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Hoon Hay
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Key Information
| Hillmorton | Spreydon | Barrington |
| Aidanfield |
  Hoon Hay  |
Somerfield |
| Halswell | Westmorland | Cashmere |
Hoon Hay is an outer suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located at the base of the Port Hills and about 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) 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.[4] 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.[5] Remnants of this forest remain visible in the area, including with tree stumps being discovered during flood mitigation work on the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River.[6]
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
[edit]Hoon Hay covers 4.25 km2 (1.64 sq mi).[2] It had an estimated population of 9,480 as of June 2025, with a population density of 2,231 people per km2.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8,211 | — |
| 2013 | 8,322 | +0.19% |
| 2018 | 8,595 | +0.65% |
| Source: [7] | ||
Before the 2023 census, the suburb had a smaller boundary, covering 3.70 km2 (1.43 sq mi).[2] Using that boundary, Hoon Hay had a population of 8,595 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 273 people (3.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 384 people (4.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 3,051 households, comprising 4,302 males and 4,296 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female, with 1,824 people (21.2%) aged under 15 years, 1,755 (20.4%) aged 15 to 29, 3,840 (44.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,170 (13.6%) aged 65 or older.
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.[7]
| 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[8] |
| Hoon Hay East | 1.82 | 3,213 | 1,765 | 1,218 | 34.7 years | $38,400[9] |
| Hoon Hay South | 0.80 | 2,172 | 2,715 | 822 | 39.2 years | $38,400[10] |
| New Zealand | 37.4 years | $31,800 |
Education
[edit]Hoon Hay Te Kura Kōaka and Rowley Avenue School are state contributing primary schools for years 1 to 6.[11][12] They have rolls of 439 and 232 students, respectively. Hoon Hay opened in 1959.[13]
Our Lady of the Assumption School is a state-integrated full primary school for years 1 to 8.[14] It has a roll of 334 students. It opened in 1957.[15]
All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of July 2025.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wards, Councillors and Community Boards map". ccc.govt.nz. Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Subnational population estimates - Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
- ^ "Wickham Talbot Harvey" (PDF). www.foncc.org.uk. Friends of Newport & Carisbrooke Cemeteries. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "HOON HAY – Captain Wickham Talbot Harvey (1829 – 1889)". Peeling Back History. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Flood work draws stumps from ancient Hoon Hay forest". newsline.ccc.govt.nz. Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Hoon Hay West (326700), Hoon Hay East (327700) and Hoon Hay South (329500).
- ^ 2018 Census place summary: Hoon Hay West
- ^ 2018 Census place summary: Hoon Hay East
- ^ 2018 Census place summary: Hoon Hay South
- ^ Education Counts: Hoon Hay Te Kura Kōaka
- ^ Education Counts: Te Kōmanawa Rowley School
- ^ ""Joe's School" : a silver jubilee history of Hoon Hay School, Christchurch, New Zealand". Hoon Hay School. 1984.
- ^ Education Counts: Our Lady of the Assumption school
- ^ "History of Our Lady of the Assumption School". Our Lady of the Assumption School. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 July 2025.