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

The Highfield Village Mall includes a New World supermarket.

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.

[4] Highfield School is a coeducational primary serving years 1 to 8[7] with a roll of 322.