3 properties sold · Brightwater

Property sold in Wairoa Valley, Brightwater

Houses, townhouses, apartments and sections, farms and lifestyle blocks, and commercial and industrial sites sold in Wairoa Valley, Brightwater in the last twelve months, latest first, with the price where it is public beside the council valuation.

$1.11mmedian council valuation
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3 properties sold in the last 12 months in Wairoa Valley

About Wairoa Valley

About 3.6% of its homes sold in the last twelve months.

Schools zoned for Wairoa Valley

  • Brightwater Schoolprimary · Years 1-6
  • Waimea Intermediateintermediate · Years 7-8
  • Waimea Collegesecondary · Years 9-15

Prices by bedrooms in Wairoa Valley

BedroomsHomesMedian council valueSold, last 12 monthsMedian salePer m² floor
321$985k1—$6,549
427$1.24m1—$6,200

Price per square metre

$6,559per m² of floor, council capital values
$9per m² of land, council land values of houses

Recent sales in Wairoa Valley

How long owners stay in Wairoa Valley

6.5 yearsBrightwater
7.9 yearsNew Zealand
3.6%of homes sold in the last 12 months (Brightwater: 5%)

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 Wairoa Valley

About 186 people lived in Wairoa Valley at the 2023 census; their median age was about 49 (Brightwater: 42); 79% of households owned their home (Brightwater: 81%).

186people, 2023 (2018: 186)
49median age, about (Brightwater: 42)
$69kmedian household income, about (Brightwater: $101k)
79%of households own their home (2018: 78%)

Age

  • 30-64 years53%
  • Under 15 years16%
  • 65 years and over15%
  • 15-29 years13%

Households

  • One-family household (with or without other people)82%
  • One-person household14%
  • Other multi-person household5%
  • Two-family household (with or without other people)0%
  • Three or more family household (with or without other people)0%

Ethnicity

  • European97%
  • Māori6%
  • Asian3%
  • Other Ethnicity2%
  • Pacific Peoples2%
  • Middle Eastern/Latin American/African0%

Where people were born

  • New Zealand84%
  • United Kingdom and Ireland10%
  • Australia3%
  • Europe (excl United Kingdom and Ireland)3%
  • Asia2%
  • Other0%
  • North America0%
  • Pacific Islands0%

Household income

  • $100,001-$150,00023%
  • $30,001-$50,00018%
  • $50,001-$70,00018%
  • $70,001-$100,00014%
  • $20,000 or less9%
  • $150,001-$200,0009%
  • $20,001-$30,0005%
  • $200,001 or more5%

Dwellings

  • Separate house96%
  • Joined dwelling0%
  • Non-private dwelling0%
  • Other private dwelling0%

Highest qualification

  • No qualification14%
  • Level 4 certificate14%
  • Level 1 certificate12%
  • Level 2 certificate12%
  • Bachelor degree and Level 7 qualification10%
  • Level 6 diploma8%
  • Level 3 certificate8%
  • Level 5 diploma6%

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

Real estate agents selling in Wairoa Valley

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

All 4 real estate agents in Wairoa Valley, 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 Wairoa Valley

1building consents in the last 12 months ($12k of work)
  • 266 Wairoa Gorge Road1 Apr 2026 · Building consentInstall blaze king chinook 30 freestanding uleb woodfire & flue

Search building consents in Wairoa Valley 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 sold by street in Wairoa Valley

About property sold in Wairoa Valley, Brightwater

Every property in Wairoa Valley, Brightwater, 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.

Sales come from the council valuation roll and the listings that preceded them. Each opens on the property’s own page, with its full sales history, our estimate of its value today and its title.

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.

Header photo: Alex Proimos, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (licence).