Epuni is a suburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand situated in the south of the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb lies around one kilometre east of the Lower Hutt CBD.
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Suburb of Lower Hutt City | |
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Country | New Zealand |
City | Lower Hutt City |
Electoral ward | Central / Eastern |
Area | |
• Land | 199 ha (492 acres) |
Population (June 2021)[1] | |
• Total | 6,640 |
Train station(s) | Epuni Station |
Boulcott | Naenae | |
Lower Hutt CBD |
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Fairfield |
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The suburb takes its name from the Te Āti Awa chief Honiana Te Puni.[2]
In 2018 HNZ, which in October 2019 became part of Kaingaora Ora Homes and Communities,[3] announced that it was to build 153 homes on long-vacant land in Epuni where earlier HNZ houses had been demolished.[4]
Epuni, comprising the statistical areas of Epuni West and Epuni East, covers 1.99 km2 (0.77 sq mi).[5] It had an estimated population of 6,640 as of June 2021, with a population density of 3,337 people per km2.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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2006 | 6,063 | — |
2013 | 5,886 | −0.42% |
2018 | 6,039 | +0.51% |
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Epuni had a population of 6,039 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 153 people (2.6%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 24 people (-0.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,262 households. There were 2,985 males and 3,051 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female, with 1,149 people (19.0%) aged under 15 years, 1,155 (19.1%) aged 15 to 29, 2,853 (47.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 885 (14.7%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 63.4% European/Pākehā, 13.5% Māori, 8.2% Pacific peoples, 23.3% Asian, and 4.2% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
The proportion of people born overseas was 29.8%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 41.5% had no religion, 40.0% were Christian, 5.8% were Hindu, 2.1% were Muslim, 1.7% were Buddhist and 3.1% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 1,413 (28.9%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 801 (16.4%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,424 (49.6%) people were employed full-time, 696 (14.2%) were part-time, and 240 (4.9%) were unemployed.[6]
Name | Population | Households | Median age | Median income |
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Epuni West | 3,090 | 1,167 | 39.3 years | $33,700[7] |
Epuni East | 2,949 | 1,095 | 37.2 years | $34,300[8] |
New Zealand | 37.4 years | $31,800 |
Dyer Street School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,[9][10] with a roll of 146 as of March 2022.[11]
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