Living in Springvale, Whanganui District: schools, census and property titles
The 2,033 live property titles in Springvale, Whanganui District are almost all freehold (83%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 309 (15.2%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
Springvale, Whanganui District cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 309
- Share of live titles
- 15.2%
- Live titles in total
- 2,033
- Whanganui District share
- 6.6%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Whanganui District
- 1 of 10
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 201 of 644
Springvale 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
- Springvale is listed under Whanganui District.
- 2,033 live titles are recorded here, including 309 cross-lease titles (15.2%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 15.2% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 1.3% 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 Springvale
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,680 | 82.6% |
| Cross lease | 309 | 15.2% |
| Unit title | 27 | 1.3% |
| Leasehold | 7 | 0.3% |
| Other record types | 10 | 0.5% |
| Total | 2,033 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Springvale compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Springvale is about 1.7 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Whanganui District as a whole, the share is 6.6%; Springvale is about 2.3 times the overall Whanganui District share (6.6%).
Its cross-lease share is the highest of 10 in Whanganui District (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Springvale are set up
Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (2% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
More leases include a garage (57% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (21%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
| Scheme structure | Springvale | Whanganui District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 130 | 602 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 80.0% | 67.4% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 9.2% | 14.1% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 10.8% | 18.1% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 744 m² | 863 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 337 m² | 344 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 56.9% | 49.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 10.0% | 21.3% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 2.3% | 2.0% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 20.8% | 20.9% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1985 | 1985 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 49 | 236 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Springvale
Unit titles are 1% of Springvale's titles, well below Whanganui District (3%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 10 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 2 units or fewer.
New titles in Springvale since 2020
136 of Springvale's current titles (7%) were first issued since 2020, slightly below Whanganui District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (8%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 130 | 87 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 3 | 2 |
| Leasehold | 3 | 2 |
| 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 Springvale
The typical building in Springvale stands on ground sloping 0.9° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
Nearly all of its 2,838 measured buildings (95%) stand on ground under 5°.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Springvale
Springvale is inland: the typical title is 3.7 km from the sea or harbour edge, and fewer than 1 in 2,000 titles are 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 Springvale: 2023 Census
Springvale's titles fall in 7 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 3 shown below hold 91% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
Fewer households have no car in Springvale East than across Whanganui District: 3.9% against 8.1%.
More residents were born overseas in Springvale East than across Whanganui District: 17.7% against 13.5%.
Fewer workers work from home in Springvale East than across Whanganui District: 10.9% against 14.0%.
| Measure | Springvale East 36% of titles | Springvale West 29% of titles | St Johns Hill West 26% of titles | Whanganui District whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 1,587 | 1,608 | 2,235 | 47,619 |
| Change since 2018 | +9.3% | +1.5% | +1.5% | +5.1% |
| Change since 2013 | +14.8% | +10.3% | +7.2% | +13.0% |
| Median age | 44.2 | 48.1 | 49.3 | 42.9 |
| Households | 663 | 684 | 915 | 18,726 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 81.4% | 80.3% | 81.6% | 70.4% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 19.0% | 19.7% | 18.0% | 29.6% |
| Median household income | $65,300 | $62,300 | $81,000 | $63,600 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $400 | $420 | $400 | $340 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 5.1% | 5.7% | 6.1% | 8.1% |
| Ages | ||||
| Under 15 | 18.7% | 17.0% | 16.8% | 19.0% |
| 15 to 29 | 14.9% | 13.8% | 13.6% | 16.3% |
| 30 to 64 | 39.9% | 39.0% | 41.7% | 42.4% |
| 65 and over | 26.3% | 30.0% | 28.1% | 22.3% |
| Where people came from | ||||
| Born overseas | 17.7% | 16.3% | 18.5% | 13.5% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 16.0% | 24.4% | 22.1% | 18.4% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 43.7% | 35.0% | 39.6% | 43.3% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.3% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 3.0% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 16.4% | 13.5% | 14.3% | 16.4% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 20.0% | 16.8% | 27.0% | 17.6% |
| Employed full-time | 44.7% | 41.3% | 44.4% | 42.8% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 1.4% | 2.9% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 37.0% | 38.3% | 49.2% | 39.1% |
| Median personal income | $35,300 | $33,200 | $37,600 | $32,500 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||||
| Work from home | 10.9% | 7.1% | 13.3% | 14.0% |
| Car, truck or van | 82.5% | 88.5% | 79.4% | 78.3% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| Walk or cycle | 5.8% | 2.8% | 5.6% | 6.0% |
| Households and families | ||||
| One-person households | 32.1% | 30.7% | 30.4% | 32.1% |
| Average people per household | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 3.9% | 4.2% | 3.1% | 8.1% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 2.3% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 38.6% | 32.9% | 35.7% | 33.9% |
| Couples without children | 42.9% | 52.9% | 50.2% | 43.6% |
| One-parent families | 19.3% | 14.2% | 14.0% | 22.5% |
| Homes | ||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 91.9% | 91.7% | 91.1% | 84.6% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.1 | 3 | 3.2 | 3 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 55.1% | 52.1% | 55.5% | 48.2% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 11.3% | 14.8% | 11.6% | 20.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 10.8% | 11.3% | 9.1% | 15.7% |
Schools and hospitals near Springvale
No school site lies inside Springvale's boundary; the nearest is Faith City School, 0.6 km away in a straight line.
- Nearest school: Faith City School (0.6 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Whanganui High School (1.1 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Whanganui Hospital (2.4 km)
School enrolment zones in Springvale: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Springvale's titles: Wanganui Collegiate School.
- Mosston School (primary, Years 1–6): about 60% of titles
- St John's Hill School (primary, Years 1–6): about 45% of titles
- Carlton School (primary, Years 1–6): about 40% of titles
- Wanganui Collegiate School (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
Places of worship near Springvale
OpenStreetMap maps 3 places of worship inside Springvale (2 Christian, 1 other or not recorded).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: unnamed, under 1 km away
- Muslim: Masjid e Bilal - Wanganui Islamic Centre, 4.3 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Whanganui District with many cross-leases
- Whanganui: 305 cross-lease titles (10.1%)
- Wanganui East: 232 cross-lease titles (8.8%)
- Gonville: 214 cross-lease titles (8.5%)
- Castlecliff: 137 cross-lease titles (5.1%)
- Aramoho: 117 cross-lease titles (6.0%)
- Tawhero: 105 cross-lease titles (9.3%)
- Saint Johns Hill: 66 cross-lease titles (6.4%)
- College Estate: 34 cross-lease titles (8.2%)
All suburbs in Whanganui District
Suburbs like Springvale
The closest match on the measures on this site is Saint Johns Hill in Whanganui District, nearest on home ownership, new titles, commuting on foot or by bike. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Johns Hill | Whanganui District | 6.4% | No data | 49.3 | home ownership, new titles, commuting on foot or by bike |
| College Estate | Whanganui District | 8.2% | No data | 42.2 | distance to the coast, slope, children |
| Vogeltown, New Plymouth District | New Plymouth District | 16.6% | $620 | 41.2 | land per flat, commuting by public transport, heat pumps |
| Wanganui East | Whanganui District | 8.8% | $520 | 42.3 | commuting by public transport, working from home, slope |
| Durie Hill | Whanganui District | 4.0% | $540 | 48.6 | home ownership, distance to a hospital, stand-alone houses |
Questions
What schools are in Springvale, Whanganui District?
No school site lies inside Springvale's boundary. The nearest school is Faith City School (0.6 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Wanganui Collegiate School; check the school's own zone map for any address.