Living in Temple View: schools, census and property titles
The 690 live property titles in Temple View (it lies across Hamilton City, Waikato District, Waipa District; its titles are counted under Hamilton City) are almost all freehold (91%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 55 (8.0%), slightly below the national share of 8.7%.
Temple View cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 55
- Share of live titles
- 8.0%
- Live titles in total
- 690
- Hamilton City share
- 11.2%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Hamilton City
- 22 of 28
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 384 of 644
Temple View at a glance
Where Temple View differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: median age (lower than 95% of NZ suburbs); titles first issued since 2020 (higher than 94% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Temple View is listed under Hamilton City.
- 690 live titles are recorded here, including 55 cross-lease titles (8.0%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 8.0% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 0.7% 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
- A usable MBIE new-tenancy rent figure is not available for this suburb.
- Mapped public-transport context is not available for this suburb.
Title mix in Temple View
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 627 | 90.9% |
| Cross lease | 55 | 8.0% |
| Unit title | 5 | 0.7% |
| Leasehold | 1 | 0.1% |
| Other record types | 2 | 0.3% |
| Total | 690 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Temple View compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Temple View is slightly lower than the national share (8.7%).
Across Hamilton City as a whole, the share is 11.2%; Temple View is lower than the overall Hamilton City share (11.2%).
Its cross-lease share is in the lowest quarter of 28 in Hamilton City (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Temple View are set up
Fewer leases include a garage (7% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (4%, against 11% nationally), up to 23.
Carports appear in fewer leases (7% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Temple View | Hamilton City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 27 | 3,528 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 88.9% | 81.5% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 7.4% | 9.5% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 3.7% | 8.7% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,085 m² | 1,006 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 531 m² | 465 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 7.4% | 31.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 7.4% | 11.9% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 3.7% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 33.3% | 39.0% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1988 | 1987 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 23 | 2,831 | 54,978 |
New titles in Temple View since 2020
157 of Temple View's current titles (23%) were first issued since 2020, well above Hamilton City's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (13%) and well above New Zealand (12%).
That rate is the highest of 28 in Hamilton City.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 157 | 88 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Temple View
The typical building in Temple View stands on ground sloping 2.6° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), joint steepest of 28 in Hamilton City.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Temple View
Temple View is inland: the typical title is 22 km from the sea or harbour edge, and none is 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 Temple View: 2023 Census
About 67% of Temple View's titles are in the census area Temple View (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Temple View exactly.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Temple View than across Hamilton City: 2.6% against 6.0%.
Fewer people live alone in Temple View than across Hamilton City: 12.5% against 21.8%.
Fewer residents were born overseas in Temple View than across Hamilton City: 17.6% against 30.4%.
| Measure | Temple View | Rotokauri | Hamilton City whole council |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 1,305 | 1,011 | 174,741 |
| Change since 2018 | +10.1% | −0.6% | +8.6% |
| Change since 2013 | +10.7% | +10.9% | +23.4% |
| Median age | 29.9 | 44.3 | 33.2 |
| Households | 357 | 333 | 60,435 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 60.5% | 84.7% | 53.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 39.5% | 14.4% | 46.4% |
| Median household income | $106,800 | $137,000 | $96,500 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $400 | $442 | $465 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 6.0% | 5.1% | 6.5% |
| Ages | |||
| Under 15 | 27.1% | 18.1% | 20.9% |
| 15 to 29 | 22.8% | 16.9% | 23.4% |
| 30 to 64 | 36.6% | 47.2% | 43.2% |
| 65 and over | 13.1% | 18.1% | 12.5% |
| Where people came from | |||
| Born overseas | 17.6% | 19.9% | 30.4% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 17.3% | 13.4% | 26.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 44.8% | 37.4% | 50.7% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 7.1% | 2.4% | 5.0% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 18.8% | 9.2% | 23.9% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 30.3% | 25.7% | 29.0% |
| Employed full-time | 47.6% | 53.6% | 52.6% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.5% | 1.1% | 3.9% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 43.6% | 51.1% | 42.7% |
| Median personal income | $38,900 | $50,500 | $42,200 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||
| Work from home | 11.3% | 22.3% | 12.5% |
| Car, truck or van | 84.6% | 73.9% | 77.4% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 1.5% | 1.1% | 2.9% |
| Walk or cycle | 2.6% | 1.1% | 6.0% |
| Households and families | |||
| One-person households | 12.5% | 11.2% | 21.8% |
| Average people per household | 3.7 | 3 | 2.8 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 4.6% | 1.0% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 12.5% | 2.9% | 7.5% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 52.5% | 43.3% | 43.3% |
| Couples without children | 28.7% | 48.5% | 35.8% |
| One-parent families | 17.8% | 8.2% | 21.0% |
| Homes | |||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 80.8% | 94.6% | 73.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 74.5% | 70.3% | 77.6% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 28.0% | 13.0% | 18.8% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 23.6% | 8.9% | 15.3% |
Schools and hospitals near Temple View
One school site lies inside Temple View: Koromatua School (Full Primary).
- Koromatua School (Full Primary)
- Nearest school: Koromatua School (2.0 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Fraser High School (4.2 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Waikato Hospital (5.7 km)
School enrolment zones in Temple View: a guide
The largest secondary-school zone share of Temple View's titles is in Hamilton's Fraser High School's home zone (about 15%).
- Aberdeen School (primary, Years 1–6): about 10% of titles
- Koromatua School (primary, Years 1–8): about 85% of titles
- Whatawhata School (primary, Years 1–8): about 5% of titles
- Maeroa Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 10% of titles
- Hamilton's Fraser High School (secondary): about 15% of 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 Temple View
OpenStreetMap maps 3 places of worship inside Temple View (3 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, under 1 km away
- Muslim: Jamia Masjid, 7.3 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 Temple View
The closest match on the measures on this site is Fairview Downs in Hamilton City, nearest on heat pumps, commuting on foot or by bike, elevation. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Downs | Hamilton City | 5.9% | $575 | 31.2 | heat pumps, commuting on foot or by bike, elevation |
| Ngāruawāhia | Waikato District | 5.8% | $600 | 32.2 | commuting on foot or by bike, commuting by public transport, unit-title share |
| Glenview | Hamilton City | 9.9% | No data | 36.1 | schools, unit-title share, elevation |
| Bader | Hamilton City | 19.4% | $550 | 28.5 | elevation, unit-title share, population change |
| Ōpaheke | Auckland | 7.6% | $670 | 32.5 | schools, unit-title share, heat pumps |
Questions
What schools are in Temple View?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Temple View: Koromatua School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Fraser High School (4.2 km in a straight line). Being near a school does not mean being in its zone.