Ilam (/ˈaɪləm/) is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, about five kilometres west of the city centre.

Located adjacent to State Highway 1 and the Christchurch International Airport, it is handily placed for transportation.

He settled in Canterbury in 1850, arriving on Sir George Seymour and named his property Ilam.

[3] The Ilam homestead was in the 1950s inhabited by the rector of Canterbury College, Henry Rainsford Hulme.

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

The homestead was used as a major location for Peter Jackson's film about the murders, Heavenly Creatures.