Living in Te Teko: schools, census and property titles
The 695 live property titles in Te Teko, Whakatane District are almost all freehold (90%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 31 (4.5%), well below the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 31
- Share of live titles
- 4.5%
- Live titles in total
- 695
- Whakatane District share
- 8.1%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Whakatane District
- 4 of 5
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 516 of 644
Te Teko at a glance
Where Te Teko differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: homes with a heat pump (lower 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
- Te Teko is listed under Whakatane District.
- 695 live titles are recorded here, including 31 cross-lease titles (4.5%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 4.5% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- 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 Teko
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 623 | 89.6% |
| Cross lease | 31 | 4.5% |
| Unit title | 0 | 0.0% |
| Leasehold | 1 | 0.1% |
| Other record types | 40 | 5.8% |
| Total | 695 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Te Teko compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Te Teko is well below the national share (8.7%).
Across Whakatane District as a whole, the share is 8.1%; Te Teko is well below the overall Whakatane District share (8.1%).
Its cross-lease share is 2nd lowest of 5 in Whakatane District (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Te Teko are set up
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (13%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
More land per flat than is typical in New Zealand: about 1,012 m² per flat, against 408 m².
Two-flat schemes are more common here (100% of schemes, against 76% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Te Teko | Whakatane District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 16 | 672 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 100.0% | 79.6% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 0.0% | 11.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 0.0% | 8.5% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 2,023 m² | 989 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 1,012 m² | 452 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 25.0% | 34.4% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 0.0% | 9.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 0.0% | 6.7% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 12.5% | 23.2% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1990 | 1988 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 16 | 489 | 54,978 |
New titles in Te Teko since 2020
20 of Te Teko's current titles (3%) were first issued since 2020, well below Whakatane District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (7%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
That rate is joint lowest of 5 in Whakatane District.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 20 | 13 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 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 Te Teko
The typical building in Te Teko stands on ground sloping 0.7° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), joint flattest of 5 in Whakatane District.
Nearly all of its 1,474 measured buildings (98%) stand on ground under 5°.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Te Teko
Te Teko is inland: the typical title is 15 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 Te Teko: 2023 Census
About 92% of Te Teko's titles are in the census area Te Teko Lakes (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Te Teko exactly.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Te Teko Lakes than across Whakatane District: 1.8% against 4.8%.
Fewer adults hold a degree in Te Teko Lakes than across Whakatane District: 10.9% against 18.0%.
Fewer people live alone in Te Teko Lakes than across Whakatane District: 15.3% against 24.9%.
| Measure | Te Teko Lakes | Whakatane District whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 1,785 | 37,149 |
| Change since 2018 | +1.5% | +4.1% |
| Change since 2013 | +23.2% | +13.6% |
| Median age | 33.7 | 40.2 |
| Households | 480 | 13,002 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 74.4% | 69.9% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 26.3% | 30.1% |
| Median household income | $90,500 | $83,000 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $260 | $310 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 10.4% | 12.6% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 22.7% | 20.9% |
| 15 to 29 | 21.8% | 17.0% |
| 30 to 64 | 42.5% | 42.6% |
| 65 and over | 12.6% | 19.4% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 9.6% | 12.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 50.9% | 19.8% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 36.2% | 42.3% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.3% | 3.2% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 14.7% | 15.7% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 10.9% | 18.0% |
| Employed full-time | 48.1% | 44.9% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 9.4% | 4.6% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 32.5% | 42.2% |
| Median personal income | $30,400 | $35,600 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 15.9% | 18.5% |
| Car, truck or van | 81.2% | 75.4% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Walk or cycle | 1.8% | 4.8% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 15.3% | 24.9% |
| Average people per household | 3.4 | 2.7 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 5.3% | 4.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 20.0% | 8.5% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 37.4% | 36.0% |
| Couples without children | 30.9% | 42.3% |
| One-parent families | 32.5% | 21.7% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 94.4% | 85.3% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 41.1% | 61.2% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 45.5% | 24.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 37.0% | 19.7% |
Schools and hospitals near Te Teko
One school site lies inside Te Teko: Te Kura o Te Teko (Full Primary).
- Te Kura o Te Teko (Full Primary)
- Nearest school: Te Kura o Te Teko (2.0 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Rangitaiki College – Te Kura Tuarua o Rangitaiki (8.4 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Whakatane Hospital (16.6 km)
School enrolment zones in Te Teko: a guide
The largest primary-school zone share of Te Teko's titles is in Awakeri School's home zone (about 20%).
- Awakeri School (primary, Years 1–8): about 20% of titles
About 80% of Te Teko's titles are outside every mapped home zone.
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 Teko
No place of worship is mapped in OpenStreetMap inside Te Teko's boundary.
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Saint Davids Presbyterian Church, 8.2 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Whakatane District with many cross-leases
- Whakatāne: 1,010 cross-lease titles (15.8%)
- Ōhope: 263 cross-lease titles (12.9%)
- Tāneatua: 36 cross-lease titles (6.4%)
- Edgecumbe: 35 cross-lease titles (3.2%)
All suburbs in Whakatane District
Suburbs like Te Teko
The closest match on the measures on this site is Tāneatua in Whakatane District, nearest on unit-title share, household income, schools. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tāneatua | Whakatane District | 6.4% | No data | 35.3 | unit-title share, household income, schools |
| Ōpōtiki | Ōpōtiki District | 14.3% | $520 | 31.8 | slope, degrees, population change |
| Hikurangi | Whangarei District | 2.8% | No data | 32.5 | unit-title share, commuting by public transport, schools |
| Kaiti | Gisborne District | 4.3% | $650 | 32.1 | schools, cross-lease share, unit-title share |
| Kawakawa | Far North District | 3.4% | No data | 34.2 | unit-title share, population change, commuting by public transport |
Questions
What schools are in Te Teko?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Te Teko: Te Kura o Te Teko. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Rangitaiki College – Te Kura Tuarua o Rangitaiki (8.4 km in a straight line). Being near a school does not mean being in its zone.