Living in Raglan: schools, census and property titles
The 3,873 live property titles in Raglan, Waikato District are almost all freehold (90%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 254 (6.6%), below the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 254
- Share of live titles
- 6.6%
- Live titles in total
- 3,873
- Waikato District share
- 1.9%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Waikato District
- 1 of 4
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 421 of 644
Raglan 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
- Raglan is listed under Waikato District.
- 3,873 live titles are recorded here, including 254 cross-lease titles (6.6%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 6.6% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 1.7% 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 Raglan
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 3,497 | 90.3% |
| Cross lease | 254 | 6.6% |
| Unit title | 64 | 1.7% |
| Leasehold | 36 | 0.9% |
| Other record types | 22 | 0.6% |
| Total | 3,873 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Raglan compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Raglan is lower than the national share (8.7%).
Across Waikato District as a whole, the share is 1.9%; Raglan is about 3.5 times the overall Waikato District share (1.9%).
Its cross-lease share is the highest of 4 in Waikato District (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Raglan are set up
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (2%, against 11% nationally), up to 15.
Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (14% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
Carports appear in fewer leases (5% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Raglan | Waikato District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 127 | 330 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 89.0% | 78.8% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 8.7% | 13.6% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 2.4% | 7.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,110 m² | 1,024 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 535 m² | 498 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 26.8% | 23.9% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 4.7% | 4.8% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 14.2% | 8.2% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 37.0% | 33.9% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1988 | 1987 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 113 | 250 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Raglan
Unit titles are 2% of Raglan's titles, well above Waikato District (1%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 8 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 8 units or fewer.
The unit-title share is 2nd highest of 4 in Waikato District.
36 titles (0.9%) are leasehold.
3 of them have a stated term that has ended or has under 10 years to run, which is worth reading closely in the lease.
Stated lease terms, as at 30 September 2026:
| Stated lease term | Titles |
|---|---|
| Stated term has ended | 1 |
| Under 10 years left | 2 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 21 |
| More than 50 years left | 1 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 9 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 2 |
New titles in Raglan since 2020
616 of Raglan's current titles (16%) were first issued since 2020, slightly below Waikato District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (18%) and above New Zealand (12%).
That rate is joint highest of 4 in Waikato District.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 559 | 181 |
| Unit title | 37 | 24 |
| Cross-lease | 9 | 2 |
| Leasehold | 5 | 2 |
| Other | 6 | 4 |
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 Raglan
The typical building in Raglan stands on ground sloping 4.5° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), the steepest of 4 in Waikato District.
The land rises from about 0 m to 518 m, and 51% 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 Raglan
38% of Raglan's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 68% within 500 m and 78% within 1 km. The typical title is 280 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 Raglan: 2023 Census
About 62% of Raglan's titles are in the census area Raglan (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Raglan exactly.
More workers walk or cycle to work in Raglan than across Waikato District: 8.4% against 2.2%.
More adults hold a degree in Raglan than across Waikato District: 35.5% against 22.0%.
More people live alone in Raglan than across Waikato District: 25.0% against 16.8%.
| Measure | Raglan | Te Uku | Whale Bay | Waikato District whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,717 | 1,881 | 1,020 | 85,968 |
| Change since 2018 | +11.7% | +9.2% | +4.9% | +13.7% |
| Change since 2013 | +34.8% | +29.0% | +32.8% | +35.6% |
| Median age | 41.2 | 40.7 | 41 | 38 |
| Households | 1,365 | 648 | 357 | 28,185 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 71.9% | 82.4% | 77.3% | 73.9% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 28.4% | 18.1% | 21.8% | 26.1% |
| Median household income | $89,100 | $103,000 | $94,900 | $113,200 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $410 | $400 | $310 | $400 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 26.5% | 10.2% | 17.5% | 10.1% |
| Ages | ||||
| Under 15 | 19.9% | 22.3% | 19.1% | 21.7% |
| 15 to 29 | 13.3% | 15.5% | 13.5% | 17.4% |
| 30 to 64 | 49.1% | 49.4% | 53.8% | 46.8% |
| 65 and over | 17.7% | 12.8% | 13.8% | 14.1% |
| Where people came from | ||||
| Born overseas | 23.4% | 18.2% | 22.7% | 19.1% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 26.0% | 7.2% | 20.3% | 14.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 44.9% | 38.4% | 40.7% | 46.0% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 5.8% | 2.8% | 5.5% | 2.8% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 20.7% | 14.0% | 15.6% | 16.5% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 35.5% | 26.9% | 34.5% | 22.0% |
| Employed full-time | 45.5% | 52.0% | 46.2% | 54.1% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 3.0% | 1.8% | 2.9% | 2.7% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 53.8% | 54.9% | 53.4% | 45.7% |
| Median personal income | $36,600 | $39,800 | $35,200 | $45,300 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||||
| Work from home | 25.6% | 35.2% | 39.2% | 21.8% |
| Car, truck or van | 65.2% | 62.2% | 58.5% | 74.3% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.7% |
| Walk or cycle | 8.4% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 2.2% |
| Households and families | ||||
| One-person households | 25.0% | 18.9% | 22.6% | 16.8% |
| Average people per household | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 3.5% | 1.1% | 2.0% | 2.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 6.0% | 5.2% | 5.7% | 6.0% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 40.4% | 45.1% | 45.1% | 45.4% |
| Couples without children | 43.7% | 40.9% | 43.9% | 39.5% |
| One-parent families | 16.2% | 13.4% | 11.0% | 15.1% |
| Homes | ||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 89.9% | 94.0% | 89.4% | 92.2% |
| Average bedrooms | 3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 64.5% | 40.7% | 40.2% | 66.3% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 17.9% | 21.5% | 16.0% | 18.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 13.3% | 15.0% | 14.1% | 14.6% |
Schools and hospitals near Raglan
LINZ maps 3 school sites inside Raglan, among them Raglan Area School (Composite) and Te Mata School (Raglan) (Full Primary).
- Raglan Area School (Composite)
- Te Mata School (Raglan) (Full Primary)
- Te Uku School (Full Primary)
- Nearest school: Te Mata School (Raglan) (0.3 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Raglan Area School (8.5 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Waikato Hospital (37.7 km)
School enrolment zones in Raglan: a guide
The largest primary-school zone share of Raglan's titles is in Te Mata School (Raglan)'s home zone (about 15%).
- Te Mata School (Raglan) (primary, Years 1–8): about 15% of titles
- Te Uku School (primary, Years 1–8): about 10% of titles
- Raglan Area School Y9-13 (composite): all or nearly all titles
- Raglan Area School Y1-8 (composite): about 75% of 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 Raglan
OpenStreetMap maps 9 places of worship inside Raglan (8 Christian, 1 other or not recorded).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Church of the Holy Redeemer, under 1 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Waikato District with many cross-leases
- Ngāruawāhia: 199 cross-lease titles (5.8%)
- Huntly: 137 cross-lease titles (3.7%)
- Tuakau: 92 cross-lease titles (3.4%)
All suburbs in Waikato District
Suburbs like Raglan
The closest match on the measures on this site is Warkworth in Auckland, nearest on cross-lease share, children, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warkworth | Auckland | 6.5% | $698 | 40.6 | cross-lease share, children, distance to the coast |
| Haruru | Far North District | 5.4% | No data | 48.8 | commuting by public transport, distance to the coast, damp homes |
| Helensville | Auckland | 4.4% | No data | 36.9 | schools, stand-alone houses, heat pumps |
| Pukehina | Western Bay of Plenty District | 3.4% | No data | 50.1 | distance to the coast, household income, distance to a hospital |
| Ngunguru | Whangarei District | 5.0% | No data | 46.3 | stand-alone houses, distance to the coast, unit-title share |
Questions
What schools are in Raglan?
LINZ maps 3 school sites inside Raglan: Raglan Area School, Te Mata School (Raglan) and Te Uku School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Raglan Area School (8.5 km in a straight line). Being near a school does not mean being in its zone.