The road runs southwest and uphill from the top of Anzac Avenue (originally Jermyn Street), through the City Campus of University of Auckland, over the Northwestern Motorway and Auckland Southern Motorway and to the start of New North Road and Mount Eden Road.The route of Symonds Street originated as a Tāmaki Māori overland walking track,[1] linking the Horotiu valley (modern-day Auckland CBD) and the Waitematā Harbour with other populated areas of the Tāmaki isthmus to the south.During the early colonial era of Auckland, it was the main south-bound road.The results were 30.8% European (Pākehā); 8.1% Māori; 5.0% Pasifika; 58.4% Asian; 6.3% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.3% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".Of those at least 15 years old, 3,063 (37.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 3,303 (40.8%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,734 (21.4%) people exclusively held high school qualifications.