Living in Strathern: schools, census and property titles
The 1,711 live property titles in Strathern, Invercargill City are almost all freehold (88%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 191 (11.2%), above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 191
- Share of live titles
- 11.2%
- Live titles in total
- 1,711
- Invercargill City share
- 7.3%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Invercargill City
- 5 of 15
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 296 of 644
Strathern 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
- Strathern is listed under Invercargill City.
- 1,711 live titles are recorded here, including 191 cross-lease titles (11.2%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 11.2% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 0.1% 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 Strathern
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,498 | 87.6% |
| Cross lease | 191 | 11.2% |
| Unit title | 2 | 0.1% |
| Leasehold | 18 | 1.1% |
| Other record types | 2 | 0.1% |
| Total | 1,711 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Strathern compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Strathern is higher than the national share (8.7%).
Across Invercargill City as a whole, the share is 7.3%; Strathern is about 1.5 times the overall Invercargill City share (7.3%).
How cross-leases in Strathern are set up
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (17%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
More schemes have four or more flats on one section (23%, against 11% nationally), up to 10.
Carports appear in more leases (19% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Strathern | Invercargill City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 64 | 714 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 59.4% | 53.8% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 15.6% | 22.8% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 23.4% | 22.7% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 850 m² | 994 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 382 m² | 362 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 32.8% | 33.6% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 18.8% | 16.1% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 0.0% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 17.2% | 23.0% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1984 | 1982 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 36 | 326 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Strathern
18 titles (1.1%) are leasehold.
Most stated terms have more than 50 years to run.
Stated lease terms, as at 30 September 2026:
| Stated lease term | Titles |
|---|---|
| Stated term has ended | 0 |
| Under 10 years left | 0 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 0 |
| More than 50 years left | 17 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 0 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 1 |
New titles in Strathern since 2020
74 of Strathern's current titles (4%) were first issued since 2020, well below Invercargill City's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (7%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 70 | 48 |
| Unit title | 2 | 2 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 1 | 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 Strathern
The typical building in Strathern stands on ground sloping 1.0° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
Nearly all of its 2,664 measured buildings (100%) stand on ground under 5°.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Strathern
0% of Strathern's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 0% within 500 m and 5% within 1 km. The typical title is 1.6 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 Strathern: 2023 Census
About 95% of Strathern's titles are in the census area Strathern (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Strathern exactly.
Fewer adults hold a degree in Strathern than across Invercargill City: 10.6% against 17.6%.
More households have no car in Strathern than across Invercargill City: 9.6% against 6.6%.
Household incomes are lower in Strathern than across Invercargill City: $65,800 against $80,900.
| Measure | Strathern | Invercargill City whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,912 | 55,599 |
| Change since 2018 | +0.2% | +2.6% |
| Change since 2013 | +3.0% | +7.5% |
| Median age | 38 | 40 |
| Households | 1,629 | 22,125 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 66.7% | 72.4% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 33.3% | 27.6% |
| Median household income | $65,800 | $80,900 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $350 | $350 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 18.8% | 18.4% |
| 15 to 29 | 20.1% | 18.0% |
| 30 to 64 | 44.0% | 45.1% |
| 65 and over | 17.2% | 18.4% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 12.5% | 14.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 27.7% | 32.7% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 44.1% | 42.9% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 17.3% | 17.7% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 10.6% | 17.6% |
| Employed full-time | 49.2% | 51.6% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 3.6% | 2.6% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 26.5% | 34.8% |
| Median personal income | $36,400 | $39,900 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 8.5% | 9.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 85.0% | 83.5% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.9% | 0.6% |
| Walk or cycle | 5.1% | 5.6% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 35.2% | 29.0% |
| Average people per household | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 9.6% | 6.6% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 34.9% | 38.0% |
| Couples without children | 39.6% | 43.5% |
| One-parent families | 25.5% | 18.4% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 87.5% | 87.7% |
| Average bedrooms | 2.9 | 3 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 80.8% | 79.6% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 16.7% | 15.4% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 12.8% | 11.3% |
Schools and hospitals near Strathern
One school site lies inside Strathern: Fernworth Primary School (Contributing).
- Fernworth Primary School (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Fernworth Primary School (0.3 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Aurora College (1.0 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Southland Hospital (1.5 km)
School enrolment zones in Strathern: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Strathern's titles: Verdon College.
- St Patrick's School (Invercargill) (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all titles
- Southland Adventist Christian School (primary, Years 1–8): all or nearly all titles
- St John's Girls' School (Invercargill) (primary, Years 1–8): all or nearly all titles
- Verdon 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 Strathern
OpenStreetMap maps 1 place of worship inside Strathern (1 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: St Patrick's Invercargill, under 1 km away
- Buddhist: Wat Buddhasamakhee Invercargill, 9.1 km away
- Muslim: Southland Muslims Association Masjid, 2.6 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Invercargill City with many cross-leases
- Windsor: 400 cross-lease titles (22.5%)
- Appleby: 335 cross-lease titles (19.5%)
- Richmond: 230 cross-lease titles (19.2%)
- Gladstone: 129 cross-lease titles (11.3%)
- Waikiwi: 128 cross-lease titles (8.3%)
- Invercargill: 89 cross-lease titles (10.7%)
- Grasmere: 80 cross-lease titles (6.1%)
- Avenal: 74 cross-lease titles (10.8%)
All suburbs in Invercargill City
Suburbs like Strathern
The closest match on the measures on this site is Georgetown, Invercargill City in Invercargill City, nearest on slope, schools, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown, Invercargill City | Invercargill City | 6.5% | $530 | 35.5 | slope, schools, unit-title share |
| Kingswell | Invercargill City | 3.4% | $550 | 37.1 | slope, unit-title share, distance to the coast |
| Grasmere | Invercargill City | 6.1% | $540 | 35.7 | born overseas, schools, unit-title share |
| Glengarry, Invercargill City | Invercargill City | 4.3% | $505 | 36 | unit-title share, elevation, new titles |
| Newfield | Invercargill City | 3.8% | $560 | 40.6 | slope, schools, elevation |
Questions
What schools are in Strathern?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Strathern: Fernworth Primary School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Aurora College (1.0 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Verdon College; check the school's own zone map for any address.