Living in Green Island, Dunedin City: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 1,632 live property titles in Green Island, Dunedin City are almost all freehold (93%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 48 (2.9%), well below the national share of 8.7%.
Green Island, Dunedin City cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 48
- Share of live titles
- 2.9%
- Live titles in total
- 1,632
- Dunedin City share
- 4.9%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Dunedin City
- 18 of 18
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 586 of 644
Green Island at a glance
Where Green Island differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: cross-lease share of titles (lower than 91% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Green Island is listed under Dunedin City.
- 1,632 live titles are recorded here, including 48 cross-lease titles (2.9%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
- The page includes MBIE new-tenancy rent figures for April–June 2026.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 2.9% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 3.1% of recorded titles, so title structure can vary within the suburb.
- 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
- Mapped public-transport context is not available for this suburb.
Title mix in Green Island
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,517 | 93.0% |
| Cross lease | 48 | 2.9% |
| Unit title | 51 | 3.1% |
| Leasehold | 3 | 0.2% |
| Other record types | 13 | 0.8% |
| Total | 1,632 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Green Island compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Green Island is well below the national share (8.7%).
Across Dunedin City as a whole, the share is 4.9%; Green Island is well below the overall Dunedin City share (4.9%).
Its cross-lease share is the lowest of 18 in Dunedin City (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Green Island are set up
More schemes have four or more flats on one section (29%, against 11% nationally), up to 6.
More leases include a garage (41% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
Carports appear in more leases (18% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Green Island | Dunedin City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 17 | 1,210 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 58.8% | 70.9% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 11.8% | 10.7% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 29.4% | 18.2% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 889 m² | 632 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 303 m² | 270 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 41.2% | 32.4% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 17.6% | 17.5% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 0.0% | 3.6% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 35.3% | 10.2% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1985 | 1980 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 4 | 239 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Green Island
Unit titles are 3% of Green Island's titles, below Dunedin City (4%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 12 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 3 units or fewer.
New titles in Green Island since 2020
96 of Green Island's current titles (6%) were first issued since 2020, slightly below Dunedin City's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (7%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 89 | 29 |
| Unit title | 6 | 6 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 1 |
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 Green Island
The typical building in Green Island stands on ground sloping 6.2° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
The land rises from about 1 m to 165 m, and 20% of all of it, including reserves and gullies, is 15° or steeper.
Unusually much of the sloping land faces north: 37%, where about a quarter would if slopes faced every way equally.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Green Island
0% of Green Island's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 0% within 500 m and 3% within 1 km. The typical title is 1.9 km away.
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 Green Island: 2023 Census
About 70% of Green Island's titles are in the census area Green Island (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Green Island exactly.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Green Island than across Dunedin City: 2.2% against 11.4%.
Fewer residents were born overseas in Green Island than across Dunedin City: 10.2% against 21.2%.
Fewer adults hold a degree in Green Island than across Dunedin City: 17.3% against 29.0%.
| Measure | Green Island | Abbotsford | Dunedin City whole council |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 2,376 | 2,916 | 128,901 |
| Change since 2018 | +2.5% | +3.5% | +2.1% |
| Change since 2013 | +6.3% | +16.8% | +7.2% |
| Median age | 37.8 | 38.4 | 37 |
| Households | 981 | 1,107 | 49,188 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 76.1% | 86.4% | 68.1% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 24.2% | 13.8% | 31.8% |
| Median household income | $81,700 | $98,000 | $80,500 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $366 | $360 | $400 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 5.5% | 4.1% | 8.2% |
| Ages | |||
| Under 15 | 18.2% | 19.5% | 14.8% |
| 15 to 29 | 20.1% | 18.2% | 26.7% |
| 30 to 64 | 47.0% | 47.3% | 41.2% |
| 65 and over | 14.8% | 14.8% | 17.3% |
| Where people came from | |||
| Born overseas | 10.2% | 9.7% | 21.2% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 15.0% | 10.8% | 22.7% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 39.4% | 32.4% | 45.1% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 2.0% | 1.3% | 3.7% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 13.5% | 10.9% | 24.0% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 17.3% | 18.2% | 29.0% |
| Employed full-time | 56.0% | 58.2% | 44.5% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.6% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 33.0% | 33.9% | 42.6% |
| Median personal income | $43,800 | $48,600 | $33,500 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||
| Work from home | 9.8% | 11.2% | 12.6% |
| Car, truck or van | 83.0% | 84.0% | 70.3% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 4.2% | 2.0% | 4.6% |
| Walk or cycle | 2.2% | 2.3% | 11.4% |
| Households and families | |||
| One-person households | 28.2% | 20.3% | 27.0% |
| Average people per household | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 5.8% | 3.9% | 8.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 4.1% | 2.2% | 3.4% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 38.3% | 47.4% | 38.4% |
| Couples without children | 43.9% | 40.4% | 46.5% |
| One-parent families | 17.8% | 12.3% | 15.1% |
| Homes | |||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 88.7% | 94.3% | 81.2% |
| Average bedrooms | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 77.0% | 79.2% | 77.7% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 16.6% | 18.1% | 17.3% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 10.9% | 11.7% | 11.5% |
Rents around Green Island
New tenancies in Green Island in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $570 a week. That is close to the typical suburb in Dunedin City ($565), and close to the national median ($600).
| April–June 2026 | Green Island | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $570 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $538–$650 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | — | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 12 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Green Island
LINZ maps 3 school sites inside Green Island, among them Green Island School (Full Primary) and St Peter Chanel School (Green Island) (Full Primary).
- Green Island School (Full Primary)
- St Peter Chanel School (Green Island) (Full Primary)
- Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Otepoti (Composite)
- Nearest school: Green Island School (0.3 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Otepoti (1.8 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Dunedin Hospital (7.1 km)
School enrolment zones in Green Island: a guide
Four secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Green Island's titles, among them John McGlashan College, Kavanagh College and St Hildas Collegiate.
- Dunedin Rudolf Steiner School (primary, Years 1–8): all or nearly all titles
- Liberton Christian School (primary, Years 1–8): all or nearly all titles
- Abbotsford School (primary, Years 1–8): about 30% of titles
- Columba College (composite): all or nearly all titles
- John McGlashan College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Kavanagh College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- St Hildas Collegiate (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Queens High School (secondary): about 90% of 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 Green Island
OpenStreetMap maps 4 places of worship inside Green Island (3 Christian, 1 other or not recorded).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Saint Mark's, under 1 km away
- Muslim: Masjid Al Huda, 7.5 km away
- Jewish: Dunedin Jewish Congregation, 7.8 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Dunedin City with many cross-leases
- Mosgiel: 626 cross-lease titles (8.9%)
- Saint Kilda: 573 cross-lease titles (25.3%)
- South Dunedin: 356 cross-lease titles (16.9%)
- Caversham: 165 cross-lease titles (12.2%)
- Dunedin Central: 123 cross-lease titles (3.4%)
- North East Valley: 96 cross-lease titles (5.4%)
- Roslyn: 85 cross-lease titles (9.8%)
Suburbs like Green Island
The closest match on the measures on this site is Kenmure in Dunedin City, nearest on older residents, distance to the coast, median age. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenmure | Dunedin City | 5.5% | No data | 37.3 | older residents, distance to the coast, median age |
| Andersons Bay | Dunedin City | 4.0% | No data | 40.6 | damp homes, schools, children |
| Tainui | Dunedin City | 5.5% | No data | 37.2 | working from home, population change, new titles |
| Kensington, Timaru District | Timaru District | 7.1% | $468 | 38.2 | population change, distance to the coast, median age |
| Balclutha | Clutha District | 4.1% | $500 | 42.7 | damp homes, population change, children |
Questions
What is the rent in Green Island, Dunedin City?
New tenancies in the Green Island rent area had a median rent of $570 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter (MBIE bond data, all dwelling types). These are rents agreed for new tenancies, not asking rents. The middle half of those rents ran from $538 to $650.
What schools are in Green Island, Dunedin City?
LINZ maps 3 school sites inside Green Island: Green Island School, St Peter Chanel School (Green Island) and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Otepoti. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Otepoti (1.8 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles include John McGlashan College, Kavanagh College and St Hildas Collegiate; check the school's own zone map for any address.