Onepoto, Wellington


Onepoto is a locality of Porirua City in New Zealand. It is bounded to the north by Whitireia Park, a large park which is slowly being returned to native bush, and to the east by the Porirua Harbour.
Onepoto covers a land area of 2.24 km², including an area of coast.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage translates Onepoto as "short beach".

Demography

Onepoto statistical area covers. It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.
Onepoto had a population of 1,938 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 21 people since the 2018 census, and an increase of 138 people since the 2013 census. There were 954 males, 981 females, and 3 people of other genders in 633 dwellings. 4.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 35.1 years. There were 429 people aged under 15 years, 381 aged 15 to 29, 894 aged 30 to 64, and 234 aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 70.0% European ; 33.4% Māori; 18.7% Pasifika; 6.5% Asian; 1.5% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders ; and 3.4% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.7%, Māori by 9.0%, Samoan by 4.2%, and other languages by 9.1%. No language could be spoken by 2.6%. New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.6%. The percentage of people born overseas was 17.6, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 31.0% Christian, 0.5% Hindu, 0.8% Islam, 2.2% Māori religious beliefs, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.2% New Age, 0.3% Jewish, and 1.4% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 56.0%, and 7.4% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 363 people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 852 had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 294 people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $49,500, compared with $41,500 nationally. 207 people earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 873 full-time, 192 part-time, and 45 unemployed.

Economy

In 2018, 11.9% of the workforce worked in healthcare, 11.3% worked in construction, 10.7% worked in education, 4.5% worked in manufacturing, 4.5% worked in transport and 3.9% worked in hospitality.

Transportation

As of 2018, among those who commute to work, 70.9% drove a car, 4.7% rode in a car, 0.9% used a bike, and 0.9% walked or ran. No one used public transport.