Living in North Dunedin: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 2,261 live property titles in North Dunedin, Dunedin City are mostly freehold (67%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 67 (3.0%), well below the national share of 8.7%.
North Dunedin cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 67
- Share of live titles
- 3.0%
- Live titles in total
- 2,261
- Dunedin City share
- 4.9%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Dunedin City
- 17 of 18
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 584 of 644
North Dunedin at a glance
Where North Dunedin differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: median weekly rent, new tenancies (lower than 99% of NZ suburbs); median age (lower than 99% of NZ suburbs); cross-lease share of titles (lower than 91% 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
- North Dunedin is listed under Dunedin City.
- 2,261 live titles are recorded here, including 67 cross-lease titles (3.0%).
- 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 3.0% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 24.5% 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 North Dunedin
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,509 | 66.7% |
| Cross lease | 67 | 3.0% |
| Unit title | 553 | 24.5% |
| Leasehold | 35 | 1.5% |
| Other record types | 97 | 4.3% |
| Total | 2,261 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How North Dunedin compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; North Dunedin is well below the national share (8.7%).
Across Dunedin City as a whole, the share is 4.9%; North Dunedin is well below the overall Dunedin City share (4.9%).
Its cross-lease share is 2nd lowest of 18 in Dunedin City (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in North Dunedin are set up
More schemes have four or more flats on one section (47%, against 11% nationally), up to 6.
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (11%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
Fewer leases include a garage (11% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
| Scheme structure | North Dunedin | Dunedin City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 19 | 1,210 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 36.8% | 70.9% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 15.8% | 10.7% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 47.4% | 18.2% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 638 m² | 632 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 213 m² | 270 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 10.5% | 32.4% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 15.8% | 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) | 10.5% | 10.2% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1996 | 1980 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 0 | 239 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in North Dunedin
Unit titles are 24% of North Dunedin's titles, well above Dunedin City (4%) and well above New Zealand (8%). They belong to 94 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 4 units or fewer.
The unit-title share is the highest of 18 in Dunedin City.
35 titles (1.5%) are leasehold, 1 of them units in a unit-title development.
4 of them have a stated term that has ended or has under 10 years to run, which is worth reading closely in the lease.
Stated lease terms, as at 30 September 2026:
| Stated lease term | Titles |
|---|---|
| Stated term has ended | 1 |
| Under 10 years left | 3 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 9 |
| More than 50 years left | 3 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 15 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 4 |
New titles in North Dunedin since 2020
136 of North Dunedin'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%).
Most are unit titles: 86 in 10 developments (apartments, terraces or townhouses under a body corporate).
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 38 | 31 |
| Unit title | 86 | 24 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 3 | 1 |
| Other | 9 | 5 |
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 North Dunedin
The typical building in North Dunedin stands on ground sloping 2.3° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
The land rises from about 0 m to 180 m, and 27% of all of it, including reserves and gullies, is 15° or steeper.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from North Dunedin
0% of North Dunedin's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 0% within 500 m and 28% within 1 km. The typical title is 1.3 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 North Dunedin: 2023 Census
North Dunedin's titles fall in 7 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 4 shown below hold 99% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
Fewer households own their home in Gardens (Dunedin City) than across Dunedin City: 3.6% against 68.1%.
Fewer residents are children under 15 in Gardens (Dunedin City) than across Dunedin City: 1.5% against 14.8%.
Fewer residents are 65 or over in Gardens (Dunedin City) than across Dunedin City: 2.4% against 17.3%.
| Measure | Gardens (Dunedin City) 40% of titles | Campus South 24% of titles | Campus West 20% of titles | Campus North 16% of titles | Dunedin City whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,909 | 2,100 | 1,794 | 2,484 | 128,901 |
| Change since 2018 | +4.5% | +3.4% | +3.8% | −2.0% | +2.1% |
| Change since 2013 | +18.5% | +2.6% | +6.4% | −5.0% | +7.2% |
| Median age | 20.1 | 20.6 | 20.8 | 19.3 | 37 |
| Households | 906 | 450 | 411 | 357 | 49,188 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 3.6% | 2.7% | 5.8% | 2.5% | 68.1% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 96.4% | 96.7% | 94.2% | 98.3% | 31.8% |
| Median household income | $36,900 | $46,400 | $48,000 | $39,400 | $80,500 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $600 | $652 | $459 | $573 | $400 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 4.9% | 4.9% | 9.9% | 3.8% | 8.2% |
| Ages | |||||
| Under 15 | 1.5% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 14.8% |
| 15 to 29 | 90.2% | 91.7% | 85.6% | 95.4% | 26.7% |
| 30 to 64 | 5.8% | 5.4% | 11.0% | 3.4% | 41.2% |
| 65 and over | 2.4% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 0.0% | 17.3% |
| Where people came from | |||||
| Born overseas | 27.0% | 26.4% | 34.0% | 29.3% | 21.2% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 37.5% | 26.8% | 38.1% | 45.4% | 22.7% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 89.6% | 92.9% | 87.3% | 91.5% | 45.1% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 4.9% | 4.4% | 6.9% | 5.2% | 3.7% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 84.0% | 77.8% | 78.3% | 84.0% | 24.0% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 11.2% | 16.7% | 19.8% | 8.1% | 29.0% |
| Employed full-time | 9.5% | 12.7% | 15.7% | 7.6% | 44.5% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 9.3% | 7.1% | 8.3% | 7.3% | 3.2% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 24.4% | 26.5% | 33.3% | 21.3% | 42.6% |
| Median personal income | $8,800 | $9,900 | $11,000 | $8,100 | $33,500 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||||
| Work from home | 9.8% | 7.6% | 11.4% | 12.6% | 12.6% |
| Car, truck or van | 45.6% | 37.1% | 38.6% | 47.7% | 70.3% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 4.3% | 3.4% | 5.7% | 5.0% | 4.6% |
| Walk or cycle | 39.0% | 50.8% | 43.0% | 34.7% | 11.4% |
| Households and families | |||||
| One-person households | 12.2% | 10.8% | 17.4% | 9.4% | 27.0% |
| Average people per household | 4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 20.8% | 22.4% | 20.6% | 25.2% | 8.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 6.1% | 6.1% | 8.4% | 6.9% | 3.4% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 23.8% | 9.5% | 14.3% | — | 38.4% |
| Couples without children | 66.7% | 81.0% | 75.0% | — | 46.5% |
| One-parent families | 9.5% | 9.5% | 14.3% | — | 15.1% |
| Homes | |||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 42.6% | 44.1% | 34.1% | 47.9% | 81.2% |
| Average bedrooms | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 79.7% | 83.1% | 78.8% | 84.5% | 77.7% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 31.9% | 35.6% | 37.9% | 33.3% | 17.3% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 18.4% | 21.0% | 23.8% | 17.4% | 11.5% |
Rents around North Dunedin
New tenancies in Gardens (Dunedin City) in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $280 a week (down 13.3% on a year earlier). That is well below the typical suburb in Dunedin City ($565), and well below the national median ($600); the lowest of 13 in Dunedin City.
| April–June 2026 | Gardens (Dunedin City) 40% of titles | Campus South 24% of titles | Campus West 20% of titles | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $280 | $455 | $320 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $198–$335 | $353–$535 | $268–$368 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | −13.3% | — | +10.3% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 15 | 12 | 33 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near North Dunedin
LINZ maps 2 school sites inside North Dunedin, among them George Street Normal School (Contributing) and Logan Park High School (Secondary (Year 9-15)).
- George Street Normal School (Contributing)
- Logan Park High School (Secondary (Year 9-15))
- Nearest school: George Street Normal School (0.7 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Logan Park High School (0.8 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Dunedin Hospital (1.3 km)
School enrolment zones in North Dunedin: a guide
Four secondary schools have a home zone covering most of North Dunedin's titles, among them John McGlashan College, Kavanagh College and Logan Park High School.
- George Street Normal School (primary, Years 1–6): about 85% 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
- Arthur Street School (primary, Years 1–8): about 15% of titles
- Dunedin North Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 85% 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
- Logan Park High School (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- St Hildas Collegiate (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Otago Girls' High School (secondary): about 45% 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 North Dunedin
OpenStreetMap maps 13 places of worship inside North Dunedin (11 Christian, 1 Muslim, 1 Jewish).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: All Saints Anglican Church, under 1 km away
- Muslim: Masjid Al Huda, under 1 km away
- Jewish: Dunedin Jewish Congregation, under 1 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 North Dunedin
The closest match on the measures on this site is Dunedin Central in Dunedin City, nearest on land per flat, distance to the coast, distance to a hospital. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunedin Central | Dunedin City | 3.4% | $400 | 23.6 | land per flat, distance to the coast, distance to a hospital |
| North East Valley | Dunedin City | 5.4% | No data | 22.5 | distance to the coast, working from home, heat pumps |
| Timaru | Timaru District | 4.6% | No data | 38.5 | distance to a hospital, distance to the coast, elevation |
| Palmerston North | Palmerston North City | 10.0% | $425 | 29.6 | distance to a hospital, new titles, elevation |
| Invercargill | Invercargill City | 10.7% | $410 | 37.9 | distance to the coast, heat pumps, stand-alone houses |
Questions
What is the rent in North Dunedin?
New tenancies in Gardens (Dunedin City) (the rent area for part of North Dunedin) had a median rent of $280 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 $198 to $335.
What schools are in North Dunedin?
LINZ maps 2 school sites inside North Dunedin: George Street Normal School and Logan Park High School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Logan Park High School (0.8 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles include John McGlashan College, Kavanagh College and Logan Park High School; check the school's own zone map for any address.