Suburbs in Masterton District: rents, census and property titles
LINZ recorded 16,536 live titles in Masterton District on 30 September 2026: 96% freehold, then cross-lease at 3.1%. Its 507 cross-lease titles (3.1%) are well below the national share of 8.7%.
Masterton District cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 507
- Share of live titles
- 3.1%
- Live titles in total
- 16,536
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Suburbs with 30+ cross-lease titles
- 4
Title mix in Masterton District
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 15,825 | 95.7% |
| Cross lease | 507 | 3.1% |
| Unit title | 106 | 0.6% |
| Leasehold | 61 | 0.4% |
| Other record types | 37 | 0.2% |
| Total | 16,536 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes. Sources and limits
How cross-leases in Masterton District are set up
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (14%, 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 8.
Fewer leases include a garage (15% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Masterton District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 188 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 60.1% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 16.5% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 23.4% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,004 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 407 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 14.9% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 10.6% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 3.7% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 14.4% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1986 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 98 | 54,978 |
Suburbs in Masterton District by cross-lease share
| Suburb | Cross-lease titles | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne | 150 | 2,336 | 6.4% |
| Kuripuni | 55 | 868 | 6.3% |
| Masterton | 208 | 4,862 | 4.3% |
| Solway | 81 | 2,359 | 3.4% |
Eketāhuna straddles another council; LINZ lists Masterton District first, so its titles are counted here.
Masterton District at a glance
12% of titles in Masterton District's suburbs were first issued since 2020, close to New Zealand (12%). 55% of titles are within 400 m of a public transport stop with a scheduled weekday service, and 0% within 400 m of a frequent one. 5% 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 (930 mm of rain a year, against 1,000 mm) and cooler than it (12.1°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 | Titles within 400 m of a public transport stop | Typical distance to the coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne | 6.4% | $550 | 12.4% | 45.2 | 72.0% | 1.4° | 75.0% | 37.2 km |
| Kuripuni | 6.3% | $530 | 8.6% | 37.2 | 71.5% | 0.7° | 92.6% | 37.9 km |
| Masterton | 4.3% | $500 | 10.2% | 43.3 | 70.4% | 0.7° | 89.9% | 38.2 km |
| Solway | 3.4% | $530 | 16.3% | 37.2 | 71.5% | 0.7° | 71.7% | 39 km |
New titles by year in Masterton District
2025 brought 223 titles still live, fewer than the 5-year average before it (295), against a peak of 414 in 2022.
| Year issued | All new titles | Freehold | Cross-lease | Leasehold | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 195 | 193 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 306 | 303 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 414 | 409 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 249 | 247 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 309 | 305 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 223 | 219 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 168 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cross-lease titles in Masterton District, by suburb
Masterton District at the 2023 Census
| Measure | Masterton District 2023 Census |
|---|---|
| Usual residents | 27,678 |
| Change since 2018 | +8.3% |
| Change since 2013 | +18.5% |
| Median age | 42.7 |
| Households | 10,791 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 71.0% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 29.1% |
| Median household income | $77,400 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $370 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 12.0% |
| Ages | |
| Under 15 | 18.5% |
| 15 to 29 | 16.7% |
| 30 to 64 | 42.0% |
| 65 and over | 22.7% |
| Where people came from | |
| Born overseas | 14.8% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 17.5% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 45.8% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 2.7% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 16.9% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 17.9% |
| Employed full-time | 47.0% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.4% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 40.9% |
| Median personal income | $37,200 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |
| Work from home | 16.0% |
| Car, truck or van | 76.5% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 1.9% |
| Walk or cycle | 4.7% |
| Households and families | |
| One-person households | 27.6% |
| Average people per household | 2.4 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 6.5% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 4.4% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 35.7% |
| Couples without children | 46.5% |
| One-parent families | 17.8% |
| Homes | |
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 87.0% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 66.0% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 17.2% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 11.2% |