Ilam is a suburb of

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, New Zealand about five kilometres west of the

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. It is the location of the

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. Located adjacent to

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and the

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, it is handily placed for transportation. It is also located close to the major retail area of

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Ilam, house, Christchurch New Zealand SLNSW

The suburb was named after the ancestral home of the Hon.

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(1825–75), who hailed from

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. He settled in Canterbury in 1850, arriving on and named his property ''Ilam''. The Ilam homestead was in the 1950s inhabited by the rector of Canterbury College,

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. In 1954 the homestead gained notoriety as Hulme's 16-year-old daughter Juliet was involved in the

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. The homestead was used as a major location for

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's film about the murders, ''

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''. The homestead has been the University of Canterbury Staff Club since 1971.

Demographics

Ilam, comprising the statistical areas of Ilam North, Ilam South and Ilam University, covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Ilam had a population of 9,357 at the

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, an increase of 357 people (4.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 825 people (9.7%) since the

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. There were 2,628 households. There were 4,881 males and 4,473 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.09 males per female, with 1,083 people (11.6%) aged under 15 years, 4,293 (45.9%) aged 15 to 29, 2,931 (31.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,053 (11.3%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 67.8% European/Pākehā, 5.9% Māori, 2.3% Pacific peoples, 28.5% Asian, and 3.2% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 37.8%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 51.2% had no religion, 35.3% were Christian, 1.9% were Hindu, 2.2% were Muslim, 1.8% were Buddhist and 2.7% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 2,352 (28.4%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 507 (6.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,790 (33.7%) people were employed full-time, 1,599 (19.3%) were part-time, and 468 (5.7%) were unemployed.

Education

Ilam Primary School, also located on Ilam Road, is a

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situated next to the

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whose facilities the school uses. The school educates many children from overseas. It has a roll of . Westburn School is a state coeducational full primary school (years 1-8) with a roll of . The school was founded in 1961.

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Japanese Supplementary School (カンタベリー日本語補習校 ''Kantaberī Nihongo Hoshūkō''), a weekend Japanese school, holds its classes at the Ilam School in Ilam.所在地
" Canterbury Japanese Supplementary School. Retrieved on February 14, 2015. "66 Ilam Road, Ilam, Christchurch 8041 New Zealand （Ilam School の校舎を借用しています。）"

References

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