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Epuni
Suburb
Epuni Street
Coordinates: 41°12′29″S 174°55′48″E / 41.208°S 174.930°E / -41.208; 174.930
Country	New Zealand
City	Lower Hutt
Local authority	Hutt City Council
Electoral ward	Central / Eastern
Area
• Land	199 ha (492 acres)
Population
• Total	6,940
Train stations	Epuni Station

	Boulcott	Naenae
Lower Hutt CBD	Epuni	Fairfield
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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.

The suburb takes its name from the Te Āti Awa chief Honiana Te Puni.

In 2018 HNZ, which in October 2019 became part of Kaingaora Ora Homes and Communities, announced that it was to build 153 homes on long-vacant land in Epuni where earlier HNZ houses had been demolished.

Demographics

Epuni, comprising the statistical areas of Epuni West and Epuni East, covers 1.99 km (0.77 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 6,940 as of June 2024, with a population density of 3,487 people per km.

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.

Education

Dyer Street School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of 181 as of November 2024.

References

1. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
2. "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
3. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand - Te Puni, Honiana Retrieved: 9 January 2008
4. "Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities: A new approach to meeting key Government priorities :: Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities". kaingaora.govt.nz. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
5. "153 homes announced for long-vacant HNZ Epuni land". Stuff (Fairfax). 4 December 2018.
6. ^ "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Epuni West (245100) and Epuni East (245600).
7. 2018 Census place summary: Epuni West
8. 2018 Census place summary: Epuni East
9. "Dyer Street School Official School Website". dyerstreet.school.nz.
10. "Dyer Street School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
11. "Dyer Street School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.

External links

• "Epuni School (early photo, undated)". WCC Archives. 2022.
• "House, Waiwhetu Road (photo, undated)". WCC Archives. 2022.
• "House, Waiwhetu Road (photo, undated)". WCC Archives. 2022.

• Suburbs of Lower Hutt