Living in Brookfield: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 2,115 live property titles in Brookfield, Tauranga City are mostly freehold (78%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 378 (17.9%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 378
- Share of live titles
- 17.9%
- Live titles in total
- 2,115
- Tauranga City share
- 13.5%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Tauranga City
- 10 of 18
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 154 of 644
Brookfield at a glance
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
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What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Brookfield is listed under Tauranga City.
- 2,115 live titles are recorded here, including 378 cross-lease titles (17.9%).
- 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 17.9% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 1.7% 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 Brookfield
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,660 | 78.5% |
| Cross lease | 378 | 17.9% |
| Unit title | 37 | 1.7% |
| Leasehold | 36 | 1.7% |
| Other record types | 4 | 0.2% |
| Total | 2,115 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Brookfield compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Brookfield is about 2.1 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Tauranga City as a whole, the share is 13.5%; Brookfield is higher than the overall Tauranga City share (13.5%).
How cross-leases in Brookfield are set up
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (3%, against 11% nationally), up to 6.
Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (2% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
Three-flat schemes are less common here (7%, against 12% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Brookfield | Tauranga City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 179 | 4,119 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 88.8% | 82.8% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 7.3% | 11.1% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 3.4% | 6.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 910 m² | 850 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 438 m² | 410 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 16.8% | 19.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 8.9% | 7.9% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 1.7% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 53.6% | 48.8% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1988 | 1987 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 154 | 3,062 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Brookfield
Unit titles are 2% of Brookfield's titles, well below Tauranga City (7%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 4 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 5 units or fewer.
36 titles (1.7%) are leasehold.
Most stated terms have more than 50 years to run.
Stated lease terms, as at 30 September 2026:
| Stated lease term | Titles |
|---|---|
| Stated term has ended | 0 |
| Under 10 years left | 0 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 0 |
| More than 50 years left | 36 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 0 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 0 |
New titles in Brookfield since 2020
112 of Brookfield's current titles (5%) were first issued since 2020, below Tauranga City's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (7%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 109 | 65 |
| Unit title | 1 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 2 | 1 |
| Leasehold | 0 | 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 Brookfield
The typical building in Brookfield stands on ground sloping 4.2° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), 3rd steepest of 18 in Tauranga City.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Brookfield
6% of Brookfield's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 22% within 500 m and 70% within 1 km. The typical title is 830 m 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 Brookfield: 2023 Census
Brookfield's titles fall in 4 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 2 shown below hold 95% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
Fewer workers work from home in Brookfield West than across Tauranga City: 11.3% against 16.5%.
Fewer residents are 65 or over in Brookfield West than across Tauranga City: 14.5% against 19.7%.
| Measure | Brookfield West 52% of titles | Brookfield East 43% of titles | Tauranga City whole council |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,129 | 2,895 | 152,844 |
| Change since 2018 | +6.8% | +2.6% | +11.5% |
| Change since 2013 | +21.1% | +12.9% | +32.7% |
| Median age | 34.4 | 35.3 | 39.4 |
| Households | 1,125 | 1,005 | 55,359 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 61.1% | 64.5% | 69.4% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 38.9% | 35.2% | 30.6% |
| Median household income | $90,600 | $94,400 | $95,400 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $550 | $488 | $550 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 4.6% | 5.9% | 8.8% |
| Ages | |||
| Under 15 | 22.1% | 21.3% | 19.4% |
| 15 to 29 | 19.3% | 20.5% | 17.2% |
| 30 to 64 | 44.1% | 44.5% | 43.7% |
| 65 and over | 14.5% | 13.7% | 19.7% |
| Where people came from | |||
| Born overseas | 23.9% | 22.4% | 25.4% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 26.0% | 27.8% | 25.4% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 46.1% | 42.2% | 47.2% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 4.2% | 5.2% | 4.8% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 19.7% | 18.4% | 19.3% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 23.4% | 25.0% | 24.9% |
| Employed full-time | 54.3% | 54.2% | 49.7% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 3.0% | 3.6% | 2.6% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 38.4% | 43.6% | 44.2% |
| Median personal income | $41,600 | $44,800 | $42,100 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||
| Work from home | 11.3% | 15.5% | 16.5% |
| Car, truck or van | 83.1% | 76.5% | 75.7% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 2.2% | 1.3% | 1.7% |
| Walk or cycle | 3.0% | 5.9% | 4.9% |
| Households and families | |||
| One-person households | 22.3% | 23.3% | 22.6% |
| Average people per household | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 3.7% | 5.4% | 4.3% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 7.3% | 6.1% | 4.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 39.9% | 40.7% | 40.3% |
| Couples without children | 36.0% | 38.2% | 43.5% |
| One-parent families | 23.7% | 21.5% | 16.2% |
| Homes | |||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 87.2% | 86.0% | 80.1% |
| Average bedrooms | 3 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 76.1% | 69.6% | 75.1% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 18.7% | 21.2% | 13.2% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 14.9% | 17.8% | 10.7% |
Rents around Brookfield
New tenancies in Brookfield West in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $650 a week (down 5.8% on a year earlier). That is close to the typical suburb in Tauranga City ($650), and slightly above the national median ($600).
| April–June 2026 | Brookfield West 52% of titles | Brookfield East 43% of titles | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $650 | $675 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $615–$698 | $600–$700 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | −5.8% | −0.7% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 21 | 15 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Brookfield
One school site lies inside Brookfield: Te Kura o Manunui (Contributing).
- Te Kura o Manunui (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Te Kura o Manunui (0.4 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Ōtūmoetai College (1.1 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Tauranga Hospital (2.5 km)
School enrolment zones in Brookfield: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Brookfield's titles: Otumoetai College.
- Te Kura o Manunui (primary, Years 1–6): about 75% of titles
- Otumoetai School (primary, Years 1–6): about 65% of titles
- Bellevue School (Tauranga) (primary, Years 1–6): about 50% of titles
- Otumoetai Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Otumoetai College (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 Brookfield
OpenStreetMap maps 2 places of worship inside Brookfield (2 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Saint Stephens Methodist Church, under 1 km away
- Muslim: Tauranga Masjid, 2.8 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Tauranga City with many cross-leases
- Mount Maunganui: 2,452 cross-lease titles (17.4%)
- Otūmoetai: 910 cross-lease titles (24.0%)
- Papamoa Beach: 896 cross-lease titles (7.1%)
- Tauranga South: 685 cross-lease titles (25.7%)
- Gate Pa: 586 cross-lease titles (22.9%)
- Greerton: 449 cross-lease titles (27.1%)
- Matua: 425 cross-lease titles (19.0%)
- Welcome Bay: 396 cross-lease titles (9.8%)
Suburbs like Brookfield
The closest match on the measures on this site is Gate Pa in Tauranga City, nearest on distance to the coast, stand-alone houses, elevation. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gate Pa | Tauranga City | 22.9% | $580 | 32.4 | distance to the coast, stand-alone houses, elevation |
| Bellevue | Tauranga City | 23.6% | $730 | 34.4 | median age, commuting by public transport, born overseas |
| Greerton | Tauranga City | 27.1% | $650 | 36.9 | rent, distance to the coast, heat pumps |
| Parkvale, Tauranga City | Tauranga City | 20.0% | $600 | 31.2 | schools, commuting by public transport, stand-alone houses |
| Judea | Tauranga City | 23.5% | $600 | 39.8 | distance to the coast, elevation, commuting by public transport |
Questions
What is the rent in Brookfield?
New tenancies in Brookfield West (the rent area for part of Brookfield) had a median rent of $650 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 $615 to $698.
What schools are in Brookfield?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Brookfield: Te Kura o Manunui. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Ōtūmoetai College (1.1 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Otumoetai College; check the school's own zone map for any address.