Living in Hāwera: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 5,792 live property titles in Hāwera, South Taranaki District are almost all freehold (98%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 35 (0.6%), well below the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 35
- Share of live titles
- 0.6%
- Live titles in total
- 5,792
- South Taranaki District share
- 0.3%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in South Taranaki District
- 1 of 1
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- 641 of 644
Hāwera at a glance
Where Hāwera differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: cross-lease share of titles (lower than 99% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Hāwera is listed under South Taranaki District.
- 5,792 live titles are recorded here, including 35 cross-lease titles (0.6%).
- 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 0.6% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 0.7% 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 Hāwera
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 5,648 | 97.5% |
| Cross lease | 35 | 0.6% |
| Unit title | 39 | 0.7% |
| Leasehold | 44 | 0.8% |
| Other record types | 26 | 0.4% |
| Total | 5,792 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Hāwera compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Hāwera is well below the national share (8.7%).
Across South Taranaki District as a whole, the share is 0.3%; Hāwera is higher than the overall South Taranaki District share (0.3%), though both are small.
How cross-leases in Hāwera are set up
Carports appear in more leases (50% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
More schemes have four or more flats on one section (40%, against 11% nationally), up to 7.
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (10%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
| Scheme structure | Hāwera | South Taranaki District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 10 | 22 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 30.0% | 50.0% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 30.0% | 27.3% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 40.0% | 22.7% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,278 m² | 1,014 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 352 m² | 401 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 40.0% | 36.4% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 50.0% | 27.3% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 0.0% | 4.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 10.0% | 13.6% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1977 | 1984 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 2 | 9 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Hāwera
Unit titles are 1% of Hāwera's titles, well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 6 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 5 units or fewer.
44 titles (0.8%) are leasehold, 1 of them units in a unit-title development.
2 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 | 1 |
| Under 10 years left | 1 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 1 |
| More than 50 years left | 4 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 18 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 19 |
New titles in Hāwera since 2020
561 of Hāwera's current titles (10%) were first issued since 2020, above South Taranaki District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (8%) and slightly below New Zealand (12%).
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 548 | 298 |
| Unit title | 4 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 5 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 2 | 1 |
| Other | 2 | 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 Hāwera
The typical building in Hāwera stands on ground sloping 0.7° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
Nearly all of its 8,793 measured buildings (97%) stand on ground under 5°.
The land rises from about 0 m to 251 m, and 18% 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 Hāwera
0% of Hāwera's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 1% within 500 m and 1% within 1 km. The typical title is 3.7 km away.
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 Hāwera: 2023 Census
Hāwera's titles fall in 8 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 4 shown below hold 76% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
More households have no car in Hāwera Central than across South Taranaki District: 11.7% against 5.1%.
Fewer workers work from home in Hāwera Central than across South Taranaki District: 10.4% against 23.7%.
More workers walk or cycle to work in Hāwera Central than across South Taranaki District: 9.1% against 5.2%.
| Measure | Hāwera Central 27% of titles | Turuturu 17% of titles | Hāwera West 17% of titles | Ramanui 16% of titles | South Taranaki District whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 2,655 | 1,983 | 1,911 | 2,178 | 29,025 |
| Change since 2018 | +2.4% | +4.8% | +10.2% | +6.1% | +5.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +6.8% | +11.5% | +23.9% | +14.0% | +9.2% |
| Median age | 42.5 | 37.4 | 40.9 | 40.9 | 39.6 |
| Households | 1,128 | 753 | 714 | 774 | 11,073 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 64.9% | 74.5% | 83.2% | 70.5% | 67.4% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 35.1% | 25.5% | 17.2% | 29.8% | 32.6% |
| Median household income | $58,400 | $84,200 | $98,600 | $78,300 | $75,700 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $330 | $350 | $400 | $328 | $270 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 6.8% | 3.8% | 5.4% | 6.4% | 10.0% |
| Ages | |||||
| Under 15 | 18.3% | 20.4% | 20.3% | 21.5% | 21.3% |
| 15 to 29 | 16.8% | 18.3% | 14.6% | 15.6% | 16.6% |
| 30 to 64 | 40.9% | 45.1% | 43.3% | 42.4% | 44.5% |
| 65 and over | 24.1% | 16.2% | 21.7% | 20.7% | 17.6% |
| Where people came from | |||||
| Born overseas | 12.0% | 10.8% | 12.8% | 11.1% | 10.2% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 23.8% | 19.7% | 18.5% | 29.1% | 21.3% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 47.9% | 46.8% | 44.6% | 47.2% | 45.1% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 2.8% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 3.1% | 2.3% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 19.1% | 13.8% | 14.0% | 16.8% | 16.3% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 11.3% | 10.0% | 11.9% | 9.9% | 10.8% |
| Employed full-time | 43.3% | 52.6% | 50.7% | 46.0% | 48.8% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 4.0% | 3.6% | 2.2% | 3.2% | 3.1% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 32.6% | 29.8% | 34.7% | 32.8% | 41.4% |
| Median personal income | $31,400 | $39,800 | $42,400 | $34,000 | $36,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||||
| Work from home | 10.4% | 10.2% | 12.5% | 12.7% | 23.7% |
| Car, truck or van | 78.5% | 83.0% | 81.4% | 79.9% | 68.3% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Walk or cycle | 9.1% | 5.8% | 3.9% | 6.8% | 5.2% |
| Households and families | |||||
| One-person households | 37.2% | 22.3% | 22.0% | 24.5% | 27.3% |
| Average people per household | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 11.7% | 4.0% | 3.2% | 7.0% | 5.1% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 5.6% | 5.0% | 2.1% | 5.2% | 4.7% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 32.6% | 35.5% | 40.0% | 37.4% | 40.6% |
| Couples without children | 46.5% | 47.0% | 47.8% | 42.8% | 42.3% |
| One-parent families | 20.5% | 16.9% | 12.8% | 19.8% | 17.1% |
| Homes | |||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 80.0% | 92.9% | 94.1% | 91.9% | 91.7% |
| Average bedrooms | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 56.2% | 48.9% | 61.7% | 52.6% | 45.1% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 16.7% | 22.3% | 11.9% | 20.1% | 22.0% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 14.6% | 16.1% | 8.7% | 16.4% | 17.6% |
Rents around Hāwera
New tenancies in Hawera Central in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $550 a week (up 0.0% on a year earlier). That is slightly below the national median ($600).
| April–June 2026 | Hawera Central 27% of titles | Turuturu 17% of titles | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $550 | $555 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $500–$568 | $495–$590 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | +0.0% | −0.9% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 27 | 18 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Hāwera
LINZ maps 8 school sites inside Hāwera, among them Hāwera Christian School (Full Primary) and Hāwera Primary School (Contributing).
- Hāwera Christian School (Full Primary)
- Hāwera Primary School (Contributing)
- Ramanui School (Contributing)
- St Joseph's School (Hawera) (Full Primary)
- Tawhiti School (Contributing)
- Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngati Ruanui (Composite)
- Te Paepae o Aotea (Secondary (Year 7-15))
- Turuturu School (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Tawhiti School (0.4 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Te Paepae o Aotea (1.0 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Hawera Hospital (1.8 km)
School enrolment zones in Hāwera: a guide
The largest primary-school zone share of Hāwera's titles is in Turuturu School's home zone (about 35%).
- Turuturu School (primary, Years 1–6): about 35% of titles
- Tawhiti School (primary, Years 1–6): about 20% of titles
About 50% of Hāwera's titles are outside every mapped home zone.
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 Hāwera
OpenStreetMap maps 13 places of worship inside Hāwera (10 Christian, 1 Muslim, 2 other or not recorded).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Saint Marys Anglican Church, under 1 km away
- Muslim: Hawera Islamic Centre, 1.0 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Suburbs like Hāwera
The closest match on the measures on this site is Tawhero in Whanganui District, nearest on distance to a hospital, degrees, working from home. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tawhero | Whanganui District | 9.3% | $570 | 38.1 | distance to a hospital, degrees, working from home |
| Feilding | Manawatu District | 4.3% | $520 | 40.8 | commuting by public transport, population change, elevation |
| Richmond, Nelson City | Nelson City | 1.1% | No data | 42.1 | schools, unit-title share, population change |
| Masterton | Masterton District | 4.3% | $500 | 43.3 | slope, population change, damp homes |
| Dargaville | Kaipara District | 3.9% | $505 | 43.4 | unit-title share, home ownership, commuting by public transport |
Questions
What is the rent in Hāwera?
New tenancies in Hawera Central (the rent area for part of Hāwera) 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 $500 to $568.
What schools are in Hāwera?
LINZ maps 8 school sites inside Hāwera, including Hāwera Christian School, Hāwera Primary School and Ramanui School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Te Paepae o Aotea (1.0 km in a straight line). Being near a school does not mean being in its zone.