Corstorphine is a suburb which lies within the Territorial Authority of Dunedin, one of 97 residential suburbs which form the wider region. Corstorphine is the 20th largest suburb of Dunedin in terms of the total number of residential housing stock. Corstorphine provides a range of housing stock, with the earliest residential housing recorded in the area constructed between 1900 - 1909. The majority of the residential housing stock in the locality was constructed between 1940 - 1949. Residential housing stock in Corstorphine is made up of approximately 91% residential housing , 6% residential investment housing and 3% lifestyle properties.