Living in Pomare: schools, census and property titles
The 684 live property titles in Pomare, Rotorua District are almost all freehold (88%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 75 (11.0%), above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 75
- Share of live titles
- 11.0%
- Live titles in total
- 684
- Rotorua District share
- 12.8%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Rotorua District
- 17 of 20
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 302 of 644
Pomare at a glance
Where Pomare differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: typical distance to the coast (higher than 96% of NZ suburbs); titles first issued since 2020 (lower than 95% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Pomare is listed under Rotorua District.
- 684 live titles are recorded here, including 75 cross-lease titles (11.0%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 11.0% 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
- A usable MBIE new-tenancy rent figure is not available for this suburb.
- Mapped public-transport context is not available for this suburb.
Title mix in Pomare
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 605 | 88.5% |
| Cross lease | 75 | 11.0% |
| Unit title | 0 | 0.0% |
| Leasehold | 4 | 0.6% |
| Other record types | 0 | 0.0% |
| Total | 684 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Pomare compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Pomare is higher than the national share (8.7%).
Across Rotorua District as a whole, the share is 12.8%; Pomare is slightly lower than the overall Rotorua District share (12.8%).
Its cross-lease share is in the lowest quarter of 20 in Rotorua District (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Pomare are set up
Carports appear in fewer leases (3% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (15%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (6%, against 11% nationally), up to 7.
| Scheme structure | Pomare | Rotorua District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 34 | 1,958 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 94.1% | 82.2% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 0.0% | 9.2% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 5.9% | 8.3% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,092 m² | 1,022 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 540 m² | 506 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 17.6% | 23.4% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 2.9% | 5.5% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 0.0% | 4.0% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 14.7% | 27.5% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1982 | 1987 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 32 | 1,565 | 54,978 |
New titles in Pomare since 2020
16 of Pomare's current titles (2%) were first issued since 2020, well below Rotorua District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (8%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
That rate is joint 2nd lowest of 20 in Rotorua District.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 15 | 8 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 1 | 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 Pomare
The typical building in Pomare stands on ground sloping 2.9° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), in the steepest quarter of 20 in Rotorua District.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Pomare
Pomare is inland: the typical title is 47 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 Pomare: 2023 Census
About 89% of Pomare's titles are in the census area Pomare (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Pomare exactly.
Fewer households have no car in Pomare than across Rotorua District: 2.3% against 6.1%.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Pomare than across Rotorua District: 1.6% against 4.1%.
Household incomes are higher in Pomare than across Rotorua District: $111,600 against $87,700.
| Measure | Pomare | Rotorua District whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 1,740 | 74,058 |
| Change since 2018 | +1.6% | +3.0% |
| Change since 2013 | +10.7% | +13.4% |
| Median age | 41.3 | 36.6 |
| Households | 576 | 25,413 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 81.3% | 64.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 19.3% | 35.5% |
| Median household income | $111,600 | $87,700 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $460 | $400 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 13.0% | 12.8% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 20.5% | 21.7% |
| 15 to 29 | 14.8% | 19.0% |
| 30 to 64 | 45.7% | 43.7% |
| 65 and over | 19.0% | 15.6% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 19.9% | 18.1% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 17.5% | 22.9% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 40.5% | 44.8% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 2.8% | 3.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 12.6% | 18.9% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 23.6% | 20.3% |
| Employed full-time | 54.9% | 50.3% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 3.3% | 4.4% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 47.9% | 41.0% |
| Median personal income | $48,600 | $39,000 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 11.9% | 14.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 84.9% | 79.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.6% | 0.9% |
| Walk or cycle | 1.6% | 4.1% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 18.6% | 23.5% |
| Average people per household | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 2.3% | 6.1% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 3.2% | 8.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 42.9% | 38.7% |
| Couples without children | 45.5% | 38.1% |
| One-parent families | 11.0% | 23.2% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 90.2% | 81.6% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 64.4% | 59.6% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 14.4% | 23.6% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 9.1% | 18.7% |
Schools and hospitals near Pomare
One school site lies inside Pomare: Westbrook School (Contributing).
- Westbrook School (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Westbrook School (0.3 km)
- Nearest secondary school: John Paul College (1.2 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Rotorua Hospital (3.2 km)
School enrolment zones in Pomare: a guide
Four secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Pomare's titles, among them John Paul College, Rotorua Boys' High School and Rotorua Girls' High School.
- Westbrook School (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all titles
- Rotorua Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 90% of titles
- John Paul College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Rotorua Boys' High School (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Rotorua Girls' High School (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Western Heights 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 Pomare
OpenStreetMap maps 1 place of worship inside Pomare (1 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Equippers Church Rotorua, under 1 km away
- Hindu: Hindu Heritage Centre Rotorua, 1.2 km away
- Muslim: Rotorua Islamic Association, 1.5 km away
- Sikh: Gurdwara Sri Guru Amardas Sahib Ji, 3.0 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Rotorua District with many cross-leases
- Glenholme: 569 cross-lease titles (29.6%)
- Ōwhata: 365 cross-lease titles (12.6%)
- Victoria: 355 cross-lease titles (34.2%)
- Western Heights: 320 cross-lease titles (25.4%)
- Mangakakahi: 283 cross-lease titles (16.1%)
- Koutu: 277 cross-lease titles (27.8%)
- Ngongotahā: 263 cross-lease titles (12.4%)
- Pukehangi: 243 cross-lease titles (13.5%)
All suburbs in Rotorua District
Suburbs like Pomare
The closest match on the measures on this site is Springfield, Rotorua District in Rotorua District, nearest on unit-title share, commuting by public transport, schools. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield, Rotorua District | Rotorua District | 14.8% | $600 | 43.6 | unit-title share, commuting by public transport, schools |
| Lynmore | Rotorua District | 12.0% | $685 | 43.4 | schools, population change, home ownership |
| Sunnybrook | Rotorua District | 12.8% | No data | 35.5 | unit-title share, slope, stand-alone houses |
| Kawaha Point | Rotorua District | 18.2% | $665 | 39.6 | commuting by public transport, schools, population change |
| Ngongotahā | Rotorua District | 12.4% | No data | 41.7 | schools, recent movers within NZ, population change |
Questions
What schools are in Pomare?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Pomare: Westbrook School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is John Paul College (1.2 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles include John Paul College, Rotorua Boys' High School and Rotorua Girls' High School; check the school's own zone map for any address.