Living in Tūrangi: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 3,177 live property titles in Tūrangi, Taupo District are mostly freehold (71%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 124 (3.9%), well below the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 124
- Share of live titles
- 3.9%
- Live titles in total
- 3,177
- Taupo District share
- 11.8%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Taupo District
- joint 10 of 11
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 544 of 644
Tūrangi at a glance
Where Tūrangi differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: typical distance to the coast (higher than 99% of NZ suburbs); homes with a heat pump (lower than 96% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Tūrangi is listed under Taupo District.
- 3,177 live titles are recorded here, including 124 cross-lease titles (3.9%).
- 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 3.9% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 2.5% 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 Tūrangi
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 2,249 | 70.8% |
| Cross lease | 124 | 3.9% |
| Unit title | 81 | 2.5% |
| Leasehold | 24 | 0.8% |
| Other record types | 699 | 22.0% |
| Total | 3,177 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Tūrangi compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Tūrangi is well below the national share (8.7%).
Across Taupo District as a whole, the share is 11.8%; Tūrangi is well below the overall Taupo District share (11.8%).
Its cross-lease share is joint lowest of 11 in Taupo District (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Tūrangi are set up
Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (13% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
Three-flat schemes are less common here (5%, against 12% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (5%, against 11% nationally), up to 6.
| Scheme structure | Tūrangi | Taupo District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 62 | 1,564 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 90.3% | 87.9% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 4.8% | 7.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 4.8% | 4.7% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,038 m² | 1,012 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 502 m² | 506 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 38.7% | 24.6% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 6.5% | 5.9% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 12.9% | 9.8% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 43.5% | 56.0% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1990 | 1991 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 52 | 1,346 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Tūrangi
Unit titles are 3% of Tūrangi's titles, well below Taupo District (5%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 6 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 15 units or fewer.
The unit-title share is 3rd lowest of 11 in Taupo District.
24 titles (0.8%) are leasehold, 15 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 | 2 |
| Under 10 years left | 0 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 0 |
| More than 50 years left | 1 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 4 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 17 |
New titles in Tūrangi since 2020
128 of Tūrangi's current titles (4%) were first issued since 2020, well below Taupo District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (12%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
That rate is 2nd lowest of 11 in Taupo District.
19% are unit titles, in 1 development; most of the rest are freehold.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 100 | 51 |
| Unit title | 24 | 24 |
| Cross-lease | 1 | 1 |
| Leasehold | 2 | 0 |
| 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 Tūrangi
The typical building in Tūrangi stands on ground sloping 1.0° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), joint flattest of 11 in Taupo District.
Nearly all of its 3,838 measured buildings (98%) stand on ground under 5°.
The land rises from about 356 m to 857 m, and 24% 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 Tūrangi
Tūrangi is inland: the typical title is 103 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 Tūrangi: 2023 Census
About 96% of Tūrangi's titles are in the census area Tūrangi (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Tūrangi exactly.
More workers walk or cycle to work in Tūrangi than across Taupo District: 10.1% against 4.5%.
More households have no car in Tūrangi than across Taupo District: 6.6% against 3.8%.
Fewer residents were born overseas in Tūrangi than across Taupo District: 12.5% against 18.0%.
| Measure | Tūrangi | Taupo District whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,792 | 40,296 |
| Change since 2018 | +10.1% | +8.3% |
| Change since 2013 | +28.5% | +22.5% |
| Median age | 39.4 | 42.3 |
| Households | 1,398 | 14,799 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 62.2% | 70.4% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 37.6% | 29.6% |
| Median household income | $61,300 | $86,700 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $350 | $385 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 30.5% | 30.6% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 20.4% | 18.7% |
| 15 to 29 | 18.7% | 15.9% |
| 30 to 64 | 41.1% | 44.8% |
| 65 and over | 19.8% | 20.6% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 12.5% | 18.0% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 13.6% | 20.3% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 49.9% | 48.7% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.1% | 3.7% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 19.6% | 18.8% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 12.7% | 17.9% |
| Employed full-time | 42.7% | 49.6% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 32.1% | 39.2% |
| Median personal income | $30,300 | $39,800 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 14.3% | 19.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 75.7% | 74.4% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Walk or cycle | 10.1% | 4.5% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 30.9% | 25.1% |
| Average people per household | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 6.6% | 3.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 8.6% | 5.0% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 31.1% | 35.8% |
| Couples without children | 41.0% | 48.6% |
| One-parent families | 27.6% | 15.5% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 92.4% | 87.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 48.7% | 59.5% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 23.0% | 14.6% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 16.6% | 10.5% |
Rents around Tūrangi
New tenancies in Turangi in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $495 a week (up 1.0% on a year earlier). That is below the typical suburb in Taupo District ($650), and slightly below the national median ($600); the lowest of 10 in Taupo District.
| April–June 2026 | Turangi | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $495 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $486–$536 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | +1.0% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 24 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Tūrangi
LINZ maps 2 school sites inside Tūrangi, among them Te Kura o Hirangi (Composite) and Tongariro School (Composite).
- Te Kura o Hirangi (Composite)
- Tongariro School (Composite)
- Nearest school: Te Kura o Hirangi (0.8 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Te Kura o Hirangi (0.8 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Taupo Hospital (41.4 km)
Being near a school does not mean being in its zone: check its enrolment scheme. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Tūrangi
OpenStreetMap maps 5 places of worship inside Tūrangi (5 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Saint Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, under 1 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Taupo District with many cross-leases
- Taupō: 1,504 cross-lease titles (27.7%)
- Nukuhau: 410 cross-lease titles (20.2%)
- Hilltop: 370 cross-lease titles (24.8%)
- Tauhara: 299 cross-lease titles (24.0%)
- Waipahihi: 153 cross-lease titles (17.4%)
- Acacia Bay: 78 cross-lease titles (5.3%)
- Richmond Heights: 75 cross-lease titles (6.9%)
- Two Mile Bay: 73 cross-lease titles (17.2%)
Suburbs like Tūrangi
The closest match on the measures on this site is Ohakune in Ruapehu District, nearest on commuting by public transport, home ownership, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohakune | Ruapehu District | 6.1% | $400 | 35.7 | commuting by public transport, home ownership, population change |
| Richmond Heights | Taupo District | 6.9% | $650 | 37.7 | commuting by public transport, children, elevation |
| Rainbow Point | Taupo District | 17.3% | $650 | 37.7 | commuting by public transport, children, unit-title share |
| Stratford | Stratford District | 4.4% | $560 | 43 | born overseas, cross-lease share, commuting by public transport |
| Two Mile Bay | Taupo District | 17.2% | $650 | 37.7 | commuting by public transport, children, stand-alone houses |
Questions
What is the rent in Tūrangi?
New tenancies in Turangi (the rent area for part of Tūrangi) had a median rent of $495 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 $486 to $536.
What schools are in Tūrangi?
LINZ maps 2 school sites inside Tūrangi: Te Kura o Hirangi and Tongariro School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Te Kura o Hirangi (0.8 km in a straight line). Being near a school does not mean being in its zone.