Property for sale in Lumsden · 2 listings

$425kmedian sale, last 12 months · 18 sales · up 16%

$295kmedian council valuation

6.8 yrsmedian time between sales

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2 properties for sale in Lumsden

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15 Dacia Street, Lumsden

Section911 m² land

Harcourts Gore Lloyd Anderson

The Ultimate Lumsden Entertainer!

16 Maria Street, Lumsden

House1,012 m² land210 m² floor

Harcourts Invercargill

About Lumsden

Three-bedroom homes sold for a median $385k and four-bedroom homes for $531k. Homes sold for a median $3,333 per square metre of floor over the last twelve months. Homes in Lumsden change hands every 6.8 years on median, against 6.8 across Lumsden and 7.9 nationally. About 3.8% of its homes sold in the last twelve months.

Schools zoned for Lumsden

Southland Adventist Christian Schoolprimary · Years 1-8
Lumsden Schoolprimary · Years 1-6
Northern Southland Collegesecondary · Years 7-15

Lumsden house prices over time

Median sale price by year, all homes; 2026 is the year so far. Lumsden's median sale price over the last twelve months was $425k, across 18 sales, up 16% on the twelve months before. Across Lumsden it was $460k.

Sales by year as a table

Year	Sales	Median price	Per m² floor	Per m² land (est.)	Lumsden median
2026	12	$380,000	$3,238	$128	$380,000
2025	17	$440,000	$4,143	$113	$440,000
2024	11	$315,000	$2,993	$120	$315,000
2023	13	$340,000	$3,052	$113	$370,000
2022	21	$262,500	$2,248	$109	$276,250
2021	25	$195,000	$1,951	$78	$238,500
2020	18	$227,000	$2,240	$78	$235,000
2019	24	$199,000	$1,860	$67	$199,000
2018	18	$198,500	$1,600	$62	$198,500
2017	25	$145,000	$1,219	$49	$147,500
2016	24	$83,500	$982	$34	$87,000

Estimated value, month by month

Our model's median estimate for homes in Lumsden, up 2% over the last twelve months. An automated estimate, not a registered valuation.

Scale $317k to $356k, not from zero.

Prices by bedrooms in Lumsden

Over the last twelve months, 3-bedroom homes sold for a median $385k, 4-bedroom homes sold for a median $531k.

Bedrooms	Homes	Median council value	Sold, last 12 months	Median sale	Per m² floor
1	6	$228k	0	—	$5,122
2	21	$315k	1	—	$3,421
3	166	$350k	8	$385k	$3,286
4	35	$480k	6	$531k	$3,703

Price per square metre

Homes in Lumsden sold for a median $3,333 per square metre of floor over the last twelve months, land included (Lumsden: $3,298); the land under houses sold for an estimated $124 per square metre (Lumsden: $124). A sale price is not split between land and house, so the land figure gives the land the council's share of each sale — the land value as a part of the capital value at the last revaluation.

$3,333per m² of floor, land included, sales in the last 12 months

$124per m² of land, estimated from house sales in the last 12 months

$2,850per m² of floor, council capital values

$109per m² of land, council land values of houses

Recent sales in Lumsden

48 Diana Street$480,00023 Jul 2026 · 3 bed · 150 m² floor · 1,012 m² land
13 Helena Street$340,00016 Jul 2026 · 3 bed · 105 m² floor · 1,012 m² land
23 Helena Street$92,00019 May 2026 · 1,012 m² land
11 Meadow Street$130,00018 May 2026 · 905 m² land
10 Farm Street$390,00029 Apr 2026 · 3 bed · 129 m² floor · 1,007 m² land
192 Flora Road$357,50023 Apr 2026 · 3 bed · 100 m² floor · 1,012 m² land
2 Avon Street$460,00024 Mar 2026 · 2 bed · 90 m² floor · 1,012 m² land
84 Cover Street$750,00020 Mar 2026 · 4.53 ha land
20 Meadow Street$380,00013 Feb 2026 · 4 bed · 190 m² floor · 1,012 m² land
38 Farm Street$380,00011 Feb 2026 · 3 bed · 114 m² floor · 1,012 m² land
16 Maria Street$640,0009 Feb 2026 · 3 bed · 210 m² floor · 1,012 m² land
25 Helena Street$335,0007 Jan 2026 · 3 bed · 60 m² floor · 1,012 m² land

How long owners stay in Lumsden

Homes in Lumsden change hands every 6.8 years on median, against 6.8 across Lumsden and 7.9 nationally.

6.8 yearsmedian time between sales, Lumsden

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7.9 yearsNew Zealand

3.8%of homes sold in the last 12 months (Lumsden: 3.3%)

By kind: houses 6.8 years.

Time between a home's sales, for homes that resold in the last five years. A home not sold since our records begin is not counted, so owners who stay longest are under-represented.

Who lives in Lumsden

About 519 people lived in Lumsden at the 2023 census (down 4% since 2018); their median age was about 45 (Lumsden: 40); 73% of households owned their home (Lumsden: 63%).

519people, 2023 (2018: 543)

45median age, about (Lumsden: 40)

$69kmedian household income, about (Lumsden: $83k)

73%of households own their home (2018: 63%)

Age

30-64 years50%
65 years and over18%
Under 15 years18%
15-29 years12%

Households

One-family household (with or without other people)64%
One-person household35%
Other multi-person household4%
Two-family household (with or without other people)1%
Three or more family household (with or without other people)0%

Ethnicity

European87%
Māori13%
Asian8%
Pacific Peoples2%
Other Ethnicity1%
Middle Eastern/Latin American/African1%

Where people were born

New Zealand77%
Australia6%
Asia4%
United Kingdom and Ireland4%
Middle East and Africa2%
Pacific Islands2%
North America1%
Europe (excl United Kingdom and Ireland)1%

Household income

$70,001-$100,00024%
$30,001-$50,00019%
$100,001-$150,00018%
$50,001-$70,00011%
$20,000 or less10%
$20,001-$30,0008%
$150,001-$200,0007%
$200,001 or more0%

Dwellings

Separate house76%
Other private dwelling17%
Joined dwelling5%
Non-private dwelling3%

Highest qualification

No qualification29%
Level 2 certificate13%
Level 1 certificate12%
Level 4 certificate7%
Overseas secondary school qualification7%
Bachelor degree and Level 7 qualification7%
Level 3 certificate7%
Level 5 diploma6%

Stats NZ Census 2023 and 2018, summed over the census areas inside Lumsden. Medians are approximate: Stats NZ publishes them per area and they cannot be added up exactly.

Real estate agents selling in Lumsden

6 agents have been credited on a sale or a live listing in Lumsden in the last two years. Those with the most:

All 6 real estate agents in Lumsden, with their recent sales and which agencies sell the suburb.

Counted from sales records that name the agent, and from current listings. A count of activity, not a rating.

Building and resource consents in Lumsden

8building consents in the last 12 months ($1.25m of work)

18 Tauna Street1 Aug 2026 · Building consentMove an existing dwg from 22 Cardigan St, Arrowtown to 18 tauna St Lumsden
9 Hero Street1 Jul 2026 · Building consentConstruct a bathrm & sunroom extension to an existing stand alone laundry. Single level timber framed construction on slab on grade to nzs3604. Longrun metal roof cladding & timber weatherboards with
21 Cover Street1 Jul 2026 · Building consentNew totalspan gge
23 Maria Street1 May 2026 · Building consentInstallation of fire
22 Five Rivers Lumsden Highway1 Apr 2026 · Building consentReplace a storm damaged shed with a new shed to the same location

Search building consents in Lumsden and see Stats NZ's count of new homes there.

Sales and valuations as at 18 September 2026, from council and LINZ records. Figures resting on fewer than 5 sales are not shown.

Property for sale by street in Lumsden

About property for sale in Lumsden

Every property in Lumsden, whether it is for sale or not: homes, sections, farms, lifestyle blocks, shops, offices and industrial land. Each is listed from the council rating roll and Toitū Te Whenua LINZ, with the listing beside it when an agent is marketing it.

Listings come from the agents who market them, matched to the property each is for: every one opens on that property’s own page, with what it is worth, what it last sold for, its title, zoning and hazards, and what it would cost to own.

Each property has its own page: our estimate of its value beside the council rating valuation, past sale prices, the title and land area, zoning and hazards, building consents, and what it would cost to own.

Listings are published by the agents who market them. Addresses, land details and rating valuations come from Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand and from the council. No ownership information is published.