Living in Matua: schools, census and property titles
The 2,233 live property titles in Matua, Tauranga City are mostly freehold (75%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 425 (19.0%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 425
- Share of live titles
- 19.0%
- Live titles in total
- 2,233
- Tauranga City share
- 13.5%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Tauranga City
- 9 of 18
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- 139 of 644
Matua at a glance
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Matua is listed under Tauranga City.
- 2,233 live titles are recorded here, including 425 cross-lease titles (19.0%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 19.0% 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
- 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 Matua
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,678 | 75.1% |
| Cross lease | 425 | 19.0% |
| Unit title | 15 | 0.7% |
| Leasehold | 108 | 4.8% |
| Other record types | 7 | 0.3% |
| Total | 2,233 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Matua compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Matua is about 2.2 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Tauranga City as a whole, the share is 13.5%; Matua is higher than the overall Tauranga City share (13.5%).
How cross-leases in Matua are set up
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (1%, against 11% nationally), up to 20.
Three-flat schemes are less common here (4%, against 12% nationally).
Carports appear in fewer leases (5% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Matua | Tauranga City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 210 | 4,119 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 94.8% | 82.8% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 3.8% | 11.1% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 1.4% | 6.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 843 m² | 850 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 412 m² | 410 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 11.4% | 19.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 5.2% | 7.9% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 2.9% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 43.8% | 48.8% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 170 | 3,062 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Matua
Unit titles are 1% of Matua's titles, well below Tauranga City (7%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 5 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 2 units or fewer.
108 titles (4.8%) are leasehold, well above the national share (1.2%).
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 | 108 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 0 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 0 |
New titles in Matua since 2020
68 of Matua's current titles (3%) were first issued since 2020, well below Tauranga City's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (7%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
That rate is joint 2nd lowest of 18 in Tauranga City.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 64 | 34 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 4 | 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 Matua
The typical building in Matua stands on ground sloping 2.3° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Matua
35% of Matua's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 91% within 500 m and 100% within 1 km. The typical title is 270 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 Matua: 2023 Census
Matua's titles fall in 2 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 2 shown below hold 100% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
Fewer households have no car in Matua North than across Tauranga City: 2.2% against 4.3%.
More adults hold a degree in Matua North than across Tauranga City: 36.2% against 24.9%.
| Measure | Matua North 59% of titles | Matua South 41% of titles | Tauranga City whole council |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,024 | 2,604 | 152,844 |
| Change since 2018 | +5.8% | +2.7% | +11.5% |
| Change since 2013 | +9.0% | +9.7% | +32.7% |
| Median age | 45 | 45.3 | 39.4 |
| Households | 1,128 | 936 | 55,359 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 81.6% | 71.8% | 69.4% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 18.6% | 28.2% | 30.6% |
| Median household income | $108,600 | $92,200 | $95,400 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $555 | $530 | $550 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 6.9% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Ages | |||
| Under 15 | 20.5% | 18.5% | 19.4% |
| 15 to 29 | 12.1% | 12.7% | 17.2% |
| 30 to 64 | 44.0% | 41.8% | 43.7% |
| 65 and over | 23.3% | 27.0% | 19.7% |
| Where people came from | |||
| Born overseas | 25.0% | 24.7% | 25.4% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 24.2% | 25.1% | 25.4% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 37.0% | 45.1% | 47.2% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 5.7% | 5.0% | 4.8% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 14.4% | 19.0% | 19.3% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 36.2% | 23.9% | 24.9% |
| Employed full-time | 47.1% | 42.3% | 49.7% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 1.9% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 54.7% | 43.4% | 44.2% |
| Median personal income | $48,100 | $38,900 | $42,100 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||
| Work from home | 18.7% | 16.3% | 16.5% |
| Car, truck or van | 72.2% | 77.0% | 75.7% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1.7% |
| Walk or cycle | 6.0% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Households and families | |||
| One-person households | 21.4% | 22.9% | 22.6% |
| Average people per household | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 2.2% | 5.1% | 4.3% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 2.4% | 4.2% | 4.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 43.9% | 38.1% | 40.3% |
| Couples without children | 46.3% | 44.9% | 43.5% |
| One-parent families | 9.8% | 17.4% | 16.2% |
| Homes | |||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 84.9% | 77.1% | 80.1% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.3 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 71.0% | 73.1% | 75.1% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 11.9% | 15.8% | 13.2% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 11.7% | 13.6% | 10.7% |
Schools and hospitals near Matua
One school site lies inside Matua: Matua School (Contributing).
- Matua School (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Matua School (0.7 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Ōtūmoetai College (1.2 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Tauranga Hospital (4.7 km)
School enrolment zones in Matua: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Matua's titles: Otumoetai College.
- Matua School (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all 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 Matua
OpenStreetMap maps 1 place of worship inside Matua (1 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Matua Community Baptist Church, under 1 km away
- Muslim: Tauranga Masjid, 5.1 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%)
- Welcome Bay: 396 cross-lease titles (9.8%)
- Judea: 384 cross-lease titles (23.5%)
Suburbs like Matua
The closest match on the measures on this site is Otūmoetai in Tauranga City, nearest on slope, distance to the coast, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otūmoetai | Tauranga City | 24.0% | No data | 42.2 | slope, distance to the coast, working from home |
| Maungatapu | Tauranga City | 16.2% | $645 | 41.5 | schools, distance to the coast, commuting by public transport |
| Hairini | Tauranga City | 20.6% | $685 | 40 | unit-title share, distance to the coast, commuting by public transport |
| Whataupoko | Gisborne District | 5.3% | $650 | 43.7 | schools, unit-title share, land per flat |
| Farm Cove | Auckland | 27.5% | $770 | 43 | distance to the coast, elevation, land per flat |
Questions
What schools are in Matua?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Matua: Matua School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Ōtūmoetai College (1.2 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.