Suburbs in Upper Hutt City: rents, census and property titles

LINZ recorded 19,464 live titles in Upper Hutt City on 30 September 2026: 84% freehold, then cross-lease at 11.7%. Its 2,276 cross-lease titles (11.7%) are above the national share of 8.7% (in the highest quarter of 54 in New Zealand, among councils with at least 100 cross-lease titles).

Upper Hutt City cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles: 2,276
Share of live titles: 11.7%
Live titles in total: 19,464
New Zealand share: 8.7%
Suburbs with 30+ cross-lease titles: 12

2026-09-30 https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/50804-nz-property-titles/

Title mix in Upper Hutt City

Title type	Live titles	Share
Freehold	16,385	84.2%
Cross lease	2,276	11.7%
Unit title	389	2.0%
Leasehold	326	1.7%
Other record types	88	0.5%
Total	19,464	100%

Counts are titles, not homes. Sources and limits

How cross-leases in Upper Hutt City are set up

Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (18%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.

Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (3% of schemes, against 5% nationally).

Fewer leases include a garage (17% of schemes, against 28% nationally).

Scheme structure	Upper Hutt City	New Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)	921	87,651
Two-flat schemes	73.2%	76.2%
Three-flat schemes	14.7%	12.2%
Four or more flats	11.9%	11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)	804 m²	908 m²
Typical land per flat	328 m²	408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease	16.8%	28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease	19.5%	13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area	3.1%	4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)	18.0%	35.6%
Median year of earliest current title	1983	1988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more	367	54,978

Sources and limits

Among suburbs with at least 300 live and 30 cross-lease titles, the highest cross-lease shares in Upper Hutt City are in Ebdentown (24.0%), Trentham (17.9%), Birchville (16.8%), Wallaceville (14.8%), Clouston Park (14.3%).

Suburbs in Upper Hutt City by cross-lease share

Suburb	Cross-lease titles	Live titles	Share
Ebdentown	281	1,170	24.0%
Trentham	655	3,650	17.9%
Birchville	166	988	16.8%
Wallaceville	282	1,911	14.8%
Clouston Park	152	1,065	14.3%
Maoribank	69	493	14.0%
Brown Owl	81	651	12.4%
Tōtara Park	132	1,181	11.2%
Silverstream	190	1,755	10.8%
Elderslea	124	1,184	10.5%
Heretaunga	79	782	10.1%
Pinehaven	32	670	4.8%

Upper Hutt City at a glance

11% of titles in Upper Hutt City's suburbs were first issued since 2020, slightly below New Zealand (12%). 82% of titles are within 400 m of a public transport stop with a scheduled weekday service, and 18% within 400 m of a frequent one. The wider district is a little drier than the national average for homes (910 mm of rain a year, against 1,000 mm) and close to it (12.6°C, against 13.5°C), on NASA POWER's ~50 km grid.

A dash means the figure is not available for that suburb.
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	Titles within 400 m of a public transport stop	Typical distance to the coast
Ebdentown	24.0%	$598	7.0%	41	72.6%	0.9°	79.5%	13.1 km
Trentham	17.9%	$520	9.8%	41.6	72.0%	0.8°	96.1%	11 km
Birchville	16.8%	$600	3.8%	38.4	62.2%	1.7°	93.4%	15.5 km
Wallaceville	14.8%	$650	40.2%	36.6	81.9%	0.7°	69.3%	12.2 km
Clouston Park	14.3%	$500	1.3%	37.6	69.5%	1°	92.4%	14.3 km
Maoribank	14.0%	No data	5.3%	35.4	71.5%	1.6°	99.8%	15.3 km
Brown Owl	12.4%	$600	6.6%	38.4	62.2%	1.6°	95.7%	15.1 km
Tōtara Park	11.2%	No data	4.9%	36.7	66.2%	1.3°	96.1%	14.1 km
Silverstream	10.8%	$740	7.0%	42.3	64.8%	2°	93.4%	9.7 km
Elderslea	10.5%	$650	8.6%	41	70.4%	0.7°	98.6%	12 km
Heretaunga	10.1%	$650	7.0%	41.7	67.6%	0.8°	92.5%	9.6 km
Pinehaven	4.8%	$590	1.8%	40.2	62.6%	8°	87.9%	10.3 km

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New titles by year in Upper Hutt City

2025 brought 269 titles still live, fewer than the 5-year average before it (308), against a peak of 392 in 2023.

Year issued	All new titles	Freehold	Unit titles	Cross-lease	Leasehold	Other
2020	273	268	1	3	0	1
2021	322	300	13	4	0	5
2022	273	269	0	4	0	0
2023	392	383	4	3	1	1
2024	281	261	0	7	13	0
2025	269	255	0	7	0	7
2026 (Jan–Sep)	234	231	0	3	0	0

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Cross-lease titles in Upper Hutt City, by suburb

Unit titles in Upper Hutt City, by suburb

Upper Hutt City at the 2023 Census

Measure	Upper Hutt City 2023 Census
Usual residents	45,759
Change since 2018	+4.0%
Change since 2013	+13.9%
Median age	39.1
Households	16,806
Own or part-own their home (including family trusts)	74.6%
Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting)	25.4%
Median household income	$110,300
Median weekly rent, renting households	$475
Dwellings unoccupied on census night	5.2%
Ages
Under 15	19.3%
15 to 29	16.9%
30 to 64	47.9%
65 and over	16.0%
Where people came from
Born overseas	23.4%
Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years	14.1%
Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since)	40.7%
Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents)	3.0%
Moved here in the last year (of all residents)	15.8%
Work and study (people 15 and over)
Bachelor degree or higher	24.5%
Employed full-time	55.5%
Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate)	2.5%
Managers and professionals (of those employed)	46.6%
Median personal income	$48,600
Getting to work (of those employed)
Work from home	18.1%
Car, truck or van	64.9%
Bus, train or ferry	12.6%
Walk or cycle	3.6%
Households and families
One-person households	22.7%
Average people per household	2.6
Households with no motor vehicle	6.4%
Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms)	4.3%
Couples with children (of families)	43.9%
Couples without children	38.9%
One-parent families	17.2%
Homes
Separate (stand-alone) houses	78.2%
Average bedrooms	3.1
Heated with a heat pump	68.6%
Damp, always or sometimes	16.7%
Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes	11.7%

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