National Park is a suburb which lies within the Territorial Authority of Ruapehu, one of 13 residential suburbs which form the wider region. National Park is the 6th largest suburb of Ruapehu in terms of the total number of residential housing stock. National Park provides a range of housing stock, with the earliest residential housing recorded in the area constructed between 1880 - 1889. The majority of the residential housing stock in the locality was constructed between 1980 - 1989. Residential housing stock in National Park is made up of approximately 92% residential housing , 1% residential investment housing and 7% lifestyle properties.