Feilding is a suburb which lies within the Territorial Authority of Manawatu, one of 22 residential suburbs which form the wider region. Feilding is the largest suburb of Manawatu in terms of the total number of residential housing stock. Feilding 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 1970 - 1979. Residential housing stock in Feilding is made up of approximately 89% residential housing , 2% residential investment housing and 9% lifestyle properties.