Living in Moera: schools, census and property titles
The 695 live property titles in Moera, Lower Hutt City are mostly freehold (65%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 75 (10.8%), above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 75
- Share of live titles
- 10.8%
- Live titles in total
- 695
- Lower Hutt City share
- 10.5%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Lower Hutt City
- 11 of 21
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 309 of 644
Moera 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
- Moera is listed under Lower Hutt City.
- 695 live titles are recorded here, including 75 cross-lease titles (10.8%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 10.8% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 22.0% of recorded titles, so title structure can vary within the suburb.
- Public-transport figures describe how recorded titles sit near mapped stops. They do not describe a service from a particular property.
- 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.
Title mix in Moera
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 453 | 65.2% |
| Cross lease | 75 | 10.8% |
| Unit title | 153 | 22.0% |
| Leasehold | 2 | 0.3% |
| Other record types | 12 | 1.7% |
| Total | 695 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Moera compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Moera is higher than the national share (8.7%).
Across Lower Hutt City as a whole, the share is 10.5%; Moera is close to the overall Lower Hutt City share (10.5%).
How cross-leases in Moera are set up
Fewer leases include a garage (6% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
More schemes have four or more flats on one section (24%, against 11% nationally), up to 8.
Carports appear in fewer leases (6% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Moera | Lower Hutt City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 34 | 2,185 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 67.6% | 82.9% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 8.8% | 9.4% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 23.5% | 7.6% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 729 m² | 791 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 338 m² | 364 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 5.9% | 15.7% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 5.9% | 7.6% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 0.0% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 20.6% | 29.2% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 12 | 1,124 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Moera
Unit titles are 22% of Moera's titles, well above Lower Hutt City (5%) and well above New Zealand (8%). They belong to 12 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 14 units or fewer.
The unit-title share is the highest of 21 in Lower Hutt City.
New titles in Moera since 2020
66 of Moera's current titles (9%) were first issued since 2020, slightly below Lower Hutt City's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (10%) and below New Zealand (12%).
15% are unit titles, in 1 development; most of the rest are freehold.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 55 | 17 |
| Unit title | 10 | 10 |
| 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 Moera
The typical building in Moera stands on ground sloping 0.7° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
Nearly all of its 795 measured buildings (99%) stand on ground under 5°.
Much of the land is low-lying: the median elevation is 1 m.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Moera
0% of Moera's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 0% within 500 m and 17% within 1 km. The typical title is 1.2 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 Moera: 2023 Census
About 99% of Moera's titles are in the census area Moera (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Moera exactly.
More households have no car in Moera than across Lower Hutt City: 18.4% against 8.0%.
More workers walk or cycle to work in Moera than across Lower Hutt City: 7.3% against 4.5%.
Fewer households own their home in Moera than across Lower Hutt City: 41.4% against 66.8%.
| Measure | Moera | Lower Hutt City whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 1,734 | 107,562 |
| Change since 2018 | +6.6% | +2.9% |
| Change since 2013 | +13.1% | +9.5% |
| Median age | 35.8 | 37.5 |
| Households | 660 | 39,027 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 41.4% | 66.8% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 59.1% | 33.2% |
| Median household income | $78,700 | $110,100 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $258 | $450 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 8.6% | 5.8% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 18.7% | 19.1% |
| 15 to 29 | 19.9% | 18.5% |
| 30 to 64 | 50.0% | 47.7% |
| 65 and over | 11.4% | 14.7% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 29.0% | 27.8% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 23.0% | 18.4% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 42.5% | 38.6% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.3% | 3.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 20.0% | 16.8% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 24.2% | 29.2% |
| Employed full-time | 50.5% | 55.4% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 6.4% | 3.1% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 41.5% | 47.6% |
| Median personal income | $36,500 | $47,800 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 12.1% | 17.5% |
| Car, truck or van | 61.2% | 60.8% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 18.3% | 16.3% |
| Walk or cycle | 7.3% | 4.5% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 29.8% | 23.1% |
| Average people per household | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 18.4% | 8.0% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 11.7% | 7.1% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 42.4% | 44.7% |
| Couples without children | 31.1% | 37.5% |
| One-parent families | 25.8% | 17.8% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 57.9% | 76.3% |
| Average bedrooms | 2.5 | 3 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 65.3% | 64.4% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 26.6% | 21.4% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 19.2% | 15.0% |
Schools and hospitals near Moera
One school site lies inside Moera: Randwick School (Full Primary).
- Randwick School (Full Primary)
- Nearest school: Randwick School (0.1 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Hutt Valley High School (1.4 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Hutt Hospital (3.2 km)
School enrolment zones in Moera: a guide
Three secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Moera's titles: Hutt International Boys School, Hutt Valley High School and St Oran's College.
- Our Lady of the Rosary School (Waiwhetu) (primary, Years 1–8): all or nearly all titles
- Hutt International Boys School (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Hutt Valley High School (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- St Oran's 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
Public transport in Moera
100% of Moera's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, slightly above Lower Hutt City as a whole (93%).
99% are that close to a frequent stop (60 or more departures that day), well above the council (43%); joint highest of 21 in Lower Hutt City.
20% are within 800 m of a train station or ferry wharf.
The typical title is 156 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Metlink (Greater Wellington Regional Council). Sources and limits
Places of worship near Moera
OpenStreetMap maps 2 places of worship inside Moera (2 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Moera Gospel Chapel, under 1 km away
- Hindu: unnamed, 4.4 km away
- Buddhist: Dhamma Gavesi Meditation Centre, 7.4 km away
- Muslim: Masjid Al-Ameen, 6.5 km away
- Sikh: Wellington Gurudwara Sahib, 4.8 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Lower Hutt City with many cross-leases
- Stokes Valley: 492 cross-lease titles (12.5%)
- Waterloo: 426 cross-lease titles (21.3%)
- Wainuiomata: 406 cross-lease titles (5.3%)
- Waiwhetū: 362 cross-lease titles (20.3%)
- Hutt Central: 343 cross-lease titles (15.1%)
- Woburn: 334 cross-lease titles (23.5%)
- Naenae: 333 cross-lease titles (9.6%)
- Avalon: 300 cross-lease titles (13.2%)
All suburbs in Lower Hutt City
Suburbs like Moera
The closest match on the measures on this site is Alicetown in Lower Hutt City, nearest on slope, distance to a hospital, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alicetown | Lower Hutt City | 10.3% | $530 | 36.9 | slope, distance to a hospital, elevation |
| Waiwhetū | Lower Hutt City | 20.3% | $600 | 36.6 | slope, children, population change |
| Epuni | Lower Hutt City | 12.5% | No data | 38.9 | slope, schools, near a stop |
| Lyall Bay | Wellington City | 11.7% | $680 | 36.6 | schools, near a frequent stop, near a stop |
| Fairfield, Lower Hutt City | Lower Hutt City | 14.7% | $600 | 36.4 | schools, recent movers within NZ, born overseas |
Questions
What schools are in Moera?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Moera: Randwick School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Hutt Valley High School (1.4 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles are Hutt International Boys School, Hutt Valley High School and St Oran's College; check the school's own zone map for any address.