Length | 1.4 km (0.87 mi) |
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Location | Auckland CBD, New Zealand |
Postal code | 1010 |
North end | Quay Street |
South end | Auckland Northern Motorway |
Hobson Street is a major street in Auckland, New Zealand. It lies on the western side of Queen Street. It is a commercial and high-rise residential street, and provides access to the Auckland Northern Motorway going south, and the Northwest Motorway going west. For most of its length it is one-way. One block to the west is Nelson Street, which is one-way in the other direction and provides access to the central city for traffic exiting from the motorways. One block to the east is Albert Street, part of Mayoral Drive, and Vincent Street. The area encompassed by these streets is called Hobson Ridge by Statistics New Zealand.
Hobson Street existed by 1842 [1] but it was not initially entirely urban, with the Auckland City Council being asked to prevent cattle from obstructing its footpaths in 1870. [2] The street was named after the first Governor of New Zealand, William Hobson. [3]
By 1884, the street was an important route for horse-drawn trams travelling south to Ponsonby and Karangahape Road, as the steep southern portion of Queen Street was unsuitable for horses. By the early 20th century, Hobson Street had become a busy thoroughfare to reach the western suburbs of central Auckland, such as Ponsonby and Grey Lynn. [3]
The Nelson Street-Hobson Street one-way system was in place in the early 1970s. [4]
Since 1996 SkyCity and its InterCity bus terminal have been accessed from Hobson Street. [5]
The statistical areas centred on Hobson Street cover 0.37 km2 (0.14 sq mi) [6] and had an estimated population of 9,420 as of June 2024, [7] with a population density of 25,459 people per km2.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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2006 | 4,533 | — |
2013 | 7,098 | +6.62% |
2018 | 8,190 | +2.90% |
Source: [8] |
The Hobson Street statistical areas had a population of 8,190 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 1,092 people (15.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 3,657 people (80.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 3,540 households, comprising 4,422 males and 3,762 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.18 males per female, with 441 people (5.4%) aged under 15 years, 4,398 (53.7%) aged 15 to 29, 3,138 (38.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 213 (2.6%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 22.5% European/Pākehā, 3.2% Māori, 2.8% Pacific peoples, 67.2% Asian, and 8.7% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 81.1, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 40.7% had no religion, 25.4% were Christian, 0.2% had Māori religious beliefs, 17.7% were Hindu, 3.7% were Muslim, 4.0% were Buddhist and 4.6% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 3,348 (43.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 378 (4.9%) people had no formal qualifications. 816 people (10.5%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,852 (49.7%) people were employed full-time, 1,554 (20.1%) were part-time, and 423 (5.5%) were unemployed. [8]
Name | Area (km2) | Population | Density (per km2) | Households | Median age | Median income |
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Hobson Ridge North | 0.15 | 2,475 | 16,500 | 1,230 | 29.3 years | $33,000 [9] |
Hobson Ridge Central | 0.06 | 3,756 | 62,600 | 1,551 | 27.4 years | $19,500 [10] |
Hobson Ridge South | 0.14 | 1,959 | 13,993 | 759 | 27.9 years | $20,700 [11] |
New Zealand | 37.4 years | $31,800 |
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