Prestonville is a suburb which lies within the Territorial Authority of Invercargill, one of 36 residential suburbs which form the wider region. Prestonville is the 33rd largest suburb of Invercargill in terms of the total number of residential housing stock. Prestonville provides a range of housing stock, with the earliest residential housing recorded in the area constructed between 1910 - 1919. The majority of the residential housing stock in the locality was constructed between 1990 - 1999. Residential housing stock in Prestonville is made up of primarily standard residential housing property types with a small proportion of purpose built residential rental housing and lifestyle properties.