Living in Katikati: schools, census and property titles
The 2,658 live property titles in Katikati, Western Bay of Plenty District are almost all freehold (89%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 136 (5.1%), well below the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 136
- Share of live titles
- 5.1%
- Live titles in total
- 2,658
- Western Bay of Plenty District share
- 2.8%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Western Bay of Plenty District
- 2 of 5
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 490 of 644
Katikati at a glance
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
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What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Katikati is listed under Western Bay of Plenty District.
- 2,658 live titles are recorded here, including 136 cross-lease titles (5.1%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 5.1% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 5.1% 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 Katikati
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 2,359 | 88.8% |
| Cross lease | 136 | 5.1% |
| Unit title | 135 | 5.1% |
| Leasehold | 13 | 0.5% |
| Other record types | 15 | 0.6% |
| Total | 2,658 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Katikati compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Katikati is well below the national share (8.7%).
Across Western Bay of Plenty District as a whole, the share is 2.8%; Katikati is about 1.8 times the overall Western Bay of Plenty District share (2.8%).
Its cross-lease share is 2nd highest of 5 in Western Bay of Plenty District (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Katikati are set up
Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (2% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
Carports appear in fewer leases (7% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Fewer leases include a garage (19% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Katikati | Western Bay of Plenty District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 59 | 367 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 79.7% | 85.6% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 11.9% | 9.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 8.5% | 5.4% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,011 m² | 938 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 458 m² | 438 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 18.6% | 22.9% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 6.8% | 5.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 1.7% | 3.3% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 47.5% | 36.8% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 44 | 299 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Katikati
Unit titles are 5% of Katikati's titles, well above Western Bay of Plenty District (2%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 6 developments, each run by a body corporate; 1 has 50 or more units.
The unit-title share is 2nd highest of 5 in Western Bay of Plenty District.
13 titles (0.5%) are leasehold.
2 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 | 2 |
| Under 10 years left | 0 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 1 |
| More than 50 years left | 8 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 2 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 0 |
New titles in Katikati since 2020
259 of Katikati's current titles (10%) were first issued since 2020, well below Western Bay of Plenty District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (15%) and slightly below New Zealand (12%).
That rate is joint 2nd lowest of 5 in Western Bay of Plenty District.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 256 | 121 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 2 | 2 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
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 Katikati
The typical building in Katikati stands on ground sloping 1.0° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), the flattest of 5 in Western Bay of Plenty District.
Nearly all of its 3,130 measured buildings (94%) stand on ground under 5°.
Much of the land is low-lying: the median elevation is 8 m, and parts are below sea level.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Katikati
15% of Katikati's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 32% within 500 m and 71% within 1 km. The typical title is 800 m away.
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 Katikati: 2023 Census
Katikati's titles fall in 5 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 2 shown below hold 98% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
More workers walk or cycle to work in Katikati South than across Western Bay of Plenty District: 7.8% against 2.6%.
More households have no car in Katikati South than across Western Bay of Plenty District: 4.9% against 2.4%.
Fewer workers work from home in Katikati South than across Western Bay of Plenty District: 14.2% against 24.4%.
| Measure | Katikati South 55% of titles | Katikati North 43% of titles | Western Bay of Plenty District whole council |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 2,877 | 2,703 | 56,184 |
| Change since 2018 | +10.6% | +6.8% | +10.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +38.8% | +29.3% | +29.7% |
| Median age | 46 | 55.9 | 45 |
| Households | 1,155 | 1,158 | 19,932 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 71.9% | 78.0% | 76.2% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 27.8% | 22.0% | 23.8% |
| Median household income | $54,100 | $48,500 | $88,600 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $430 | $382 | $400 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 6.2% | 9.9% | 15.2% |
| Ages | |||
| Under 15 | 17.0% | 14.7% | 17.9% |
| 15 to 29 | 15.0% | 12.0% | 15.1% |
| 30 to 64 | 37.0% | 31.7% | 44.1% |
| 65 and over | 31.0% | 41.6% | 22.9% |
| Where people came from | |||
| Born overseas | 27.0% | 26.4% | 20.4% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 19.8% | 14.2% | 20.5% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 49.7% | 50.6% | 47.3% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.8% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 20.9% | 16.8% | 17.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 14.6% | 16.1% | 20.0% |
| Employed full-time | 36.3% | 30.7% | 46.8% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2.5% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 34.2% | 38.7% | 44.1% |
| Median personal income | $28,900 | $28,500 | $37,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||
| Work from home | 14.2% | 16.6% | 24.4% |
| Car, truck or van | 76.4% | 76.7% | 71.8% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% |
| Walk or cycle | 7.8% | 5.5% | 2.6% |
| Households and families | |||
| One-person households | 28.1% | 33.3% | 21.1% |
| Average people per household | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 4.9% | 4.0% | 2.4% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 6.0% | 3.5% | 5.3% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 29.2% | 26.5% | 37.0% |
| Couples without children | 55.7% | 56.3% | 50.3% |
| One-parent families | 15.2% | 17.1% | 12.7% |
| Homes | |||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 87.6% | 74.0% | 88.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 78.1% | 73.4% | 59.8% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 11.8% | 9.6% | 15.8% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 8.2% | 8.1% | 12.9% |
Schools and hospitals near Katikati
LINZ maps 2 school sites inside Katikati, among them Katikati College (Secondary (Year 7-15)) and Katikati Primary School (Contributing).
- Katikati College (Secondary (Year 7-15))
- Katikati Primary School (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Katikati Primary School (0.5 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Katikati College (0.5 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Tauranga Hospital (26.1 km)
Being near a school does not mean being in its zone: check its enrolment scheme. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Katikati
OpenStreetMap maps 7 places of worship inside Katikati (6 Christian, 1 other or not recorded).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Pope Pius X1, under 1 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Western Bay of Plenty District with many cross-leases
- Te Puke: 388 cross-lease titles (8.4%)
- Waihi Beach: 96 cross-lease titles (4.1%)
- Ōmokoroa: 50 cross-lease titles (1.7%)
- Pukehina: 40 cross-lease titles (3.4%)
All suburbs in Western Bay of Plenty District
Suburbs like Katikati
The closest match on the measures on this site is Te Aroha in Matamata-Piako District, nearest on children, commuting by public transport, home ownership. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Te Aroha | Matamata-Piako District | 3.1% | $560 | 49.2 | children, commuting by public transport, home ownership |
| Motueka | Tasman District | 3.0% | No data | 52.7 | elevation, distance to the coast, working from home |
| Kerikeri | Far North District | 3.8% | $638 | 48.4 | distance to the coast, commuting by public transport, population change |
| Haruru | Far North District | 5.4% | No data | 48.8 | distance to the coast, unit-title share, commuting by public transport |
| Ruakākā | Whangarei District | 2.3% | $590 | 46.3 | schools, distance to the coast, elevation |
Questions
What schools are in Katikati?
LINZ maps 2 school sites inside Katikati: Katikati College and Katikati Primary School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Katikati College (0.5 km in a straight line). Being near a school does not mean being in its zone.