|North Head]] and between them [[Mount Cambria]] (now largely quarried away).<ref name=devonporttours1>[http://www.devonporttours.co.nz/about.htm About Devonport 1] (from the devonpporttours.co.nz website)</ref>

The earliest evidence for [[Māori people|Māori]] settlement dates from the mid-14th century (roughly the same time as the believed landing of the ''[[Tainui (canoe)|Tainui]]'' [[Māori migration canoes|migration canoe]], which is commemorated by a stone memorial on the foreshore).<ref name="TRAVEL">''Set sail for adventure on dry land'' – ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'', Travel: NZ Special Issue, Tuesday 6 November 2007, Page D7</ref> A significant Māori settlement on [[North Head, New Zealand|North Head]] was ended by attacks from rival tribes in the 1790s.<ref name=devonporttours2>[http://www.devonporttours.co.nz/about2.htm About Devonport 2] (from the devonpporttours.co.nz website)</ref> About 50 Māori were still living in [[Torpedo Bay, New Zealand|Torpedo Bay]], with their meeting house just east of Cambridge Terrace, until they fled to the Waikato when the [[Invasion of the Waikato|colonial government launched war on Waikato Māori]] in 1863.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.historicbirkenhead.com/maori-and-pakeha-on-the-north-shore-1840---1926.html |title=Maori and Pakeha on the North Shore, 1840 - 1926 |first=David |last=Verran |date= |publisher=Birkenhead Heritage Society |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://navymuseum.co.nz/about-us/torpedo-bay-timeline/ |title=Torpedo Bay Timeline |date= |publisher=Torpedo Bay Navy Museum |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>

[[Jules Dumont d'Urville]], a French explorer, is thought to have gone ashore in the area in 1827, possibly as the first European.<ref name="TRAVEL"/> The first European building on the foreshore was a [[gunpowder magazine]] built in 1840.<ref name=NSHeritage131>{{cite book |title=North Shore Heritage. Volume 2: North Shore Area Studies & Scheduled Items List |year=2011 |publisher=Auckland Council |url= https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage/heritagesurveys/north-shore-heritage-thematic-review-volume-2.1.pdf |page=131 |isbn=978-1-927169-23-0 |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref>

Devonport is one of the oldest colonial settlements in Auckland, and the first on the North Shore.<ref name="EvolvingAuckland5.1">{{Cite book| editor-first=John| editor-last=La Roche |editor-link=John La Roche |title=Evolving Auckland: The City's Engineering Heritage |year=2011 |publisher=Wily Publications |chapter=Auckland Ferries |first1=John |last1=Duder |pages=117–119 |isbn=9781927167038}}</ref> The [[Royal Navy]]  survivors of [[HMS Buffalo (1813)|HMS ''Buffalo'']] settled at Devonport.<ref name="EvolvingAuckland5.1"/> In 1841 a [[signal station]] for Auckland's shipping was erected on [[Mount Victoria (Auckland)|Mount Victoria (Takarunga)]], and the signal master, Robert Snow, and his family became the first Europeans to live in the area permanently.<ref name=NSHeritage131/> From then until the 1860s, the settlement was called Flagstaff, because of the flagstaff at the signal station.<ref name=NSHeritage141>{{cite book |title=North Shore Heritage. Volume 2: North Shore Area Studies & Scheduled Items List |year=2011 |publisher=Auckland Council |url= https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage/heritagesurveys/north-shore-heritage-thematic-review-volume-2.1.pdf |page=141 |isbn=978-1-927169-23-0 |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref> Flagstaff was subdivided for town sections and farms in the early 1850s.<ref name=NSHeritage131/>

For the first half century or so of its existence Devonport was geographically isolated from the rest of the North Shore, and was sometimes called "the island" by the local inhabitants.<ref name=fullers>[http://www.fullers.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/devonport2 Destination History – Devonport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914170936/http://www.fullers.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/devonport2 |date=14 September 2007 }} (from the [[Fullers Ferries]] website. Retrieved 2007-09-14.)</ref> Only a thin strip of land beside the beach at Narrow Neck connected Devonport to Belmont and the rest of the North Shore peninsula. In the late 19th century the [[mangrove swamp]] that stretched from Narrow Neck to [[Ngataringa Bay]] was filled in to form a racecourse, now a golf course.<ref name=fullers /> A new road was built along the western edge of the racecourse allowing more direct travel to the north.

On the southern shore, to the west of the centre of Devonport, a nearby deep water anchorage suitable for [[Royal Navy]] vessels, the [[Devonport Naval Base]] was established in 1841. [[William Hobson]], then the Governor of New Zealand, considered the sandspit-protected area a better choice for a naval installation than the shallower waters on the southern side of the [[Waitematā Harbour]].<ref name="TRAVEL"/> While some facilities have expanded and shifted in location over time, the area is still the primary base for the [[Royal New Zealand Navy]]. The Calliope Dock at [[Stanley Bay, New Zealand|Stanley Bay]], part of the base, was opened on 16 February 1888 and at the time was the largest dock in the Southern hemisphere. The suburb also had one of the oldest New Zealand shipyards, now part of the Devonport Yacht Club area.<ref name="TRAVEL"/>

The main centre of the suburb slowly shifted west from Church Street and the original wharf at Torpedo Bay, to its current location around the ferry wharf.<ref name="TRAVEL"/> The settlement itself was renamed Devonport by 1859 after the English naval town of [[Devonport, Devon|Devonport]].<ref name="Wises New Zealand Guide 1979. Page 83"/> Devonport achieved [[Borough]] status in 1886 and was incorporated into [[North Shore City]] in 1989.

Devonport played a special role in the [[New Zealand's nuclear-free zone|nuclear free movement]]. In 1981 the Devonport Borough Council voted to declare Devonport a nuclear-free zone, the first local council in New Zealand to do so.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shore now a Peace City|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/3110784/Shore-now-a-Peace-City|access-date=30 March 2014|work=North Shore Times|date=1 December 2009}}</ref>[[Image:Devonport auckland.jpg|right|thumb|Devonport as seen from [[Mount Victoria (Auckland)|Mt Victoria]]. Victoria Road on left, [[Devonport Wharf]] at the rear.]]

In July 2007, Devonport was given permission to be excluded from a list of local Auckland growth node centres. The [[Auckland Regional Council]] accepted that while it was encouraging intensified growth (such as higher-density housing) around transport nodes such as Devonport, the character and historical nature of the Devonport Wharf area would make such a designation inappropriate in this case.<ref>''[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10451947 Development gets thumbs down]'' – ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'', Tuesday 17 July 2007, Page A9</ref>

=== Ferries ===
[[File:Devonport Wharf Kea Ferry.jpg|thumb|The ''Kea'' at Devonport Wharf]]
The first ferry services to Auckland city began in the 1840s. These were open sailing cutters operated by local seamen running passengers to the foot of [[Queen Street, Auckland|Queen Street]], Auckland's main road. In 1860 the first [[paddlesteamer]] ferries began operation.<ref name="devonporttours1" /><ref name="fullers" /> These were in turn replaced by double-ended, screw-driven ferries in 1904.<ref name="fullers" /> Both passenger and vehicle ferries operated on the Devonport run until the opening of the [[Auckland Harbour Bridge]] in 1959. Immediately after the opening of the bridge, passenger ferry services to other North Shore destinations (such as [[Northcote, Auckland|Northcote]] and [[Birkenhead, New Zealand|Birkenhead]]) were cancelled, as were all vehicular ferries. The Devonport passenger ferry was retained on a much reduced timetable. The majority of the ferries were scrapped, only a handful being retained until being replaced by more modern vessels. The last of the old-style double-ended ferries, the diesel-engined ''Kestrel'' (built in 1905), was retired from the commuter run in 1988 and was then operated for cruises and sightseeing.

In 2002 the ''Kestrel'' was moved to Tauranga to serve as a floating restaurant. The ''Kestrel'' changed hands again in 2010 and moved back to Auckland.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Kestrel Plans A Return To Devonport|url=http://www.speculator.co.nz/2010/the-kestrel-plans-a-return-to-devonport|access-date=9 September 2011|work=The Devonport Speculator|date=24 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724194327/http://www.speculator.co.nz/2010/the-kestrel-plans-a-return-to-devonport/|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 8 March 2016 the ''Kestrel'' broke up and sank while tethered in its Wynyard Quarter berth.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11601802|title = Historic Auckland ferry the Kestrel sinks|date = 2016-03-08|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|language = en-NZ|issn = 1170-0777|access-date = 2016-03-07}}</ref> She was refloated, but her future remains uncertain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harbour ferry Kestrel and our waterfront in danger from bureaucratic group-think – Mike Lee|url=http://www.mikelee.co.nz/2017/09/harbour-ferry-kestrel-and-our-waterfront-in-danger-from-bureaucratic-group-think/|access-date=2020-08-27|language=en-NZ}}</ref>

== Character ==
Devonport maintains many old [[villa]]s some of which date back to the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Devonport's Heritage Story |url=https://devonport.co.nz/explore/history-heritage |website=Devonport |access-date=21 January 2024}}</ref>

The navy base at Devonport features strongly in the local character, with the North Shore City Council having signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Navy which recognises the developing partnership between them.<ref>[http://www.navy.mil.nz/visit-the-base/recent-activities/mou.htm Navy and North Shore City Council Join Forces] (from the [[Royal New Zealand Navy]] website. Accessed 2008-05-11.)</ref> The [[Torpedo Bay Navy Museum]] is also located in Devonport.<ref>{{cite web|title=Visit us|url=http://navymuseum.co.nz/visit-us|publisher=Torpedo Bay Navy Museum|access-date=16 June 2012}}</ref>

==Demographics==
Devonport covers {{Convert|1.89|km2||abbr=on}}<ref name="Area">{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Statistical Area 3 2023 (generalised)|access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> and had an estimated population of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Devonport|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Cheltenham|y}}|R}}|0}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|({{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Devonport|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Cheltenham|y}}|R}})/1.89|0}} people per km<sup>2</sup>.

{{Historical populations|2006|5,499|2013|5,487|2018|5,358|2023|5,079|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=<ref name="Census 2018">{{NZ census 2018|Devonport (133000) and Cheltenham (134000)}}</ref><ref name="Census 2023"/>}}
Devonport had a population of 5,079 in the [[2023 New Zealand census]], a decrease of 279 people (−5.2%) since the [[2018 New Zealand census|2018 census]], and a decrease of 408 people (−7.4%) since the [[2013 New Zealand census|2013 census]]. There were 2,421 males, 2,634 females and 21 people of [[non-binary gender|other genders]] in 2,097 dwellings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_005&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.51120%2B133000%2B134000.2023&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_DWD_003|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for dwellings, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses}}</ref> 3.2% of people identified as [[LGBTQ|LGBTIQ+]]. The median age was 49.3 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 771 people (15.2%) aged under 15 years, 807 (15.9%) aged 15 to 29, 2,313 (45.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,185 (23.3%) aged 65 or older.<ref name="Census 2023"/>

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 92.3% [[European New Zealanders|European]] ([[Pākehā]]); 6.4% [[Māori people|Māori]]; 2.7% [[Pasifika New Zealanders|Pasifika]]; 4.5% [[Asian New Zealanders|Asian]]; 2.1% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 98.2%, Māori language by 1.2%, Samoan by 0.4%, and other languages by 16.3%. No language could be spoken by 0.9% (e.g. too young to talk). [[New Zealand Sign Language]] was known by 0.2%. The percentage of people born overseas was 36.4, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 26.9% [[Christianity in New Zealand|Christian]], 0.5% [[Hinduism in New Zealand|Hindu]], 0.1% [[Islam in New Zealand|Islam]], 0.2% [[Māori religious beliefs]], 0.6% [[Buddhism in New Zealand|Buddhist]], 0.4% [[New Age]], 0.3% [[Judaism in New Zealand|Jewish]], and 1.1% other religions. People who answered that they had [[Irreligion in New Zealand|no religion]] were 63.1%, and 6.9% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 2,184 (50.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,599 (37.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 528 (12.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $55,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 1,236 people (28.7%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,028 (47.1%) people were employed full-time, 738 (17.1%) were part-time, and 90 (2.1%) were unemployed.<ref name="Census 2023">{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.51120.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Devonport (51120)}}</ref>

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!Name !! Area<br/>(km<sup>2</sup>) !! Population !! Density<br/>(per km<sup>2</sup>) || Dwellings !! Median age !! Median<br/>income
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| Devonport || style="text-align:right;"|1.08 || style="text-align:right;"|3,180 || style="text-align:right;"|2,944 || style="text-align:right;"|1,290 || 49.0 years || $55,600<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.133000.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ - Tatauranga Aotearoa - Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Devonport}}</ref>
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| Cheltenham || style="text-align:right;"|0.82 || style="text-align:right;"|1,899 || style="text-align:right;"|2,316 || style="text-align:right;"|804 || 49.8 years || $55,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.134000.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ - Tatauranga Aotearoa - Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Cheltenham}}</ref>
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! New Zealand !! !! !! !! !! 38.1 years !! style="text-align:left;"| $41,500
|}

== Local government ==
The first form of local government in Devonport was the Flagstaff Highway District in 1866, which renamed to Devonport in 1869. In 1886, the road district split from [[Waitemata County]], forming the Devonport Borough Council.<ref>{{cite book | last=Bloomfield | first=Gerald Taylor | title=The Evolution of Local Government Areas in Metropolitan Auckland, 1840-1971 | publisher=[Auckland] : Auckland University Press | publication-place=Auckland | date=1973 | isbn=0-19-647714-X | page=61, 110, 124}}</ref> In 1989, the borough was merged into the [[North Shore, New Zealand#Local government|North Shore City]], and in 2010 incorporated into the single unitary council, run by [[Auckland Council]].{{cn|date=April 2025}}

Within the Auckland Council, Devonport is a part of the [[Devonport-Takapuna]] local government area governed by the [[Devonport-Takapuna Local Board]]. It is a part of the [[North Shore ward]], which elects two councillors to the Auckland Council.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

=== Mayors during Devonport Borough Council ===
During its existence from 1886 to 1989, Devonport Borough had 19 mayors. The following is a complete list:

{| class="wikitable" 
!
! Name
! Portrait
! Term of office
|-
| align=center | 1
| Malcolm Niccol
| [[File:Malcolm Niccol.jpg|60px]]
| 1886–1890
|-
| align=center | 2
| [[Ewen Alison]]
| [[File:Ewen Alison.jpg|60px]]
| 1890–1895
|-
| align=center | (1)
| Malcolm Niccol
| [[File:Malcolm Niccol.jpg|60px]]
| 1895–1896
|-
| align=center | 3
| Joseph Macky <!-- Joseph Cochrane Macky -->
| [[File:Joseph Cochrane Macky.jpg|60px]]
| 1896–1901
|-
| align=center | (1)
| Malcolm Niccol
| [[File:Malcolm Niccol.jpg|60px]]
| 1901–1902
|-
| align=center | (2)
| [[Ewen Alison]]
| [[File:Ewen Alison.jpg|60px]]
| 1902–1907
|-
| align=center | 4
| William Handley
| [[File:William Handley.jpg|60px]]
| 1907–1915
|-
| align=center | 5
| Alick Pickford <!-- Alick Merriott Pickford -->
| [[File:No image.png|60px]]
| 1915–1916
|-
| align=center | 6
| John Henderson
| [[File:No image.png|60px]]
| 1916–1919
|-
| align=center | 7
| Horace King <!-- Horace Stephen Waterlow King -->
| [[File:No image.png|60px]]
| 1919–1923
|-
| align=center | 8
| Thomas Lamont
| [[File:Thomas Lamont.jpg|60px]]
| 1923–1927
|-
| align=center | 9
| Ernest Aldridge
| [[File:Ernest Aldridge.jpg|60px]]
| 1927–1930
|-
| align=center | 10
| John Hislop
| [[File:No image.png|60px]]
| 1930–1931
|-
| align=center | 11
| Hugh Ferry-Wheir Meikle
| [[File:Hugh F.-W. Meikle.jpg|60px]]
| 1931–1941
|-
| align=center | 12
| Robert Gordon May 
| [[File:No image.png|60px]]
| 1941–1944
|-
| align=center | 13
| John Raymond Miller
| [[File:John Raymond Miller (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| 1944–1950
|-
| align=center | 14
| Clem Woodall <!-- Clement Federal Woodall -->
| [[File:Clement Woodall (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| 1950–1959
|-
| align=center | 15
| Fred Stevens <!-- Frederic Sedgwick Stevens -->
| [[File:Frederic Stevens.jpg|60px]]
| 1959–1965
|-
| align=center | 16
| Jack Seelye <!-- John Henry Seelye -->
| [[File:No image.png|60px]]
| 1965–1968
|-
| align=center | 17
| Ted Jackson <!-- Edwin Jackson -->
| [[File:No image.png|60px]]
| 1968–1973 
|-
| align=center | 18
| Pat Sheehan <!-- Patrick George Sheehan -->
| [[File:No image.png|60px]]
| 1973–1980 
|-
| align=center | 19
| Jim Titchener <!-- Wray Davies Titchener -->
| [[File:Wray Davies Titchener.jpg|60px]]
| 1980–1989
|}

==Features==
[[File:Cheltenham Beach from North Head (from higher level).jpg|thumb|alt=View of Cheltenham Beach from North Head|Cheltenham Beach from North Head]]
[[File:Victoria Theatre In Devonport.jpg|thumb|alt=view of the Vic Theatre,Debonport|The Vic Theatre, 2008]]

Between the wharf and [[Mount Victoria (Auckland)|Mount Victoria]] are the Devonport shops and several landmarks:

* The Esplanade Hotel – this is an elegant example of an 1890s seaside hotel, reminiscent of many an English seaside resort of the period. A modern extension was added on in the 1950s which has now been replaced by an apartment complex. The Edwardian building was sold for $7 million in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/73781323/grand-old-devonport-lady-gets-new-owners|access-date=31 March 2017|title=Grand old Devonport lady gets new owners|date=9 November 2015|publisher=Stuff.co.nz}}</ref>
* Windsor Reserve – located just to the east of the Devonport Wharf; it is an area of open lawn, notable for the partially underground toilet block designed in 1989 by [[Jeremy Salmond]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage/archives/Documents/archives-exhibition-flushed-out.pdf |title=Flushed out: the secrets of the public toilet |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> and the Edwardian archway at the northern end.
* King Edward Parade Reserve – to the north of the Windsor Reserve on the other side of the road is the King Edward Parade Reserve; here are located the Public Library, the War Memorial (a bronze soldier figure by [[Richard Oliver Gross|Richard Gross]]) and under the [[Moreton Bay Fig]] trees a 1950s styled bandstand.
* The former Post Office – an [[Art Deco]] building from the 1930s.
* The Left Bank – a 1920s [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] building now housing a cafe/bar/restaurant.
* The [[Victoria Theatre, Devonport|Victoria Theatre]] – built in 1912 and remodelled internally and externally in the 1930s in the then fashionable Art Deco style; this is apparently the oldest cinema in the Southern Hemisphere in continuous use. The cinema was purchased for $1.55 million in 2006 by the North Shore City Council on behalf of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/417973/Heritage-status-stymies-plans-for-theatre|access-date=31 March 2017|title=Heritage status stymies plans for theatre|date=12 May 2008|publisher=Stuff.co.nz}}</ref>
* Devonport Museum, a museum on local history, opened in 1977.<ref name="nzmuseums-Devonport Museum">{{cite web |title=Devonport Museum |url=https://www.devonportmuseum.org.nz |publisher=Devonport Museum}}</ref> [[Torpedo Bay Navy Museum]], a military and maritime museum, opened to the public in 2010.<ref name="Torpedo Bay Navy Museum">{{cite web |title=Torpedo Bay Navy Museum |url=https://navymuseum.co.nz/ |publisher=Torpedo Bay Navy Museum}}</ref><ref name="nzmuseums-Torpedo Bay Navy Museum">{{cite web |title=Royal New Zealand Navy Museum on NZ Museums |url=https://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/collections/3323/royal-new-zealand-navy-museum |website=nzmuseums.co.nz |publisher=[[Te Papa]]}}</ref>

The Cheltenham area also includes several landmarks:
*Cheltenham Beach, sandy public beach<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitdevonport.co.nz/cheltenham-beach|title=Cheltenham Beach|access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref>
*Goldwater house, 26 Cheltenham Road, 1907, late villa-style family home owned by the Goldwater family until the mid-1980s.<ref>{{NZHPT|4521|Goldwater House (Former)|23 July 2020}}</ref>
*Morrison house, 5 Jubilee Avenue, 1896, Two-storey Italianate-villa, owned by the Morrison family 1907–1967.<ref>{{NZHPT|4524|House|23 July 2020}}</ref>
*Watson houses, 15-17 Jubilee Avenue, 1899 and 1901, two villas, built and owned by the Watson family until 1917.<ref>{{NZHPT|4522|House|23 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{NZHPT|4523|House|23 July 2020}}</ref>

==Devonport Wharf==
Today, ferry services to Devonport Wharf are more numerous again, and are subsidised by [[Auckland Transport]].<!-- see that article for references --> A crossing between the [[Auckland CBD]] and Devonport takes approximately 12 minutes, usually on the '[[Seabus Kea]]', a newer double-ended ferry.<ref name=fullers />

The Devonport Wharf / Ferry Terminal received a variety of maintenance and repairs during 2011 in advance of the Rugby World Cup. Further structural works were carried out in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Devonport Wharf's makeover completed|url=http://www.aucklandtransport.govt.nz/about-us/News/LatestNews/Pages/Auckland-Transport-gives-Devonport-Wharf-a-makeover.aspx|access-date=9 September 2011|work=Media release from [[Auckland Transport]]|date=9 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924061214/http://www.aucklandtransport.govt.nz/about-us/News/LatestNews/Pages/Auckland-Transport-gives-Devonport-Wharf-a-makeover.aspx|archive-date=24 September 2011}}</ref>

In 2015, a $24 million redevelopment project to upgrade parts of Devonport, including the wharf, began. The renovation of the Devonport Wharf is all but complete, with applications for retail services currently underway. The project includes an improved car park and an overall modernisation of the building itself, as well as structural improvements and refurbishments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/devonport-wharf-redevelopment/|title=Devonport Wharf redevelopment|last=Transport|first=Auckland|website=at.govt.nz|access-date=2016-11-07}}</ref>

===Victoria Wharf===
[[File:Flight Support for Albatross.jpg|thumb|Flight Support for Albatross (sculpture in Auckland, New Zealand)]]
The 1929 wharf underwent significant repair in the 2010s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/unsafe-victoria-wharf-shut/D7X7KWMXFUS3MUZJUOEKY7CYDA/ | title=Unsafe Victoria Wharf Shut|publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref> and is now home to the sculpture Flight Support for Albatross by Greer Twiss.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2021/03/albatross-sculpture-soars-again/|title=Albatross Sculpture Soars Again|publisher=Our Auckland| date=12 March 2021|access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref>

==Local media==
{{Infobox radio station
| logo    =
| name    = The Flea FM
| airdate = May 1999
| area    = Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand
| format  = 
| owner   = North Harbour Community Radio Trust
| website = [http://theflea.co.nz/ theflea.co.nz] 
}}

The Flea 88.2 FM and 107.1FM is a community radio station in [[Auckland]], New Zealand.<ref name="NZHerald9002819">{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=9002819|title=Battle of the Auckland airwaves |date=12 December 2004|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|access-date=22 March 2009}}</ref> The station founder, Mike Baker, died on 4 April 2009, at the age of 71.<ref>{{Citation | title =Dunedin radio identity dies | work=Otago Daily News | date =6 April 2009 | url =http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/50542/dunedin-radio-identity-dies | access-date =4 August 2012 }}</ref>

== Education  ==
Devonport Primary School is a contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1260|y}}<ref>{{TKI|1260|Devonpost Primary School}}</ref> located on the side of [[Mount Victoria (Auckland)|Mount Victoria]] with the address of 18 Kerr Street. The school was established in 1870 on a plot of land given to them by the Trevarthen family for the purposes of a chapel, before it was later renegotiated to be used as a school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.devonport.school.nz/417/pages/374-archives|title=Archives|website=www.devonport.school.nz|access-date=2016-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107160049/http://www.devonport.school.nz/417/pages/374-archives|archive-date=7 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:St_Leo's_Catholic_School_(Devonport).jpg|220x124px|thumb|right|alt=Class at St Leo's Primary School c1900|Class at St Leo's Primary School c1900]]St Leo's School is a state-integrated Catholic primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1500|y}}.<ref>{{TKI|1500|St Leo's School}}</ref> It was founded in 1893.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stleos.school.nz/our-history/|title=Our History|publisher=St Leo's School|access-date=18 July 2020}}</ref>

Both these schools are co-educational. Rolls are as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}

==Religion==
Places of worship in Devonport include:

* St Francis de Sales and All Souls Roman Catholic church
* Holy Trinity Anglican church
* Connect Interdenominational church
* Devonport Methodist church
* Naval Memorial Chapel of St Christopher's

== Sport ==

=== North Shore United AFC ===
[[North Shore United]] are an [[association football]] club that play their football at Allen Hill Stadium, located near the southern end of Lake Road. The club, founded in 1887, currently play in the [[Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1|NRFL Division 1]], a league in the [[Glossary of association football terms|third tier]] of [[New Zealand Football]]. The club is the oldest in both New Zealand and Oceania, winning the [[Chatham Cup]] 6 times and the [[New Zealand champions (soccer)|New Zealand Club Championship]] twice.

=== North Shore RFC ===
[[North Shore Rugby Football Club]] is a [[Rugby union|Rugby Union]] club located in Devonport that play their games at Devonport Domain. Founded in 1873, it is one of the oldest clubs in New Zealand.

== Notable people ==
*[[Finn Andrews]] and Sophia Burn – members of London-based band [[The Veils]]. Both grew up in Devonport and attended Takapuna Grammar School.
*[[Tom Ashley]] – sailor, windsurfer. Gold Medal at 2008 Beijing Olympics in [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X|Men's Sail Boarding]]. Born 1984.
*Sir [[Peter Blake (sailor)|Peter Blake]] – international yachtsman, born 1948, died 2001.
*[[Angela Cullen]] born 5 August 1974
*[[A. R. D. Fairburn]] – poet, satirist, and critic. Born 1904
*[[Tim Finn]] – musician and singer, current residence in Devonport, born 1952. 
*Debbie Harwood – musician and singer, notable as a member of [[When the Cat's Away (band)|When the Cat's Away]].
*[[Lorde]] – pop artist born 1996. Attended [[Takapuna Grammar School]].
*[[Eliza McCartney]] – NZ women's pole vault champion and women's pole vault World Junior Record holder. [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]] Pole Vault Bronze medal winner. Born 1996.
*[[Isabel Peacocke]] – teacher, novelist, broadcaster, born in Devonport in 1881.<ref name="DIC2">[http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=4P6 Peacocke, Isabel Maude] (entry in the [[Dictionary of New Zealand Biography]])</ref>
*Sir [[Dove-Myer Robinson]] – former [[Auckland Mayor]]<ref name="DIC1">[http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=5R19 Robinson, Dove-Myer] (entry in the [[Dictionary of New Zealand Biography]])</ref> born 1901, died 1989.
*[[Mary Taylor (etcher)|Mary Taylor]] – artist, born 1948.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Taylor, Mary|url=http://findnzartists.org.nz/artist/14675/|access-date=2017-10-16|website=findnzartists.org.nz|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Gin Wigmore]] – singer-songwriter, born 1986.

== See also ==
*''[[William C Daldy]]'', a historical steam tug currently berthed in Devonport

== References ==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==Further reading==
{{refbegin |30em}}
* {{cite book 
 | last1 = Walsh 
 | first1 = T. 
 | author2 = Devonport Library Associates (N.Z.)
 | title = An Illustrated Story of Devonport and the Old North Shore from 1841 to 1924: With an Outline of Māori Occupation to 1841
 | edition = Devonport centennial
 | location = [Auckland, N.Z.]
 | publisher = Devonport Library Associates
 | year = 1986
| orig-year=1924
 | oclc = 946524336
}}

* {{cite book
 | last = Bioletti
 | first = Harry
 | title = Devonport New Zealand
 | volume = Book 2
 | location = Auckland [N.Z.]
 | publisher = H. Bioletti
 | year = 2003
 | oclc = 62503840
|isbn=9780473093747
}}
* {{cite book
 | last1 = Veart
 | first1 = David
 | title = The Māori Archaeology of Te Raki Paewhenua/North Shore
 | year = 2018
 | publisher = Auckland North Community and Development
 | location = [Auckland, N.Z.]
 | oclc = 1121457371
| isbn = 9780994135841
}}
{{refend}}

== External links ==
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* {{url|http://www.devonport.school.nz/| Devonport School}}
* {{url|https://devonportflagstaff.co.nz/|Devonport Flagstaff}}
* {{Library resources about|others=no}}
*[https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/search/searchterm/Devonport/field/title/ Photographs of Devonport] held in [[Auckland Libraries|Auckland Libraries']] heritage collections.


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