Living in Kenmure: schools, census and property titles
The 904 live property titles in Kenmure, Dunedin City are almost all freehold (93%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 50 (5.5%), well below the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 50
- Share of live titles
- 5.5%
- Live titles in total
- 904
- Dunedin City share
- 4.9%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Dunedin City
- joint 8 of 18
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 467 of 644
Kenmure at a glance
Where Kenmure differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: median slope under buildings (higher than 92% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
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What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Kenmure is listed under Dunedin City.
- 904 live titles are recorded here, including 50 cross-lease titles (5.5%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 5.5% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 1.1% 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
- 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 Kenmure
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 838 | 92.7% |
| Cross lease | 50 | 5.5% |
| Unit title | 10 | 1.1% |
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% |
| Other record types | 6 | 0.7% |
| Total | 904 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Kenmure compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Kenmure is well below the national share (8.7%).
Across Dunedin City as a whole, the share is 4.9%; Kenmure is slightly higher than the overall Dunedin City share (4.9%).
How cross-leases in Kenmure are set up
Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (9% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (23%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
Less land per flat than is typical in New Zealand: about 264 m² per flat, against 408 m².
| Scheme structure | Kenmure | Dunedin City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 22 | 1,210 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 90.9% | 70.9% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 0.0% | 10.7% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 9.1% | 18.2% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 542 m² | 632 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 264 m² | 270 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 31.8% | 32.4% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 13.6% | 17.5% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 9.1% | 3.6% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 22.7% | 10.2% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1976 | 1980 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 5 | 239 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Kenmure
Unit titles are 1% of Kenmure's titles, well below Dunedin City (4%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 5 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 2 units or fewer.
New titles in Kenmure since 2020
67 of Kenmure's current titles (7%) were first issued since 2020, close to Dunedin City's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (7%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
Most came recently: 47 since 2023.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 64 | 44 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 3 | 3 |
| Leasehold | 0 | 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 Kenmure
The typical building in Kenmure stands on ground sloping 8.1° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), joint steepest of 18 in Dunedin City.
About 12% of its 1,170 measured buildings stand on ground of 15° or more.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Kenmure
Kenmure is inland: the typical title is 2.8 km from the sea or harbour edge, and none is 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 Kenmure: 2023 Census
About 83% of Kenmure's titles are in the census area Kenmure (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Kenmure exactly.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Kenmure than across Dunedin City: 4.9% against 11.4%.
Fewer households have no car in Kenmure than across Dunedin City: 4.7% against 8.8%.
| Measure | Kenmure | Dunedin City whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 1,944 | 128,901 |
| Change since 2018 | +0.0% | +2.1% |
| Change since 2013 | +3.5% | +7.2% |
| Median age | 37.3 | 37 |
| Households | 774 | 49,188 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 79.5% | 68.1% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 20.9% | 31.8% |
| Median household income | $95,500 | $80,500 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $450 | $400 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 4.8% | 8.2% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 17.6% | 14.8% |
| 15 to 29 | 20.8% | 26.7% |
| 30 to 64 | 46.6% | 41.2% |
| 65 and over | 14.8% | 17.3% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 20.6% | 21.2% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 23.9% | 22.7% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 37.0% | 45.1% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 2.8% | 3.7% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 16.9% | 24.0% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 32.1% | 29.0% |
| Employed full-time | 55.2% | 44.5% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 1.9% | 3.2% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 44.8% | 42.6% |
| Median personal income | $44,900 | $33,500 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 11.7% | 12.6% |
| Car, truck or van | 76.1% | 70.3% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 6.0% | 4.6% |
| Walk or cycle | 4.9% | 11.4% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 24.5% | 27.0% |
| Average people per household | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 4.7% | 8.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 1.9% | 3.4% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 41.8% | 38.4% |
| Couples without children | 44.5% | 46.5% |
| One-parent families | 14.3% | 15.1% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 92.7% | 81.2% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.1 | 3 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 83.8% | 77.7% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 14.9% | 17.3% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 10.0% | 11.5% |
Schools and hospitals near Kenmure
One school site lies inside Kenmure: Balaclava School (Contributing).
- Balaclava School (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Balaclava School (0.5 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Kaikorai Valley College (0.5 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Dunedin Hospital (3.5 km)
School enrolment zones in Kenmure: a guide
Three secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Kenmure's titles: John McGlashan College, Kavanagh College and St Hildas Collegiate.
- Balaclava School (primary, Years 1–6): about 75% of titles
- Mornington School (primary, Years 1–6): about 55% of titles
- 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
- 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
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 Kenmure
No place of worship is mapped in OpenStreetMap inside Kenmure's boundary.
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: St Francis Xavier's parishes / The Hill Suburb Pastoral Area, under 1 km away
- Muslim: Masjid Al Huda, 3.9 km away
- Jewish: Dunedin Jewish Congregation, 4.3 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 Kenmure
The closest match on the measures on this site is Andersons Bay in Dunedin City, nearest on distance to a hospital, population change, working from home. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andersons Bay | Dunedin City | 4.0% | No data | 40.6 | distance to a hospital, population change, working from home |
| Kaikorai | Dunedin City | 5.4% | $538 | 38.5 | recent movers within NZ, cross-lease share, population change |
| Green Island, Dunedin City | Dunedin City | 2.9% | $570 | 37.8 | older residents, distance to the coast, median age |
| Tainui | Dunedin City | 5.5% | No data | 37.2 | cross-lease share, schools, median age |
| Belleknowes | Dunedin City | 4.7% | $615 | 41.5 | population change, unit-title share, distance to the coast |
Questions
What schools are in Kenmure?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Kenmure: Balaclava School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Kaikorai Valley College (0.5 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles are John McGlashan College, Kavanagh College and St Hildas Collegiate; check the school's own zone map for any address.