Opiki is a rural locality in the Horowhenua district of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the floodplain of the Manawatà « River, southwest of Palmerston North.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of climbing" for à Âpiki.
Opiki locality covers . It is part of the larger Miranui statistical area.
Opiki had a population of 402 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 15 people (3.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 18 people (4.7%) since the 2013 census. There were 204 males and 198 females in 141 dwellings. 3.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 93 people (23.1%) aged under 15 years, 75 (18.7%) aged 15 to 29, 183 (45.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 48 (11.9%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 75.4% European (PÃÂkehÃÂ), 12.7% MÃÂori, 3.7% Pasifika, 17.2% Asian, and 1.5% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.3%, MÃÂori by 5.2%, Samoan by 0.7%, and other languages by 12.7%. No language could be spoken by 3.0% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.7%. The percentage of people born overseas was 20.1, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 37.3% Christian, 0.7% Hindu, 1.5% Buddhist, and 0.7% New Age. People who answered that they had no religion were 51.5%, and 7.5% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 54 (17.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 186 (60.2%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 69 (22.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. 27 people (8.7%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 174 (56.3%) full-time, 48 (15.5%) part-time, and 9 (2.9%) unemployed.
à Âpiki School is a co-educational full state primary school serving students from years 1 to 8, with a roll of as of It opened in 1928.