A town still under construction
At the 2023 Census, 192 of Lincoln's 4,026 private dwellings were being built. Consents have stayed busy since, with 256 new dwellings consented in the year to March 2026.
Nearly half of Lincoln homes (48.6%) have four bedrooms. Size a hot water cylinder to the people living there, not the floor plan; our cylinder size tool is a starting point.
Lincoln at a glance
Selwyn District
Stats NZ places Lincoln in Selwyn District, the same district as Rolleston.
More gas heaters
11.4% of Lincoln dwellings use a fixed gas heater as a main heater, above the 9.5% national share.
Owners and trusts
70.2% of households own their home and another 12.2% hold it in a family trust.
District water reach
Across Selwyn, council water reaches 82% of homes and council wastewater 70%.
Lincoln jobs: yours or a tradie's?
You can
- Replace a tap, tap washer or ball valve.
- Install a dishwasher or washing machine where no pipes are fixed or unfixed.
- Clear a blocked drain, as long as you don't touch the inspection or vent pipe.
Leave to an authorised tradie
- Any work on fixed gas pipes or appliances, a gas heater swap included.
- Fixing or moving a pipe, trap or fixture.
- Anything on the drain itself, including the gully trap.
- Replacing the hot water cylinder.
What we would do
Buying a new Lincoln home? Before settlement, ask the builder for the plumbing and drainage plans and every certificate. If there's fixed gas, get the Gas Safety Certificate, which every connected gas job needs. For later work, check the person's PGDB licence covers that exact trade, because plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying are licensed separately.
Also see Rolleston and Christchurch gasfitting. Tell us about the Lincoln job and a tradie who handles it can pick it up. Your contact details go to them alone.