Living in Ohauiti: rents, census and property titles
The 2,113 live property titles in Ohauiti (it lies across Tauranga City, Western Bay of Plenty District; its titles are counted under Tauranga City) are almost all freehold (97%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 51 (2.4%), well below the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 51
- Share of live titles
- 2.4%
- Live titles in total
- 2,113
- Tauranga City share
- 13.5%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Tauranga City
- 18 of 18
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 604 of 644
Ohauiti at a glance
Where Ohauiti differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: cross-lease share of titles (lower than 94% of NZ suburbs); median weekly rent, new tenancies (higher than 90% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Ohauiti is listed under Tauranga City.
- 2,113 live titles are recorded here, including 51 cross-lease titles (2.4%).
- 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 2.4% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- 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 Ohauiti
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 2,057 | 97.3% |
| Cross lease | 51 | 2.4% |
| Unit title | 0 | 0.0% |
| Leasehold | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other record types | 4 | 0.2% |
| Total | 2,113 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Ohauiti compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Ohauiti is well below the national share (8.7%).
Across Tauranga City as a whole, the share is 13.5%; Ohauiti is well below the overall Tauranga City share (13.5%).
Its cross-lease share is the lowest of 18 in Tauranga City (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Ohauiti are set up
Carports appear in fewer leases (7% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
More schemes refer to more than one flats plan (56%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
Fewer leases include a garage (19% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Ohauiti | Tauranga City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 27 | 4,119 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 100.0% | 82.8% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 0.0% | 11.1% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 0.0% | 6.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 787 m² | 850 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 394 m² | 410 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 18.5% | 19.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 7.4% | 7.9% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 0.0% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 55.6% | 48.8% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1988 | 1987 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 24 | 3,062 | 54,978 |
New titles in Ohauiti since 2020
290 of Ohauiti's current titles (14%) were first issued since 2020, well above Tauranga City's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (7%) and slightly above New Zealand (12%).
That rate is 3rd highest of 18 in Tauranga City.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 290 | 129 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Ohauiti
The typical building in Ohauiti stands on ground sloping 3.5° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
The land rises from about 6 m to 478 m, and 48% 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 Ohauiti
0% of Ohauiti's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 0% within 500 m and 6% within 1 km. The typical title is 2.1 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 Ohauiti: 2023 Census
About 72% of Ohauiti's titles are in the census area Ohauiti (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Ohauiti exactly.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Ohauiti than across Tauranga City: 1.8% against 4.9%.
Fewer people live alone in Ohauiti than across Tauranga City: 16.8% against 22.6%.
More households own their home in Ohauiti than across Tauranga City: 85.1% against 69.4%.
| Measure | Ohauiti | Waitao | Hairini | Tauranga City whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 4,020 | 1,824 | 3,246 | 152,844 |
| Change since 2018 | +22.5% | +4.1% | −2.5% | +11.5% |
| Change since 2013 | +49.9% | +23.8% | +10.1% | +32.7% |
| Median age | 44.2 | 45 | 40 | 39.4 |
| Households | 1,491 | 633 | 1,254 | 55,359 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 85.1% | 77.7% | 78.7% | 69.4% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 15.1% | 22.7% | 21.3% | 30.6% |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $108,300 | $77,700 | $95,400 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $630 | $400 | $500 | $550 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 4.5% | 6.6% | 5.4% | 8.8% |
| Ages | ||||
| Under 15 | 17.2% | 18.6% | 17.7% | 19.4% |
| 15 to 29 | 15.2% | 14.5% | 17.7% | 17.2% |
| 30 to 64 | 46.0% | 50.5% | 41.4% | 43.7% |
| 65 and over | 21.7% | 16.4% | 23.0% | 19.7% |
| Where people came from | ||||
| Born overseas | 26.2% | 19.5% | 19.4% | 25.4% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 15.2% | 19.7% | 15.6% | 25.4% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 47.7% | 45.1% | 44.0% | 47.2% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.5% | 5.0% | 2.9% | 4.8% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 18.6% | 13.4% | 14.8% | 19.3% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 24.1% | 26.1% | 18.3% | 24.9% |
| Employed full-time | 51.6% | 51.1% | 47.4% | 49.7% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 1.8% | 1.8% | 3.0% | 2.6% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 45.8% | 52.1% | 37.8% | 44.2% |
| Median personal income | $46,000 | $38,900 | $37,600 | $42,100 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||||
| Work from home | 16.8% | 27.1% | 12.7% | 16.5% |
| Car, truck or van | 79.2% | 69.2% | 82.7% | 75.7% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 1.8% | 0.6% | 2.1% | 1.7% |
| Walk or cycle | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 4.9% |
| Households and families | ||||
| One-person households | 16.8% | 16.2% | 28.0% | 22.6% |
| Average people per household | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 2.4% | 2.2% | 5.7% | 4.3% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 2.1% | 4.8% | 5.8% | 4.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 40.4% | 42.1% | 35.2% | 40.3% |
| Couples without children | 49.8% | 47.6% | 45.4% | 43.5% |
| One-parent families | 9.6% | 9.8% | 19.7% | 16.2% |
| Homes | ||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 88.6% | 91.5% | 77.6% | 80.1% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 81.4% | 46.4% | 72.8% | 75.1% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 4.7% | 17.3% | 18.3% | 13.2% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 4.1% | 14.0% | 13.3% | 10.7% |
Rents around Ohauiti
New tenancies in Ohauiti in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $750 a week (up 0.0% on a year earlier). That is slightly above the typical suburb in Tauranga City ($650), and above the national median ($600); 2nd highest of 14 in Tauranga City.
| April–June 2026 | Ohauiti | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $750 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $700–$795 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | +0.0% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 27 | 40,827 |
School enrolment zones in Ohauiti: a guide
Two secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Ohauiti's titles: Tauranga Boys' College and Tauranga Girls' College.
- Maungatapu School (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all titles
- Oropi School (primary, Years 1–8): about 15% of titles
- Tauranga Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 95% of titles
- Tauranga Boys' College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Tauranga Girls' 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 Ohauiti
No place of worship is mapped in OpenStreetMap inside Ohauiti's boundary.
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: unnamed, 6.4 km away
- Muslim: Tauranga Masjid, 9.2 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 Ohauiti
The closest match on the measures on this site is Maunu in Whangarei District, nearest on median age, recent movers within NZ, stand-alone houses. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maunu | Whangarei District | 5.6% | No data | 44.4 | median age, recent movers within NZ, stand-alone houses |
| Te Kamo | Whangarei District | 9.3% | No data | 47.3 | land per flat, children, recent movers within NZ |
| Welcome Bay | Tauranga City | 9.8% | $710 | 36.5 | recent movers within NZ, commuting by public transport, commuting on foot or by bike |
| Bethlehem | Tauranga City | 2.8% | $800 | 49.1 | distance to the coast, commuting by public transport, cross-lease share |
| Stoke | Nelson City | 6.3% | $650 | 43 | commuting by public transport, recent movers within NZ, distance to the coast |
Questions
What is the rent in Ohauiti?
New tenancies in the Ohauiti rent area had a median rent of $750 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 $700 to $795.