Living in Fairview Downs: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 1,082 live property titles in Fairview Downs (it lies across Hamilton City, Waikato District; its titles are counted under Hamilton City) are almost all freehold (94%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 64 (5.9%), below the national share of 8.7%.
Fairview Downs cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 64
- Share of live titles
- 5.9%
- Live titles in total
- 1,082
- Hamilton City share
- 11.2%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Hamilton City
- 26 of 28
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 449 of 644
Fairview Downs at a glance
Where Fairview Downs differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: median age (lower than 93% 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
- Fairview Downs is listed under Hamilton City.
- 1,082 live titles are recorded here, including 64 cross-lease titles (5.9%).
- 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 5.9% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- 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 Fairview Downs
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,013 | 93.6% |
| Cross lease | 64 | 5.9% |
| Unit title | 0 | 0.0% |
| Leasehold | 2 | 0.2% |
| Other record types | 3 | 0.3% |
| Total | 1,082 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Fairview Downs compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Fairview Downs is lower than the national share (8.7%).
Across Hamilton City as a whole, the share is 11.2%; Fairview Downs is well below the overall Hamilton City share (11.2%).
Its cross-lease share is 3rd lowest of 28 in Hamilton City (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Fairview Downs are set up
Carports appear in fewer leases (4% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Three-flat schemes are less common here (4%, against 12% nationally).
More leases include a garage (41% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Fairview Downs | Hamilton City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 27 | 3,528 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 81.5% | 81.5% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 3.7% | 9.5% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 14.8% | 8.7% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 854 m² | 1,006 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 424 m² | 465 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 40.7% | 31.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 3.7% | 11.9% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 0.0% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 48.1% | 39.0% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1987 | 1987 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 22 | 2,831 | 54,978 |
New titles in Fairview Downs since 2020
123 of Fairview Downs's current titles (11%) were first issued since 2020, slightly below Hamilton City's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (13%) and slightly below New Zealand (12%).
Most came recently: 115 since 2023.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 122 | 114 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 1 |
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 Fairview Downs
The typical building in Fairview Downs stands on ground sloping 0.7° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), joint flattest of 28 in Hamilton City.
Nearly all of its 1,491 measured buildings (99%) stand on ground under 5°.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Fairview Downs
Fairview Downs is inland: the typical title is 30 km from the sea or harbour edge, and fewer than 1 in 2,000 titles are within 1 km of it.
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 Fairview Downs: 2023 Census
About 90% of Fairview Downs's titles are in the census area Fairview Downs (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Fairview Downs exactly.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Fairview Downs than across Hamilton City: 2.7% against 6.0%.
Fewer households have no car in Fairview Downs than across Hamilton City: 3.3% against 6.8%.
Fewer residents are 65 or over in Fairview Downs than across Hamilton City: 9.1% against 12.5%.
| Measure | Fairview Downs | Hamilton City whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,402 | 174,741 |
| Change since 2018 | +6.3% | +8.6% |
| Change since 2013 | +14.1% | +23.4% |
| Median age | 31.2 | 33.2 |
| Households | 1,098 | 60,435 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 63.4% | 53.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 36.6% | 46.4% |
| Median household income | $99,100 | $96,500 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $490 | $465 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 3.9% | 6.5% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 23.2% | 20.9% |
| 15 to 29 | 24.3% | 23.4% |
| 30 to 64 | 43.6% | 43.2% |
| 65 and over | 9.1% | 12.5% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 25.4% | 30.4% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 19.9% | 26.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 44.4% | 50.7% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 4.0% | 5.0% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 17.4% | 23.9% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 27.1% | 29.0% |
| Employed full-time | 56.4% | 52.6% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 4.0% | 3.9% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 38.3% | 42.7% |
| Median personal income | $44,500 | $42,200 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 11.1% | 12.5% |
| Car, truck or van | 82.3% | 77.4% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| Walk or cycle | 2.7% | 6.0% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 17.2% | 21.8% |
| Average people per household | 3 | 2.8 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 3.3% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 6.4% | 7.5% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 42.8% | 43.3% |
| Couples without children | 31.6% | 35.8% |
| One-parent families | 25.6% | 21.0% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 92.1% | 73.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.2 | 3 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 74.5% | 77.6% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 21.4% | 18.8% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 17.0% | 15.3% |
Rents around Fairview Downs
New tenancies in Fairview Downs in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $575 a week (down 4.2% on a year earlier). That is close to the typical suburb in Hamilton City ($580), and close to the national median ($600).
| April–June 2026 | Fairview Downs | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $575 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $550–$615 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | −4.2% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 24 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Fairview Downs
No school site lies inside Fairview Downs's boundary; the nearest is Insoll Avenue School, 2.4 km away in a straight line.
- Nearest school: Insoll Avenue School (2.4 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Tai Wananga (2.4 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Waikato Hospital (6.2 km)
School enrolment zones in Fairview Downs: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Fairview Downs's titles: Fairfield College.
- Insoll Avenue School (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all titles
- Peachgrove Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Fairfield Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Fairfield 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 Fairview Downs
No place of worship is mapped in OpenStreetMap inside Fairview Downs's boundary.
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Free Church of Tonga, 2.3 km away
- Hindu: Radha Krishna Temple, 9.7 km away
- Muslim: Jamia Masjid, 3.8 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Hamilton City with many cross-leases
- Nawton: 1,058 cross-lease titles (26.3%)
- Hamilton East: 1,027 cross-lease titles (15.9%)
- Frankton: 675 cross-lease titles (13.7%)
- Dinsdale: 643 cross-lease titles (17.9%)
- Fairfield: 473 cross-lease titles (17.8%)
- St Andrews: 411 cross-lease titles (17.4%)
- Hillcrest: 345 cross-lease titles (12.2%)
- Claudelands: 333 cross-lease titles (25.2%)
Suburbs like Fairview Downs
The closest match on the measures on this site is Deanwell in Hamilton City, nearest on recent movers within NZ, elevation, land per flat. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deanwell | Hamilton City | 10.2% | $600 | 32 | recent movers within NZ, elevation, land per flat |
| Pukete | Hamilton City | 6.8% | $618 | 36 | land per flat, commuting on foot or by bike, stand-alone houses |
| Milson | Palmerston North City | 6.1% | $588 | 33.4 | slope, cross-lease share, elevation |
| Glenview | Hamilton City | 9.9% | No data | 36.1 | unit-title share, degrees, working from home |
| Dinsdale | Hamilton City | 17.9% | $580 | 35 | commuting on foot or by bike, elevation, damp homes |
Questions
What is the rent in Fairview Downs?
New tenancies in the Fairview Downs rent area had a median rent of $575 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 $550 to $615.
What schools are in Fairview Downs?
No school site lies inside Fairview Downs's boundary. The nearest school is Insoll Avenue School (2.4 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Fairfield College; check the school's own zone map for any address.