Akina is a suburb of Hastings City, in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island.
The suburb includes Akina Park, Hawke's Bay soccer and softball park.
Akina covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km<sup>2</sup>.
Akina had a population of 5,244 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 54 people (1.0%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 420 people (8.7%) since the 2013 census. There were 2,472 males, 2,754 females, and 15 people of other genders in 2,031 dwellings. 2.7% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 35.2 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 1,095 people (20.9%) aged under 15 years, 1,056 (20.1%) aged 15 to 29, 2,373 (45.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 720 (13.7%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 70.5% European (PÃÂkehÃÂ); 27.2% MÃÂori; 5.3% Pasifika; 13.5% Asian; 1.1% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 95.4%, MÃÂori by 5.4%, Samoan by 1.0%, and other languages by 12.1%. No language could be spoken by 2.6% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 20.0, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 31.5% Christian, 3.2% Hindu, 0.8% Islam, 2.3% MÃÂori religious beliefs, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.6% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 3.4% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 51.4%, and 6.2% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 771 (18.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 2,250 (54.2%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,131 (27.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $41,100, compared with $41,500 nationally. 195 people (4.7%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 2,286 (55.1%) full-time, 483 (11.6%) part-time, and 96 (2.3%) unemployed.
Hastings Intermediate is a co-educational state intermediate school, serving Year 7âÂÂ8, with a roll of as of The school opened in 1954.
Hastings Christian School is a co-educational Year 1âÂÂ13 state-integrated Christian school, with a roll of as of It started in 1987 as a primary school, and bought its current site in 1992. It provided secondary education for years 9 and 10 from 1998, and expanded to cover up to year 13 by 2010.