Suburbs in Gisborne District: rents, census and property titles
LINZ recorded 26,218 live titles in Gisborne District on 30 September 2026: 90% freehold, then other record types at 4.7%. Its 613 cross-lease titles (2.3%) are well below the national share of 8.7%.
Gisborne District cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 613
- Share of live titles
- 2.3%
- Live titles in total
- 26,218
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Suburbs with 30+ cross-lease titles
- 6
Title mix in Gisborne District
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 23,607 | 90.0% |
| Cross lease | 613 | 2.3% |
| Unit title | 454 | 1.7% |
| Leasehold | 306 | 1.2% |
| Other record types | 1,238 | 4.7% |
| Total | 26,218 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes. Sources and limits
How cross-leases in Gisborne District are set up
Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (1% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (12%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
| Scheme structure | Gisborne District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 236 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 78.0% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 13.6% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 8.5% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 878 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 404 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 32.2% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 11.0% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 1.3% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 12.3% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1984 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 135 | 54,978 |
Among suburbs with at least 300 live and 30 cross-lease titles, the highest cross-lease shares in Gisborne District are in Te Hāpara (7.6%), Gisborne (6.7%), Inner Kaiti (6.1%), Whataupoko (5.3%), Kaiti (4.3%).
Suburbs in Gisborne District by cross-lease share
| Suburb | Cross-lease titles | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Te Hāpara | 186 | 2,441 | 7.6% |
| Gisborne | 97 | 1,456 | 6.7% |
| Inner Kaiti | 41 | 676 | 6.1% |
| Whataupoko | 90 | 1,714 | 5.3% |
| Kaiti | 54 | 1,267 | 4.3% |
| Mangapapa | 64 | 1,704 | 3.8% |
Ruakituri and Raukūmara straddle another council; LINZ lists Gisborne District first, so their titles are counted here.
Gisborne District at a glance
6% of titles in Gisborne District's suburbs were first issued since 2020, well below New Zealand (12%). 18% 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 close to it (13.9°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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Te Hāpara | 7.6% | $625 | 5.8% | 33.8 | 60.9% | 0.7° | 2 km |
| Gisborne | 6.7% | No data | 3.5% | 46.7 | 77.1% | 0.7° | 0.9 km |
| Whataupoko | 5.3% | $650 | 3.5% | 43.7 | 70.1% | 1.2° | 2.1 km |
| Kaiti | 4.3% | $650 | 3.5% | 32.1 | 54.9% | 0.9° | 1.1 km |
| Mangapapa | 3.8% | $530 | 4.6% | 32.8 | 58.3% | 1° | 2.8 km |
New titles by year in Gisborne District
2025 brought 166 titles still live, fewer than the 5-year average before it (193), against a peak of 285 in 2022.
| Year issued | All new titles | Freehold | Unit titles | Leasehold | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 136 | 122 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 167 | 159 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 285 | 251 | 28 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 163 | 155 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 212 | 202 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 166 | 144 | 17 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 148 | 142 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Cross-lease titles in Gisborne District, by suburb
Unit titles in Gisborne District, by suburb
Gisborne District at the 2023 Census
| Measure | Gisborne District 2023 Census |
|---|---|
| Usual residents | 51,135 |
| Change since 2018 | +7.6% |
| Change since 2013 | +17.1% |
| Median age | 36.7 |
| Households | 17,124 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 62.9% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 37.1% |
| Median household income | $81,000 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $310 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 10.8% |
| Ages | |
| Under 15 | 22.3% |
| 15 to 29 | 18.8% |
| 30 to 64 | 42.3% |
| 65 and over | 16.6% |
| Where people came from | |
| Born overseas | 11.8% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 29.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 42.3% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.5% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 16.8% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 18.0% |
| Employed full-time | 47.5% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 4.0% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 40.3% |
| Median personal income | $35,800 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |
| Work from home | 16.3% |
| Car, truck or van | 77.4% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.2% |
| Walk or cycle | 4.9% |
| Households and families | |
| One-person households | 24.3% |
| Average people per household | 2.8 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 6.5% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 10.7% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 38.6% |
| Couples without children | 35.4% |
| One-parent families | 25.9% |
| Homes | |
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 85.1% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 56.7% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 30.0% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 23.4% |