Living in Masterton: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 4,862 live property titles in Masterton, Masterton District are almost all freehold (95%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 208 (4.3%), well below the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 208
- Share of live titles
- 4.3%
- Live titles in total
- 4,862
- Masterton District share
- 3.1%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Masterton District
- 3 of 4
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 523 of 644
Masterton at a glance
Where Masterton differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: typical distance to the coast (higher than 92% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Masterton is listed under Masterton District.
- 4,862 live titles are recorded here, including 208 cross-lease titles (4.3%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
- The page includes MBIE new-tenancy rent figures for April–June 2026.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 4.3% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 0.2% 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
- The core title, Census, rent, transport and coast measures used by this page are available.
Title mix in Masterton
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 4,613 | 94.9% |
| Cross lease | 208 | 4.3% |
| Unit title | 9 | 0.2% |
| Leasehold | 28 | 0.6% |
| Other record types | 4 | 0.1% |
| Total | 4,862 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Masterton compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Masterton is well below the national share (8.7%).
Across Masterton District as a whole, the share is 3.1%; Masterton is higher than the overall Masterton District share (3.1%).
Its cross-lease share is 3rd highest of 4 in Masterton District (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Masterton are set up
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (15%, 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 | Masterton District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 79 | 188 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 62.0% | 60.1% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 15.2% | 16.5% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 22.8% | 23.4% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,012 m² | 1,004 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 422 m² | 407 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 15.2% | 14.9% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 11.4% | 10.6% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 6.3% | 3.7% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 15.2% | 14.4% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1987 | 1986 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 41 | 98 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Masterton
28 titles (0.6%) are leasehold.
5 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 | 2 |
| Under 10 years left | 3 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 2 |
| More than 50 years left | 3 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 17 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 1 |
New titles in Masterton since 2020
498 of Masterton's current titles (10%) were first issued since 2020, slightly below Masterton District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (12%) and slightly below New Zealand (12%).
That rate is 3rd highest of 4 in Masterton District.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 488 | 214 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 1 | 1 |
| Leasehold | 9 | 5 |
| 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 Masterton
The typical building in Masterton stands on ground sloping 0.7° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), joint flattest of 4 in Masterton District.
Nearly all of its 7,611 measured buildings (99%) stand on ground under 5°.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Masterton
Masterton is inland: the typical title is 38 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 Masterton: 2023 Census
Masterton's titles fall in 9 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 4 shown below hold 73% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
More households have no car in Cameron and Soldiers Park than across Masterton District: 11.0% against 6.5%.
More workers walk or cycle to work in Cameron and Soldiers Park than across Masterton District: 7.2% against 4.7%.
Fewer workers work from home in Cameron and Soldiers Park than across Masterton District: 10.9% against 16.0%.
| Measure | Cameron and Soldiers Park 21% of titles | Douglas Park 20% of titles | Ngaumutawa 17% of titles | Masterton Central 16% of titles | Masterton District whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 2,205 | 2,061 | 1,671 | 642 | 27,678 |
| Change since 2018 | +2.1% | +2.2% | +10.5% | −9.7% | +8.3% |
| Change since 2013 | +11.2% | +8.2% | +20.0% | +5.9% | +18.5% |
| Median age | 43.3 | 42.8 | 48.7 | 42.6 | 42.7 |
| Households | 942 | 813 | 726 | 261 | 10,791 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 64.3% | 66.1% | 74.0% | 48.3% | 71.0% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 36.0% | 33.9% | 25.6% | 50.6% | 29.1% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $66,300 | $67,600 | $61,700 | $77,400 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $370 | $386 | $390 | $350 | $370 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 5.3% | 6.8% | 5.7% | 9.1% | 12.0% |
| Ages | |||||
| Under 15 | 17.0% | 19.4% | 16.7% | 16.8% | 18.5% |
| 15 to 29 | 18.4% | 17.0% | 14.9% | 17.8% | 16.7% |
| 30 to 64 | 40.3% | 39.3% | 37.3% | 43.0% | 42.0% |
| 65 and over | 24.2% | 24.5% | 31.4% | 22.4% | 22.7% |
| Where people came from | |||||
| Born overseas | 14.9% | 16.3% | 13.6% | 16.4% | 14.8% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 19.3% | 15.6% | 12.0% | 22.9% | 17.5% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 44.1% | 45.6% | 49.7% | 47.6% | 45.8% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.7% | 2.7% | 1.8% | 3.3% | 2.7% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 17.2% | 17.3% | 18.6% | 22.1% | 16.9% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 14.9% | 19.7% | 16.0% | 15.8% | 17.9% |
| Employed full-time | 43.8% | 43.7% | 43.4% | 44.9% | 47.0% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 3.4% | 2.3% | 1.3% | 2.8% | 2.4% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 36.2% | 40.2% | 37.0% | 29.4% | 40.9% |
| Median personal income | $32,900 | $33,500 | $35,300 | $34,400 | $37,200 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||||
| Work from home | 10.9% | 13.0% | 9.2% | 10.8% | 16.0% |
| Car, truck or van | 79.6% | 73.4% | 85.9% | 70.6% | 76.5% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 1.7% | 2.8% | 1.1% | 2.0% | 1.9% |
| Walk or cycle | 7.2% | 10.2% | 2.3% | 14.7% | 4.7% |
| Households and families | |||||
| One-person households | 36.9% | 30.1% | 35.6% | 40.2% | 27.6% |
| Average people per household | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 11.0% | 8.1% | 8.0% | 14.5% | 6.5% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 4.6% | 3.8% | 2.5% | 3.7% | 4.4% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 32.2% | 33.7% | 34.2% | 37.8% | 35.7% |
| Couples without children | 45.4% | 44.6% | 49.3% | 40.0% | 46.5% |
| One-parent families | 21.9% | 21.7% | 16.4% | 22.2% | 17.8% |
| Homes | |||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 79.1% | 89.4% | 83.9% | 70.5% | 87.0% |
| Average bedrooms | 2.7 | 3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 70.4% | 70.2% | 72.0% | 64.1% | 66.0% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 16.8% | 19.2% | 16.7% | 18.9% | 17.2% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 9.7% | 12.0% | 9.4% | 13.2% | 11.2% |
Rents around Masterton
New tenancies in Cameron and Soldiers Park in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $500 a week (up 0.0% on a year earlier). That is close to the typical suburb in Masterton District ($530), and slightly below the national median ($600); the lowest of 4 in Masterton District.
| April–June 2026 | Cameron and Soldiers Park 21% of titles | Douglas Park 20% of titles | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $500 | $510 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $450–$548 | $435–$563 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | +0.0% | −1.9% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 24 | 21 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Masterton
LINZ maps 7 school sites inside Masterton, among them Chanel College (Secondary (Year 7-15)) and Douglas Park School (Contributing).
- Chanel College (Secondary (Year 7-15))
- Douglas Park School (Contributing)
- Mākoura College (Secondary (Year 9-15))
- St Matthew's Collegiate (Masterton) (Secondary (Year 7-15))
- St Patrick's School (Masterton) (Contributing)
- Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Wairarapa (Composite)
- Wairarapa College (Secondary (Year 9-15))
- Nearest school: St Matthew's Collegiate (Masterton) (0.2 km)
- Nearest secondary school: St Matthew's Collegiate (Masterton) (0.2 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Wairarapa Hospital (2.1 km)
School enrolment zones in Masterton: a guide
The largest primary-school zone share of Masterton's titles is in Douglas Park School's home zone (about 55%).
- Douglas Park School (primary, Years 1–6): about 55% of titles
- Masterton Primary School (primary, Years 1–6): about 30% of titles
- Fernridge School (primary, Years 1–6): about 20% of titles
- Lakeview School (primary, Years 1–8): about 20% of 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 Masterton
90% of Masterton's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, well above Masterton District as a whole (55%).
Fewer than 1% are within 400 m of a stop with 60 or more departures that day.
35% are within 800 m of a train station or ferry wharf.
The typical title is 203 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 Masterton
OpenStreetMap maps 14 places of worship inside Masterton (13 Christian, 1 other or not recorded).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Te Hepara Pai Maori Anglican Pastorate, under 1 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Masterton District with many cross-leases
- Lansdowne: 150 cross-lease titles (6.4%)
- Solway: 81 cross-lease titles (3.4%)
- Kuripuni: 55 cross-lease titles (6.3%)
All suburbs in Masterton District
Suburbs like Masterton
The closest match on the measures on this site is Feilding in Manawatu District, nearest on cross-lease share, unit-title share, population change. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feilding | Manawatu District | 4.3% | $520 | 40.8 | cross-lease share, unit-title share, population change |
| Rangiora | Waimakariri District | 11.5% | $450 | 44.1 | recent movers within NZ, slope, schools |
| Te Kūiti | Waitomo District | 2.5% | $498 | 38.5 | unit-title share, distance to a hospital, rent |
| Lansdowne, Masterton District | Masterton District | 6.4% | $550 | 45.2 | commuting by public transport, near a frequent stop, born overseas |
| Solway | Masterton District | 3.4% | $530 | 37.2 | slope, near a frequent stop, born overseas |
Questions
What is the rent in Masterton?
New tenancies in Cameron and Soldiers Park (the rent area for part of Masterton) had a median rent of $500 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter (MBIE bond data, all dwelling types). These are rents agreed for new tenancies, not asking rents. The middle half of those rents ran from $450 to $548.
What schools are in Masterton?
LINZ maps 7 school sites inside Masterton, including Chanel College, Douglas Park School and Mākoura College. The nearest secondary school to its centre is St Matthew's Collegiate (Masterton) (0.2 km in a straight line). Being near a school does not mean being in its zone.