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.
Your top 10 matches
Ranked against your priorities across New Zealand, with an estimated median value at or below $2.00M.
- Wellington City · Wellington78/100match scoreEst. $1.24MLivability 78/100
- 2.WhitbyPorirua City · Wellington78/100match scoreEst. $926KLivability 78/100
- Central Otago District · Otago78/100match scoreEst. $719KLivability 78/100
- Selwyn District · Canterbury77/100match scoreEst. $793KLivability 77/100
- 5.HataitaiWellington City · Wellington77/100match scoreEst. $1.15MLivability 77/100
- 6.DarfieldSelwyn District · Canterbury76/100match scoreEst. $692KLivability 76/100
- 7.MosgielDunedin City · Otago76/100match scoreEst. $742KLivability 76/100
- 8.TawaWellington City · Wellington76/100match scoreEst. $809KLivability 76/100
- Invercargill City · Southland76/100match scoreEst. $453KLivability 76/100
- 10.OamaruWaitaki District · Otago75/100match scoreEst. $425KLivability 75/100
Match score = 60% your priorities + 40% overall livability. See the methodology for the full workings.