Living in Kaiti: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 1,267 live property titles in Kaiti, Gisborne District are almost all freehold (95%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 54 (4.3%), well below the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 54
- Share of live titles
- 4.3%
- Live titles in total
- 1,267
- Gisborne District share
- 2.3%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Gisborne District
- 4 of 5
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 523 of 644
Kaiti at a glance
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
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What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Kaiti is listed under Gisborne District.
- 1,267 live titles are recorded here, including 54 cross-lease titles (4.3%).
- 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 4.3% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 0.3% 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 Kaiti
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,201 | 94.8% |
| Cross lease | 54 | 4.3% |
| Unit title | 4 | 0.3% |
| Leasehold | 6 | 0.5% |
| Other record types | 2 | 0.2% |
| Total | 1,267 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Kaiti compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Kaiti is well below the national share (8.7%).
Across Gisborne District as a whole, the share is 2.3%; Kaiti is about 1.9 times the overall Gisborne District share (2.3%).
Its cross-lease share is 2nd lowest of 5 in Gisborne District (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Kaiti are set up
Carports appear in fewer leases (5% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (18%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
More schemes have four or more flats on one section (18%, against 11% nationally), up to 6.
| Scheme structure | Kaiti | Gisborne District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 22 | 236 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 68.2% | 78.0% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 13.6% | 13.6% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 18.2% | 8.5% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,032 m² | 878 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 448 m² | 404 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 27.3% | 32.2% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 4.5% | 11.0% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 0.0% | 1.3% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 18.2% | 12.3% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1986 | 1984 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 14 | 135 | 54,978 |
New titles in Kaiti since 2020
44 of Kaiti's current titles (3%) were first issued since 2020, well below Gisborne District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (6%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
That rate is the lowest of 5 in Gisborne District.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 38 | 24 |
| Unit title | 4 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 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 Kaiti
The typical building in Kaiti stands on ground sloping 0.9° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), 3rd steepest of 5 in Gisborne District.
Nearly all of its 1,922 measured buildings (92%) stand on ground under 5°.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Kaiti
3% of Kaiti's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 10% within 500 m and 34% within 1 km. The typical title is 1.1 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 Kaiti: 2023 Census
About 84% of Kaiti's titles are in the census area Kaiti South (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Kaiti exactly.
More households have no car in Kaiti South than across Gisborne District: 12.1% against 6.5%.
Fewer workers work from home in Kaiti South than across Gisborne District: 10.5% against 16.3%.
Fewer residents are 65 or over in Kaiti South than across Gisborne District: 11.5% against 16.6%.
| Measure | Kaiti South | Gisborne District whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,222 | 51,135 |
| Change since 2018 | +5.3% | +7.6% |
| Change since 2013 | +20.5% | +17.1% |
| Median age | 32.1 | 36.7 |
| Households | 960 | 17,124 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 49.4% | 62.9% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 51.3% | 37.1% |
| Median household income | $73,300 | $81,000 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $286 | $310 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 7.1% | 10.8% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 24.9% | 22.3% |
| 15 to 29 | 21.9% | 18.8% |
| 30 to 64 | 41.6% | 42.3% |
| 65 and over | 11.5% | 16.6% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 10.5% | 11.8% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 26.2% | 29.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 40.9% | 42.3% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.3% | 3.5% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 17.1% | 16.8% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 13.5% | 18.0% |
| Employed full-time | 44.0% | 47.5% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 6.4% | 4.0% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 37.4% | 40.3% |
| Median personal income | $31,800 | $35,800 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 10.5% | 16.3% |
| Car, truck or van | 82.1% | 77.4% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Walk or cycle | 6.2% | 4.9% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 23.3% | 24.3% |
| Average people per household | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 12.1% | 6.5% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 17.2% | 10.7% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 37.2% | 38.6% |
| Couples without children | 23.8% | 35.4% |
| One-parent families | 39.3% | 25.9% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 82.0% | 85.1% |
| Average bedrooms | 3 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 54.9% | 56.7% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 37.3% | 30.0% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 28.8% | 23.4% |
Rents around Kaiti
New tenancies in Kaiti South in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $650 a week (up 4.0% on a year earlier). That is close to the typical suburb in Gisborne District ($638), and slightly above the national median ($600); joint highest of 4 in Gisborne District.
| April–June 2026 | Kaiti South | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $650 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $590–$650 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | +4.0% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 15 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Kaiti
One school site lies inside Kaiti: Kaiti School (Contributing).
- Kaiti School (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Kaiti School (0.7 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Tūranga Tangata Rite (1.9 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Gisborne Hospital (5.5 km)
School enrolment zones in Kaiti: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Kaiti's titles: Campion College.
- Te Wharau School (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all titles
- Kaiti School (primary, Years 1–6): about 90% of titles
- Gisborne Central School (primary, Years 1–6): about 5% of titles
- Ilminster Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Campion College (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 Kaiti
OpenStreetMap maps 2 places of worship inside Kaiti (2 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: unnamed, under 1 km away
- Sikh: Gisborne Sikh Temple, 3.6 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Gisborne District with many cross-leases
- Te Hāpara: 186 cross-lease titles (7.6%)
- Gisborne: 97 cross-lease titles (6.7%)
- Whataupoko: 90 cross-lease titles (5.3%)
- Mangapapa: 64 cross-lease titles (3.8%)
All suburbs in Gisborne District
Suburbs like Kaiti
The closest match on the measures on this site is Mangapapa in Gisborne District, nearest on schools, population change, unit-title share. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mangapapa | Gisborne District | 3.8% | $530 | 32.8 | schools, population change, unit-title share |
| Camberley | Hastings District | 4.7% | No data | 30.1 | household income, unit-title share, cross-lease share |
| Kawakawa | Far North District | 3.4% | No data | 34.2 | unit-title share, commuting by public transport, born overseas |
| Te Hāpara | Gisborne District | 7.6% | $625 | 33.8 | household income, home ownership, commuting by public transport |
| Maraenui, Napier City | Napier City | 3.4% | $580 | 28.7 | distance to the coast, unit-title share, slope |
Questions
What is the rent in Kaiti?
New tenancies in Kaiti South (the rent area for part of Kaiti) had a median rent of $650 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 $590 to $650.
What schools are in Kaiti?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Kaiti: Kaiti School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Tūranga Tangata Rite (1.9 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Campion College; check the school's own zone map for any address.