Living in Maitai: rents, census and property titles
The 482 live property titles in Maitai, Nelson City are almost all freehold (84%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 39 (8.1%), close to the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 39
- Share of live titles
- 8.1%
- Live titles in total
- 482
- Nelson City share
- 5.3%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Nelson City
- 8 of 15
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 379 of 644
Maitai at a glance
Where Maitai differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: median age (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
- Maitai is listed under Nelson City.
- 482 live titles are recorded here, including 39 cross-lease titles (8.1%).
- 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 8.1% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- 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 Maitai
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 407 | 84.4% |
| Cross lease | 39 | 8.1% |
| Unit title | 0 | 0.0% |
| Leasehold | 36 | 7.5% |
| Other record types | 0 | 0.0% |
| Total | 482 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Maitai compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Maitai is close to the national share (8.7%).
Across Nelson City as a whole, the share is 5.3%; Maitai is about 1.5 times the overall Nelson City share (5.3%).
How cross-leases in Maitai are set up
Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (13% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
More schemes have four or more flats on one section (27%, against 11% nationally), up to 10.
Three-flat schemes are more common here (27%, against 12% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Maitai | Nelson City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 15 | 795 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 46.7% | 69.4% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 26.7% | 15.3% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 26.7% | 14.6% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 974 m² | 840 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 348 m² | 381 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 40.0% | 27.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 20.0% | 8.9% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 13.3% | 1.9% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 20.0% | 24.4% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1991 | 1991 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 4 | 379 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Maitai
36 titles (7.5%) are leasehold, well above the national share (1.2%).
Most stated terms have more than 50 years to run.
Stated lease terms, as at 30 September 2026:
| Stated lease term | Titles |
|---|---|
| Stated term has ended | 0 |
| Under 10 years left | 0 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 0 |
| More than 50 years left | 36 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 0 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 0 |
New titles in Maitai since 2020
22 of Maitai's current titles (5%) were first issued since 2020, well below Nelson City's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (8%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
Most came recently: 19 since 2023.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 16 | 13 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 6 | 6 |
| Leasehold | 0 | 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 Maitai
The typical building in Maitai stands on ground sloping 2.1° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
About 15% of its 667 measured buildings stand on ground of 15° or more.
The land rises from about 4 m to 1,155 m, and 86% of all of it, including reserves and gullies, is 15° or steeper.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Maitai
Maitai is inland: the typical title is 1.8 km from the sea or harbour edge, and none is 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 Maitai: 2023 Census
About 81% of Maitai's titles are in the census area Maitai (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Maitai exactly.
More workers walk or cycle to work in Maitai than across Nelson City: 30.0% against 14.6%.
More adults hold a degree in Maitai than across Nelson City: 43.1% against 26.8%.
More households have no car in Maitai than across Nelson City: 8.0% against 5.6%.
| Measure | Maitai | Nelson Rural | Nelson City whole council |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 1,293 | 1,992 | 52,584 |
| Change since 2018 | −5.1% | +5.1% | +3.3% |
| Change since 2013 | −1.6% | +16.9% | +13.2% |
| Median age | 49.9 | 48.5 | 44 |
| Households | 552 | 714 | 20,577 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 67.4% | 82.4% | 71.2% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 33.2% | 17.6% | 28.8% |
| Median household income | $79,400 | $95,000 | $81,800 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $410 | $373 | $430 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 8.7% | 9.6% | 7.4% |
| Ages | |||
| Under 15 | 14.2% | 16.7% | 16.6% |
| 15 to 29 | 14.6% | 11.3% | 15.6% |
| 30 to 64 | 46.6% | 52.6% | 46.2% |
| 65 and over | 24.6% | 19.6% | 21.6% |
| Where people came from | |||
| Born overseas | 36.9% | 27.3% | 26.5% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 17.1% | 11.8% | 22.9% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 36.4% | 35.6% | 43.0% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 5.7% | 4.6% | 5.0% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 18.7% | 12.3% | 18.2% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 43.1% | 32.5% | 26.8% |
| Employed full-time | 45.7% | 47.0% | 47.1% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2.2% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 51.9% | 51.7% | 42.2% |
| Median personal income | $38,700 | $39,500 | $38,800 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||
| Work from home | 18.9% | 24.0% | 14.8% |
| Car, truck or van | 49.4% | 69.7% | 67.5% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1.1% |
| Walk or cycle | 30.0% | 4.5% | 14.6% |
| Households and families | |||
| One-person households | 30.2% | 18.3% | 27.1% |
| Average people per household | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 8.0% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 2.8% | 4.0% | 4.1% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 32.0% | 38.4% | 36.4% |
| Couples without children | 56.6% | 51.1% | 48.1% |
| One-parent families | 12.3% | 11.1% | 15.5% |
| Homes | |||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 75.5% | 91.3% | 78.4% |
| Average bedrooms | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 69.3% | 41.6% | 74.4% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 14.0% | 11.8% | 14.0% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 7.4% | 8.7% | 9.6% |
Rents around Maitai
New tenancies in Maitai in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $550 a week (down 8.3% on a year earlier). That is close to the typical suburb in Nelson City ($555), and slightly below the national median ($600).
| April–June 2026 | Maitai | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $550 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $480–$655 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | −8.3% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 15 | 40,827 |
Places of worship near Maitai
No place of worship is mapped in OpenStreetMap inside Maitai's boundary.
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Saint Mary's Parish, 6.7 km away
- Muslim: Nelson Islamic Cultural Society (NICS), 7.4 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Nelson City with many cross-leases
- Stoke: 474 cross-lease titles (6.3%)
- Tāhunanui: 257 cross-lease titles (12.4%)
- Nelson South: 204 cross-lease titles (8.4%)
- The Wood: 134 cross-lease titles (7.9%)
- Toi Toi: 117 cross-lease titles (11.6%)
- Washington Valley: 100 cross-lease titles (11.9%)
- Richmond: 94 cross-lease titles (1.1%)
- Annesbrook: 76 cross-lease titles (11.4%)
Suburbs like Maitai
The closest match on the measures on this site is The Brook in Nelson City, nearest on unit-title share, slope, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Brook | Nelson City | 4.2% | $500 | 39.7 | unit-title share, slope, population change |
| Nelson South | Nelson City | 8.4% | $613 | 44.2 | distance to the coast, home ownership, commuting by public transport |
| Marton | Rangitikei District | 1.8% | $480 | 48.8 | commuting by public transport, unit-title share, median age |
| Akaroa | Christchurch City | 5.6% | No data | 58.3 | commuting by public transport, land per flat, distance to the coast |
| Hillsborough, Christchurch City | Christchurch City | 11.0% | $445 | 42.2 | distance to the coast, new titles, population change |
Questions
What is the rent in Maitai?
New tenancies in the Maitai rent area had a median rent of $550 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 $480 to $655.