Yaldhurst is a semi-rural suburb on the western outskirts of Christchurch city.

Frederick William Delamain (1835–1910),[2] a settler and horse breeder, named a horse Yaldhurst after some stables in England.

[4] Yaldhurst electorate extended over a larger rural area west of Christchurch from 1978 to 1996.

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.