Suburbs in Hastings District: rents, census and property titles
LINZ recorded 38,557 live titles in Hastings District on 30 September 2026: 87% freehold, then leasehold at 6.1%. Its 1,916 cross-lease titles (5.0%) are well below the national share of 8.7%.
Hastings District cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 1,916
- Share of live titles
- 5.0%
- Live titles in total
- 38,557
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Suburbs with 30+ cross-lease titles
- 11
Title mix in Hastings District
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 33,713 | 87.4% |
| Cross lease | 1,916 | 5.0% |
| Unit title | 328 | 0.9% |
| Leasehold | 2,344 | 6.1% |
| Other record types | 256 | 0.7% |
| Total | 38,557 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes. Sources and limits
How cross-leases in Hastings District are set up
Carports appear in fewer leases (4% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Three-flat schemes are more common here (16%, against 12% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Hastings District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 848 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 71.6% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 16.3% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 12.1% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,005 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 430 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 28.2% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 4.4% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 6.1% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 38.0% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1992 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 535 | 54,978 |
Among suburbs with at least 300 live and 30 cross-lease titles, the highest cross-lease shares in Hastings District are in Parkvale (11.3%), Ākina (10.9%), Hastings (10.3%), Mayfair (8.9%), Saint Leonards (8.2%).
Suburbs in Hastings District by cross-lease share
| Suburb | Cross-lease titles | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkvale | 186 | 1,645 | 11.3% |
| Ākina | 196 | 1,804 | 10.9% |
| Hastings | 266 | 2,593 | 10.3% |
| Mayfair | 166 | 1,863 | 8.9% |
| Saint Leonards | 122 | 1,486 | 8.2% |
| Raureka | 138 | 1,699 | 8.1% |
| Mahora | 150 | 1,948 | 7.7% |
| Havelock North | 368 | 6,963 | 5.3% |
| Camberley | 42 | 900 | 4.7% |
| Flaxmere | 158 | 3,508 | 4.5% |
| Frimley | 61 | 1,650 | 3.7% |
Awatoto and Pūtōrino straddle another council; LINZ lists Hastings District first, so their titles are counted here.
Hastings District at a glance
9% of titles in Hastings District's suburbs were first issued since 2020, below New Zealand (12%). 7% of titles are within 1 km of the sea or harbour edge. The wider district is a little drier than the national average for homes (860 mm of rain a year, against 1,000 mm) and close to it (14.0°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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkvale | 11.3% | No data | 5.4% | 46 | 79.1% | 0.7° | 9.3 km |
| Ākina | 10.9% | $640 | 6.0% | 34.3 | 72.6% | 0.7° | 10.4 km |
| Hastings | 10.3% | No data | 3.4% | 34.9 | 74.4% | 0.7° | 9.9 km |
| Mayfair | 8.9% | $460 | 11.7% | 32.8 | 74.6% | 0.7° | 8.4 km |
| Saint Leonards | 8.2% | $600 | 8.3% | 36.1 | 75.1% | 0.7° | 10.2 km |
| Raureka | 8.1% | $635 | 7.7% | 34.1 | 71.2% | 0.7° | 11.4 km |
| Mahora | 7.7% | $590 | 8.4% | 35.9 | 77.6% | 0.7° | 8.9 km |
| Havelock North | 5.3% | $680 | 8.1% | 47.5 | 76.2% | 1.6° | 8.7 km |
| Camberley | 4.7% | No data | 4.8% | 30.1 | 69.6% | 0.7° | 11.2 km |
| Flaxmere | 4.5% | $580 | 5.3% | 27 | 69.6% | 0.7° | 13.9 km |
| Frimley | 3.7% | $600 | 13.4% | 40.5 | 85.9% | 0.7° | 10.4 km |
New titles by year in Hastings District
2025 brought 588 titles still live, more than the 5-year average before it (508), against a peak of 618 in 2022.
| Year issued | All new titles | Freehold | Unit titles | Cross-lease | Leasehold | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 604 | 585 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 2021 | 408 | 399 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 618 | 591 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| 2023 | 479 | 453 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 431 | 406 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 588 | 560 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 324 | 293 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Cross-lease titles in Hastings District, by suburb
Unit titles in Hastings District, by suburb
Leasehold titles in Hastings District, by suburb
Hastings District at the 2023 Census
| Measure | Hastings District 2023 Census |
|---|---|
| Usual residents | 85,965 |
| Change since 2018 | +5.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +17.4% |
| Median age | 38.9 |
| Households | 29,391 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 69.0% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 31.0% |
| Median household income | $93,400 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $400 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 9.3% |
| Ages | |
| Under 15 | 20.4% |
| 15 to 29 | 17.9% |
| 30 to 64 | 43.9% |
| 65 and over | 17.8% |
| Where people came from | |
| Born overseas | 19.3% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 27.5% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 41.8% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 4.1% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 17.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 21.3% |
| Employed full-time | 51.0% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.7% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 42.1% |
| Median personal income | $40,500 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |
| Work from home | 15.9% |
| Car, truck or van | 78.3% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.3% |
| Walk or cycle | 4.6% |
| Households and families | |
| One-person households | 23.0% |
| Average people per household | 2.8 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 5.0% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 8.4% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 40.4% |
| Couples without children | 41.3% |
| One-parent families | 18.3% |
| Homes | |
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 81.7% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 70.0% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 17.7% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 12.6% |