Hoon Hay
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use New Zealand English Template:Stack begin Template:Infobox New Zealand suburbs Template:Adjacent place Template:Stack end Hoon Hay is an outer suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located at the base of the Port Hills and about Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Cathedral Square. The area was named by Captain Wickham Talbot Harvey, a captain of the British Royal 10th Hussars, who moved to the area in 1852 and named it after the farm in Hoon, Derbyshire where he grew up.[1] Harvey only stayed in the area for four years, before a fire destroyed his property and prompted him to return to the United Kingdom. Further fires in the following years destroyed the woodland which was on the property, including several large tōtara, causing it to be converted into farmland.[2] Remnants of this forest remain visible in the area, including with tree stumps being discovered during flood mitigation work on the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River.[3]
Hoon Hay maintains aspects of both a rural and suburban surrounding. It is bordered by the suburbs of Hillmorton and Spreydon to the north, Somerfield and Cashmere to the east and Halswell to the southwest, along with new developments in the adjacent Port Hills. Despite this, the suburb is also bordered by farmland and the nearby Hoon Hay valley, maintaining the suburb as semi-rural. The Cashmere Stream, a tributary of the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River, that flows down the valley and through the suburb.
Demographics
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Ethnicities were 79.0% European/Pākehā, 11.3% Māori, 9.2% Pasifika, 8.8% Asian, and 3.2% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 21.6, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 49.7% had no religion, 37.9% were Christian, 0.3% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.9% were Hindu, 1.2% were Muslim, 0.6% were Buddhist and 2.4% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 1,470 (21.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 1,260 (18.6%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,026 people (15.2%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,558 (52.5%) people were employed full-time, 981 (14.5%) were part-time, and 258 (3.8%) were unemployed.[5]
| Name | Area (km2) |
Population | Density (per km2) |
Households | Median age | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoon Hay West | 1.08 | 3,210 | 2,972 | 1,011 | 32.4 years | $26,000[6] |
| Hoon Hay East | 1.82 | 3,213 | 1,765 | 1,218 | 34.7 years | $38,400[7] |
| Hoon Hay South | 0.80 | 2,172 | 2,715 | 822 | 39.2 years | $38,400[8] |
| New Zealand | 37.4 years | $31,800 |
Education
Hoon Hay Te Kura Kōaka and Rowley Avenue School are state contributing primary schools for years 1 to 6.[9][10] They have rolls of Template:NZ school roll data and Template:NZ school roll data students, respectively. Hoon Hay opened in 1959.[11]
Our Lady of the Assumption School is a state-integrated full primary school for years 1 to 8.[12] It has a roll of Template:NZ school roll data students. It opened in 1957.[13]
All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of Template:NZ school roll data
References
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