Living in Marewa: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 2,384 live property titles in Marewa, Napier City are mostly freehold (71%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 348 (14.6%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 348
- Share of live titles
- 14.6%
- Live titles in total
- 2,384
- Napier City share
- 7.0%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Napier City
- 1 of 12
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 217 of 644
Marewa 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
- Marewa is listed under Napier City.
- 2,384 live titles are recorded here, including 348 cross-lease titles (14.6%).
- 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 14.6% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 2.3% 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
- Mapped public-transport context is not available for this suburb.
Title mix in Marewa
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,700 | 71.3% |
| Cross lease | 348 | 14.6% |
| Unit title | 56 | 2.3% |
| Leasehold | 275 | 11.5% |
| Other record types | 5 | 0.2% |
| Total | 2,384 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Marewa compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Marewa is about 1.7 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Napier City as a whole, the share is 7.0%; Marewa is about 2.1 times the overall Napier City share (7.0%).
Its cross-lease share is the highest of 12 in Napier City (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Marewa are set up
Carports appear in fewer leases (5% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (6%, against 11% nationally), up to 7.
More leases include a garage (47% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Marewa | Napier City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 156 | 899 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 77.6% | 69.3% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 16.7% | 18.9% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 5.8% | 11.3% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 860 m² | 888 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 407 m² | 402 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 46.8% | 34.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 4.5% | 5.3% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 3.8% | 6.1% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 32.7% | 37.4% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1997 | 1994 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 117 | 526 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Marewa
Unit titles are 2% of Marewa's titles, well below Napier City (4%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 3 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 22 units or fewer.
275 titles (11.5%) are leasehold, 22 of them units in a unit-title development, well above the national share (1.2%).
52 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 | 52 |
| Under 10 years left | 0 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 0 |
| More than 50 years left | 142 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 17 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 64 |
New titles in Marewa since 2020
200 of Marewa's current titles (8%) were first issued since 2020, slightly above Napier City's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (7%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
That rate is 3rd highest of 12 in Napier City.
15% are unit titles, in 1 development; most of the rest are freehold.
Most came recently: 140 since 2023.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 154 | 100 |
| Unit title | 30 | 30 |
| Cross-lease | 10 | 5 |
| Leasehold | 5 | 4 |
| 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 Marewa
The typical building in Marewa stands on ground sloping 0.7° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
Nearly all of its 2,981 measured buildings (100%) stand on ground under 5°.
Much of the land is low-lying: the median elevation is 2 m, and parts are below sea level.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Marewa
0% of Marewa's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 1% within 500 m and 25% 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 Marewa: 2023 Census
About 60% of Marewa's titles are in the census area Marewa East (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Marewa exactly.
More households have no car in Marewa East than across Napier City: 12.0% against 6.0%.
Fewer residents are 65 or over in Marewa East than across Napier City: 12.1% against 21.1%.
Fewer adults hold a degree in Marewa East than across Napier City: 12.3% against 20.6%.
| Measure | Marewa East | Marewa West | Napier City whole council |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,447 | 1,710 | 64,695 |
| Change since 2018 | +1.8% | −1.4% | +3.9% |
| Change since 2013 | +14.9% | +2.3% | +13.0% |
| Median age | 33.2 | 44 | 42 |
| Households | 1,242 | 738 | 24,591 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 47.3% | 69.9% | 69.3% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 52.4% | 29.7% | 30.7% |
| Median household income | $67,400 | $75,500 | $83,400 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $189 | $466 | $400 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 4.7% | 5.3% | 7.0% |
| Ages | |||
| Under 15 | 22.9% | 15.3% | 18.4% |
| 15 to 29 | 22.0% | 16.8% | 17.2% |
| 30 to 64 | 43.1% | 46.1% | 43.3% |
| 65 and over | 12.1% | 21.8% | 21.1% |
| Where people came from | |||
| Born overseas | 13.4% | 17.5% | 18.1% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 23.6% | 19.4% | 22.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 45.1% | 44.7% | 42.9% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 2.6% | 3.0% | 3.4% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 18.7% | 17.1% | 17.2% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 12.3% | 22.7% | 20.6% |
| Employed full-time | 45.6% | 52.5% | 48.6% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 5.9% | 2.1% | 2.8% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 31.3% | 40.7% | 40.5% |
| Median personal income | $34,000 | $42,300 | $39,200 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||
| Work from home | 8.8% | 13.9% | 12.8% |
| Car, truck or van | 83.1% | 79.5% | 80.3% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 1.3% | 0.3% | 0.9% |
| Walk or cycle | 5.0% | 6.0% | 5.1% |
| Households and families | |||
| One-person households | 31.1% | 33.6% | 26.9% |
| Average people per household | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 12.0% | 5.9% | 6.0% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 12.5% | 4.7% | 6.1% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 35.3% | 33.6% | 36.3% |
| Couples without children | 27.4% | 45.6% | 44.6% |
| One-parent families | 38.1% | 21.5% | 19.1% |
| Homes | |||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 81.7% | 78.1% | 79.1% |
| Average bedrooms | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 68.4% | 76.5% | 76.0% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 29.2% | 19.5% | 15.9% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 20.2% | 13.9% | 11.3% |
Rents around Marewa
New tenancies in Marewa East in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $600 a week (up 1.7% on a year earlier). That is close to the typical suburb in Napier City ($600), and close to the national median ($600).
| April–June 2026 | Marewa East | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $600 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $550–$650 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | +1.7% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 18 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Marewa
One school site lies inside Marewa: Marewa School (Contributing).
- Marewa School (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Marewa School (0.1 km)
- Nearest secondary school: William Colenso College (0.9 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Hawke's Bay Hospital (15.3 km)
School enrolment zones in Marewa: a guide
Six secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Marewa's titles, among them Iona College, Lindisfarne College and Napier Boys' High School.
- Marewa School (primary, Years 1–6): about 65% of titles
- Onekawa School (primary, Years 1–6): about 40% of titles
- Port Ahuriri School (primary, Years 1–6): about 30% of titles
- Te Awa School (primary, Years 1–6): about 25% of titles
- Nelson Park School (primary, Years 1–6): about 5% of titles
- Napier Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Hastings Christian School (composite): all or nearly all titles
- Taikura Rudolf Steiner School (composite): all or nearly all titles
- Iona College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Lindisfarne College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Napier Boys' High School (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- St John's College (Hastings) (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- St Joseph's Maori Girls' College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Woodford House (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 Marewa
OpenStreetMap maps 3 places of worship inside Marewa (2 Christian, 1 other or not recorded).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Napier Baptist Church, under 1 km away
- Buddhist: Phuntsok Choeling Buddhist Centre, 2.2 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Napier City with many cross-leases
- Taradale: 553 cross-lease titles (9.7%)
- Greenmeadows: 282 cross-lease titles (10.5%)
- Onekawa: 222 cross-lease titles (7.4%)
- Napier South: 156 cross-lease titles (5.1%)
- Tamatea: 138 cross-lease titles (6.1%)
- Pirimai: 117 cross-lease titles (7.3%)
- Westshore: 75 cross-lease titles (10.6%)
- Ahuriri: 40 cross-lease titles (4.0%)
Suburbs like Marewa
The closest match on the measures on this site is Aranui in Christchurch City, nearest on stand-alone houses, slope, schools. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aranui | Christchurch City | 7.9% | $550 | 32.4 | stand-alone houses, slope, schools |
| Onekawa | Napier City | 7.4% | $620 | 31.3 | unit-title share, degrees, slope |
| Pirimai | Napier City | 7.3% | No data | 34 | children, slope, elevation |
| Mayfair | Hastings District | 8.9% | $460 | 32.8 | slope, stand-alone houses, working from home |
| Camberley | Hastings District | 4.7% | No data | 30.1 | slope, older residents, heat pumps |
Questions
What is the rent in Marewa?
New tenancies in Marewa East (the rent area for part of Marewa) had a median rent of $600 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 $550 to $650.
What schools are in Marewa?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Marewa: Marewa School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is William Colenso College (0.9 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles include Iona College, Lindisfarne College and Napier Boys' High School; check the school's own zone map for any address.