Suburbs in New Plymouth District: rents, census and property titles
LINZ recorded 41,290 live titles in New Plymouth District on 30 September 2026: 89% freehold, then cross-lease at 6.6%. Its 2,707 cross-lease titles (6.6%) are below the national share of 8.7%.
New Plymouth District cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 2,707
- Share of live titles
- 6.6%
- Live titles in total
- 41,290
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Suburbs with 30+ cross-lease titles
- 19
Title mix in New Plymouth District
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 36,893 | 89.4% |
| Cross lease | 2,707 | 6.6% |
| Unit title | 749 | 1.8% |
| Leasehold | 697 | 1.7% |
| Other record types | 244 | 0.6% |
| Total | 41,290 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes. Sources and limits
How cross-leases in New Plymouth District are set up
Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (8% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
Three-flat schemes are more common here (18%, against 12% nationally).
More schemes have four or more flats on one section (16%, against 11% nationally), up to 17.
| Scheme structure | New Plymouth District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 1,094 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 66.6% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 17.6% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 15.8% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 809 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 337 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 38.9% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 15.5% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 7.8% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 27.6% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1990 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 430 | 54,978 |
Among suburbs with at least 300 live and 30 cross-lease titles, the highest cross-lease shares in New Plymouth District are in Lower Vogeltown (22.6%), Strandon (18.5%), Fitzroy (17.1%), Vogeltown (16.6%), Moturoa (15.0%).
Suburbs in New Plymouth District by cross-lease share
| Suburb | Cross-lease titles | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Vogeltown | 142 | 629 | 22.6% |
| Strandon | 231 | 1,246 | 18.5% |
| Fitzroy | 163 | 952 | 17.1% |
| Vogeltown | 133 | 801 | 16.6% |
| Moturoa | 157 | 1,046 | 15.0% |
| Westown | 386 | 2,668 | 14.5% |
| Lynmouth | 81 | 602 | 13.5% |
| New Plymouth | 333 | 3,048 | 10.9% |
| Spotswood | 127 | 1,167 | 10.9% |
| Merrilands | 181 | 1,755 | 10.3% |
| Welbourn | 82 | 859 | 9.5% |
| Blagdon | 53 | 590 | 9.0% |
| Brooklands | 34 | 402 | 8.5% |
| Waitara | 195 | 3,532 | 5.5% |
| Frankleigh Park | 58 | 1,169 | 5.0% |
| Marfell | 31 | 744 | 4.2% |
| Bell Block | 123 | 3,049 | 4.0% |
| Ōakura | 32 | 800 | 4.0% |
| Inglewood | 77 | 2,227 | 3.5% |
Ōkato straddles another council; LINZ lists New Plymouth District first, so its titles are counted here.
New Plymouth District at a glance
9% of titles in New Plymouth District's suburbs were first issued since 2020, below New Zealand (12%). 29% of titles are within 1 km of the sea or harbour edge. The wider district is wetter than the national average for homes (1,260 mm of rain a year, against 1,000 mm) and close to it (13.8°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 | Typical distance to the coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Vogeltown | 22.6% | $535 | 9.7% | 40.8 | 56.0% | 2.5° | 1.6 km |
| Strandon | 18.5% | $600 | 6.3% | 46.5 | 51.8% | 3° | 0.5 km |
| Fitzroy | 17.1% | $570 | 6.1% | 42.6 | 56.9% | 1.4° | 0.6 km |
| Vogeltown | 16.6% | $620 | 4.9% | 41.2 | 55.3% | 1.6° | 2.6 km |
| Moturoa | 15.0% | $530 | 9.3% | 45.3 | 56.3% | 4.6° | 0.4 km |
| Westown | 14.5% | $550 | 5.1% | 38 | 57.0% | 3° | 2 km |
| Lynmouth | 13.5% | $580 | 5.0% | 35.3 | 55.9% | 3.9° | 0.9 km |
| New Plymouth | 10.9% | $540 | 7.8% | 44.2 | 53.8% | 3° | 0.5 km |
| Spotswood | 10.9% | $580 | 6.2% | 36.9 | 54.4% | 3.2° | 0.9 km |
| Welbourn | 9.5% | $525 | 9.8% | 41.3 | 51.0% | 1.6° | 2.2 km |
| Blagdon | 9.0% | $580 | 4.7% | 35.3 | 55.9% | 5.1° | 0.9 km |
| Brooklands | 8.5% | $535 | 9.7% | 40.8 | 56.0% | 1.2° | 2.3 km |
| Waitara | 5.5% | $500 | 7.8% | 37.4 | 51.1% | 1.1° | 1.2 km |
| Frankleigh Park | 5.0% | No data | 4.2% | 38.8 | 54.5% | 3.6° | 3 km |
| Marfell | 4.2% | $528 | 12.4% | 31.1 | 60.5% | 4.3° | 1.6 km |
| Bell Block | 4.0% | No data | 10.1% | 37.8 | 59.4% | 1.3° | 1.2 km |
| Ōakura | 4.0% | $775 | 8.4% | 42 | 44.8% | 2.6° | 0.3 km |
| Inglewood | 3.5% | $555 | 12.9% | 38.5 | 51.7% | 1.4° | 15.2 km |
New titles by year in New Plymouth District
2025 brought 565 titles still live, about the same as the 5-year average before it (589), against a peak of 653 in 2020.
| Year issued | All new titles | Freehold | Unit titles | Cross-lease | Leasehold | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 653 | 601 | 18 | 10 | 22 | 2 |
| 2021 | 634 | 592 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 1 |
| 2022 | 622 | 562 | 19 | 10 | 26 | 5 |
| 2023 | 506 | 459 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 |
| 2024 | 529 | 440 | 52 | 12 | 23 | 2 |
| 2025 | 565 | 510 | 33 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 353 | 312 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 2 |
Cross-lease titles in New Plymouth District, by suburb
Unit titles in New Plymouth District, by suburb
Leasehold titles in New Plymouth District, by suburb
New Plymouth District at the 2023 Census
| Measure | New Plymouth District 2023 Census |
|---|---|
| Usual residents | 87,000 |
| Change since 2018 | +7.8% |
| Change since 2013 | +17.3% |
| Median age | 40.7 |
| Households | 33,207 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 72.4% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 27.6% |
| Median household income | $86,400 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $380 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 6.9% |
| Ages | |
| Under 15 | 19.8% |
| 15 to 29 | 16.3% |
| 30 to 64 | 44.3% |
| 65 and over | 19.6% |
| Where people came from | |
| Born overseas | 17.1% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 21.9% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 42.2% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.4% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 16.3% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 20.7% |
| Employed full-time | 48.4% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.5% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 43.0% |
| Median personal income | $39,200 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |
| Work from home | 16.8% |
| Car, truck or van | 75.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.6% |
| Walk or cycle | 5.5% |
| Households and families | |
| One-person households | 24.7% |
| Average people per household | 2.5 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 5.3% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 4.2% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 39.5% |
| Couples without children | 43.9% |
| One-parent families | 16.5% |
| Homes | |
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 84.3% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 53.2% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 16.4% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 14.0% |