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Wiri
Oil Tanks, Tank Farm, In Manukau City.jpg
A petroleum-product storage depot at the western edge of Wiri
Wiri
Coordinates: 37°00′00″S174°52′23″E / 37.000°S 174.873°E / -37.000; 174.873
CountryNew Zealand
City Auckland
Local authority Auckland Council
Electoral ward Manurewa-Papakura ward
Local board Manurewa Local Board
Area
[1]
  Land940 ha (2,320 acres)
Population
 (June 2023) [2]
  Total6,850
Train stations Wiri Train Station (closed)
Papatoetoe, Māngere Papatoetoe Manukau Central
(Manukau Harbour)
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Pfeil links.svgWiriPfeil rechts.svg
Pfeil unten.svg
Goodwood Heights
(Manukau Harbour) Clendon Park Homai

Wiri is a mostly industrial-commercial focused suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It was formerly part of Manukau City until the merger of all of Auckland's councils into the 'super city' in 2010. The area was named after the chief Takaanini Wirihana.

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The Wiri inland port connects road freight to the Ports of Auckland on the Waitemata Harbour further north. The inland port allows the Ports of Auckland to reduce the number of trucks that have to travel through the Auckland Central area by up to 100,000 trips per year. [3]

Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility (ARWCF) is located in Wiri. ARWCF is the first purpose-built women's prison in New Zealand to accommodate a growing number of female prisoners and services in the upper North Island. The facility can accommodate 286 prisoners and employs 167 staff. [4]

The adjacent Auckland South Corrections Facility is a high security men's prison which opened in 2015. [5] It is operated by Serco New Zealand under a Public Private Partnership with the Department of Corrections. [5] at 20 Hautu Drive, Wiri. [6]

As part of the Auckland railway electrification project, the $100 million EMU maintenance and stabling depot was built on 4.4 hectares of the old Winstone Quarry in Wiri, located next to the South-Western Motorway and bordered by Roscommon and Wiri Station Roads. It was officially opened by the Mayor of Auckland on 5 July 2013. [7]

The Wiri railway station was opened from 1913 and closed in 2005 due to low patronage, the EMU maintenance facility was built on the former site.

The Matukutūruru (Wiri Mountain) and Matukutūreia (McLaughlins Mountain) volcanoes are in Wiri. Much of the land within the suburb of Wiri was formed through lava flows originating from these mountains. [8]

Demographics

Wiri covers 9.40 km2 (3.63 sq mi) [1] and had an estimated population of 6,850 as of June 2023, [2] with a population density of 729 people per km2.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20063,867    
20133,921+0.20%
20185,355+6.43%
Source: [9]
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St David's Anglican Church

Wiri had a population of 5,355 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 1,434 people (36.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,488 people (38.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 999 households, comprising 2,814 males and 2,544 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.11 males per female, with 1,311 people (24.5%) aged under 15 years, 1,410 (26.3%) aged 15 to 29, 2,145 (40.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 492 (9.2%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 20.4% European/Pākehā, 31.2% Māori, 47.2% Pacific peoples, 18.0% Asian, and 2.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 33.8, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 24.9% had no religion, 51.8% were Christian, 4.1% had Māori religious beliefs, 4.7% were Hindu, 3.2% were Muslim, 1.3% were Buddhist and 3.4% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 363 (9.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 906 (22.4%) people had no formal qualifications. 177 people (4.4%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,440 (35.6%) people were employed full-time, 387 (9.6%) were part-time, and 360 (8.9%) were unemployed. [9]

Individual statistical areas
NameArea
(km2)
PopulationDensity
(per km2)
HouseholdsMedian ageMedian
income
Wiri West8.041,1761468435.2 years$2,800 [10]
Wiri East1.374,1793,05091527.3 years$20,200 [11]
New Zealand37.4 years$31,800

Education

Wiri Central School is a full primary school (years 1–8) with a roll of 281 as of February 2024. [12] [13]

Destiny School is a private Christian composite school (years 1–13) with a roll of 66 as of February 2024. [12] [14]

Both schools are coeducational.

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  11. 2018 Census place summary: Wiri East
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  13. Education Counts: Wiri Central School
  14. Education Counts: Destiny School