Living in Hikurangi: schools, census and property titles
The 1,128 live property titles in Hikurangi, Whangarei District are almost all freehold (97%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 32 (2.8%), well below the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 32
- Share of live titles
- 2.8%
- Live titles in total
- 1,128
- Whangarei District share
- 7.3%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Whangarei District
- 15 of 16
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 588 of 644
Hikurangi at a glance
Where Hikurangi differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: homes with a heat pump (lower than 94% of NZ suburbs); cross-lease share of titles (lower than 91% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Hikurangi is listed under Whangarei District.
- 1,128 live titles are recorded here, including 32 cross-lease titles (2.8%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 2.8% 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 Hikurangi
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,090 | 96.6% |
| Cross lease | 32 | 2.8% |
| Unit title | 0 | 0.0% |
| Leasehold | 1 | 0.1% |
| Other record types | 5 | 0.4% |
| Total | 1,128 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Hikurangi compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Hikurangi is well below the national share (8.7%).
Across Whangarei District as a whole, the share is 7.3%; Hikurangi is well below the overall Whangarei District share (7.3%).
Its cross-lease share is 2nd lowest of 16 in Whangarei District (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Hikurangi are set up
Fewer leases include a garage (18% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
More schemes refer to more than one flats plan (53%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
| Scheme structure | Hikurangi | Whangarei District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 17 | 1,367 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 88.2% | 65.3% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 11.8% | 19.1% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 0.0% | 15.7% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 940 m² | 920 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 441 m² | 394 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 17.6% | 19.9% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 0.0% | 12.1% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 5.9% | 1.8% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 52.9% | 30.9% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1989 | 1986 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 15 | 712 | 54,978 |
New titles in Hikurangi since 2020
65 of Hikurangi's current titles (6%) were first issued since 2020, well below Whangarei District's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (10%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 65 | 44 |
| 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 Hikurangi
The typical building in Hikurangi stands on ground sloping 2.3° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
The land rises from about 47 m to 364 m, and 44% of all of it, including reserves and gullies, is 15° or steeper.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Hikurangi
Hikurangi is inland: the typical title is 14 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 Hikurangi: 2023 Census
Hikurangi's titles fall in 4 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 3 shown below hold 100% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Hikurangi than across Whangarei District: 0.8% against 3.7%.
Fewer residents were born overseas in Hikurangi than across Whangarei District: 10.4% against 18.6%.
Fewer adults hold a degree in Hikurangi than across Whangarei District: 11.8% against 20.2%.
| Measure | Hikurangi 59% of titles | Whangaruru 26% of titles | Kauri 15% of titles | Whangarei District whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 1,557 | 2,733 | 1,866 | 96,678 |
| Change since 2018 | −3.7% | +8.5% | +6.9% | +6.3% |
| Change since 2013 | +10.4% | +30.1% | +25.4% | +25.6% |
| Median age | 32.5 | 46.3 | 46.3 | 41.6 |
| Households | 519 | 969 | 633 | 35,088 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 71.7% | 79.9% | 85.3% | 70.4% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 28.3% | 20.1% | 14.7% | 29.6% |
| Median household income | $77,000 | $72,500 | $108,600 | $81,900 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $425 | $320 | $450 | $420 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 4.9% | 41.1% | 4.9% | 13.5% |
| Ages | ||||
| Under 15 | 27.2% | 19.4% | 19.1% | 19.8% |
| 15 to 29 | 19.1% | 13.6% | 14.6% | 16.0% |
| 30 to 64 | 41.4% | 46.0% | 46.0% | 43.3% |
| 65 and over | 12.5% | 21.1% | 20.3% | 20.9% |
| Where people came from | ||||
| Born overseas | 10.4% | 13.0% | 16.5% | 18.6% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 5.7% | 14.7% | 18.8% | 18.9% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 41.2% | 43.0% | 38.5% | 45.7% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 1.6% | 4.0% | 4.4% | 3.4% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 15.5% | 15.4% | 14.5% | 17.7% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 11.8% | 16.2% | 20.5% | 20.2% |
| Employed full-time | 51.6% | 43.7% | 50.6% | 46.3% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 4.0% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 32.2% | 47.2% | 45.9% | 42.9% |
| Median personal income | $39,100 | $31,000 | $41,000 | $36,500 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||||
| Work from home | 12.0% | 31.3% | 19.3% | 17.4% |
| Car, truck or van | 85.5% | 66.2% | 77.6% | 77.3% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Walk or cycle | 0.8% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Households and families | ||||
| One-person households | 25.6% | 24.0% | 15.3% | 24.7% |
| Average people per household | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 3.3% | 2.3% | 0.5% | 5.2% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 9.7% | 8.1% | 3.5% | 6.3% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 38.8% | 33.9% | 42.0% | 36.2% |
| Couples without children | 29.8% | 49.1% | 49.4% | 44.9% |
| One-parent families | 32.2% | 17.0% | 8.0% | 18.9% |
| Homes | ||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 92.0% | 89.7% | 96.7% | 83.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.1 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 50.7% | 26.4% | 49.7% | 60.2% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 40.5% | 29.5% | 12.9% | 23.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 32.9% | 23.2% | 13.5% | 19.4% |
Schools and hospitals near Hikurangi
One school site lies inside Hikurangi: Hikurangi School (Full Primary).
- Hikurangi School (Full Primary)
- Nearest school: Hikurangi School (5.7 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Huanui College (10.3 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Whangarei Hospital (18.1 km)
School enrolment zones in Hikurangi: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Hikurangi's titles: Te Kamo High School.
- Te Kamo High 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 Hikurangi
OpenStreetMap maps 1 place of worship inside Hikurangi (1 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Hikurangi Christian Fellowship Union Parish, 5.9 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Whangarei District with many cross-leases
- Kensington: 640 cross-lease titles (30.6%)
- Te Kamo: 481 cross-lease titles (9.3%)
- Tikipunga: 329 cross-lease titles (12.1%)
- Raumanga: 308 cross-lease titles (16.6%)
- Avenues: 271 cross-lease titles (27.9%)
- Regent: 227 cross-lease titles (24.8%)
- Woodhill: 158 cross-lease titles (20.4%)
All suburbs in Whangarei District
Suburbs like Hikurangi
The closest match on the measures on this site is Kawakawa in Far North District, nearest on unit-title share, born overseas, commuting by public transport. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kawakawa | Far North District | 3.4% | No data | 34.2 | unit-title share, born overseas, commuting by public transport |
| Kaiti | Gisborne District | 4.3% | $650 | 32.1 | schools, born overseas, unit-title share |
| Mangapapa | Gisborne District | 3.8% | $530 | 32.8 | commuting by public transport, schools, household income |
| Red Hill | Auckland | 11.2% | $650 | 28.9 | schools, stand-alone houses, working from home |
| Kaikohe | Far North District | 4.3% | $470 | 31 | commuting by public transport, unit-title share, heat pumps |
Questions
What schools are in Hikurangi?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Hikurangi: Hikurangi School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Huanui College (10.3 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Te Kamo High School; check the school's own zone map for any address.