Yaldhurst is a semi-rural suburb on the western outskirts of Christchurch city. Frederick William Delamain (1835–1910), a settler and horse breeder, named a horse Yaldhurst after some stables in England. The area was named after the horse.
The
Yaldhurst Museum
The Yaldhurst Museum is located in the suburb of Yaldhurst, Christchurch, New Zealand, close to Christchurch International Airport, Riccarton Race Course and Ruapuna Speedway. The museum has a large collection of road transport vehicles, and it ...
is a private museum specialising in displays of land vehicles and technology.
Yaldhurst electorate extended over a larger rural area west of Christchurch from 1978 to 1996.
Demographics
Yaldhurst covers .
It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2.
Yaldhurst had a population of 1,602 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 168 people (11.7%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 888 people (124.4%) since the
2006 census. There were 552 households. There were 804 males and 798 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.01 males per female. The median age was 39.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 261 people (16.3%) aged under 15 years, 345 (21.5%) aged 15 to 29, 777 (48.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 219 (13.7%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 76.4% European/Pākehā, 5.8% Māori, 1.9% Pacific peoples, 18.2% Asian, and 3.6% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
The proportion of people born overseas was 26.2%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 47.0% had no religion, 41.4% were Christian, 1.3% were Hindu, 1.7% were Muslim, 1.3% were Buddhist and 1.5% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 288 (21.5%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 192 (14.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $39,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 756 (56.4%) people were employed full-time, 198 (14.8%) were part-time, and 39 (2.9%) were unemployed.
Education
Yaldhurst Model School is a full primary school catering for years 1 to 8. It had a roll of as of The school opened in 1876.
References
{{Christchurch City, New Zealand
Suburbs of Christchurch
Populated places in Canterbury, New Zealand