Living in Coopers Beach: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 650 live property titles in Coopers Beach, Far North District are almost all freehold (92%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 33 (5.1%), well below the national share of 8.7%.
Coopers Beach cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 33
- Share of live titles
- 5.1%
- Live titles in total
- 650
- Far North District share
- 2.2%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Far North District
- 3 of 7
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 490 of 644
Coopers Beach at a glance
Where Coopers Beach differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: median age (higher than 97% of NZ suburbs); homes with a heat pump (lower than 95% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Coopers Beach is listed under Far North District.
- 650 live titles are recorded here, including 33 cross-lease titles (5.1%).
- 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 5.1% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 1.8% 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 Coopers Beach
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 598 | 92.0% |
| Cross lease | 33 | 5.1% |
| Unit title | 12 | 1.8% |
| Leasehold | 2 | 0.3% |
| Other record types | 5 | 0.8% |
| Total | 650 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Coopers Beach compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Coopers Beach is well below the national share (8.7%).
Across Far North District as a whole, the share is 2.2%; Coopers Beach is about 2.3 times the overall Far North District share (2.2%).
Its cross-lease share is 3rd highest of 7 in Far North District (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Coopers Beach are set up
More schemes refer to more than one flats plan (67%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (8% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
More schemes have four or more flats on one section (17%, against 11% nationally), up to 7.
| Scheme structure | Coopers Beach | Far North District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 12 | 428 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 75.0% | 73.4% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 8.3% | 10.7% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 16.7% | 15.2% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 922 m² | 1,018 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 436 m² | 454 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 0.0% | 13.6% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 0.0% | 6.1% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 8.3% | 3.3% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 66.7% | 25.5% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1996 | 1991 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 9 | 293 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Coopers Beach
Unit titles are 2% of Coopers Beach's titles, close to Far North District (2%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 4 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 2 units or fewer.
New titles in Coopers Beach since 2020
65 of Coopers Beach's current titles (10%) were first issued since 2020, above Far North District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (8%) and slightly below New Zealand (12%).
Most came recently: 57 since 2023.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 64 | 56 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 1 | 1 |
| 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 Coopers Beach
The typical building in Coopers Beach stands on ground sloping 6.3° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), 2nd steepest of 7 in Far North District.
Unusually much of the sloping land faces north: 35%, 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 Coopers Beach
31% of Coopers Beach's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 75% within 500 m and 100% within 1 km. The typical title is 310 m 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 Coopers Beach: 2023 Census
About 100% of Coopers Beach's titles are in the census area Doubtless Bay (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Coopers Beach exactly.
More residents are 65 or over in Doubtless Bay than across Far North District: 33.6% against 22.0%.
Fewer residents are children under 15 in Doubtless Bay than across Far North District: 15.5% against 19.9%.
People are older (median age) in Doubtless Bay than across Far North District: 55.4 against 44.3.
| Measure | Doubtless Bay | Far North District whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 2,631 | 71,430 |
| Change since 2018 | +20.0% | +9.5% |
| Change since 2013 | +45.2% | +28.2% |
| Median age | 55.4 | 44.3 |
| Households | 1,089 | 25,374 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 72.5% | 71.7% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 27.5% | 28.3% |
| Median household income | $56,100 | $65,500 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $350 | $320 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 31.9% | 20.3% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 15.5% | 19.9% |
| 15 to 29 | 10.4% | 15.3% |
| 30 to 64 | 40.5% | 42.8% |
| 65 and over | 33.6% | 22.0% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 18.9% | 15.6% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 14.8% | 15.4% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 52.4% | 46.9% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 5.0% | 4.1% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 18.9% | 17.9% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 20.5% | 16.6% |
| Employed full-time | 32.8% | 40.1% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.7% | 4.7% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 42.7% | 41.8% |
| Median personal income | $28,800 | $29,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 25.8% | 22.8% |
| Car, truck or van | 70.2% | 71.8% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Walk or cycle | 3.4% | 4.1% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 30.6% | 26.4% |
| Average people per household | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 3.3% | 4.7% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 4.3% | 9.4% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 24.5% | 32.3% |
| Couples without children | 60.5% | 46.6% |
| One-parent families | 15.5% | 21.1% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 88.1% | 86.7% |
| Average bedrooms | 2.9 | 3 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 50.1% | 43.4% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 17.3% | 28.6% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 12.7% | 23.4% |
Rents around Coopers Beach
New tenancies in Taumarumaru in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $550 a week (up 0.0% on a year earlier). That is slightly above the typical suburb in Far North District ($500), and slightly below the national median ($600); 2nd highest of 5 in Far North District.
| April–June 2026 | Taumarumaru | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $550 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $500–$600 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | +0.0% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 21 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Coopers Beach
No school site lies inside Coopers Beach's boundary; the nearest is Mangonui School, 1.4 km away in a straight line.
- Nearest school: Mangonui School (1.4 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Taipa Area School (5.0 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Kaitaia Hospital (27.5 km)
School enrolment zones in Coopers Beach: a guide
The largest school zone share of Coopers Beach's titles is in Taipa Area School's home zone (all or nearly all).
- Taipa Area School (Year 7-8) (composite): all or nearly all titles
- Taipa Area School (Year 9-15) (composite): 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 Coopers Beach
OpenStreetMap maps 1 place of worship inside Coopers Beach (1 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Doubtless Bay Christian Centre, under 1 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Far North District with many cross-leases
- Kaitaia: 254 cross-lease titles (6.5%)
- Kerikeri: 232 cross-lease titles (3.8%)
- Paihia: 125 cross-lease titles (2.5%)
- Kaikohe: 110 cross-lease titles (4.3%)
- Haruru: 45 cross-lease titles (5.4%)
- Kawakawa: 38 cross-lease titles (3.4%)
All suburbs in Far North District
Suburbs like Coopers Beach
The closest match on the measures on this site is Haruru in Far North District, nearest on distance to the coast, commuting on foot or by bike, commuting by public transport. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haruru | Far North District | 5.4% | No data | 48.8 | distance to the coast, commuting on foot or by bike, commuting by public transport |
| Pukehina | Western Bay of Plenty District | 3.4% | No data | 50.1 | distance to the coast, recent movers within NZ, elevation |
| Ngunguru | Whangarei District | 5.0% | No data | 46.3 | distance to the coast, cross-lease share, unit-title share |
| Tairua | Thames-Coromandel District | 2.5% | $458 | 59.1 | household income, distance to the coast, stand-alone houses |
| Whitianga | Thames-Coromandel District | 3.8% | $580 | 52.9 | distance to the coast, commuting by public transport, born overseas |
Questions
What is the rent in Coopers Beach?
New tenancies in Taumarumaru (the rent area for part of Coopers Beach) had a median rent of $550 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 $500 to $600.
What schools are in Coopers Beach?
No school site lies inside Coopers Beach's boundary. The nearest school is Mangonui School (1.4 km in a straight line). Being near a school does not mean being in its zone.