Suburbs in Waimakariri District: census and property titles
LINZ recorded 31,922 live titles in Waimakariri District on 30 September 2026: 93% freehold, then cross-lease at 5.6%. Its 1,773 cross-lease titles (5.6%) are well below the national share of 8.7%.
Waimakariri District cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 1,773
- Share of live titles
- 5.6%
- Live titles in total
- 31,922
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Suburbs with 30+ cross-lease titles
- 3
Title mix in Waimakariri District
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 29,558 | 92.6% |
| Cross lease | 1,773 | 5.6% |
| Unit title | 467 | 1.5% |
| Leasehold | 38 | 0.1% |
| Other record types | 86 | 0.3% |
| Total | 31,922 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes. Sources and limits
How cross-leases in Waimakariri District are set up
Carports appear in fewer leases (4% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (2% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (6%, against 11% nationally), up to 13.
| Scheme structure | Waimakariri District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 783 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 83.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 10.3% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 6.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 901 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 414 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 39.8% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 4.1% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 2.2% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 39.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1992 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 492 | 54,978 |
Suburbs in Waimakariri District by cross-lease share
| Suburb | Cross-lease titles | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rangiora | 1,065 | 9,227 | 11.5% |
| Kaiapoi | 619 | 6,565 | 9.4% |
| Woodend | 51 | 2,807 | 1.8% |
Waimakariri District at a glance
14% of titles in Waimakariri District's suburbs were first issued since 2020, slightly above New Zealand (12%). 43% of titles are within 400 m of a public transport stop with a scheduled weekday service, and 2% within 400 m of a frequent one. 2% of titles are within 1 km of the sea or harbour edge. The wider district is a little drier than the national average for homes (870 mm of rain a year, against 1,000 mm) and cooler than it (11.4°C, against 13.5°C), on NASA POWER's ~50 km grid.
| Suburb | Cross-lease share of titles | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rangiora | 11.5% | 11.9% | 44.1 | 81.0% | 0.7° | 67.1% | 10.2 km |
| Kaiapoi | 9.4% | 13.9% | 43.6 | 95.4% | 0.7° | 69.2% | 4.4 km |
| Woodend | 1.8% | 42.9% | 38.3 | 78.1% | 0.7° | 46.5% | 4.1 km |
New titles by year in Waimakariri District
2025 brought 492 titles still live, fewer than the 5-year average before it (710), against a peak of 1,043 in 2023.
| Year issued | All new titles | Freehold | Unit titles | Cross-lease | Leasehold | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 383 | 377 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | 855 | 839 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 705 | 695 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1,043 | 1,006 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 563 | 557 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 492 | 474 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 418 | 398 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Unit titles in Waimakariri District, by suburb
Waimakariri District at the 2023 Census
| Measure | Waimakariri District 2023 Census |
|---|---|
| Usual residents | 66,246 |
| Change since 2018 | +11.3% |
| Change since 2013 | +32.5% |
| Median age | 44.7 |
| Households | 25,401 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 82.2% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 17.8% |
| Median household income | $91,200 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $400 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 5.8% |
| Ages | |
| Under 15 | 17.7% |
| 15 to 29 | 15.3% |
| 30 to 64 | 45.5% |
| 65 and over | 21.4% |
| Where people came from | |
| Born overseas | 18.2% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 10.1% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 43.6% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 2.5% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 14.4% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 17.9% |
| Employed full-time | 49.4% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 1.8% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 40.9% |
| Median personal income | $40,200 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |
| Work from home | 18.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 76.7% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 1.3% |
| Walk or cycle | 2.8% |
| Households and families | |
| One-person households | 21.7% |
| Average people per household | 2.5 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 2.9% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 2.3% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 40.0% |
| Couples without children | 48.1% |
| One-parent families | 11.9% |
| Homes | |
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 88.3% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.2 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 77.0% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 10.0% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 5.6% |