Suburbs in Whakatane District: rents, census and property titles
LINZ recorded 17,808 live titles in Whakatane District on 30 September 2026: 85% freehold, then cross-lease at 8.1%. Its 1,447 cross-lease titles (8.1%) are close to the national share of 8.7% (in the highest quarter of 54 in New Zealand, among councils with at least 100 cross-lease titles).
Whakatane District cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 1,447
- Share of live titles
- 8.1%
- Live titles in total
- 17,808
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Suburbs with 30+ cross-lease titles
- 5
Title mix in Whakatane District
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 15,109 | 84.8% |
| Cross lease | 1,447 | 8.1% |
| Unit title | 342 | 1.9% |
| Leasehold | 318 | 1.8% |
| Other record types | 592 | 3.3% |
| Total | 17,808 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes. Sources and limits
How cross-leases in Whakatane District are set up
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (23%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
Carports appear in fewer leases (9% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (7% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Whakatane District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 672 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 79.6% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 11.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 8.5% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 989 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 452 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 34.4% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 9.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 6.7% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 23.2% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1988 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 489 | 54,978 |
Among suburbs with at least 300 live and 30 cross-lease titles, the highest cross-lease shares in Whakatane District are in Whakatāne (15.8%), Ōhope (12.9%), Tāneatua (6.4%), Te Teko (4.5%), Edgecumbe (3.2%).
Suburbs in Whakatane District by cross-lease share
| Suburb | Cross-lease titles | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whakatāne | 1,010 | 6,380 | 15.8% |
| Ōhope | 263 | 2,036 | 12.9% |
| Tāneatua | 36 | 565 | 6.4% |
| Te Teko | 31 | 695 | 4.5% |
| Edgecumbe | 35 | 1,080 | 3.2% |
Whakatane District at a glance
7% of titles in Whakatane District's suburbs were first issued since 2020, well below New Zealand (12%). 32% 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 (1,070 mm of rain a year, against 1,000 mm) and close to it (14.1°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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whakatāne | 15.8% | $615 | 5.2% | 45.7 | 73.7% | 0.8° | 1.4 km |
| Ōhope | 12.9% | $550 | 3.5% | 55.7 | 69.3% | 1.7° | 0.1 km |
| Tāneatua | 6.4% | No data | 5.5% | 35.3 | 41.2% | 1° | 7.4 km |
| Te Teko | 4.5% | No data | 2.9% | 33.7 | 41.1% | 0.7° | 15.4 km |
| Edgecumbe | 3.2% | No data | 7.3% | 34.9 | 64.4% | 0.7° | 8.5 km |
New titles by year in Whakatane District
2025 brought 150 titles still live, fewer than the 5-year average before it (162), against a peak of 184 in 2022.
| Year issued | All new titles | Freehold | Unit titles | Cross-lease | Leasehold | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 170 | 156 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 2021 | 179 | 164 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| 2022 | 184 | 161 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 |
| 2023 | 155 | 134 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| 2024 | 120 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 2025 | 150 | 121 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 0 |
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 115 | 104 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Unit titles in Whakatane District, by suburb
Whakatane District at the 2023 Census
| Measure | Whakatane District 2023 Census |
|---|---|
| Usual residents | 37,149 |
| Change since 2018 | +4.1% |
| Change since 2013 | +13.6% |
| Median age | 40.2 |
| Households | 13,002 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 69.9% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 30.1% |
| Median household income | $83,000 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $310 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 12.6% |
| Ages | |
| Under 15 | 20.9% |
| 15 to 29 | 17.0% |
| 30 to 64 | 42.6% |
| 65 and over | 19.4% |
| Where people came from | |
| Born overseas | 12.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 19.8% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 42.3% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.2% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 15.7% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 18.0% |
| Employed full-time | 44.9% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 4.6% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 42.2% |
| Median personal income | $35,600 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |
| Work from home | 18.5% |
| Car, truck or van | 75.4% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.2% |
| Walk or cycle | 4.8% |
| Households and families | |
| One-person households | 24.9% |
| Average people per household | 2.7 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 4.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 8.5% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 36.0% |
| Couples without children | 42.3% |
| One-parent families | 21.7% |
| Homes | |
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 85.3% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 61.2% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 24.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 19.7% |