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

Talbot Park was an aged-care hospital-level facility in Watlington for over a century, until it closed in May 2021.

The percentage of people born overseas was 12.0, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 53.7% had no religion, 35.8% were Christian, 0.4% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.5% were Hindu, 0.8% were Muslim, 0.1% were Buddhist and 1.7% had other religions.

[7] The site was formerly occupied by Watlington Intermediate, which opened in 1974 and closed in 2004.