Suburbs in Tauranga City: rents, census and property titles
LINZ recorded 67,200 live titles in Tauranga City on 30 September 2026: 73% freehold, then cross-lease at 13.5%. Its 9,100 cross-lease titles (13.5%) are well above the national share of 8.7% (3rd highest of 54 in New Zealand, among councils with at least 100 cross-lease titles).
Tauranga City cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 9,100
- Share of live titles
- 13.5%
- Live titles in total
- 67,200
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Suburbs with 30+ cross-lease titles
- 18
Title mix in Tauranga City
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 49,071 | 73.0% |
| Cross lease | 9,100 | 13.5% |
| Unit title | 4,550 | 6.8% |
| Leasehold | 1,586 | 2.4% |
| Other record types | 2,893 | 4.3% |
| Total | 67,200 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes. Sources and limits
How cross-leases in Tauranga City are set up
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (6%, against 11% nationally), up to 21.
Carports appear in fewer leases (8% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Fewer leases include a garage (19% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Tauranga City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 4,119 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 82.8% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 11.1% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 6.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 850 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 410 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 19.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 7.9% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 48.8% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1987 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 3,062 | 54,978 |
Among suburbs with at least 300 live and 30 cross-lease titles, the highest cross-lease shares in Tauranga City are in Greerton (27.1%), Tauranga South (25.7%), Otūmoetai (24.0%), Bellevue (23.6%), Judea (23.5%).
Suburbs in Tauranga City by cross-lease share
| Suburb | Cross-lease titles | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greerton | 449 | 1,659 | 27.1% |
| Tauranga South | 685 | 2,665 | 25.7% |
| Otūmoetai | 910 | 3,799 | 24.0% |
| Bellevue | 363 | 1,539 | 23.6% |
| Judea | 384 | 1,637 | 23.5% |
| Gate Pa | 586 | 2,563 | 22.9% |
| Hairini | 207 | 1,003 | 20.6% |
| Parkvale | 210 | 1,050 | 20.0% |
| Matua | 425 | 2,233 | 19.0% |
| Brookfield | 378 | 2,115 | 17.9% |
| Mount Maunganui | 2,452 | 14,089 | 17.4% |
| Maungatapu | 191 | 1,179 | 16.2% |
| Tauranga | 346 | 2,428 | 14.3% |
| Poike | 66 | 464 | 14.2% |
| Welcome Bay | 396 | 4,034 | 9.8% |
| Papamoa Beach | 896 | 12,537 | 7.1% |
| Bethlehem | 101 | 3,548 | 2.8% |
| Ohauiti | 51 | 2,113 | 2.4% |
Papamoa Beach, Pyes Pa and Welcome Bay and 1 more straddle another council; LINZ lists Tauranga City first, so their titles are counted here.
Tauranga City at a glance
7% of titles in Tauranga City's suburbs were first issued since 2020, well below New Zealand (12%). 68% of titles are within 1 km of the sea or harbour edge. The wider district is a little wetter than the national average for homes (1,140 mm of rain a year, against 1,000 mm) and warmer than it (15.4°C, against 13.5°C), on NASA POWER's ~50 km grid.
| Suburb | Cross-lease share of titles | Median weekly rent, new tenancies | Titles first issued since 2020 | Median age | Homes with a heat pump | Median slope under buildings | Typical distance to the coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greerton | 27.1% | $650 | 8.7% | 36.9 | 76.4% | 1.6° | 1 km |
| Tauranga South | 25.7% | $650 | 6.5% | 42.3 | 72.3% | 1.5° | 0.5 km |
| Otūmoetai | 24.0% | No data | 4.4% | 42.2 | 72.5% | 2.3° | 0.4 km |
| Bellevue | 23.6% | $730 | 3.8% | 34.4 | 68.6% | 5° | 0.5 km |
| Judea | 23.5% | $600 | 5.6% | 39.8 | 71.3% | 4.1° | 0.9 km |
| Gate Pa | 22.9% | $580 | 8.5% | 32.4 | 72.6% | 3.6° | 1.1 km |
| Hairini | 20.6% | $685 | 5.1% | 40 | 72.8% | 3.6° | 0.4 km |
| Parkvale | 20.0% | $600 | 10.5% | 31.2 | 66.9% | 4° | 0.4 km |
| Matua | 19.0% | No data | 3.0% | 45 | 71.0% | 2.3° | 0.3 km |
| Brookfield | 17.9% | $650 | 5.3% | 34.4 | 76.1% | 4.2° | 0.8 km |
| Mount Maunganui | 17.4% | $700 | 4.4% | 39.3 | 70.7% | 1° | 0.4 km |
| Maungatapu | 16.2% | $645 | 2.5% | 41.5 | 71.3% | 1.6° | 0.2 km |
| Tauranga | 14.3% | $650 | 15.1% | 50.8 | 70.4% | 1.6° | 0.2 km |
| Poike | 14.2% | No data | 34.3% | 29.4 | 76.0% | 1.4° | 0.2 km |
| Welcome Bay | 9.8% | $710 | 2.9% | 36.5 | 79.0% | 4.6° | 0.8 km |
| Papamoa Beach | 7.1% | No data | 8.2% | No data | No data | 0.7° | 0.7 km |
| Bethlehem | 2.8% | $800 | 5.6% | 49.1 | 75.2% | 2.2° | 1.7 km |
| Ohauiti | 2.4% | $750 | 13.7% | 44.2 | 81.4% | 3.5° | 2.1 km |
New titles by year in Tauranga City
2025 brought 597 titles still live, fewer than the 5-year average before it (708), against a peak of 848 in 2020.
| Year issued | All new titles | Freehold | Unit titles | Cross-lease | Leasehold | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 848 | 688 | 122 | 18 | 16 | 4 |
| 2021 | 706 | 590 | 82 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| 2022 | 803 | 595 | 163 | 29 | 6 | 10 |
| 2023 | 673 | 488 | 123 | 26 | 23 | 13 |
| 2024 | 509 | 412 | 51 | 14 | 23 | 9 |
| 2025 | 597 | 421 | 85 | 28 | 55 | 8 |
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 411 | 217 | 157 | 9 | 21 | 7 |
Cross-lease titles in Tauranga City, by suburb
Unit titles in Tauranga City, by suburb
Leasehold titles in Tauranga City, by suburb
Tauranga City at the 2023 Census
| Measure | Tauranga City 2023 Census |
|---|---|
| Usual residents | 152,844 |
| Change since 2018 | +11.5% |
| Change since 2013 | +32.7% |
| Median age | 39.4 |
| Households | 55,359 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 69.4% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 30.6% |
| Median household income | $95,400 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $550 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 8.8% |
| Ages | |
| Under 15 | 19.4% |
| 15 to 29 | 17.2% |
| 30 to 64 | 43.7% |
| 65 and over | 19.7% |
| Where people came from | |
| Born overseas | 25.4% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 25.4% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 47.2% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 4.8% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 19.3% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 24.9% |
| Employed full-time | 49.7% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.6% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 44.2% |
| Median personal income | $42,100 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |
| Work from home | 16.5% |
| Car, truck or van | 75.7% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 1.7% |
| Walk or cycle | 4.9% |
| Households and families | |
| One-person households | 22.6% |
| Average people per household | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 4.3% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 4.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 40.3% |
| Couples without children | 43.5% |
| One-parent families | 16.2% |
| Homes | |
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 80.1% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 75.1% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 13.2% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 10.7% |