Homedale is a suburb of Wainuiomata, part of Lower Hutt city situated in the lower North Island of New Zealand.
Homedale, comprising the statistical areas of Homedale East and Homedale West, covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km<sup>2</sup>.
Homedale had a population of 5,847 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 153 people (2.7%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 498 people (9.3%) since the 2013 census. There were 2,910 males, 2,919 females, and 24 people of other genders in 2,013 dwellings. 4.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 1,215 people (20.8%) aged under 15 years, 1,194 (20.4%) aged 15 to 29, 2,769 (47.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 663 (11.3%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 68.0% European (PÃÂkehÃÂ); 32.4% MÃÂori; 15.1% Pasifika; 10.3% Asian; 0.7% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.3% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.4%, MÃÂori by 9.1%, Samoan by 4.6%, and other languages by 9.6%. No language could be spoken by 2.5% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.7%. The percentage of people born overseas was 18.2, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 32.8% Christian, 2.1% Hindu, 0.4% Islam, 1.6% MÃÂori religious beliefs, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.5% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 1.6% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 53.5%, and 6.9% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 789 (17.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 2,697 (58.2%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,146 (24.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. 405 people (8.7%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 2,661 (57.4%) full-time, 492 (10.6%) part-time, and 165 (3.6%) unemployed.
Wainuiomata Primary School is a state contributing primary (Year 1âÂÂ6) school in Homedale, and has students as of It was established in 1857 and merged with Wood Hatton School (opened in 1964) in 2002.