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Suburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Epuni is a suburb of Lower Hutt, situated in the Wellington region of New Zealand. The suburb lies around one kilometre east of the Lower Hutt CBD.
Epuni | |
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Coordinates: 41.208°S 174.930°E | |
Country | New Zealand |
City | Lower Hutt |
Local authority | Hutt City Council |
Electoral ward | Central / Eastern |
Area | |
• Land | 199 ha (492 acres) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 6,770 |
Train stations | Epuni Station |
The suburb takes its name from the Te Āti Awa chief Honiana Te Puni.[3]
In 2018 HNZ, which in October 2019 became part of Kaingaora Ora Homes and Communities,[4] announced that it was to build 153 homes on long-vacant land in Epuni where earlier HNZ houses had been demolished.[5]
Epuni, comprising the statistical areas of Epuni West and Epuni East, covers 1.99 km2 (0.77 sq mi).[1] It had an estimated population of 6,770 as of June 2023, with a population density of 3,402 people per km2.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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2006 | 6,063 | — |
2013 | 5,886 | −0.42% |
2018 | 6,039 | +0.51% |
Source: [6] |
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, comprising 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% Pasifika, 23.3% Asian, and 4.2% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 29.8, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 41.5% had no religion, 40.0% were Christian, 0.8% had Māori religious beliefs, 5.8% were Hindu, 2.1% were Muslim, 1.7% were Buddhist and 2.3% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 1,413 (28.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 801 (16.4%) people had no formal qualifications. 984 people (20.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. 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]
Dyer Street School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,[9][10] with a roll of 175 as of August 2024.[11]
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