Living in Springlands: schools, census and property titles
The 2,336 live property titles in Springlands, Marlborough District are almost all freehold (89%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 153 (6.5%), below the national share of 8.7%.
Springlands cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 153
- Share of live titles
- 6.5%
- Live titles in total
- 2,336
- Marlborough District share
- 7.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Marlborough District
- 8 of 10
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 424 of 644
Springlands at a glance
Where Springlands differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: median age (higher than 90% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Springlands is listed under Marlborough District.
- 2,336 live titles are recorded here, including 153 cross-lease titles (6.5%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 6.5% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 3.0% 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 Springlands
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 2,089 | 89.4% |
| Cross lease | 153 | 6.5% |
| Unit title | 71 | 3.0% |
| Leasehold | 15 | 0.6% |
| Other record types | 8 | 0.3% |
| Total | 2,336 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Springlands compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Springlands is lower than the national share (8.7%).
Across Marlborough District as a whole, the share is 7.4%; Springlands is slightly lower than the overall Marlborough District share (7.4%).
Its cross-lease share is 3rd lowest of 10 in Marlborough District (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Springlands are set up
Three-flat schemes are less common here (3%, against 12% nationally).
Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (3% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (7%, against 11% nationally), up to 9.
| Scheme structure | Springlands | Marlborough District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 71 | 989 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 90.1% | 77.5% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 2.8% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 7.0% | 10.2% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 865 m² | 870 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 404 m² | 394 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 26.8% | 35.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 16.9% | 11.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 2.8% | 2.4% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 43.7% | 31.5% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1994 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 49 | 593 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Springlands
Unit titles are 3% of Springlands's titles, well above Marlborough District (2%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 8 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 5 units or fewer.
15 titles (0.6%) are leasehold, 1 of them units in a unit-title development.
6 of them have a stated term that has ended or has under 10 years to run, which is worth reading closely in the lease.
Stated lease terms, as at 30 September 2026:
| Stated lease term | Titles |
|---|---|
| Stated term has ended | 3 |
| Under 10 years left | 3 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 0 |
| More than 50 years left | 2 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 5 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 2 |
New titles in Springlands since 2020
279 of Springlands's current titles (12%) were first issued since 2020, well above Marlborough District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (8%) and close to New Zealand (12%).
That rate is the highest of 10 in Marlborough District.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 276 | 110 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 3 | 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 Springlands
The typical building in Springlands stands on ground sloping 0.7° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
Nearly all of its 3,601 measured buildings (100%) stand on ground under 5°.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Springlands
Springlands is inland: the typical title is 8.7 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 Springlands: 2023 Census
About 72% of Springlands's titles are in the census area Springlands (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Springlands exactly.
More workers walk or cycle to work in Springlands than across Marlborough District: 10.0% against 8.0%.
More residents are 65 or over in Springlands than across Marlborough District: 29.8% against 23.9%.
| Measure | Springlands | Yelverton | Marlborough District whole council |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,585 | 2,505 | 49,431 |
| Change since 2018 | +6.5% | −4.1% | +4.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +14.6% | +7.3% | +13.9% |
| Median age | 48.8 | 49 | 46.1 |
| Households | 1,323 | 1,041 | 19,587 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 78.5% | 70.0% | 74.0% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 21.8% | 29.7% | 26.0% |
| Median household income | $91,300 | $74,200 | $81,700 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $410 | $397 | $384 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 7.7% | 7.0% | 17.9% |
| Ages | |||
| Under 15 | 15.6% | 14.0% | 16.7% |
| 15 to 29 | 14.1% | 15.4% | 14.4% |
| 30 to 64 | 40.8% | 40.6% | 45.0% |
| 65 and over | 29.8% | 29.9% | 23.9% |
| Where people came from | |||
| Born overseas | 19.7% | 24.2% | 19.7% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 24.0% | 25.8% | 24.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 46.7% | 46.0% | 44.3% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.2% | 3.8% | 3.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 20.3% | 18.6% | 16.6% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 21.5% | 22.3% | 18.5% |
| Employed full-time | 46.8% | 44.8% | 49.6% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 40.3% | 42.4% | 39.0% |
| Median personal income | $38,400 | $36,200 | $39,400 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||
| Work from home | 14.2% | 13.3% | 16.7% |
| Car, truck or van | 75.0% | 73.1% | 74.1% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Walk or cycle | 10.0% | 12.9% | 8.0% |
| Households and families | |||
| One-person households | 22.7% | 31.5% | 25.6% |
| Average people per household | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 3.1% | 8.1% | 4.4% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 3.7% | 3.0% | 3.5% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 34.4% | 35.6% | 34.2% |
| Couples without children | 54.0% | 49.3% | 53.2% |
| One-parent families | 11.3% | 15.1% | 12.6% |
| Homes | |||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 90.3% | 76.4% | 84.9% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.3 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 78.8% | 81.2% | 66.7% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 7.8% | 7.6% | 11.0% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 5.3% | 6.2% | 7.1% |
Schools and hospitals near Springlands
LINZ maps 3 school sites inside Springlands, among them Bohally Intermediate (Intermediate) and Marlborough Girls' College (Secondary (Year 9-15)).
- Bohally Intermediate (Intermediate)
- Marlborough Girls' College (Secondary (Year 9-15))
- Springlands School (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Springlands School (1.8 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Marlborough Girls' College (2.6 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Wairau Hospital (4.3 km)
School enrolment zones in Springlands: a guide
The largest primary-school zone share of Springlands's titles is in Springlands School's home zone (all or nearly all).
- Springlands School (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all titles
- Bohally Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): 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 Springlands
No place of worship is mapped in OpenStreetMap inside Springlands's boundary.
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Connect Blenheim Church, 3.0 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Marlborough District with many cross-leases
- Blenheim: 664 cross-lease titles (18.2%)
- Redwoodtown: 499 cross-lease titles (19.8%)
- Witherlea: 400 cross-lease titles (14.5%)
- Picton: 272 cross-lease titles (13.0%)
- Mayfield: 113 cross-lease titles (11.8%)
- Riversdale: 49 cross-lease titles (8.0%)
- Waikawa: 47 cross-lease titles (4.8%)
- Renwick: 33 cross-lease titles (2.5%)
All suburbs in Marlborough District
Suburbs like Springlands
The closest match on the measures on this site is Witherlea in Marlborough District, nearest on commuting by public transport, distance to the coast, born overseas. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Witherlea | Marlborough District | 14.5% | $595 | 46.8 | commuting by public transport, distance to the coast, born overseas |
| Allenton | Ashburton District | 8.6% | $435 | 51.6 | commuting by public transport, damp homes, slope |
| Blenheim | Marlborough District | 18.2% | $565 | 43.5 | slope, unit-title share, commuting by public transport |
| Stoke | Nelson City | 6.3% | $650 | 43 | land per flat, cross-lease share, distance to a hospital |
| Opawa | Christchurch City | 13.0% | No data | 47.6 | slope, schools, distance to a hospital |
Questions
What schools are in Springlands?
LINZ maps 3 school sites inside Springlands: Bohally Intermediate, Marlborough Girls' College and Springlands School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Marlborough Girls' College (2.6 km in a straight line). Being near a school does not mean being in its zone.