Living in Kingston, Wellington City: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 504 live property titles in Kingston, Wellington City are mostly freehold (74%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 73 (14.5%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
Kingston, Wellington City cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 73
- Share of live titles
- 14.5%
- Live titles in total
- 504
- Wellington City share
- 5.6%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Wellington City
- 3 of 32
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 219 of 644
Kingston at a glance
Where Kingston differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: median slope under buildings (higher than 98% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Kingston is listed under Wellington City.
- 504 live titles are recorded here, including 73 cross-lease titles (14.5%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
- The page includes MBIE new-tenancy rent figures for April–June 2026.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 14.5% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 7.9% of recorded titles, so title structure can vary within the suburb.
- Public-transport figures describe how recorded titles sit near mapped stops. They do not describe a service from a particular property.
- 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
- The core title, Census, rent, transport and coast measures used by this page are available.
Title mix in Kingston
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 373 | 74.0% |
| Cross lease | 73 | 14.5% |
| Unit title | 40 | 7.9% |
| Leasehold | 4 | 0.8% |
| Other record types | 14 | 2.8% |
| Total | 504 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Kingston compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Kingston is about 1.7 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Wellington City as a whole, the share is 5.6%; Kingston is about 2.6 times the overall Wellington City share (5.6%).
Its cross-lease share is 3rd highest of 32 in Wellington City (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Kingston are set up
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (3%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
Three-flat schemes are less common here (3%, against 12% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (3%, against 11% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Kingston | Wellington City | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 35 | 2,130 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 94.3% | 82.4% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 2.9% | 6.7% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 2.9% | 10.4% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 744 m² | 759 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 359 m² | 350 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 14.3% | 18.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 8.6% | 8.1% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 2.9% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 2.9% | 22.5% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1982 | 1987 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 18 | 991 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Kingston
Unit titles are 8% of Kingston's titles, well below Wellington City (25%) and close to New Zealand (8%). They belong to 14 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 2 units or fewer.
The lie of the land in Kingston
The typical building in Kingston stands on ground sloping 11.4° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), in the steepest quarter of 32 in Wellington City.
About 30% of its 483 measured buildings stand on ground of 15° or more.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Kingston
Kingston is inland: the typical title is 2.3 km from the sea or harbour edge, and none is 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 Kingston: 2023 Census
About 100% of Kingston's titles are in the census area Kingston-Mornington-Vogeltown (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Kingston exactly.
Fewer households have no car in Kingston-Mornington-Vogeltown than across Wellington City: 8.5% against 15.2%.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Kingston-Mornington-Vogeltown than across Wellington City: 14.1% against 19.8%.
| Measure | Kingston-Mornington-Vogeltown | Wellington City whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,147 | 202,689 |
| Change since 2018 | −0.6% | −0.0% |
| Change since 2013 | +7.5% | +6.1% |
| Median age | 35.9 | 34.9 |
| Households | 1,221 | 77,004 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 60.9% | 58.6% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 39.1% | 41.4% |
| Median household income | $130,300 | $134,500 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $504 | $560 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 5.1% | 7.8% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 15.3% | 14.4% |
| 15 to 29 | 23.5% | 27.2% |
| 30 to 64 | 51.0% | 46.8% |
| 65 and over | 10.1% | 11.7% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 32.0% | 34.6% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 16.9% | 23.2% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 39.2% | 44.2% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 4.2% | 5.4% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 19.7% | 24.0% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 48.6% | 48.6% |
| Employed full-time | 64.4% | 59.0% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.8% | 3.0% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 59.6% | 59.5% |
| Median personal income | $58,100 | $55,500 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 17.3% | 18.7% |
| Car, truck or van | 41.6% | 39.0% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 23.4% | 20.0% |
| Walk or cycle | 14.1% | 19.8% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 23.5% | 24.1% |
| Average people per household | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 8.5% | 15.2% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 3.7% | 5.0% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 43.5% | 43.0% |
| Couples without children | 44.6% | 44.8% |
| One-parent families | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 65.2% | 59.7% |
| Average bedrooms | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 63.3% | 53.6% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 32.3% | 22.9% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 23.9% | 16.1% |
Rents around Kingston
New tenancies in Kingston-Mornington-Vogeltown in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $540 a week (down 0.9% on a year earlier). That is slightly below the typical suburb in Wellington City ($625), and slightly below the national median ($600); in the lowest quarter of 27 in Wellington City.
| April–June 2026 | Kingston-Mornington-Vogeltown | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $540 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $500–$650 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | −0.9% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 39 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Kingston
No school site lies inside Kingston's boundary; the nearest is Berhampore School, 0.8 km away in a straight line.
- Nearest school: Berhampore School (0.8 km)
- Nearest secondary school: St Catherines College (Kilbirnie) (2.5 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Wellington Hospital (2.1 km)
School enrolment zones in Kingston: a guide
Four secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Kingston's titles, among them Hutt International Boys School, St Oran's College and Wellington East Girls' College.
- Berhampore School (primary, Years 1–6): about 70% of titles
- Ridgway School (primary, Years 1–8): all or nearly all titles
- Hutt International Boys School (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- St Oran's College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Wellington East Girls' College (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Wellington High School & Com Ed Centre (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
Public transport in Kingston
95% of Kingston's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, close to Wellington City as a whole (96%).
91% are that close to a frequent stop (60 or more departures that day), above the council (69%).
The typical title is 128 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Metlink (Greater Wellington Regional Council). Sources and limits
Places of worship near Kingston
No place of worship is mapped in OpenStreetMap inside Kingston's boundary.
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: unnamed, under 1 km away
- Buddhist: Wat Buddhacheymahaneat Theravada Buddhist Monastery, 2.0 km away
- Muslim: Wellington Islamic Centre, 2.5 km away
- Jewish: Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation, 3.6 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Wellington City with many cross-leases
- Johnsonville: 616 cross-lease titles (13.1%)
- Karori: 469 cross-lease titles (7.9%)
- Tawa: 380 cross-lease titles (6.8%)
- Miramar: 335 cross-lease titles (8.8%)
- Newlands: 328 cross-lease titles (10.5%)
- Churton Park: 271 cross-lease titles (9.2%)
- Khandallah: 230 cross-lease titles (6.6%)
- Woodridge: 186 cross-lease titles (25.4%)
All suburbs in Wellington City
Suburbs like Kingston
The closest match on the measures on this site is Vogeltown, Wellington City in Wellington City, nearest on rent, median age, children. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vogeltown, Wellington City | Wellington City | 8.4% | $540 | 35.9 | rent, median age, children |
| Wilton | Wellington City | 5.3% | $480 | 38.6 | commuting by public transport, distance to the coast, unit-title share |
| Brooklyn, Wellington City | Wellington City | 5.6% | $663 | 35.7 | distance to the coast, near a stop, median age |
| Hataitai | Wellington City | 5.6% | $585 | 33.8 | near a frequent stop, home ownership, slope |
| Strathmore Park | Wellington City | 5.4% | No data | 37.9 | born overseas, working from home, population change |
Questions
What is the rent in Kingston, Wellington City?
New tenancies in Kingston-Mornington-Vogeltown (the rent area for part of Kingston) had a median rent of $540 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter (MBIE bond data, all dwelling types). These are rents agreed for new tenancies, not asking rents. The middle half of those rents ran from $500 to $650.
What schools are in Kingston, Wellington City?
No school site lies inside Kingston's boundary. The nearest school is Berhampore School (0.8 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles include Hutt International Boys School, St Oran's College and Wellington East Girls' College; check the school's own zone map for any address.