RÃÂnui is a suburb of Porirua City approximately north of Wellington in New Zealand. RÃÂnui means midday in the MÃÂori language.
RÃÂnui, comprising the statistical areas of Porirua East and RÃÂnui Heights, covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km<sup>2</sup>.
RÃÂnui had a population of 3,597 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 33 people (0.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 153 people (4.4%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,794 males, 1,788 females, and 15 people of other genders in 1,185 dwellings. 3.3% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 34.5 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 729 people (20.3%) aged under 15 years, 771 (21.4%) aged 15 to 29, 1,683 (46.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 411 (11.4%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 44.8% European (PÃÂkehÃÂ); 30.1% MÃÂori; 38.5% Pasifika; 13.9% Asian; 1.3% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.1% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 94.2%, MÃÂori by 7.5%, Samoan by 12.4%, and other languages by 14.1%. No language could be spoken by 2.8% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.6%. The percentage of people born overseas was 26.0, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 43.7% Christian, 2.0% Hindu, 1.8% Islam, 1.3% MÃÂori religious beliefs, 1.6% Buddhist, 0.6% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 1.5% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 39.6%, and 8.0% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 510 (17.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,533 (53.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 828 (28.9%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $40,000, compared with $41,500 nationally. 204 people (7.1%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 1,542 (53.8%) full-time, 336 (11.7%) part-time, and 105 (3.7%) unemployed.
Porirua East School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students with a roll of as of The school opened in 1954.