Suburbs in Western Bay of Plenty District: rents, census and property titles
LINZ recorded 28,541 live titles in Western Bay of Plenty District on 30 September 2026: 93% freehold, then cross-lease at 2.8%. Its 785 cross-lease titles (2.8%) are well below the national share of 8.7%.
Western Bay of Plenty District cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 785
- Share of live titles
- 2.8%
- Live titles in total
- 28,541
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Suburbs with 30+ cross-lease titles
- 5
Title mix in Western Bay of Plenty District
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 26,645 | 93.4% |
| Cross lease | 785 | 2.8% |
| Unit title | 594 | 2.1% |
| Leasehold | 169 | 0.6% |
| Other record types | 348 | 1.2% |
| Total | 28,541 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes. Sources and limits
How cross-leases in Western Bay of Plenty District are set up
Carports appear in fewer leases (5% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (5%, against 11% nationally), up to 30.
Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (3% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Western Bay of Plenty District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 367 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 85.6% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 9.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 5.4% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 938 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 438 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 22.9% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 5.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 3.3% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 36.8% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1987 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 299 | 54,978 |
Among suburbs with at least 300 live and 30 cross-lease titles, the highest cross-lease shares in Western Bay of Plenty District are in Te Puke (8.4%), Katikati (5.1%), Waihi Beach (4.1%), Pukehina (3.4%), Ōmokoroa (1.7%).
Suburbs in Western Bay of Plenty District by cross-lease share
| Suburb | Cross-lease titles | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Te Puke | 388 | 4,642 | 8.4% |
| Katikati | 136 | 2,658 | 5.1% |
| Waihi Beach | 96 | 2,351 | 4.1% |
| Pukehina | 40 | 1,163 | 3.4% |
| Ōmokoroa | 50 | 2,918 | 1.7% |
Pikowai straddles another council; LINZ lists Western Bay of Plenty District first, so its titles are counted here.
Western Bay of Plenty District at a glance
15% of titles in Western Bay of Plenty District's suburbs were first issued since 2020, above New Zealand (12%). 43% of titles are within 1 km of the sea or harbour edge. The wider district is a little wetter than the national average for homes (1,100 mm of rain a year, against 1,000 mm) and close to it (14.4°C, against 13.5°C), on NASA POWER's ~50 km grid.
| Suburb | Cross-lease share of titles | Median weekly rent, new tenancies | Titles first issued since 2020 | Median age | Homes with a heat pump | Median slope under buildings | Typical distance to the coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Te Puke | 8.4% | $670 | 11.5% | 33.1 | 66.7% | 2.2° | 8.1 km |
| Katikati | 5.1% | No data | 9.7% | 46 | 78.1% | 1° | 0.8 km |
| Waihi Beach | 4.1% | $620 | 9.9% | 58.8 | 67.8% | 2.3° | 0.3 km |
| Pukehina | 3.4% | No data | 9.5% | 50.1 | 55.4% | 2.3° | 0.1 km |
| Ōmokoroa | 1.7% | $700 | 28.4% | 54.7 | 82.6% | 2.1° | 0.3 km |
New titles by year in Western Bay of Plenty District
2025 brought 562 titles still live, fewer than the 5-year average before it (666), against a peak of 859 in 2022.
| Year issued | All new titles | Freehold | Unit titles | Cross-lease | Leasehold | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 643 | 593 | 18 | 3 | 23 | 6 |
| 2021 | 747 | 651 | 31 | 0 | 59 | 6 |
| 2022 | 859 | 815 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2023 | 643 | 595 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2024 | 436 | 386 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 562 | 495 | 55 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 420 | 417 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Cross-lease titles in Western Bay of Plenty District, by suburb
Unit titles in Western Bay of Plenty District, by suburb
Western Bay of Plenty District at the 2023 Census
| Measure | Western Bay of Plenty District 2023 Census |
|---|---|
| Usual residents | 56,184 |
| Change since 2018 | +10.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +29.7% |
| Median age | 45 |
| Households | 19,932 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 76.2% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 23.8% |
| Median household income | $88,600 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $400 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 15.2% |
| Ages | |
| Under 15 | 17.9% |
| 15 to 29 | 15.1% |
| 30 to 64 | 44.1% |
| 65 and over | 22.9% |
| Where people came from | |
| Born overseas | 20.4% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 20.5% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 47.3% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.8% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 17.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 20.0% |
| Employed full-time | 46.8% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.5% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 44.1% |
| Median personal income | $37,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |
| Work from home | 24.4% |
| Car, truck or van | 71.8% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.3% |
| Walk or cycle | 2.6% |
| Households and families | |
| One-person households | 21.1% |
| Average people per household | 2.7 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 2.4% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 5.3% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 37.0% |
| Couples without children | 50.3% |
| One-parent families | 12.7% |
| Homes | |
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 88.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.2 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 59.8% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 15.8% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 12.9% |