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Suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand

The full suburb is a mixture of residential and both light and heavy industry.

An early Christchurch settler, Charles Prince, owned a large house, called Waltham House, on nearby Colombo St South. In 1866 a meeting of local residents was held at the house and it unanimously agreed to name the district of the present day suburb, Waltham. The Christchurch gasworks was located at the inner boundary of Waltham until its closure around 1980. Waltham was home to a malt works and a collection of warehouses on Waltham road. These were demolished and redeveloped into 88 two and three bedroom townhouses after the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes.

Waltham comprises three statistical areas. Waltham and Charleston are primarily residential. Lancaster Park is an L shaped area which extends north on the western side of Nursery Street to Cashel Street. +Individual statistical areasName Area(km2) Population Density(per km2) Households Median age Medianincome Waltham 0.59 1,938 3,285 849 32.4 years $33,500 Charleston 0.36 1,401 3,892 612 32.3 years $31,400 Lancaster Park 1.12 243 217 72 34.7 years $24,200 New Zealand 37.4 years $31,800

The Lancaster Park statistical area covers .

Waltham School is a full primary school for years 1 to 8, with a roll of students. The school opened in 1891. Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Waitaha is a composite school for years 1 to 13, teaching in the Māori language. It has a roll of students. The school was established in 1987. Both of these are coeducational state schools. Rolls are as of

The Waltham swimming pools were badly damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes. The pools were reopened in January 2015 after repair work that was estimated to cost $3.2 million dollars. Repair work included upgraded signage, a re sized plant room, fencing, painting, landscaping and roofing,