Suburbs in Thames-Coromandel District: rents, census and property titles
LINZ recorded 30,743 live titles in Thames-Coromandel District on 30 September 2026: 90% freehold, then cross-lease at 4.8%. Its 1,477 cross-lease titles (4.8%) are well below the national share of 8.7%.
Thames-Coromandel District cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 1,477
- Share of live titles
- 4.8%
- Live titles in total
- 30,743
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Suburbs with 30+ cross-lease titles
- 5
Title mix in Thames-Coromandel District
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 27,769 | 90.3% |
| Cross lease | 1,477 | 4.8% |
| Unit title | 1,040 | 3.4% |
| Leasehold | 160 | 0.5% |
| Other record types | 297 | 1.0% |
| Total | 30,743 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes. Sources and limits
How cross-leases in Thames-Coromandel District are set up
Carports appear in fewer leases (3% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (3%, against 11% nationally), up to 20.
Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (12% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Thames-Coromandel District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 717 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 90.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 6.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 3.1% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 822 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 406 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 23.8% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 2.9% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 12.1% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 35.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1990 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 551 | 54,978 |
Among suburbs with at least 300 live and 30 cross-lease titles, the highest cross-lease shares in Thames-Coromandel District are in Whangamatā (15.3%), Thames (5.7%), Pauanui (4.5%), Whitianga (3.8%), Tairua (2.5%).
Suburbs in Thames-Coromandel District by cross-lease share
| Suburb | Cross-lease titles | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whangamatā | 800 | 5,224 | 15.3% |
| Thames | 220 | 3,856 | 5.7% |
| Pauanui | 125 | 2,808 | 4.5% |
| Whitianga | 170 | 4,515 | 3.8% |
| Tairua | 47 | 1,845 | 2.5% |
Thames-Coromandel District at a glance
6% of titles in Thames-Coromandel District's suburbs were first issued since 2020, well below New Zealand (12%). 85% of titles are within 1 km of the sea or harbour edge. The wider district is about as wet as the national average for homes (1,030 mm of rain a year, against 1,000 mm) and warmer than it (15.6°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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whangamatā | 15.3% | $640 | 4.0% | 59.9 | 65.0% | 1° | 0.4 km |
| Thames | 5.7% | $600 | 3.3% | 51.6 | 71.9% | 2.1° | 0.7 km |
| Pauanui | 4.5% | No data | 2.5% | 61.8 | 64.9% | 2° | 0.4 km |
| Whitianga | 3.8% | $580 | 6.6% | 52.9 | 66.9% | 0.7° | 0.3 km |
| Tairua | 2.5% | $458 | 5.6% | 59.1 | 62.2% | 3.6° | 0.2 km |
New titles by year in Thames-Coromandel District
2025 brought 225 titles still live, fewer than the 5-year average before it (306), against a peak of 416 in 2021.
| Year issued | All new titles | Freehold | Unit titles | Cross-lease | Leasehold | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 351 | 321 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 416 | 383 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 294 | 268 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| 2023 | 323 | 310 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 148 | 131 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 225 | 199 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 128 | 116 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
Cross-lease titles in Thames-Coromandel District, by suburb
Unit titles in Thames-Coromandel District, by suburb
Leasehold titles in Thames-Coromandel District, by suburb
Thames-Coromandel District at the 2023 Census
| Measure | Thames-Coromandel District 2023 Census |
|---|---|
| Usual residents | 31,995 |
| Change since 2018 | +7.0% |
| Change since 2013 | +22.2% |
| Median age | 55.2 |
| Households | 12,876 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 77.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 22.5% |
| Median household income | $58,900 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $350 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 49.4% |
| Ages | |
| Under 15 | 13.6% |
| 15 to 29 | 11.0% |
| 30 to 64 | 41.5% |
| 65 and over | 33.8% |
| Where people came from | |
| Born overseas | 17.0% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 13.7% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 46.6% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.1% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 16.5% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 17.8% |
| Employed full-time | 36.1% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.3% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 42.4% |
| Median personal income | $30,000 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |
| Work from home | 24.7% |
| Car, truck or van | 66.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.3% |
| Walk or cycle | 7.6% |
| Households and families | |
| One-person households | 29.6% |
| Average people per household | 2.2 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 4.3% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 3.3% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 26.3% |
| Couples without children | 61.6% |
| One-parent families | 12.1% |
| Homes | |
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 85.6% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 60.2% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 14.9% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 10.9% |