Epuni

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Epuni
Suburb of Lower Hutt City
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Epuni Street
Epuni
Country New Zealand
City Lower Hutt City
Electoral wardCentral / Eastern
Area
  Land199 ha (492 acres)
Population
 (June 2022) [1]
  Total6,650
Train station(s) Epuni Station
Boulcott Naenae
Lower Hutt CBD
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Fairfield
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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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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]

Demographics

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 6,650 as of June 2022, with a population density of 3,342 people per km2.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20066,063    
20135,886−0.42%
20186,039+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. 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]

Individual statistical areas
NamePopulationHouseholdsMedian ageMedian income
Epuni West3,0901,16739.3 years$33,700 [7]
Epuni East2,9491,09537.2 years$34,300 [8]
New Zealand37.4 years$31,800

Education

Dyer Street School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, [9] [10] with a roll of 155 as of November 2022. [11]

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