Living in Pleasant Point: schools, census and property titles
The 790 live property titles in Pleasant Point, Timaru District are almost all freehold (94%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 33 (4.2%), well below the national share of 8.7%.
Pleasant Point cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 33
- Share of live titles
- 4.2%
- Live titles in total
- 790
- Timaru District share
- 6.3%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Timaru District
- 11 of 12
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 528 of 644
Pleasant Point 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
- Pleasant Point is listed under Timaru District.
- 790 live titles are recorded here, including 33 cross-lease titles (4.2%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 4.2% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 0.3% 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 Pleasant Point
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 746 | 94.4% |
| Cross lease | 33 | 4.2% |
| Unit title | 2 | 0.3% |
| Leasehold | 1 | 0.1% |
| Other record types | 8 | 1.0% |
| Total | 790 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Pleasant Point compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Pleasant Point is well below the national share (8.7%).
Across Timaru District as a whole, the share is 6.3%; Pleasant Point is well below the overall Timaru District share (6.3%).
Its cross-lease share is 2nd lowest of 12 in Timaru District (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Pleasant Point are set up
Three-flat schemes are more common here (33%, against 12% nationally).
More leases include a garage (50% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
Carports appear in fewer leases (8% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Pleasant Point | Timaru District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 12 | 620 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 50.0% | 64.4% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 33.3% | 19.2% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 16.7% | 16.5% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,010 m² | 831 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 337 m² | 337 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 50.0% | 32.1% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 8.3% | 11.1% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 0.0% | 2.7% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 50.0% | 28.7% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1993 | 1984 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 4 | 230 | 54,978 |
New titles in Pleasant Point since 2020
66 of Pleasant Point's current titles (8%) were first issued since 2020, close to Timaru District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (8%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
Most came recently: 53 since 2023.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 66 | 53 |
| 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 Pleasant Point
The typical building in Pleasant Point stands on ground sloping 0.7° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), joint flattest of 12 in Timaru District.
Nearly all of its 1,279 measured buildings (94%) stand on ground under 5°.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Pleasant Point
Pleasant Point is inland: the typical title is 15 km from the sea or harbour edge, and none is within 1 km of it.
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 Pleasant Point: 2023 Census
About 95% of Pleasant Point's titles are in the census area Pleasant Point (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Pleasant Point exactly.
Fewer households have no car in Pleasant Point than across Timaru District: 2.1% against 5.6%.
Fewer residents were born overseas in Pleasant Point than across Timaru District: 10.1% against 16.1%.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Pleasant Point than across Timaru District: 3.6% against 5.7%.
| Measure | Pleasant Point | Timaru District whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 1,428 | 47,547 |
| Change since 2018 | +4.2% | +2.7% |
| Change since 2013 | +9.7% | +8.2% |
| Median age | 45.9 | 44.6 |
| Households | 597 | 19,557 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 82.9% | 74.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 17.1% | 25.5% |
| Median household income | $84,200 | $76,900 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $330 | $320 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 6.9% | 8.0% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 17.2% | 17.6% |
| 15 to 29 | 14.9% | 15.7% |
| 30 to 64 | 45.0% | 43.9% |
| 65 and over | 22.9% | 22.9% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 10.1% | 16.1% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 8.3% | 24.1% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 43.1% | 42.1% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 1.7% | 2.8% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 13.5% | 15.7% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 15.7% | 15.3% |
| Employed full-time | 50.8% | 48.9% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 1.0% | 1.8% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 34.9% | 36.1% |
| Median personal income | $40,000 | $38,600 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 12.3% | 13.5% |
| Car, truck or van | 82.9% | 78.7% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.0% | 0.6% |
| Walk or cycle | 3.6% | 5.7% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 25.1% | 28.7% |
| Average people per household | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 1.5% | 2.9% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 36.1% | 35.5% |
| Couples without children | 52.8% | 50.8% |
| One-parent families | 11.8% | 13.6% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 93.0% | 85.0% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.2 | 3 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 69.3% | 74.5% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 12.8% | 14.6% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 8.5% | 9.5% |
Schools and hospitals near Pleasant Point
LINZ maps 2 school sites inside Pleasant Point, among them Pleasant Point Primary School (Full Primary) and St Joseph's School (Pleasant Point) (Full Primary).
- Pleasant Point Primary School (Full Primary)
- St Joseph's School (Pleasant Point) (Full Primary)
- Nearest school: St Joseph's School (Pleasant Point) (0.6 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Opihi College (12.7 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Timaru Hospital (18.8 km)
School enrolment zones in Pleasant Point: a guide
Three secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Pleasant Point's titles: Craighead Diocesan School, Opihi College and Roncalli College.
- Pleasant Point Primary School (primary, Years 1–8): all or nearly all titles
- St Joseph's School (Temuka) (primary, Years 1–8): all or nearly all titles
- Craighead Diocesan School (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Opihi College (Year 9-15) (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Roncalli 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 Pleasant Point
OpenStreetMap maps 2 places of worship inside Pleasant Point (2 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: unnamed, under 1 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Timaru District with many cross-leases
- Highfield: 195 cross-lease titles (11.4%)
- Seaview: 195 cross-lease titles (18.5%)
- Temuka: 170 cross-lease titles (5.9%)
- Maori Hill: 157 cross-lease titles (27.0%)
- Geraldine: 98 cross-lease titles (5.3%)
- Glenwood: 91 cross-lease titles (11.2%)
- Gleniti: 90 cross-lease titles (6.4%)
All suburbs in Timaru District
Suburbs like Pleasant Point
The closest match on the measures on this site is Temuka in Timaru District, nearest on slope, unit-title share, born overseas. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temuka | Timaru District | 5.9% | $450 | 50 | slope, unit-title share, born overseas |
| Tinwald | Ashburton District | 2.7% | $500 | 41.4 | commuting by public transport, slope, schools |
| Renwick | Marlborough District | 2.5% | $630 | 40.9 | stand-alone houses, unit-title share, commuting by public transport |
| Leeston | Selwyn District | 1.8% | No data | 39.9 | slope, schools, unit-title share |
| Gleniti | Timaru District | 6.4% | No data | 48 | population change, commuting on foot or by bike, elevation |
Questions
What schools are in Pleasant Point?
LINZ maps 2 school sites inside Pleasant Point: Pleasant Point Primary School and St Joseph's School (Pleasant Point). The nearest secondary school to its centre is Opihi College (12.7 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles are Craighead Diocesan School, Opihi College and Roncalli College; check the school's own zone map for any address.