Marchwiel is a suburb of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.^[3] It is one of 24 suburbs within the Timaru District.^[4]

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Marchwiel
Suburb
Coordinates: 44°22′38″S 171°13′40″E
Country	New Zealand
City	Timaru
Local authority	Timaru District Council
Electoral ward	Timaru
Area [1]
• Land	177 ha (437 acres)
Population  (June 2023)[2]
• Total	3,690
Postcode(s)	7910

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		Washdyke
Gleniti	Marchwiel
Glenwood	Highfield	Waimataitai

Marchwiel is in the Rangitata parliamentary electorate and is represented by Jo Luxton of the New Zealand Labour Party.

In 1879, the Marchwiel Estate was sold by Philip Bouverie Luxmoore, as reported by The Timaru Herald. The estate was named for Luxmoore's home village of Marchwiel, North Wales. Luxmoore lends his name to Luxmoore Road and the St. Philip and All Saints Anglican Church in the suburb. The estate was destroyed in a fire in the 1960s.^[3][5]

Marchwiel covers 1.77 km² (0.68 sq mi).^[1] It had an estimated population of 3,690 as of June 2023, with a population density of 2,085 people per km².

Marchwiel had a population of 3,507 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 240 people (7.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 276 people (8.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,383 households, comprising 1,734 males and 1,770 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female, with 699 people (19.9%) aged under 15 years, 696 (19.8%) aged 15 to 29, 1,377 (39.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 735 (21.0%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 88.4% European/Pākehā, 11.1% Māori, 3.2% Pasifika, 4.6% Asian, and 1.5% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 11.9, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 51.3% had no religion, 37.3% were Christian, 0.5% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.8% were Hindu, 0.3% were Muslim, 0.1% were Buddhist and 1.5% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 240 (8.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 822 (29.3%) people had no formal qualifications. 231 people (8.2%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,278 (45.5%) people were employed full-time, 345 (12.3%) were part-time, and 123 (4.4%) were unemployed.^[6]

Mountainview High School is a secondary school serving years 9 to 13^[9] with a roll of 518 students. It started as Timaru Technical School in 1901, and was renamed Timaru Technical College in 1918. In 1934, it was renamed again to Timaru Technical High School, and in 1967 it became Timaru College. It was divided in 1984 into a technical institure (later called Aoraki Polytechnic) and a secondary school, Mountainview High, on a new site.^[10]

Oceanview Heights School and Grantlea Downs School are full primary schools serving years 1 to 8^[11][12] with rolls of 105 and 307 students, respectively. Oceanview Heights was formed in 2004 from the merger of Marchwiel School (established 1950) with Washdyke School (established 1874).^[13] Grantlea Downs was formed in 2005 when Grantlea School (established 1959) merged with Seadown School (established 1890).^[14]

St Joseph's School is a state-integrated Catholic primary serving years 1 to 8^[15] with a roll of 200. St Joseph's started in 1939, merging in 1970 with St Mary's, another Catholic school opened in 1958, forming senior and junior campuses on the two sites. The school became integrated into the state system in 1983 and the sites were combined in 1984.^[16]

All these schools are co-educational. Rolls are as of February 2024.^[17]