Living in Campbells Bay: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 1,078 live property titles in Campbells Bay, Auckland are mostly freehold (68%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 285 (26.4%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
Campbells Bay cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 285
- Share of live titles
- 26.4%
- Live titles in total
- 1,078
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- 36 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- 48 of 644
Campbells Bay at a glance
Where Campbells Bay differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: median weekly rent, new tenancies (higher than 98% of NZ suburbs); cross-lease share of titles (higher than 92% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Campbells Bay is listed under Auckland.
- 1,078 live titles are recorded here, including 285 cross-lease titles (26.4%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
- The page includes MBIE new-tenancy rent figures for April–June 2026.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 26.4% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 3.3% of recorded titles, so title structure can vary within the suburb.
- Public-transport figures describe how recorded titles sit near mapped stops. They do not describe a service from a particular property.
- Coast distance is a suburb-level map measure, not a flood or hazard assessment.
Questions worth investigating
- For any cross-lease property you consider, do the current title, flats plan and lease match what is built today?
- What do the LIM, council property file and a suitable inspection add for the specific address?
No data held for this suburb
- The core title, Census, rent, transport and coast measures used by this page are available.
Title mix in Campbells Bay
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 736 | 68.3% |
| Cross lease | 285 | 26.4% |
| Unit title | 36 | 3.3% |
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% |
| Other record types | 21 | 1.9% |
| Total | 1,078 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Campbells Bay compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Campbells Bay is about 3.0 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Campbells Bay is about 1.8 times the overall Auckland share (14.4%).
Its cross-lease share is in the highest quarter of 160 in Auckland (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Campbells Bay are set up
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (4%, against 11% nationally), up to 8.
Fewer leases include a garage (15% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (9% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Campbells Bay | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 134 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 89.6% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 6.7% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 3.7% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,103 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 522 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 14.9% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 8.2% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 9.0% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 50.7% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1987 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 120 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Campbells Bay
Unit titles are 3% of Campbells Bay's titles, well below Auckland (15%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 18 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 2 units or fewer.
New titles in Campbells Bay since 2020
106 of Campbells Bay's current titles (10%) were first issued since 2020, well below Auckland's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (16%) and slightly below New Zealand (12%).
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 105 | 69 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 1 | 1 |
| Leasehold | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
New titles include cross-leases converted to freehold and titles re-issued; they are not a count of new homes. Sources and limits
The lie of the land in Campbells Bay
The typical building in Campbells Bay stands on ground sloping 6.8° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), in the steepest quarter of 160 in Auckland.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Campbells Bay
25% of Campbells Bay's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 65% within 500 m and 99% within 1 km. The typical title is 380 m away.
Measured in a straight line from the centre of each title's land to the coastline on LINZ's 1:50k topographic map, which follows harbours and estuaries as well as the open coast; lakes and rivers are not included. Distance says nothing about beach access, views or exposure to coastal hazards; council hazard maps and the LIM describe those.
Who lives around Campbells Bay: 2023 Census
About 100% of Campbells Bay's titles are in the census area Campbells Bay (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Campbells Bay exactly.
Fewer households have no car in Campbells Bay than across Auckland: 1.3% against 6.8%.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Campbells Bay than across Auckland: 1.9% against 4.2%.
More workers work from home in Campbells Bay than across Auckland: 27.4% against 18.2%.
| Measure | Campbells Bay | Auckland whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 2,847 | 1,656,486 |
| Change since 2018 | −1.5% | +5.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +0.4% | +17.0% |
| Median age | 42.1 | 35.9 |
| Households | 957 | 539,490 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 79.0% | 59.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 21.3% | 40.5% |
| Median household income | $172,200 | $116,800 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $700 | $540 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 5.8% | 8.8% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 19.0% | 19.2% |
| 15 to 29 | 17.2% | 20.9% |
| 30 to 64 | 47.2% | 46.5% |
| 65 and over | 16.6% | 13.3% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 40.0% | 42.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 19.9% | 19.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 33.9% | 45.0% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 7.4% | 5.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 15.6% | 21.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 47.1% | 32.9% |
| Employed full-time | 49.7% | 53.2% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.3% | 3.3% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 59.7% | 47.5% |
| Median personal income | $54,200 | $44,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 27.4% | 18.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 61.1% | 68.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 8.7% | 7.8% |
| Walk or cycle | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 13.3% | 18.5% |
| Average people per household | 3 | 3 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 1.3% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 1.9% | 8.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 54.1% | 47.2% |
| Couples without children | 36.6% | 35.5% |
| One-parent families | 9.7% | 17.3% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 84.2% | 71.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 65.9% | 66.3% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 18.0% | 20.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 15.4% | 17.4% |
Rents around Campbells Bay
New tenancies in Campbells Bay in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $928 a week (down 0.7% on a year earlier). That is above the typical suburb in Auckland ($675), and well above the national median ($600); in the highest quarter of 129 in Auckland.
| April–June 2026 | Campbells Bay | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $928 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $628–$1,060 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | −0.7% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 18 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Campbells Bay
No school site lies inside Campbells Bay's boundary; the nearest is Campbells Bay School, 0.7 km away in a straight line.
- Nearest school: Campbells Bay School (0.7 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Rangitoto College (2.2 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: North Shore Hospital (3.6 km)
School enrolment zones in Campbells Bay: a guide
Three secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Campbells Bay's titles: Westlake Boys' High School, Westlake Girls' High School and Rangitoto College.
- Campbells Bay School (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all titles
- Mairangi Bay School (primary, Years 1–6): about 35% of titles
- Murrays Bay Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Wairau Intermediate School (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Westlake Boys' High School (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Westlake Girls' High School (secondary): all or nearly all titles
- Rangitoto College (secondary): about 75% of titles
A guide only: check the school's own zone map for any address. Zones as at 14 July 2026. Sources and limits
Public transport in Campbells Bay
88% of Campbells Bay's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, slightly above Auckland as a whole (82%).
84% are that close to a frequent stop (60 or more departures that day), well above the council (54%); in the highest quarter of 160 in Auckland.
The typical title is 126 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Auckland Transport. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Campbells Bay
OpenStreetMap maps 1 place of worship inside Campbells Bay (1 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Saint John's Anglican Church, under 1 km away
- Hindu: Shree Sanatan Dharam Hanuman Mandir, 6.6 km away
- Buddhist: Wat Phra Dhammakaya Auckland, 1.6 km away
- Muslim: North Shore Islamic Centre, 2.6 km away
- Sikh: Gurdwara Sahib North Shore, 4.1 km away
Listed as facilities for access; not an indicator of who lives here. Sources and limits
Other suburbs in Auckland with many cross-leases
- Papatoetoe: 3,998 cross-lease titles (25.8%)
- Remuera: 3,046 cross-lease titles (26.7%)
- Mount Roskill: 2,891 cross-lease titles (28.3%)
- Mount Wellington: 2,700 cross-lease titles (24.1%)
- Glenfield: 2,347 cross-lease titles (36.6%)
- Epsom: 2,335 cross-lease titles (29.8%)
- New Lynn: 2,016 cross-lease titles (24.4%)
- Mount Eden: 2,005 cross-lease titles (20.7%)
Suburbs like Campbells Bay
The closest match on the measures on this site is Murrays Bay, Auckland in Auckland, nearest on working from home, damp homes, distance to the coast. Closeness is arithmetic, not a rating. Sources and limits
| Suburb | Council | Cross-lease share of titles | Median weekly rent, new tenancies | Median age | Closest on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murrays Bay, Auckland | Auckland | 28.3% | $950 | 42.6 | working from home, damp homes, distance to the coast |
| Rothesay Bay | Auckland | 35.9% | $810 | 41.2 | distance to the coast, elevation, commuting on foot or by bike |
| Mairangi Bay | Auckland | 24.8% | $950 | 40.9 | elevation, distance to the coast, commuting on foot or by bike |
| Castor Bay, Auckland | Auckland | 33.6% | $935 | 43.9 | heat pumps, distance to the coast, commuting on foot or by bike |
| Northcote Point | Auckland | 34.9% | $850 | 39.9 | schools, distance to the coast, degrees |
Questions
What is the rent in Campbells Bay?
New tenancies in the Campbells Bay rent area had a median rent of $928 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter (MBIE bond data, all dwelling types). These are rents agreed for new tenancies, not asking rents. The middle half of those rents ran from $628 to $1,060.
What schools are in Campbells Bay?
No school site lies inside Campbells Bay's boundary. The nearest school is Campbells Bay School (0.7 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles are Westlake Boys' High School, Westlake Girls' High School and Rangitoto College; check the school's own zone map for any address.