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Homai
Suburb
Homai Railway Station
Country	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Local authority	Auckland Council
Electoral ward	Manurewa-Papakura ward
Local board	Manurewa Local Board
Established	37°01′S 174°53′E / 37.017°S 174.883°E / -37.017; 174.883
Area
• Land	227 ha (561 acres)
Population
• Total	15,000
Train stations	Homai Train Station

Wiri	Manukau Central
	Homai	Hillpark
Clendon Park		Manurewa

Homai is a suburb of Auckland in New Zealand surrounded by Manukau Central, Wiri, Hillpark, Clendon Park and Manurewa. It was formerly under the local governance of the Manukau City Council. It has since been integrated with the rest of Auckland under Auckland Council in 2010.

History

In the early 1920s, local residents of Manurewa, including John Dreadon, lobbied the Manurewa Town Board for the creation of a second train station in the area, which opened in 1924. The train station was named Homai, suggested by Auckland resident Maurice Harding, referring to the gift of land and financing that Dreadon and his neighbours gave to create the station. Over time, the name became associated with the suburban area close to the train station. "Homai" is a Māori language verb, meaning "to give (to me)".

Demographics

Homai covers 2.27 km (0.88 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 15,000 as of June 2024, with a population density of 6,608 people per km.

Homai had a population of 11,931 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 2,052 people (20.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 2,493 people (26.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,604 households, comprising 6,057 males and 5,877 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.03 males per female, with 3,372 people (28.3%) aged under 15 years, 3,345 (28.0%) aged 15 to 29, 4,506 (37.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 714 (6.0%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 19.8% European/Pākehā, 29.8% Māori, 45.1% Pacific peoples, 22.6% Asian, and 2.5% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 36.5, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 25.5% had no religion, 48.8% were Christian, 2.9% had Māori religious beliefs, 6.8% were Hindu, 2.7% were Muslim, 1.7% were Buddhist and 5.5% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 897 (10.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 2,001 (23.4%) people had no formal qualifications. 498 people (5.8%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 4,275 (49.9%) people were employed full-time, 885 (10.3%) were part-time, and 639 (7.5%) were unemployed.

Education

Manurewa High School is a secondary school (years 9–13) with a roll of 2172. The school opened in 1960. Homai School is a contributing primary school (years 1–6) with a roll of 391, than opened in 1955 as Manurewa North School.

Both schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of August 2024.

References

1. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
3. "Homai". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
4. Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
5. "Local And General News". The New Zealand Herald. 30 August 1922. p. 6. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
6. ^ "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Burbank (158800), Homai East (159100) and Homai West (159200).
7. 2018 Census place summary: Burbank
8. 2018 Census place summary: Homai East
9. 2018 Census place summary: Homai West
10. Education Counts: Manurewa High School
11. "School History". Manurewa High School. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
12. Education Counts: Homai School
13. Wichman, Gwen (2001). Soaring Bird: a History of Manurewa to 1965. Manurewa: Manurewa Historical Society. p. 46-47. ISBN 0-473-07114-2. Wikidata Q117421984.
14. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.

External links

• Photographs of Homai held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections.

• Suburbs of Auckland
• Manurewa Local Board Area