Suburbs in Far North District: rents, census and property titles
LINZ recorded 47,650 live titles in Far North District on 30 September 2026: 84% freehold, then other record types at 11.2%. Its 1,067 cross-lease titles (2.2%) are well below the national share of 8.7%.
Far North District cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 1,067
- Share of live titles
- 2.2%
- Live titles in total
- 47,650
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Suburbs with 30+ cross-lease titles
- 7
Title mix in Far North District
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 40,235 | 84.4% |
| Cross lease | 1,067 | 2.2% |
| Unit title | 794 | 1.7% |
| Leasehold | 234 | 0.5% |
| Other record types | 5,320 | 11.2% |
| Total | 47,650 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes. Sources and limits
How cross-leases in Far North District are set up
Carports appear in fewer leases (6% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Fewer leases include a garage (14% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (3% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Far North District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 428 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 73.4% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 10.7% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 15.2% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,018 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 454 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 13.6% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 6.1% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 3.3% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 25.5% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1991 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 293 | 54,978 |
Among suburbs with at least 300 live and 30 cross-lease titles, the highest cross-lease shares in Far North District are in Kaitaia (6.5%), Haruru (5.4%), Coopers Beach (5.1%), Kaikohe (4.3%), Kerikeri (3.8%).
Suburbs in Far North District by cross-lease share
| Suburb | Cross-lease titles | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaitaia | 254 | 3,894 | 6.5% |
| Haruru | 45 | 832 | 5.4% |
| Coopers Beach | 33 | 650 | 5.1% |
| Kaikohe | 110 | 2,574 | 4.3% |
| Kerikeri | 232 | 6,151 | 3.8% |
| Kawakawa | 38 | 1,104 | 3.4% |
| Paihia | 125 | 5,080 | 2.5% |
Hūkerenui, Whangaruru and Pipiwai straddle another council; LINZ lists Far North District first, so their titles are counted here.
Far North District at a glance
8% of titles in Far North District's suburbs were first issued since 2020, well below New Zealand (12%). 46% of titles are within 1 km of the sea or harbour edge. The wider district is a little wetter than the national average for homes (1,090 mm of rain a year, against 1,000 mm) and warmer than it (16.3°C, against 13.5°C), on NASA POWER's ~50 km grid.
| Suburb | Cross-lease share of titles | Median weekly rent, new tenancies | Titles first issued since 2020 | Median age | Homes with a heat pump | Median slope under buildings | Typical distance to the coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaitaia | 6.5% | $500 | 6.2% | 34 | 49.7% | 1.6° | 8 km |
| Haruru | 5.4% | No data | 10.6% | 48.8 | 64.1% | 4° | 0.4 km |
| Coopers Beach | 5.1% | $550 | 10.0% | 55.4 | 50.1% | 6.3° | 0.3 km |
| Kaikohe | 4.3% | $470 | 4.2% | 31 | 51.3% | 1.6° | 18.3 km |
| Kerikeri | 3.8% | $638 | 15.1% | 48.4 | 75.3% | 2.3° | 1.4 km |
| Kawakawa | 3.4% | No data | 9.6% | 34.2 | 46.3% | 4.5° | 3.3 km |
| Paihia | 2.5% | $500 | 1.4% | 51 | 62.0% | 9° | 0.4 km |
New titles by year in Far North District
2025 was the busiest full year, with 734 titles still live, more than the 5-year average before it (503).
| Year issued | All new titles | Freehold | Unit titles | Cross-lease | Leasehold | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 483 | 459 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 2021 | 491 | 474 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 2022 | 502 | 488 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 2023 | 391 | 376 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 2024 | 650 | 624 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 734 | 704 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 370 | 324 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Cross-lease titles in Far North District, by suburb
Unit titles in Far North District, by suburb
Leasehold titles in Far North District, by suburb
Far North District at the 2023 Census
| Measure | Far North District 2023 Census |
|---|---|
| Usual residents | 71,430 |
| Change since 2018 | +9.5% |
| Change since 2013 | +28.2% |
| Median age | 44.3 |
| Households | 25,374 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 71.7% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 28.3% |
| Median household income | $65,500 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $320 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 20.3% |
| Ages | |
| Under 15 | 19.9% |
| 15 to 29 | 15.3% |
| 30 to 64 | 42.8% |
| 65 and over | 22.0% |
| Where people came from | |
| Born overseas | 15.6% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 15.4% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 46.9% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 4.1% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 17.9% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 16.6% |
| Employed full-time | 40.1% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 4.7% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 41.8% |
| Median personal income | $29,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |
| Work from home | 22.8% |
| Car, truck or van | 71.8% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.3% |
| Walk or cycle | 4.1% |
| Households and families | |
| One-person households | 26.4% |
| Average people per household | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 4.7% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 9.4% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 32.3% |
| Couples without children | 46.6% |
| One-parent families | 21.1% |
| Homes | |
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 86.7% |
| Average bedrooms | 3 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 43.4% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 28.6% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 23.4% |