Hargest is a suburb which lies within the Territorial Authority of Invercargill, one of 36 residential suburbs which form the wider region. Hargest is the 20th largest suburb of Invercargill in terms of the total number of residential housing stock. Hargest 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 1960 - 1969. Residential housing stock in Hargest is made up of primarily standard residential housing property types with a small proportion of purpose built residential rental housing and lifestyle properties.