Fairhall is a locality in

Marlborough Marlborough or the Marlborough may refer to: Places Australia * Marlborough, Queensland * Principality of Marlborough, a short-lived micronation in 1993 * Marlborough Highway, Tasmania; Malborough was an historic name for the place at the sou ...

, New Zealand. Blenheim is about 7.5 km to the northeast. The

Fairhall River The Fairhall River is a river in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. It arises near Blairich Pass and flows north-east to join the Ōpaoa River between Renwick and Blenheim. The locality of Fairhall is east of the river. The river and loc ...

runs past to the west. The river and locality were named in 1847 for a chainman in a survey team in the area.

Demographics

Fairhall covers and is part of the Woodbourne statistical area. Fairhall, including the subdivision of Marlborough Ridge, had a population of 456 at the

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, an increase of 78 people (20.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 165 people (56.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 186 households, comprising 225 males and 234 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 63 people (13.8%) aged under 15 years, 42 (9.2%) aged 15 to 29, 216 (47.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 138 (30.3%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 95.4% European/

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, 3.3%

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, 1.3% Asian, and 2.6% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 46.7% had no religion, 44.7% were

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, 0.7% had

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, 0.7% were

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and 2.0% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 138 (35.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 54 (13.7%) people had no formal qualifications. 132 people (33.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 207 (52.7%) people were employed full-time, and 69 (17.6%) were part-time.

Education

Fairhall School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a roll of The school opened in 1877.

References

{{Marlborough Region, state=collapsed Populated places in the Marlborough District