Living in Leamington: schools, census and property titles
The 4,118 live property titles in Leamington, Waipa District are almost all freehold (86%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 438 (10.6%), above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 438
- Share of live titles
- 10.6%
- Live titles in total
- 4,118
- Waipa District share
- 6.9%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Waipa District
- 1 of 3
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 314 of 644
Leamington at a glance
Where Leamington differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: typical distance to the coast (higher than 95% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
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What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Leamington is listed under Waipa District.
- 4,118 live titles are recorded here, including 438 cross-lease titles (10.6%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 10.6% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 2.8% 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 Leamington
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 3,536 | 85.9% |
| Cross lease | 438 | 10.6% |
| Unit title | 115 | 2.8% |
| Leasehold | 20 | 0.5% |
| Other record types | 9 | 0.2% |
| Total | 4,118 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Leamington compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Leamington is higher than the national share (8.7%).
Across Waipa District as a whole, the share is 6.9%; Leamington is about 1.5 times the overall Waipa District share (6.9%).
How cross-leases in Leamington are set up
Three-flat schemes are less common here (3%, against 12% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (5%, against 11% nationally), up to 15.
Carports appear in fewer leases (6% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Leamington | Waipa District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 207 | 784 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 91.8% | 82.3% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 2.9% | 8.8% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 5.3% | 8.7% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 968 m² | 1,004 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 444 m² | 450 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 21.7% | 20.5% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 5.8% | 7.4% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 3.9% | 5.7% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 24.2% | 18.6% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1987 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 167 | 595 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Leamington
Unit titles are 3% of Leamington's titles, close to Waipa District (3%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 10 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 6 units or fewer.
20 titles (0.5%) are leasehold.
Most stated terms have more than 50 years to run.
Stated lease terms, as at 30 September 2026:
| Stated lease term | Titles |
|---|---|
| Stated term has ended | 0 |
| Under 10 years left | 0 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 0 |
| More than 50 years left | 16 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 3 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 1 |
New titles in Leamington since 2020
478 of Leamington's current titles (12%) were first issued since 2020, below Waipa District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (16%) and close to New Zealand (12%).
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 458 | 319 |
| Unit title | 8 | 3 |
| Cross-lease | 7 | 2 |
| Leasehold | 3 | 2 |
| Other | 2 | 1 |
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 Leamington
The typical building in Leamington stands on ground sloping 0.9° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
Nearly all of its 5,451 measured buildings (95%) stand on ground under 5°.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Leamington
Leamington is inland: the typical title is 46 km from the sea or harbour edge, and fewer than 1 in 2,000 titles are 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 Leamington: 2023 Census
Leamington's titles fall in 7 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 4 shown below hold 84% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
Fewer workers work from home in Leamington Central than across Waipa District: 13.3% against 20.4%.
| Measure | Leamington Central 23% of titles | Leamington East 21% of titles | Leamington South 20% of titles | Cambridge Park-River Garden 19% of titles | Waipa District whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 2,406 | 2,031 | 2,079 | 1,476 | 58,686 |
| Change since 2018 | +0.0% | +2.4% | +16.9% | +18.0% | +10.2% |
| Change since 2013 | +9.4% | +9.2% | +21.4% | +261.8% | +25.8% |
| Median age | 34.9 | 40.9 | 43.5 | 40.4 | 40.9 |
| Households | 867 | 780 | 741 | 519 | 21,612 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 68.9% | 73.5% | 80.2% | 77.5% | 74.0% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 31.5% | 26.5% | 19.4% | 22.5% | 26.0% |
| Median household income | $94,600 | $100,000 | $119,500 | $125,000 | $102,900 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $500 | $520 | $485 | $620 | $450 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 4.6% | 7.4% | 4.5% | 4.9% | 6.3% |
| Ages | |||||
| Under 15 | 20.3% | 19.5% | 19.0% | 22.8% | 20.0% |
| 15 to 29 | 20.6% | 16.7% | 15.9% | 14.4% | 16.4% |
| 30 to 64 | 42.9% | 43.4% | 44.9% | 44.9% | 44.1% |
| 65 and over | 16.3% | 20.4% | 20.2% | 17.9% | 19.4% |
| Where people came from | |||||
| Born overseas | 22.6% | 24.6% | 22.6% | 30.0% | 20.0% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 21.2% | 25.3% | 12.3% | 21.1% | 18.8% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 47.5% | 46.3% | 48.8% | 52.3% | 47.3% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 4.0% | 4.8% | 3.1% | 4.9% | 3.3% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 18.9% | 17.8% | 16.2% | 16.4% | 17.3% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 21.2% | 26.1% | 26.7% | 31.8% | 23.2% |
| Employed full-time | 53.6% | 50.3% | 51.5% | 53.5% | 52.3% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.2% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.9% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 38.4% | 44.9% | 49.7% | 50.4% | 46.7% |
| Median personal income | $42,500 | $45,000 | $46,800 | $51,000 | $45,200 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||||
| Work from home | 13.3% | 17.5% | 19.2% | 18.0% | 20.4% |
| Car, truck or van | 81.9% | 77.8% | 77.7% | 79.3% | 74.4% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Walk or cycle | 4.0% | 3.9% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 3.2% |
| Households and families | |||||
| One-person households | 22.3% | 22.8% | 15.7% | 14.6% | 21.5% |
| Average people per household | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1.2% | 3.3% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 4.9% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 1.2% | 3.2% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 42.8% | 41.0% | 42.7% | 45.8% | 42.7% |
| Couples without children | 38.0% | 45.7% | 44.7% | 43.8% | 43.8% |
| One-parent families | 19.2% | 13.8% | 12.1% | 10.4% | 13.4% |
| Homes | |||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 93.1% | 88.9% | 94.8% | 87.4% | 87.1% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 79.9% | 75.3% | 78.8% | 92.3% | 76.2% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 18.5% | 13.2% | 10.6% | 1.8% | 13.7% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 14.8% | 9.8% | 8.1% | 1.2% | 10.1% |
Schools and hospitals near Leamington
One school site lies inside Leamington: Leamington School (Contributing).
- Leamington School (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Leamington School (0.8 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Cambridge High School (3.8 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Matariki Hospital (17.2 km)
School enrolment zones in Leamington: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Leamington's titles: Cambridge High School.
- Leamington School (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all titles
- Cambridge School (primary, Years 1–6): about 35% of titles
- Cambridge Middle School (restricted composite): all or nearly all titles
- Cambridge High School (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 Leamington
OpenStreetMap maps 3 places of worship inside Leamington (3 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Cambridge Seventh-Day Adventist Church, under 1 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Suburbs like Leamington
The closest match on the measures on this site is Pukete in Hamilton City, nearest on born overseas, home ownership, damp homes. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukete | Hamilton City | 6.8% | $618 | 36 | born overseas, home ownership, damp homes |
| Fairview Downs | Hamilton City | 5.9% | $575 | 31.2 | new titles, stand-alone houses, slope |
| Glenview | Hamilton City | 9.9% | No data | 36.1 | population change, schools, commuting on foot or by bike |
| Dinsdale | Hamilton City | 17.9% | $580 | 35 | children, median age, unit-title share |
| Kuripuni | Masterton District | 6.3% | $530 | 37.2 | schools, home ownership, older residents |
Questions
What schools are in Leamington?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Leamington: Leamington School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Cambridge High School (3.8 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Cambridge High School; check the school's own zone map for any address.