Living in Te Awamutu: schools, census and property titles
The 7,269 live property titles in Te Awamutu, Waipa District are almost all freehold (87%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 724 (10.0%), slightly above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 724
- Share of live titles
- 10.0%
- Live titles in total
- 7,269
- Waipa District share
- 6.9%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Waipa District
- 2 of 3
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 330 of 644
Te Awamutu at a glance
Where Te Awamutu differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: typical distance to the coast (higher than 91% of NZ suburbs); homes with a heat pump (higher than 90% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Te Awamutu is listed under Waipa District.
- 7,269 live titles are recorded here, including 724 cross-lease titles (10.0%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 10.0% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 1.2% 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 Te Awamutu
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 6,313 | 86.8% |
| Cross lease | 724 | 10.0% |
| Unit title | 89 | 1.2% |
| Leasehold | 118 | 1.6% |
| Other record types | 25 | 0.3% |
| Total | 7,269 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Te Awamutu compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Te Awamutu is slightly higher than the national share (8.7%).
Across Waipa District as a whole, the share is 6.9%; Te Awamutu is higher than the overall Waipa District share (6.9%).
How cross-leases in Te Awamutu are set up
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (21%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (8% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
Fewer leases include a garage (19% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Te Awamutu | Waipa District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 318 | 784 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 79.2% | 82.3% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 11.9% | 8.8% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 8.8% | 8.7% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,011 m² | 1,004 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 454 m² | 450 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 18.9% | 20.5% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 9.7% | 7.4% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 7.9% | 5.7% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 20.8% | 18.6% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1992 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 234 | 595 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Te Awamutu
Unit titles are 1% of Te Awamutu's titles, well below Waipa District (3%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 9 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 6 units or fewer.
118 titles (1.6%) are leasehold, 20 of them units in a unit-title development.
9 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 | 8 |
| Under 10 years left | 1 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 2 |
| More than 50 years left | 79 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 7 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 21 |
New titles in Te Awamutu since 2020
928 of Te Awamutu's current titles (13%) were first issued since 2020, slightly below Waipa District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (16%) and slightly above New Zealand (12%).
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 861 | 404 |
| Unit title | 36 | 36 |
| Cross-lease | 7 | 3 |
| Leasehold | 22 | 22 |
| Other | 2 | 2 |
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 Te Awamutu
The typical building in Te Awamutu stands on ground sloping 2.0° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu is inland: the typical title is 37 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 Te Awamutu: 2023 Census
Te Awamutu's titles fall in 13 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 4 shown below hold 52% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
Fewer workers work from home in Pekerau than across Waipa District: 11.8% against 20.4%.
Fewer adults hold a degree in Pekerau than across Waipa District: 17.0% against 23.2%.
Fewer residents were born overseas in Pekerau than across Waipa District: 16.4% against 20.0%.
| Measure | Pekerau 18% of titles | Sherwin Park 12% of titles | Goodfellow Park 11% of titles | Te Awamutu Stadium 10% of titles | Waipa District whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,084 | 2,130 | 1,788 | 1,815 | 58,686 |
| Change since 2018 | +11.0% | +7.6% | +0.0% | +3.8% | +10.2% |
| Change since 2013 | +42.2% | +36.8% | +11.6% | +18.2% | +25.8% |
| Median age | 39 | 39.7 | 38.3 | 42.5 | 40.9 |
| Households | 1,128 | 816 | 741 | 690 | 21,612 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 74.2% | 76.5% | 61.9% | 73.5% | 74.0% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 25.8% | 23.9% | 38.1% | 27.0% | 26.0% |
| Median household income | $94,100 | $79,600 | $71,800 | $91,800 | $102,900 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $450 | $400 | $380 | $460 | $450 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 4.5% | 4.8% | 3.9% | 5.3% | 6.3% |
| Ages | |||||
| Under 15 | 19.6% | 19.2% | 18.8% | 19.2% | 20.0% |
| 15 to 29 | 18.8% | 16.9% | 18.8% | 15.5% | 16.4% |
| 30 to 64 | 42.4% | 37.7% | 40.9% | 43.0% | 44.1% |
| 65 and over | 19.3% | 26.1% | 21.5% | 22.5% | 19.4% |
| Where people came from | |||||
| Born overseas | 16.4% | 15.3% | 16.2% | 18.9% | 20.0% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 22.2% | 17.9% | 21.1% | 20.2% | 18.8% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 47.0% | 52.0% | 47.7% | 47.5% | 47.3% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.4% | 2.3% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 3.3% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 16.3% | 17.3% | 18.4% | 18.4% | 17.3% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 17.0% | 16.7% | 16.8% | 19.3% | 23.2% |
| Employed full-time | 52.4% | 46.3% | 47.9% | 51.2% | 52.3% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.4% | 2.4% | 3.1% | 1.8% | 1.9% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 39.1% | 38.0% | 37.1% | 38.9% | 46.7% |
| Median personal income | $41,900 | $38,200 | $36,000 | $42,700 | $45,200 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||||
| Work from home | 11.8% | 14.0% | 12.2% | 11.5% | 20.4% |
| Car, truck or van | 84.0% | 80.7% | 79.3% | 81.8% | 74.4% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Walk or cycle | 3.1% | 3.7% | 6.8% | 5.4% | 3.2% |
| Households and families | |||||
| One-person households | 20.5% | 27.0% | 32.9% | 23.1% | 21.5% |
| Average people per household | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 4.3% | 6.0% | 9.1% | 5.3% | 3.3% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 4.9% | 5.4% | 5.9% | 3.2% | 3.2% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 40.2% | 34.8% | 34.5% | 39.2% | 42.7% |
| Couples without children | 40.9% | 45.5% | 39.9% | 45.2% | 43.8% |
| One-parent families | 18.5% | 20.3% | 25.7% | 16.3% | 13.4% |
| Homes | |||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 91.8% | 84.2% | 78.2% | 83.0% | 87.1% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.2 | 3 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 85.3% | 83.5% | 77.9% | 79.4% | 76.2% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 14.0% | 16.8% | 16.7% | 15.5% | 13.7% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 8.4% | 12.2% | 12.0% | 11.6% | 10.1% |
Schools and hospitals near Te Awamutu
LINZ maps 7 school sites inside Te Awamutu, among them Pekapekarau School (Contributing) and St Patrick's Catholic School (Te Awamutu) (Full Primary).
- Pekapekarau School (Contributing)
- St Patrick's Catholic School (Te Awamutu) (Full Primary)
- Te Awamutu College (Secondary (Year 9-15))
- Te Awamutu Intermediate (Intermediate)
- Te Awamutu Primary School (Contributing)
- Te Wharekura o Nga Purapura o Te Aroha (Composite)
- Waipa Christian School (Full Primary)
- Nearest school: Pekapekarau School (1.3 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Te Wharekura o Nga Purapura o Te Aroha (1.7 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Matariki Hospital (2.8 km)
School enrolment zones in Te Awamutu: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Te Awamutu's titles: Te Awamutu College.
- Te Awamutu Primary School (primary, Years 1–6): about 60% of titles
- Pekerau School (primary, Years 1–6): about 45% of titles
- Paterangi School (primary, Years 1–8): about 5% of titles
- Te Awamutu Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Te Awamutu 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 Te Awamutu
OpenStreetMap maps 11 places of worship inside Te Awamutu (10 Christian, 1 other or not recorded).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, under 1 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Suburbs like Te Awamutu
The closest match on the measures on this site is Morrinsville in Matamata-Piako District, nearest on degrees, born overseas, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrinsville | Matamata-Piako District | 5.2% | $555 | 41.8 | degrees, born overseas, distance to the coast |
| Solway | Masterton District | 3.4% | $530 | 37.2 | commuting on foot or by bike, stand-alone houses, working from home |
| St Andrews | Hamilton City | 17.4% | $620 | 40.7 | unit-title share, recent movers within NZ, commuting on foot or by bike |
| Masterton | Masterton District | 4.3% | $500 | 43.3 | schools, distance to a hospital, distance to the coast |
| Taradale | Napier City | 9.7% | $638 | 42.2 | schools, cross-lease share, population change |
Questions
What schools are in Te Awamutu?
LINZ maps 7 school sites inside Te Awamutu, including Pekapekarau School, St Patrick's Catholic School (Te Awamutu) and Te Awamutu College. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Te Wharekura o Nga Purapura o Te Aroha (1.7 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Te Awamutu College; check the school's own zone map for any address.