Living in Awapuni, Palmerston North City: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 3,244 live property titles in Awapuni, Palmerston North City are almost all freehold (95%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 134 (4.1%), well below the national share of 8.7%.
Awapuni, Palmerston North City cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 134
- Share of live titles
- 4.1%
- Live titles in total
- 3,244
- Palmerston North City share
- 5.7%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Palmerston North City
- 10 of 11
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 534 of 644
Awapuni 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
- Awapuni is listed under Palmerston North City.
- 3,244 live titles are recorded here, including 134 cross-lease titles (4.1%).
- 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 4.1% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 0.3% 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 Awapuni
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 3,081 | 95.0% |
| Cross lease | 134 | 4.1% |
| Unit title | 10 | 0.3% |
| Leasehold | 8 | 0.2% |
| Other record types | 11 | 0.3% |
| Total | 3,244 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Awapuni compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Awapuni is well below the national share (8.7%).
Across Palmerston North City as a whole, the share is 5.7%; Awapuni is lower than the overall Palmerston North City share (5.7%).
Its cross-lease share is 2nd lowest of 11 in Palmerston North City (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Awapuni are set up
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (17%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
Carports appear in fewer leases (8% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (7%, against 11% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Awapuni | Palmerston North City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 60 | 734 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 76.7% | 65.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 16.7% | 13.8% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 6.7% | 20.2% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 805 m² | 809 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 370 m² | 348 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 23.3% | 16.8% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 8.3% | 12.8% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 0.0% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 16.7% | 23.7% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1984 | 1985 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 31 | 292 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Awapuni
Unit titles are 0.3% of Awapuni's titles, well below Palmerston North City (2.8%) and well below New Zealand (7.5%). They belong to 5 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 2 units or fewer.
The unit-title share is the lowest of 11 in Palmerston North City.
New titles in Awapuni since 2020
176 of Awapuni's current titles (5%) were first issued since 2020, well below Palmerston North City's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (8%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 173 | 98 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 2 | 1 |
| 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 Awapuni
The typical building in Awapuni stands on ground sloping 0.7° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
Nearly all of its 5,162 measured buildings (98%) stand on ground under 5°.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Awapuni
Awapuni is inland: the typical title is 31 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 Awapuni: 2023 Census
Awapuni's titles fall in 6 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 3 shown below hold 98% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
Fewer households have no car in Awapuni South than across Palmerston North City: 3.1% against 6.8%.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Awapuni South than across Palmerston North City: 5.6% against 7.7%.
Fewer people live alone in Awapuni South than across Palmerston North City: 19.7% against 24.3%.
| Measure | Awapuni South 40% of titles | Awapuni North 38% of titles | Maraetarata 19% of titles | Palmerston North City whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,399 | 3,684 | 1,464 | 87,090 |
| Change since 2018 | +1.0% | +5.1% | +3.0% | +2.9% |
| Change since 2013 | +5.9% | +10.9% | +11.4% | +8.8% |
| Median age | 37.4 | 31 | 39.7 | 35.7 |
| Households | 1,215 | 1,272 | 537 | 31,497 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 75.1% | 53.3% | 83.8% | 64.1% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 25.2% | 46.7% | 16.8% | 35.9% |
| Median household income | $98,900 | $81,500 | $103,200 | $90,600 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $480 | $410 | $490 | $400 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 4.7% | 5.7% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| Ages | ||||
| Under 15 | 20.3% | 21.3% | 18.6% | 19.4% |
| 15 to 29 | 19.9% | 26.6% | 17.2% | 22.3% |
| 30 to 64 | 43.5% | 40.0% | 44.3% | 42.6% |
| 65 and over | 16.2% | 12.0% | 20.3% | 15.7% |
| Where people came from | ||||
| Born overseas | 20.7% | 22.0% | 20.0% | 22.0% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 22.4% | 22.1% | 15.6% | 23.8% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 38.0% | 50.1% | 39.7% | 45.7% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.9% | 4.1% | 2.7% | 3.7% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 15.2% | 23.2% | 14.4% | 20.2% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 31.2% | 20.8% | 27.9% | 25.8% |
| Employed full-time | 52.8% | 50.1% | 53.0% | 51.1% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.3% | 4.2% | 1.8% | 3.1% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 43.6% | 33.4% | 44.2% | 41.2% |
| Median personal income | $42,900 | $37,700 | $45,900 | $40,800 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||||
| Work from home | 13.0% | 9.2% | 14.5% | 12.6% |
| Car, truck or van | 79.0% | 81.4% | 81.0% | 76.9% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 1.5% | 2.3% | 0.7% | 1.4% |
| Walk or cycle | 5.6% | 5.6% | 3.3% | 7.7% |
| Households and families | ||||
| One-person households | 19.7% | 24.4% | 18.4% | 24.3% |
| Average people per household | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 3.1% | 7.8% | 2.3% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 4.0% | 8.5% | 1.7% | 4.9% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 43.5% | 40.9% | 41.5% | 41.5% |
| Couples without children | 40.0% | 33.0% | 47.2% | 40.3% |
| One-parent families | 16.8% | 26.1% | 11.3% | 18.2% |
| Homes | ||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 88.4% | 87.3% | 92.8% | 82.6% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.3 | 3 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 62.6% | 65.6% | 61.0% | 64.9% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 17.6% | 24.0% | 13.6% | 17.6% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 15.0% | 19.1% | 7.7% | 13.4% |
Rents around Awapuni
New tenancies in Awapuni South in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $600 a week (up 0.0% on a year earlier). That is close to the typical suburb in Palmerston North City ($568), and close to the national median ($600); joint 2nd highest of 11 in Palmerston North City.
| April–June 2026 | Awapuni South 40% of titles | Awapuni North 38% of titles | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $600 | $555 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $560–$665 | $495–$585 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | +0.0% | −0.9% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 24 | 42 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Awapuni
LINZ maps 2 school sites inside Awapuni, among them Awapuni School (Palmerston North) (Contributing) and Riverdale School (Palmerston North) (Contributing).
- Awapuni School (Palmerston North) (Contributing)
- Riverdale School (Palmerston North) (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Awapuni School (Palmerston North) (1.0 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Awatapu College (1.7 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Palmerston North Hospital (5.6 km)
School enrolment zones in Awapuni: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Awapuni's titles: Awatapu College.
- Riverdale School (P North) (primary, Years 1–6): about 45% of titles
- West End School (P North) (primary, Years 1–6): about 30% of titles
- Longburn School (primary, Years 1–8): about 25% of titles
- Palmerston North Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 25% of titles
- Cornerstone Christian School (composite): all or nearly all titles
- Awatapu College (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 Awapuni
OpenStreetMap maps 6 places of worship inside Awapuni (6 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Greek Orthodox Church of St John the Baptist, 1.1 km away
- Muslim: Palmerston North Islamic Centre, 2.8 km away
- Sikh: Gurudwara Shri Fateh Sahib, 1.8 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Palmerston North City with many cross-leases
- Palmerston North: 448 cross-lease titles (10.0%)
- Roslyn: 194 cross-lease titles (7.1%)
- West End: 194 cross-lease titles (9.4%)
- Hokowhitu: 184 cross-lease titles (4.6%)
- Kelvin Grove: 167 cross-lease titles (4.7%)
- Milson: 167 cross-lease titles (6.1%)
- Terrace End: 131 cross-lease titles (6.7%)
- Takaro: 122 cross-lease titles (5.3%)
All suburbs in Palmerston North City
Suburbs like Awapuni
The closest match on the measures on this site is Terrace End in Palmerston North City, nearest on rent, slope, commuting by public transport. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrace End | Palmerston North City | 6.7% | $600 | 35.5 | rent, slope, commuting by public transport |
| Milson | Palmerston North City | 6.1% | $588 | 33.4 | stand-alone houses, slope, schools |
| Cloverlea | Palmerston North City | 13.8% | $565 | 35.7 | commuting by public transport, distance to the coast, population change |
| Hokowhitu | Palmerston North City | 4.6% | $595 | 45 | land per flat, slope, population change |
| Pukete | Hamilton City | 6.8% | $618 | 36 | schools, commuting by public transport, population change |
Questions
What is the rent in Awapuni, Palmerston North City?
New tenancies in Awapuni South (the rent area for part of Awapuni) 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 $560 to $665.
What schools are in Awapuni, Palmerston North City?
LINZ maps 2 school sites inside Awapuni: Awapuni School (Palmerston North) and Riverdale School (Palmerston North). The nearest secondary school to its centre is Awatapu College (1.7 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Awatapu College; check the school's own zone map for any address.