Rānui, Porirua
{{Short description|Suburb of Porirua}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2021}}
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{{Infobox New Zealand suburb
| name = Rānui
| image = Aerial view of Porirua east of downtown.jpg
| caption1 = Porirua East and Rānui Heights, with Cannons Creek and Waitangiru in the distance
| city1 = Porirua City
| council = Porirua City Council
| ward = {{ubl|Onepoto General Ward|Porirua Māori Ward}}
| established =
| area = 356
| population = {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Porirua East|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Ranui Heights|y}}|R}}|0}}
| popdate = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y}}
| popsource = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2||||y}}
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| map = {{Infobox mapframe|coord={{coord|-41.143|174.848}}|zoom=11}}
| coordinates = {{coord|-41.143|174.848|region:NZ|display=it}}
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{{Adjacent place
| centre = Rānui
| north = Aotea
| northeast =
| east = Cannons Creek
| southeast = Takapu Valley
| south =
| southwest = Linden
| west = Porirua Central
| northwest =
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Rānui is a suburb of Porirua City approximately {{convert|21|km|mi}} north of Wellington in New Zealand. Rānui means midday in the Māori language.{{cite dictionary|url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?keywords=rānui|title=Rānui|dictionary=Te Aka Online Māori Dictionary|accessdate=31 May 2021}}
Demography
Rānui, comprising the statistical areas of Porirua East and Ranui Heights, covers {{Convert|3.56|km2||abbr=on}}.{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787|access-date=31 May 2021|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}} It had an estimated population of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Porirua East|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Ranui Heights|y}}|R}}|0}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|({{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Porirua East|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Ranui Heights|y}}|R}})/3.56|0}} people per km2.
{{Historical populations|2006|3,477|2013|3,447|2018|3,561|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=}}
Rānui had a population of 3,561 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 114 people (3.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 84 people (2.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,146 households, comprising 1,743 males and 1,821 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 780 people (21.9%) aged under 15 years, 858 (24.1%) aged 15 to 29, 1,554 (43.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 369 (10.4%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 47.7% European/Pākehā, 28.6% Māori, 37.7% Pasifika, 11.3% Asian, and 2.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 22.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 39.5% had no religion, 46.7% were Christian, 1.1% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.7% were Hindu, 1.9% were Muslim, 1.0% were Buddhist and 1.4% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 426 (15.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 618 (22.2%) people had no formal qualifications. 294 people (10.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,422 (51.1%) people were employed full-time, 348 (12.5%) were part-time, and 177 (6.4%) were unemployed.{{NZ census 2018|Porirua East (240500) and Rānui Heights (240900)}}
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| Name | Area (km2) | Population | Density (per km2) || Households | Median age | Median income | |
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| Porirua East | style="text-align:right;"|1.21 | style="text-align:right;"|2,235 | style="text-align:right;"|1,847 | style="text-align:right;"|681 | 29.5 years | $23,800{{NZ census place summary 2018|porirua-east|Porirua East}} |
| Rānui Heights | style="text-align:right;"|2.35 | style="text-align:right;"|1,326 | style="text-align:right;"|564 | style="text-align:right;"|465 | 38.6 years | $36,900{{NZ census place summary 2018|ranui-heights-|Rānui Heights}} |
| New Zealand | 37.4 years | style="text-align:left;"| $31,800 |
Education
Porirua East School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students{{TKI|2963|Porirua East School}} with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|2963|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}} The school opened in 1954.{{cite web|url=https://www.poriruaeast.school.nz/?page_id=783|title=About our School - History|publisher=Porirua East School|accessdate=31 May 2021}}