Suburb

Find Your Perfect Suburb

Every other property site has an opinion about where you should live. Usually it boils down to whichever suburb their last listing was in. This one stays out of it. You tell us what you actually need - a budget, a region, and a couple of things that genuinely matter - and the data does the ranking.

Pick a region, set a ceiling, tick up to three priorities. We re-score every qualifying suburb in the country against your answers, then hand back the top ten with a one-line note on why each one matched. No agent enthusiasm, no listing photos, no "this charming pocket". Just suburbs that fit, ordered honestly.

If the list surprises you, good. The numbers do not know which suburb is fashionable and they do not care. If Whitby outranks Saint Heliers on your particular mix of priorities, the data is telling you something. It is allowed to disagree with you.

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Your top 10 matches

Ranked against your priorities across New Zealand, with an estimated median value at or below $1.50M.

  1. 1.Khandallah
    Wellington City · Wellington
    78/100
    match score
    Est. $1.24M
    Livability 78/100
  2. 2.Whitby
    Porirua City · Wellington
    78/100
    match score
    Est. $926K
    Livability 78/100
  3. 3.Alexandra
    Central Otago District · Otago
    78/100
    match score
    Est. $719K
    Livability 78/100
  4. 4.Rolleston
    Selwyn District · Canterbury
    77/100
    match score
    Est. $793K
    Livability 77/100
  5. 5.Hataitai
    Wellington City · Wellington
    77/100
    match score
    Est. $1.15M
    Livability 77/100
  6. 6.Darfield
    Selwyn District · Canterbury
    76/100
    match score
    Est. $692K
    Livability 76/100
  7. 7.Mosgiel
    Dunedin City · Otago
    76/100
    match score
    Est. $742K
    Livability 76/100
  8. 8.Tawa
    Wellington City · Wellington
    76/100
    match score
    Est. $809K
    Livability 76/100
  9. 9.Queens Park
    Invercargill City · Southland
    76/100
    match score
    Est. $453K
    Livability 76/100
  10. 10.Oamaru
    Waitaki District · Otago
    75/100
    match score
    Est. $425K
    Livability 75/100

Match score = 60% your priorities + 40% overall livability. See the methodology for the full workings.