Suburbs in Whangarei District: rents, census and property titles
LINZ recorded 48,586 live titles in Whangarei District on 30 September 2026: 89% freehold, then cross-lease at 7.3%. Its 3,547 cross-lease titles (7.3%) are slightly below the national share of 8.7% (in the highest quarter of 54 in New Zealand, among councils with at least 100 cross-lease titles).
Whangarei District cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 3,547
- Share of live titles
- 7.3%
- Live titles in total
- 48,586
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Suburbs with 30+ cross-lease titles
- 18
Title mix in Whangarei District
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 43,048 | 88.6% |
| Cross lease | 3,547 | 7.3% |
| Unit title | 1,251 | 2.6% |
| Leasehold | 284 | 0.6% |
| Other record types | 456 | 0.9% |
| Total | 48,586 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes. Sources and limits
How cross-leases in Whangarei District are set up
Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (2% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
Three-flat schemes are more common here (19%, against 12% nationally).
More schemes have four or more flats on one section (16%, against 11% nationally), up to 61.
| Scheme structure | Whangarei District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 1,367 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 65.3% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 19.1% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 15.7% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 920 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 394 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 19.9% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 12.1% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 1.8% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 30.9% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1986 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 712 | 54,978 |
Among suburbs with at least 300 live and 30 cross-lease titles, the highest cross-lease shares in Whangarei District are in Kensington (30.6%), Avenues (27.9%), Regent (24.8%), Woodhill (20.4%), Raumanga (16.6%).
Suburbs in Whangarei District by cross-lease share
| Suburb | Cross-lease titles | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | 640 | 2,094 | 30.6% |
| Avenues | 271 | 970 | 27.9% |
| Regent | 227 | 914 | 24.8% |
| Woodhill | 158 | 773 | 20.4% |
| Raumanga | 308 | 1,850 | 16.6% |
| Onerahi | 397 | 2,708 | 14.7% |
| Whau Valley | 106 | 868 | 12.2% |
| Tikipunga | 329 | 2,725 | 12.1% |
| Morningside | 108 | 903 | 12.0% |
| Horahora | 54 | 469 | 11.5% |
| Parahaka | 63 | 617 | 10.2% |
| Te Kamo | 481 | 5,186 | 9.3% |
| Riverside | 31 | 389 | 8.0% |
| Otangarei | 38 | 651 | 5.8% |
| Maunu | 100 | 1,791 | 5.6% |
| Ngunguru | 40 | 793 | 5.0% |
| Hikurangi | 32 | 1,128 | 2.8% |
| Ruakākā | 51 | 2,213 | 2.3% |
Whangarei District at a glance
10% of titles in Whangarei District's suburbs were first issued since 2020, slightly below New Zealand (12%). 34% of titles are within 1 km of the sea or harbour edge. The wider district is about as wet as the national average for homes (1,040 mm of rain a year, against 1,000 mm) and warmer than it (16.2°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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | 30.6% | $570 | 4.3% | 46.9 | 71.0% | 1° | 3.1 km |
| Avenues | 27.9% | $510 | 13.5% | 37.5 | 68.2% | 2.3° | 1.8 km |
| Regent | 24.8% | $515 | 2.8% | 45.4 | 68.8% | 1.4° | 2.1 km |
| Woodhill | 20.4% | $510 | 12.3% | 37.5 | 68.2% | 3.2° | 1.8 km |
| Raumanga | 16.6% | $550 | 3.8% | 30.9 | 61.1% | 5.8° | 1.2 km |
| Tikipunga | 12.1% | $598 | 11.6% | 38 | 67.6% | 1.6° | 5 km |
| Morningside | 12.0% | No data | 2.9% | 33.4 | 59.7% | 6.7° | 0.8 km |
| Horahora | 11.5% | $570 | 2.6% | 35.3 | 69.1% | 8.3° | 2.5 km |
| Parahaka | 10.2% | $570 | 6.0% | 42.7 | 69.0% | 5.4° | 0.4 km |
| Te Kamo | 9.3% | No data | 11.6% | 47.3 | 69.5% | 3° | 6.2 km |
| Riverside | 8.0% | $570 | 4.4% | 42.7 | 69.0% | 8.4° | 1.1 km |
| Otangarei | 5.8% | No data | 2.8% | 28.8 | 64.8% | 2.1° | 4.3 km |
| Maunu | 5.6% | No data | 15.9% | 44.4 | 72.4% | 1.9° | 3.8 km |
| Ngunguru | 5.0% | No data | 7.2% | 46.3 | 65.0% | 2.7° | 0.1 km |
| Hikurangi | 2.8% | No data | 5.8% | 32.5 | 50.7% | 2.3° | 13.9 km |
| Ruakākā | 2.3% | $590 | 9.3% | 46.3 | 68.4% | 1.3° | 0.4 km |
New titles by year in Whangarei District
2025 brought 730 titles still live, about the same as the 5-year average before it (736), against a peak of 1,052 in 2022.
| Year issued | All new titles | Freehold | Unit titles | Cross-lease | Leasehold | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 774 | 719 | 42 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| 2021 | 614 | 585 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1,052 | 995 | 28 | 8 | 20 | 1 |
| 2023 | 588 | 560 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| 2024 | 654 | 577 | 64 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 730 | 674 | 26 | 3 | 20 | 7 |
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 510 | 351 | 133 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
Cross-lease titles in Whangarei District, by suburb
Unit titles in Whangarei District, by suburb
Leasehold titles in Whangarei District, by suburb
Whangarei District at the 2023 Census
| Measure | Whangarei District 2023 Census |
|---|---|
| Usual residents | 96,678 |
| Change since 2018 | +6.3% |
| Change since 2013 | +25.6% |
| Median age | 41.6 |
| Households | 35,088 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 70.4% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 29.6% |
| Median household income | $81,900 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $420 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 13.5% |
| Ages | |
| Under 15 | 19.8% |
| 15 to 29 | 16.0% |
| 30 to 64 | 43.3% |
| 65 and over | 20.9% |
| Where people came from | |
| Born overseas | 18.6% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 18.9% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 45.7% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.4% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 17.7% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 20.2% |
| Employed full-time | 46.3% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.9% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 42.9% |
| Median personal income | $36,500 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |
| Work from home | 17.4% |
| Car, truck or van | 77.3% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.5% |
| Walk or cycle | 3.7% |
| Households and families | |
| One-person households | 24.7% |
| Average people per household | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 5.2% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 6.3% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 36.2% |
| Couples without children | 44.9% |
| One-parent families | 18.9% |
| Homes | |
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 83.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 60.2% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 23.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 19.4% |