Living in Parahaka: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 617 live property titles in Parahaka, Whangarei District are almost all freehold (89%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 63 (10.2%), slightly above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 63
- Share of live titles
- 10.2%
- Live titles in total
- 617
- Whangarei District share
- 7.3%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Whangarei District
- 9 of 16
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 326 of 644
Parahaka 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
- Parahaka is listed under Whangarei District.
- 617 live titles are recorded here, including 63 cross-lease titles (10.2%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
- The page includes MBIE new-tenancy rent figures for April–June 2026.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 10.2% 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
- Mapped public-transport context is not available for this suburb.
Title mix in Parahaka
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 550 | 89.1% |
| Cross lease | 63 | 10.2% |
| Unit title | 0 | 0.0% |
| Leasehold | 3 | 0.5% |
| Other record types | 1 | 0.2% |
| Total | 617 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Parahaka compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Parahaka is slightly higher than the national share (8.7%).
Across Whangarei District as a whole, the share is 7.3%; Parahaka is higher than the overall Whangarei District share (7.3%).
How cross-leases in Parahaka are set up
Fewer leases include a garage (17% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (7%, against 11% nationally).
Three-flat schemes are more common here (17%, against 12% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Parahaka | Whangarei District | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 29 | 1,367 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 75.9% | 65.3% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 17.2% | 19.1% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 6.9% | 15.7% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,297 m² | 920 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 499 m² | 394 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 17.2% | 19.9% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 0.0% | 12.1% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 0.0% | 1.8% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 48.3% | 30.9% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1987 | 1986 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 19 | 712 | 54,978 |
New titles in Parahaka since 2020
37 of Parahaka'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 | 37 | 18 |
| 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 Parahaka
The typical building in Parahaka stands on ground sloping 5.4° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
The land rises from about 0 m to 242 m, and 52% of all of it, including reserves and gullies, is 15° or steeper.
Little of the sloping land faces north: 14%, where about a quarter would if slopes faced every way equally.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Parahaka
16% of Parahaka's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 62% within 500 m and 97% within 1 km. The typical title is 420 m away.
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 Parahaka: 2023 Census
About 86% of Parahaka's titles are in the census area Riverside (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Parahaka exactly.
More workers walk or cycle to work in Riverside than across Whangarei District: 6.1% against 3.7%.
Fewer residents are children under 15 in Riverside than across Whangarei District: 16.2% against 19.8%.
| Measure | Riverside | Abbey Caves-Glenbervie | Whangarei District whole council |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 2,106 | 1,416 | 96,678 |
| Change since 2018 | +1.0% | +6.5% | +6.3% |
| Change since 2013 | +17.6% | +24.5% | +25.6% |
| Median age | 42.7 | 47 | 41.6 |
| Households | 828 | 492 | 35,088 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 71.0% | 87.2% | 70.4% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 29.0% | 12.8% | 29.6% |
| Median household income | $87,500 | $112,100 | $81,900 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $430 | $400 | $420 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 8.0% | 5.1% | 13.5% |
| Ages | |||
| Under 15 | 16.2% | 18.0% | 19.8% |
| 15 to 29 | 16.2% | 14.2% | 16.0% |
| 30 to 64 | 47.6% | 47.2% | 43.3% |
| 65 and over | 19.9% | 20.3% | 20.9% |
| Where people came from | |||
| Born overseas | 22.2% | 18.6% | 18.6% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 23.7% | 9.2% | 18.9% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 43.4% | 36.5% | 45.7% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 4.5% | 2.4% | 3.4% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 19.9% | 15.8% | 17.7% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 21.9% | 23.9% | 20.2% |
| Employed full-time | 50.6% | 51.3% | 46.3% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 3.2% | 2.1% | 2.9% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 43.2% | 43.8% | 42.9% |
| Median personal income | $42,800 | $42,100 | $36,500 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||
| Work from home | 15.3% | 19.5% | 17.4% |
| Car, truck or van | 76.6% | 77.7% | 77.3% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Walk or cycle | 6.1% | 2.3% | 3.7% |
| Households and families | |||
| One-person households | 24.0% | 16.5% | 24.7% |
| Average people per household | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 4.9% | 1.3% | 5.2% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 4.2% | 2.6% | 6.3% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 31.1% | 41.9% | 36.2% |
| Couples without children | 51.6% | 49.3% | 44.9% |
| One-parent families | 17.9% | 8.8% | 18.9% |
| Homes | |||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 85.9% | 95.2% | 83.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 69.0% | 50.0% | 60.2% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 31.4% | 21.5% | 23.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 20.9% | 16.0% | 19.4% |
Rents around Parahaka
New tenancies in Riverside in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $570 a week (down 6.6% on a year earlier). That is close to the typical suburb in Whangarei District ($570), and close to the national median ($600).
| April–June 2026 | Riverside | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $570 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $480–$640 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | −6.6% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 15 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Parahaka
No school site lies inside Parahaka's boundary; the nearest is Te Kāpehu Whetū, 1.2 km away in a straight line.
- Nearest school: Te Kāpehu Whetū (1.2 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Te Kāpehu Whetū (1.2 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Whangarei Hospital (3.8 km)
School enrolment zones in Parahaka: a guide
Two secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Parahaka's titles: Whangarei Boys' High School and Whangarei Girls' High School.
- Whangarei School (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all titles
- Whangarei Boys' High School (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Whangarei Girls' 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 Parahaka
No place of worship is mapped in OpenStreetMap inside Parahaka's boundary.
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Whangarei Central Baptist Church, 1.7 km away
- Buddhist: unnamed, 8.3 km away
- Muslim: Whangarei Masjid (Northland Muslim Charitable Trust), 2.4 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 Parahaka
The closest match on the measures on this site is Riverside, Whangarei District in Whangarei District, nearest on rent, median age, children. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside, Whangarei District | Whangarei District | 8.0% | $570 | 42.7 | rent, median age, children |
| Maungatapu | Tauranga City | 16.2% | $645 | 41.5 | stand-alone houses, distance to the coast, working from home |
| Hairini | Tauranga City | 20.6% | $685 | 40 | schools, distance to the coast, unit-title share |
| Morningside, Whangarei District | Whangarei District | 12.0% | No data | 33.4 | distance to the coast, commuting by public transport, damp homes |
| Tikipunga | Whangarei District | 12.1% | $598 | 38 | recent movers within NZ, commuting by public transport, older residents |
Questions
What is the rent in Parahaka?
New tenancies in Riverside (the rent area for part of Parahaka) had a median rent of $570 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter (MBIE bond data, all dwelling types). These are rents agreed for new tenancies, not asking rents. The middle half of those rents ran from $480 to $640.
What schools are in Parahaka?
No school site lies inside Parahaka's boundary. The nearest school is Te Kāpehu Whetū (1.2 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles are Whangarei Boys' High School and Whangarei Girls' High School; check the school's own zone map for any address.