Living in Hampstead: schools, census and property titles
The 1,273 live property titles in Hampstead, Ashburton District are almost all freehold (85%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 182 (14.3%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 182
- Share of live titles
- 14.3%
- Live titles in total
- 1,273
- Ashburton District share
- 5.6%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Ashburton District
- 2 of 6
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 224 of 644
Hampstead at a glance
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
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What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Hampstead is listed under Ashburton District.
- 1,273 live titles are recorded here, including 182 cross-lease titles (14.3%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 14.3% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Coast distance is a suburb-level map measure, not a flood or hazard assessment.
Questions worth investigating
- For any cross-lease property you consider, do the current title, flats plan and lease match what is built today?
- What do the LIM, council property file and a suitable inspection add for the specific address?
No data held for this suburb
- A usable MBIE new-tenancy rent figure is not available for this suburb.
- Mapped public-transport context is not available for this suburb.
Title mix in Hampstead
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,082 | 85.0% |
| Cross lease | 182 | 14.3% |
| Unit title | 0 | 0.0% |
| Leasehold | 4 | 0.3% |
| Other record types | 5 | 0.4% |
| Total | 1,273 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Hampstead compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Hampstead is about 1.6 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Ashburton District as a whole, the share is 5.6%; Hampstead is about 2.6 times the overall Ashburton District share (5.6%).
Its cross-lease share is 2nd highest of 6 in Ashburton District (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Hampstead are set up
More schemes have four or more flats on one section (24%, against 11% nationally), up to 6.
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (18%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
Three-flat schemes are more common here (23%, against 12% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Hampstead | Ashburton District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 66 | 431 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 53.0% | 65.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 22.7% | 17.6% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 24.2% | 16.2% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 986 m² | 954 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 338 m² | 352 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 37.9% | 28.5% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 18.2% | 9.0% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 0.0% | 2.3% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 18.2% | 21.3% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1978 | 1983 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 25 | 188 | 54,978 |
New titles in Hampstead since 2020
100 of Hampstead's current titles (8%) were first issued since 2020, well below Ashburton District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (13%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
Most came recently: 71 since 2023.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 99 | 71 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
New titles include cross-leases converted to freehold and titles re-issued; they are not a count of new homes. Sources and limits
The lie of the land in Hampstead
The typical building in Hampstead stands on ground sloping 0.7° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
Nearly all of its 2,046 measured buildings (99%) stand on ground under 5°.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Hampstead
Hampstead is inland: the typical title is 16 km from the sea or harbour edge, and fewer than 1 in 2,000 titles are within 1 km of it.
Measured in a straight line from the centre of each title's land to the coastline on LINZ's 1:50k topographic map, which follows harbours and estuaries as well as the open coast; lakes and rivers are not included. Distance says nothing about beach access, views or exposure to coastal hazards; council hazard maps and the LIM describe those.
Who lives around Hampstead: 2023 Census
About 96% of Hampstead's titles are in the census area Hampstead (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Hampstead exactly.
Fewer workers work from home in Hampstead than across Ashburton District: 6.1% against 19.7%.
More households have no car in Hampstead than across Ashburton District: 7.8% against 3.7%.
Fewer adults hold a degree in Hampstead than across Ashburton District: 8.8% against 15.2%.
| Measure | Hampstead | Ashburton District whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,021 | 34,746 |
| Change since 2018 | +2.2% | +4.0% |
| Change since 2013 | +8.4% | +11.9% |
| Median age | 37.6 | 40.1 |
| Households | 1,203 | 13,674 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 66.6% | 68.4% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 33.4% | 31.5% |
| Median household income | $70,800 | $85,800 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $325 | $300 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 5.8% | 9.8% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 20.3% | 19.3% |
| 15 to 29 | 19.1% | 16.5% |
| 30 to 64 | 43.0% | 44.5% |
| 65 and over | 17.8% | 19.8% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 22.2% | 20.7% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 17.3% | 25.9% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 45.6% | 45.4% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 2.4% | 3.1% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 17.3% | 18.8% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 8.8% | 15.2% |
| Employed full-time | 51.9% | 52.8% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 23.8% | 40.1% |
| Median personal income | $38,000 | $42,800 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 6.1% | 19.7% |
| Car, truck or van | 85.6% | 71.0% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Walk or cycle | 6.3% | 5.4% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 29.8% | 25.7% |
| Average people per household | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 7.8% | 3.7% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 5.6% | 3.3% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 39.6% | 40.5% |
| Couples without children | 43.1% | 48.6% |
| One-parent families | 17.7% | 10.8% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 81.3% | 88.6% |
| Average bedrooms | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 76.1% | 73.8% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 19.0% | 13.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 11.6% | 8.1% |
Schools and hospitals near Hampstead
One school site lies inside Hampstead: Hampstead School (Contributing).
- Hampstead School (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Hampstead School (0.4 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Ashburton College (2.3 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Ashburton Hospital (2.1 km)
School enrolment zones in Hampstead: a guide
Four secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Hampstead's titles, among them Ashburton College, Craighead Diocesan School and St Thomas of Canterbury College.
- Hampstead School (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all titles
- St Joseph's School (Ashburton) (primary, Years 1–8): all or nearly all titles
- Ashburton Borough School (Y7&8) (primary, Years 1–8): about 55% of titles
- Ashburton Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Ashburton Christian School (composite): all or nearly all titles
- Ashburton College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Craighead Diocesan School (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- St Thomas of Canterbury College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Villa Maria College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
A guide only: check the school's own zone map for any address. Zones as at 14 July 2026. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Hampstead
No place of worship is mapped in OpenStreetMap inside Hampstead's boundary.
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Ashburton Baptist Church, under 1 km away
- Muslim: Ashburton Masjid, 3.3 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Ashburton District with many cross-leases
- Ashburton: 443 cross-lease titles (21.5%)
- Allenton: 284 cross-lease titles (8.6%)
- Methven: 66 cross-lease titles (3.8%)
- Tinwald: 61 cross-lease titles (2.7%)
- Netherby: 41 cross-lease titles (3.8%)
All suburbs in Ashburton District
Suburbs like Hampstead
The closest match on the measures on this site is Netherby in Ashburton District, nearest on unit-title share, commuting by public transport, slope. Closeness is arithmetic, not a rating. Sources and limits
| Suburb | Council | Cross-lease share of titles | Median weekly rent, new tenancies | Median age | Closest on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherby | Ashburton District | 3.8% | No data | 37.5 | unit-title share, commuting by public transport, slope |
| Mayfield, Marlborough District | Marlborough District | 11.8% | No data | 39.3 | commuting by public transport, slope, schools |
| Tinwald | Ashburton District | 2.7% | $500 | 41.4 | unit-title share, commuting by public transport, slope |
| Kensington, Timaru District | Timaru District | 7.1% | $468 | 38.2 | population change, new titles, unit-title share |
| Glenwood | Timaru District | 11.2% | No data | 39.4 | land per flat, recent movers within NZ, population change |
Questions
What schools are in Hampstead?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Hampstead: Hampstead School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Ashburton College (2.3 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles include Ashburton College, Craighead Diocesan School and St Thomas of Canterbury College; check the school's own zone map for any address.