Heriot is a small settlement in
West Otago, in the
South Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 kilometres southwest of
Raes Junction and 15 kilometres north of
Tapanui
Tapanui is a small town in West Otago in New Zealand's South Island, close to the boundary with Southland region.
It is a forestry town at the foot of the Blue Mountains and the Pomahaka River. Popular pastimes include deer stalking and trout f ...
.
The township is likely not to have been named after the Scottish border town of
Heriot
Heriot, from Old English ''heregeat'' ("war-gear"), was originally a death-duty in late Anglo-Saxon England, which required that at death, a nobleman provided to his king a given set of military equipment, often including horses, swords, shields ...
(unlike other local towns named after Borders places, such as
Kelso and
Roxburgh
Roxburgh () is a civil parish and formerly a royal burgh, in the historic county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was an important trading burgh in High Medieval to early modern Scotland. In the Middle Ages it had at leas ...
), but may have been named from the maiden name of the wife of early settler William Pinkerton.
The main economic activities in Heriot are related to livestock and forestry.
Demographics
Heriot covers ,
and is part of the larger
West Otago statistical area.
Heriot had a population of 111 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, a decrease of 18 people (−14.0%) since the
2013 census, and a decrease of 30 people (−21.3%) since the
2006 census. There were 51 households. There were 57 males and 54 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.06 males per female. The median age was 39.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 24 people (21.6%) aged under 15 years, 21 (18.9%) aged 15 to 29, 48 (43.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 18 (16.2%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 91.9% European/Pākehā, 13.5% Māori, and 2.7% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 48.6% had no religion, 40.5% were Christian and 2.7% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 9 (10.3%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 21 (24.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $31,100, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 54 (62.1%) people were employed full-time and 12 (13.8%) were part-time.
Education
Heriot School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,
with a roll of as of .
The school was established in 1879.
References
{{Clutha District
Populated places in Otago