Yaldhurst
Yaldhurst is a semi-rural suburb on the western outskirts of Christchurch city. Frederick William Delamain, a settler and horse breeder, named a horse Yaldhurst after some stables in England. The area was named after the horse.
The Yaldhurst Museum 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 km2.Yaldhurst had a population of 1,602 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 168 people since the 2013 census, and an increase of 888 people since the 2006 census. There were 552 households, comprising 804 males and 798 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.01 males per female. The median age was 39.2 years, with 261 people aged under 15 years, 345 aged 15 to 29, 777 aged 30 to 64, and 219 aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 76.4% European/Pākehā, 5.8% Māori, 1.9% Pasifika, 18.2% Asian, and 3.6% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 26.2, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 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 people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 192 people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $39,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. 276 people earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 756 people were employed full-time, 198 were part-time, and 39 were unemployed.