Highfield, New Zealand

Highfield is a suburb of Timaru, in the South Canterbury district and Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

Economy

Retail

The Highfield Village Mall includes a New World supermarket.

Demographics

Highfield covers. It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km².
Highfield had a population of 3,609 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 189 people since the 2013 census, and an increase of 81 people since the 2006 census. There were 1,473 households, comprising 1,650 males and 1,959 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.84 males per female, with 600 people aged under 15 years, 546 aged 15 to 29, 1,545 aged 30 to 64, and 924 aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 91.2% European/Pākehā, 6.5% Māori, 1.4% Pasifika, 4.3% Asian, and 2.6% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 14.7, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 45.7% had no religion, 45.0% were Christian, 0.1% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.7% were Hindu, 0.2% were Muslim, 0.4% were Buddhist and 1.4% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 555 people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 636 people had no formal qualifications. 504 people earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,308 people were employed full-time, 486 were part-time, and 78 were unemployed.

Name	Area	Population	Density	Households	Median age	Median income
Highfield North	1.41	2,358	1,672	963	51.1 years	$28,400
Highfield South	0.95	1,251	1,317	510	40.8 years	$30,400
New Zealand					37.4 years	$31,800

Education

Highfield School is a coeducational primary serving years 1 to 8 with a roll of. The school was established in 1962.
Craighead Diocesan School is a statae-integrated girls' secondary school serving years 7 to 13 with a roll of. The school was established in 1911, and became an Anglican Church school in 1926.
Rolls are as of