Living in Conifer Grove: schools, census and property titles
The 1,628 live property titles in Conifer Grove, Auckland are almost all freehold (80%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 216 (13.3%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
Conifer Grove cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 216
- Share of live titles
- 13.3%
- Live titles in total
- 1,628
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- 103 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 247 of 644
Conifer Grove at a glance
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
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What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Conifer Grove is listed under Auckland.
- 1,628 live titles are recorded here, including 216 cross-lease titles (13.3%).
- The page includes 2023 Census context for the statistical area that represents this suburb.
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 13.3% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 4.9% 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
- A usable MBIE new-tenancy rent figure is not available for this suburb.
Title mix in Conifer Grove
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,300 | 79.9% |
| Cross lease | 216 | 13.3% |
| Unit title | 80 | 4.9% |
| Leasehold | 1 | 0.1% |
| Other record types | 31 | 1.9% |
| Total | 1,628 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Conifer Grove compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Conifer Grove is about 1.5 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Conifer Grove is slightly lower than the overall Auckland share (14.4%).
How cross-leases in Conifer Grove are set up
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (3%, against 11% nationally).
Carports appear in more leases (39% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (19%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
| Scheme structure | Conifer Grove | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 105 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 97.1% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 0.0% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 2.9% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 771 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 384 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 19.0% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 39.0% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 2.9% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 19.0% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1978 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 72 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Conifer Grove
Unit titles are 5% of Conifer Grove's titles, well below Auckland (15%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 31 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 2 units or fewer.
New titles in Conifer Grove since 2020
146 of Conifer Grove's current titles (9%) were first issued since 2020, well below Auckland's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (16%) and below New Zealand (12%).
Most came recently: 133 since 2023.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 124 | 112 |
| Unit title | 20 | 20 |
| Cross-lease | 1 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 1 |
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 Conifer Grove
The typical building in Conifer Grove stands on ground sloping 1.0° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), in the flattest quarter of 160 in Auckland.
Nearly all of its 1,980 measured buildings (95%) stand on ground under 5°.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Conifer Grove
37% of Conifer Grove's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 85% within 500 m and 100% within 1 km. The typical title is 270 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 Conifer Grove: 2023 Census
Conifer Grove's titles fall in 4 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 2 shown below hold 99% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
Fewer households have no car in Conifer Grove West than across Auckland: 1.1% against 6.8%.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Conifer Grove West than across Auckland: 1.4% against 4.2%.
Fewer people live alone in Conifer Grove West than across Auckland: 10.0% against 18.5%.
| Measure | Conifer Grove West 52% of titles | Conifer Grove East 48% of titles | Auckland whole council |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,606 | 2,301 | 1,656,486 |
| Change since 2018 | +45.5% | +3.1% | +5.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +43.1% | +9.7% | +17.0% |
| Median age | 38.1 | 32.4 | 35.9 |
| Households | 1,155 | 777 | 539,490 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 82.3% | 44.0% | 59.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 17.4% | 56.4% | 40.5% |
| Median household income | $143,700 | $83,300 | $116,800 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $680 | $400 | $540 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 4.8% | 8.6% | 8.8% |
| Ages | |||
| Under 15 | 17.3% | 24.1% | 19.2% |
| 15 to 29 | 17.5% | 20.5% | 20.9% |
| 30 to 64 | 50.2% | 45.1% | 46.5% |
| 65 and over | 15.1% | 10.3% | 13.3% |
| Where people came from | |||
| Born overseas | 38.8% | 32.1% | 42.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 13.9% | 15.8% | 19.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 49.4% | 49.8% | 45.0% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.8% | 4.1% | 5.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 18.8% | 21.5% | 21.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 32.5% | 18.8% | 32.9% |
| Employed full-time | 60.3% | 52.3% | 53.2% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.2% | 5.0% | 3.3% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 47.9% | 30.5% | 47.5% |
| Median personal income | $56,000 | $40,400 | $44,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||
| Work from home | 17.4% | 10.5% | 18.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 75.2% | 82.0% | 68.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 5.3% | 4.7% | 7.8% |
| Walk or cycle | 1.4% | 2.5% | 4.2% |
| Households and families | |||
| One-person households | 10.0% | 25.6% | 18.5% |
| Average people per household | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 1.1% | 12.4% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 4.0% | 16.5% | 8.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 45.6% | 44.4% | 47.2% |
| Couples without children | 43.2% | 29.4% | 35.5% |
| One-parent families | 11.2% | 25.6% | 17.3% |
| Homes | |||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 85.0% | 54.8% | 71.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 78.5% | 65.6% | 66.3% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 7.7% | 24.8% | 20.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 6.8% | 23.4% | 17.4% |
Schools and hospitals near Conifer Grove
One school site lies inside Conifer Grove: Conifer Grove School (Full Primary).
- Conifer Grove School (Full Primary)
- Nearest school: Conifer Grove School (0.4 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Manukau Christian School (2.2 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Middlemore Hospital (11.1 km)
School enrolment zones in Conifer Grove: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Conifer Grove's titles: Rosehill College.
- Conifer Grove School (primary, Years 1–8): all or nearly all titles
- Rosehill Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Greenmeadows Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 10% of titles
- Rosehill College (secondary): all or nearly all 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 Conifer Grove
89% of Conifer Grove's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, slightly above Auckland as a whole (82%).
89% 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.
47% are within 800 m of a train station or ferry wharf.
The typical title is 212 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Auckland Transport. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Conifer Grove
OpenStreetMap maps 1 place of worship inside Conifer Grove (1 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Saint Aidan's Presbyterian Church, under 1 km away
- Hindu: Shiv Mandir, 1.4 km away
- Buddhist: Wat Dipadhammarama, 5.3 km away
- Muslim: Al Iqra Islamic Centre - (Takanini Islamic Centre), 1.9 km away
- Sikh: Gurdwara Sahib, 1.3 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 Conifer Grove
The closest match on the measures on this site is Welcome Bay in Tauranga City, nearest on commuting on foot or by bike, distance to the coast, heat pumps. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome Bay | Tauranga City | 9.8% | $710 | 36.5 | commuting on foot or by bike, distance to the coast, heat pumps |
| Wattle Downs | Auckland | 4.7% | $740 | 38 | distance to the coast, median age, elevation |
| Papamoa Beach | Tauranga City | 7.1% | No data | No data | distance to the coast, unit-title share, elevation |
| Matua | Tauranga City | 19.0% | No data | 45 | schools, distance to the coast, stand-alone houses |
| Fitzroy, Hamilton City | Hamilton City | 6.2% | $620 | 35.5 | heat pumps, slope, commuting on foot or by bike |
Questions
What schools are in Conifer Grove?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Conifer Grove: Conifer Grove School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Manukau Christian School (2.2 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Rosehill College; check the school's own zone map for any address.