Living in Onekawa: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 3,020 live property titles in Onekawa, Napier City are almost all freehold (80%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 222 (7.4%), slightly below the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 222
- Share of live titles
- 7.4%
- Live titles in total
- 3,020
- Napier City share
- 7.0%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Napier City
- 5 of 12
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- 399 of 644
Onekawa at a glance
Where Onekawa differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: median age (lower than 93% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
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What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Onekawa is listed under Napier City.
- 3,020 live titles are recorded here, including 222 cross-lease titles (7.4%).
- 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 7.4% 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 Onekawa
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 2,424 | 80.3% |
| Cross lease | 222 | 7.4% |
| Unit title | 70 | 2.3% |
| Leasehold | 296 | 9.8% |
| Other record types | 8 | 0.3% |
| Total | 3,020 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Onekawa compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Onekawa is slightly lower than the national share (8.7%).
Across Napier City as a whole, the share is 7.0%; Onekawa is close to the overall Napier City share (7.0%).
How cross-leases in Onekawa are set up
More leases include a garage (42% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (7% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
Three-flat schemes are more common here (15%, against 12% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Onekawa | Napier City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 91 | 899 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 73.6% | 69.3% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 15.4% | 18.9% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 11.0% | 11.3% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 905 m² | 888 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 418 m² | 402 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 41.8% | 34.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 12.1% | 5.3% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 6.6% | 6.1% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 31.9% | 37.4% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1995 | 1994 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 65 | 526 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Onekawa
Unit titles are 2% of Onekawa's titles, well below Napier City (4%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 7 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 7 units or fewer.
296 titles (9.8%) are leasehold, well above the national share (1.2%).
30 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 | 30 |
| Under 10 years left | 0 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 1 |
| More than 50 years left | 177 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 66 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 22 |
New titles in Onekawa since 2020
190 of Onekawa's current titles (6%) were first issued since 2020, slightly below Napier City's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (7%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
23% are unit titles, in 2 developments; most of the rest are freehold.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 125 | 67 |
| Unit title | 43 | 28 |
| Cross-lease | 1 | 1 |
| Leasehold | 19 | 12 |
| Other | 2 | 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 Onekawa
The typical building in Onekawa stands on ground sloping 0.7° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
Nearly all of its 4,068 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 Onekawa
0% of Onekawa's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 0% within 500 m and 1% within 1 km. The typical title is 2.0 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 Onekawa: 2023 Census
Onekawa's titles fall in 4 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 4 shown below hold 100% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
Fewer residents are 65 or over in Onekawa South than across Napier City: 10.4% against 21.1%.
Fewer adults hold a degree in Onekawa South than across Napier City: 12.3% against 20.6%.
Fewer workers work from home in Onekawa South than across Napier City: 7.9% against 12.8%.
| Measure | Onekawa South 35% of titles | Onekawa Central 24% of titles | Onekawa West 22% of titles | Onekawa East 19% of titles | Napier City whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,345 | 1,563 | 225 | 1,722 | 64,695 |
| Change since 2018 | +4.7% | +4.0% | −16.7% | +5.5% | +3.9% |
| Change since 2013 | +14.1% | +18.4% | −8.5% | +18.1% | +13.0% |
| Median age | 31.3 | 38.5 | 57.6 | 34.4 | 42 |
| Households | 1,035 | 579 | 141 | 654 | 24,591 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 56.8% | 72.0% | 59.6% | 41.3% | 69.3% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 42.9% | 28.0% | 40.4% | 58.7% | 30.7% |
| Median household income | $86,300 | $83,100 | $60,600 | $52,900 | $83,400 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $320 | $500 | $450 | $150 | $400 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 3.8% | 6.7% | 14.0% | 5.2% | 7.0% |
| Ages | |||||
| Under 15 | 24.0% | 20.3% | 6.7% | 22.8% | 18.4% |
| 15 to 29 | 23.9% | 17.7% | 6.7% | 20.2% | 17.2% |
| 30 to 64 | 41.6% | 43.2% | 53.3% | 39.4% | 43.3% |
| 65 and over | 10.4% | 18.6% | 32.0% | 17.6% | 21.1% |
| Where people came from | |||||
| Born overseas | 13.7% | 20.6% | 16.2% | 16.6% | 18.1% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 23.0% | 24.8% | — | 22.6% | 22.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 44.5% | 43.1% | 50.0% | 44.5% | 42.9% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 2.2% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 16.8% | 15.9% | 17.3% | 17.3% | 17.2% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 12.3% | 21.8% | 22.7% | 12.6% | 20.6% |
| Employed full-time | 50.3% | 50.6% | 52.2% | 45.5% | 48.6% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 5.8% | 2.9% | 1.4% | 4.1% | 2.8% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 25.6% | 39.4% | 53.2% | 31.0% | 40.5% |
| Median personal income | $36,900 | $41,400 | $40,500 | $30,900 | $39,200 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||||
| Work from home | 7.9% | 14.0% | 25.5% | 6.5% | 12.8% |
| Car, truck or van | 84.8% | 78.8% | 68.1% | 89.1% | 80.3% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.9% |
| Walk or cycle | 3.9% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 2.4% | 5.1% |
| Households and families | |||||
| One-person households | 20.4% | 28.0% | 50.0% | 39.4% | 26.9% |
| Average people per household | 3.1 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 8.8% | 6.8% | 3.1% | 14.6% | 6.0% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 15.1% | 6.4% | 5.6% | 11.2% | 6.1% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 40.9% | 40.6% | — | 35.0% | 36.3% |
| Couples without children | 30.7% | 38.3% | — | 29.2% | 44.6% |
| One-parent families | 28.4% | 21.1% | — | 35.8% | 19.1% |
| Homes | |||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 86.1% | 89.6% | 16.3% | 59.6% | 79.1% |
| Average bedrooms | 3 | 3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 71.5% | 78.4% | 72.7% | 75.8% | 76.0% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 26.3% | 15.7% | 6.3% | 25.0% | 15.9% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 21.0% | 13.2% | 3.1% | 18.4% | 11.3% |
Rents around Onekawa
New tenancies in Onekawa South in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $620 a week (up 6.0% on a year earlier). That is close to the typical suburb in Napier City ($600), and close to the national median ($600); 2nd highest of 8 in Napier City.
| April–June 2026 | Onekawa South 35% of titles | Onekawa Central 24% of titles | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $620 | $660 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $538–$650 | $650–$680 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | +6.0% | −1.5% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 18 | 15 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Onekawa
LINZ maps 5 school sites inside Onekawa, among them Henry Hill School (Contributing) and Onekawa School (Contributing).
- Henry Hill School (Contributing)
- Onekawa School (Contributing)
- St Patrick's School (Napier) (Full Primary)
- Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Ara Hou (Composite)
- William Colenso College (Secondary (Year 7-15))
- Nearest school: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Ara Hou (0.1 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Ara Hou (0.1 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Hawke's Bay Hospital (14.5 km)
School enrolment zones in Onekawa: a guide
Five secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Onekawa's titles, among them Iona College, Lindisfarne College and St John's College (Hastings).
- Onekawa School (primary, Years 1–6): about 80% of titles
- Marewa School (primary, Years 1–6): about 25% of titles
- Meeanee School (primary, Years 1–8): about 5% of titles
- Tamatea Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 25% of titles
- Napier Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 10% of 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
- 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
- Napier Boys' High School (secondary): about 5% of 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 Onekawa
OpenStreetMap maps 3 places of worship inside Onekawa (3 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses, under 1 km away
- Buddhist: Phuntsok Choeling Buddhist Centre, 3.2 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%)
- Marewa: 348 cross-lease titles (14.6%)
- Greenmeadows: 282 cross-lease titles (10.5%)
- 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 Onekawa
The closest match on the measures on this site is Ākina in Hastings District, nearest on slope, new titles, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ākina | Hastings District | 10.9% | $640 | 34.3 | slope, new titles, population change |
| Marewa | Napier City | 14.6% | $600 | 33.2 | unit-title share, degrees, slope |
| Raureka | Hastings District | 8.1% | $635 | 34.1 | slope, household income, population change |
| Mayfair | Hastings District | 8.9% | $460 | 32.8 | slope, household income, population change |
| Te Hāpara | Gisborne District | 7.6% | $625 | 33.8 | slope, distance to the coast, cross-lease share |
Questions
What is the rent in Onekawa?
New tenancies in Onekawa South (the rent area for part of Onekawa) had a median rent of $620 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 $538 to $650.
What schools are in Onekawa?
LINZ maps 5 school sites inside Onekawa, including Henry Hill School, Onekawa School and St Patrick's School (Napier). The nearest secondary school to its centre is Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Ara Hou (0.1 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles include Iona College, Lindisfarne College and St John's College (Hastings); check the school's own zone map for any address.