One block to the west is Nelson Street, which is one-way in the other direction and provides access to the central city for traffic exiting from the motorways.

The area encompassed by these streets is called Hobson Ridge by Statistics New Zealand.

Hobson Street existed by 1842[1] but it was not initially entirely urban, with the Auckland City Council being asked to prevent cattle from obstructing its footpaths in 1870.

By the early 20th century, Hobson Street had become a busy thoroughfare to reach the western suburbs of central Auckland, such as Ponsonby and Grey Lynn.

[4] Since 1996 SkyCity and its InterCity bus terminal have been accessed from Hobson Street.

The results were 30.3% European (Pākehā); 9.3% Māori; 6.1% Pasifika; 55.7% Asian; 6.9% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".