Living in Poike: schools, census and property titles
The 464 live property titles in Poike, Tauranga City are almost all freehold (81%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 66 (14.2%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 66
- Share of live titles
- 14.2%
- Live titles in total
- 464
- Tauranga City share
- 13.5%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Tauranga City
- 14 of 18
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 230 of 644
Poike at a glance
Where Poike differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: titles first issued since 2020 (higher than 98% of NZ suburbs); median age (lower than 96% of NZ suburbs); typical distance to the coast (lower than 95% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
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What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Poike is listed under Tauranga City.
- 464 live titles are recorded here, including 66 cross-lease titles (14.2%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 14.2% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 3.7% 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 Poike
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 376 | 81.0% |
| Cross lease | 66 | 14.2% |
| Unit title | 17 | 3.7% |
| Leasehold | 1 | 0.2% |
| Other record types | 4 | 0.9% |
| Total | 464 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Poike compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Poike is about 1.6 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Tauranga City as a whole, the share is 13.5%; Poike is close to the overall Tauranga City share (13.5%).
How cross-leases in Poike are set up
Three-flat schemes are less common here (3%, against 12% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (3%, against 11% nationally), up to 10.
Fewer leases include a garage (9% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Poike | Tauranga City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 32 | 4,119 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 93.8% | 82.8% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 3.1% | 11.1% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 3.1% | 6.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 802 m² | 850 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 401 m² | 410 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 9.4% | 19.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 9.4% | 7.9% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 6.2% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 62.5% | 48.8% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 24 | 3,062 | 54,978 |
New titles in Poike since 2020
159 of Poike's current titles (34%) were first issued since 2020, well above Tauranga City's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (7%) and well above New Zealand (12%).
That rate is the highest of 18 in Tauranga City.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 156 | 1 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 3 | 2 |
| 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 Poike
The typical building in Poike stands on ground sloping 1.4° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), 3rd flattest of 18 in Tauranga City.
Much of the land is low-lying: the median elevation is 4 m, and parts are below sea level.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Poike
51% of Poike's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 79% within 500 m and 86% within 1 km. The typical title is 200 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 Poike: 2023 Census
About 100% of Poike's titles are in the census area Poike (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Poike exactly.
Fewer residents are 65 or over in Poike than across Tauranga City: 7.3% against 19.7%.
Fewer households have no car in Poike than across Tauranga City: 2.0% against 4.3%.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Poike than across Tauranga City: 2.5% against 4.9%.
| Measure | Poike | Tauranga City whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 1,062 | 152,844 |
| Change since 2018 | +34.6% | +11.5% |
| Change since 2013 | +43.9% | +32.7% |
| Median age | 29.4 | 39.4 |
| Households | 339 | 55,359 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 62.8% | 69.4% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 36.3% | 30.6% |
| Median household income | $106,200 | $95,400 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $550 | $550 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 22.3% | 19.4% |
| 15 to 29 | 29.1% | 17.2% |
| 30 to 64 | 41.0% | 43.7% |
| 65 and over | 7.3% | 19.7% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 19.1% | 25.4% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 22.7% | 25.4% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 55.0% | 47.2% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 4.0% | 4.8% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 27.1% | 19.3% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 20.2% | 24.9% |
| Employed full-time | 57.8% | 49.7% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.9% | 2.6% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 38.0% | 44.2% |
| Median personal income | $44,700 | $42,100 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 14.5% | 16.5% |
| Car, truck or van | 81.0% | 75.7% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 1.5% | 1.7% |
| Walk or cycle | 2.5% | 4.9% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 15.9% | 22.6% |
| Average people per household | 3 | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 2.0% | 4.3% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 9.3% | 4.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 43.8% | 40.3% |
| Couples without children | 33.8% | 43.5% |
| One-parent families | 23.8% | 16.2% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 95.6% | 80.1% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 76.0% | 75.1% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 15.6% | 13.2% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 12.2% | 10.7% |
Schools and hospitals near Poike
One school site lies inside Poike: Te Whakatipuranga (Otumoetai TPU) (Teen Parent Unit).
- Te Whakatipuranga (Otumoetai TPU) (Teen Parent Unit)
- Nearest school: Te Whakatipuranga (Otumoetai TPU) (0.1 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Tauranga Girls' College (2.2 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Tauranga Hospital (2.8 km)
School enrolment zones in Poike: a guide
Two secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Poike's titles: Tauranga Boys' College and Tauranga Girls' College.
- Maungatapu School (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all titles
- Greenpark School (Tauranga) (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all titles
- Greerton Village School (primary, Years 1–6): about 65% of titles
- Tauranga Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all 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 Poike
No place of worship is mapped in OpenStreetMap inside Poike's boundary.
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: unnamed, under 1 km away
- Muslim: Tauranga Masjid, 2.6 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 Poike
The closest match on the measures on this site is Ōpaheke in Auckland, nearest on schools, home ownership, distance to the coast. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ōpaheke | Auckland | 7.6% | $670 | 32.5 | schools, home ownership, distance to the coast |
| Te Atatū Peninsula | Auckland | 10.9% | $600 | 33.9 | distance to the coast, distance to a hospital, slope |
| Tuakau | Waikato District | 3.4% | No data | 33.6 | commuting by public transport, land per flat, commuting on foot or by bike |
| Rosehill | Auckland | 4.8% | $660 | 31.7 | distance to the coast, slope, household income |
| Māngere Bridge | Auckland | 12.9% | $650 | 32.1 | distance to the coast, working from home, elevation |
Questions
What schools are in Poike?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Poike: Te Whakatipuranga (Otumoetai TPU). The nearest secondary school to its centre is Tauranga Girls' College (2.2 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles are Tauranga Boys' College and Tauranga Girls' College; check the school's own zone map for any address.