Living in Roslyn, Palmerston North City: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 2,733 live property titles in Roslyn, Palmerston North City are almost all freehold (89%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 194 (7.1%), slightly below the national share of 8.7%.
Roslyn, Palmerston North City cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 194
- Share of live titles
- 7.1%
- Live titles in total
- 2,733
- Palmerston North City share
- 5.7%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Palmerston North City
- 4 of 11
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 404 of 644
Roslyn at a glance
Where Roslyn differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: typical distance to the coast (higher than 91% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Roslyn is listed under Palmerston North City.
- 2,733 live titles are recorded here, including 194 cross-lease titles (7.1%).
- 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 7.1% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 2.8% 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 Roslyn
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 2,426 | 88.8% |
| Cross lease | 194 | 7.1% |
| Unit title | 76 | 2.8% |
| Leasehold | 23 | 0.8% |
| Other record types | 14 | 0.5% |
| Total | 2,733 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Roslyn compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Roslyn is slightly lower than the national share (8.7%).
Across Palmerston North City as a whole, the share is 5.7%; Roslyn is higher than the overall Palmerston North City share (5.7%).
How cross-leases in Roslyn are set up
More schemes have four or more flats on one section (33%, against 11% nationally), up to 8.
Fewer leases include a garage (13% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (3% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Roslyn | Palmerston North City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 67 | 734 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 50.7% | 65.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 16.4% | 13.8% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 32.8% | 20.2% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 882 m² | 809 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 368 m² | 348 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 13.4% | 16.8% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 11.9% | 12.8% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 3.0% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 26.9% | 23.7% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1987 | 1985 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 29 | 292 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Roslyn
Unit titles are 3% of Roslyn's titles, close to Palmerston North City (3%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 12 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 5 units or fewer.
23 titles (0.8%) are leasehold, 1 of them units in a unit-title development.
1 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 | 0 |
| Under 10 years left | 1 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 2 |
| More than 50 years left | 16 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 3 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 1 |
New titles in Roslyn since 2020
206 of Roslyn's current titles (8%) were first issued since 2020, close to 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 | 190 | 60 |
| Unit title | 11 | 11 |
| Cross-lease | 2 | 1 |
| 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 Roslyn
The typical building in Roslyn stands on ground sloping 0.7° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
Nearly all of its 4,017 measured buildings (97%) stand on ground under 5°.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Roslyn
Roslyn is inland: the typical title is 34 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 Roslyn: 2023 Census
Roslyn's titles fall in 9 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 2 shown below hold 85% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
More households have no car in Terrace End than across Palmerston North City: 14.1% against 6.8%.
Fewer adults hold a degree in Terrace End than across Palmerston North City: 19.2% against 25.8%.
Household incomes are lower in Terrace End than across Palmerston North City: $67,800 against $90,600.
| Measure | Terrace End 50% of titles | Roslyn (Palmerston North City) 35% of titles | Palmerston North City whole council |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,582 | 2,451 | 87,090 |
| Change since 2018 | +3.5% | +3.7% | +2.9% |
| Change since 2013 | +7.7% | +10.0% | +8.8% |
| Median age | 34.9 | 33 | 35.7 |
| Households | 1,332 | 912 | 31,497 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 49.3% | 50.3% | 64.1% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 50.9% | 49.7% | 35.9% |
| Median household income | $67,800 | $77,900 | $90,600 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $300 | $390 | $400 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 5.7% | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| Ages | |||
| Under 15 | 20.3% | 20.8% | 19.4% |
| 15 to 29 | 22.2% | 24.2% | 22.3% |
| 30 to 64 | 43.7% | 42.2% | 42.6% |
| 65 and over | 13.8% | 12.6% | 15.7% |
| Where people came from | |||
| Born overseas | 20.9% | 25.2% | 22.0% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 18.6% | 32.5% | 23.8% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 43.5% | 46.8% | 45.7% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.6% | 4.0% | 3.7% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 19.2% | 22.9% | 20.2% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 19.2% | 22.6% | 25.8% |
| Employed full-time | 45.9% | 52.6% | 51.1% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 4.1% | 3.7% | 3.1% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 35.8% | 37.3% | 41.2% |
| Median personal income | $32,700 | $39,500 | $40,800 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||
| Work from home | 10.4% | 12.3% | 12.6% |
| Car, truck or van | 77.7% | 74.3% | 76.9% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 1.6% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Walk or cycle | 8.5% | 10.8% | 7.7% |
| Households and families | |||
| One-person households | 30.4% | 28.7% | 24.3% |
| Average people per household | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 14.1% | 10.1% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 9.0% | 8.2% | 4.9% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 38.2% | 40.1% | 41.5% |
| Couples without children | 33.9% | 34.4% | 40.3% |
| One-parent families | 27.9% | 26.0% | 18.2% |
| Homes | |||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 78.9% | 76.6% | 82.6% |
| Average bedrooms | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 61.9% | 68.3% | 64.9% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 22.6% | 22.7% | 17.6% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 17.6% | 16.6% | 13.4% |
Rents around Roslyn
New tenancies in Terrace End in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $568 a week (up 1.4% on a year earlier). That is close to the typical suburb in Palmerston North City ($568), and close to the national median ($600).
| April–June 2026 | Terrace End 50% of titles | Roslyn (Palmerston North City) 35% of titles | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $568 | $555 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $515–$635 | $509–$588 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | +1.4% | +14.4% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 33 | 24 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Roslyn
LINZ maps 6 school sites inside Roslyn, among them Freyberg High School (Secondary (Year 9-15)) and Roslyn School (Full Primary).
- Freyberg High School (Secondary (Year 9-15))
- Roslyn School (Full Primary)
- Ross Intermediate (Intermediate)
- St Mary's School (Palmerston North) (Contributing)
- Terrace End School (Contributing)
- Whakatipuria Teen Parent Unit (Teen Parent Unit)
- Nearest school: Freyberg High School (0.3 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Freyberg High School (0.3 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Palmerston North Hospital (0.9 km)
School enrolment zones in Roslyn: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Roslyn's titles: Freyberg High School.
- Terrace End School (primary, Years 1–6): about 50% of titles
- Roslyn School (primary, Years 1–8): about 50% of titles
- Ross Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Cornerstone Christian School (composite): all or nearly all titles
- Freyberg High School (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 Roslyn
OpenStreetMap maps 7 places of worship inside Roslyn (6 Christian, 1 other or not recorded).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Lifechurch, under 1 km away
- Muslim: Al Qadiri Islamic Centre Manawatu, 2.4 km away
- Sikh: Gurudwara Sri Guru Harkishan Sahib Ji, 2.0 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%)
- 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%)
- Awapuni: 134 cross-lease titles (4.1%)
- Terrace End: 131 cross-lease titles (6.7%)
- Takaro: 122 cross-lease titles (5.3%)
All suburbs in Palmerston North City
Suburbs like Roslyn
The closest match on the measures on this site is West End, Palmerston North City in Palmerston North City, nearest on slope, working from home, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West End, Palmerston North City | Palmerston North City | 9.4% | $520 | 32.7 | slope, working from home, population change |
| Highbury, Palmerston North City | Palmerston North City | 3.9% | $480 | 31.2 | recent movers within NZ, slope, stand-alone houses |
| Takaro | Palmerston North City | 5.3% | $535 | 32.8 | slope, commuting by public transport, population change |
| Terrace End | Palmerston North City | 6.7% | $600 | 35.5 | commuting by public transport, slope, working from home |
| Milson | Palmerston North City | 6.1% | $588 | 33.4 | commuting by public transport, slope, older residents |
Questions
What is the rent in Roslyn, Palmerston North City?
New tenancies in Terrace End (the rent area for part of Roslyn) had a median rent of $568 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 $515 to $635.
What schools are in Roslyn, Palmerston North City?
LINZ maps 6 school sites inside Roslyn, including Freyberg High School, Roslyn School and Ross Intermediate. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Freyberg High School (0.3 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Freyberg High School; check the school's own zone map for any address.