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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Each priority you tick weights the ranking towards that component. Leave them all unticked for a straight livability shortlist.

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Your top 10 matches

Ranked against your priorities across New Zealand, with a median house price at or below $900K.

  1. 1.Arrowtown
    Queenstown-Lakes District · Otago
    76/100
    match score
    Median $680K
    Livability 76/100
  2. 2.Frankton
    Queenstown-Lakes District · Otago
    76/100
    match score
    Median $587K
    Livability 76/100
  3. 3.Rolleston
    Selwyn District · Canterbury
    71/100
    match score
    Median $759K
    Livability 71/100
  4. 4.Auckland Central
    Auckland · Auckland
    70/100
    match score
    Median $293K
    Livability 70/100
  5. 5.Riccarton
    Christchurch City · Canterbury
    67/100
    match score
    Median $654K
    Livability 67/100
  6. 6.Christchurch Central
    Christchurch City · Canterbury
    66/100
    match score
    Median $686K
    Livability 66/100
  7. 7.Dunedin Central
    Dunedin City · Otago
    65/100
    match score
    Median $650K
    Livability 65/100
  8. 8.Whitby
    Porirua City · Wellington
    65/100
    match score
    Median $872K
    Livability 65/100
  9. 9.Opoho
    Dunedin City · Otago
    65/100
    match score
    Median $680K
    Livability 65/100
  10. 10.Grafton
    Auckland · Auckland
    65/100
    match score
    Median $300K
    Livability 65/100

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