Living in Glen Eden: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 8,579 live property titles in Glen Eden, Auckland are mostly freehold (73%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 1,281 (14.9%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 1,281
- Share of live titles
- 14.9%
- Live titles in total
- 8,579
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- joint 92 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 206 of 644
Glen Eden 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
- Glen Eden is listed under Auckland.
- 8,579 live titles are recorded here, including 1,281 cross-lease titles (14.9%).
- 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 14.9% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 10.4% 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 Glen Eden
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 6,276 | 73.2% |
| Cross lease | 1,281 | 14.9% |
| Unit title | 888 | 10.4% |
| Leasehold | 28 | 0.3% |
| Other record types | 106 | 1.2% |
| Total | 8,579 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Glen Eden compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Glen Eden is about 1.7 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Glen Eden is close to the overall Auckland share (14.4%).
How cross-leases in Glen Eden are set up
Carports appear in more leases (22% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
More schemes refer to more than one flats plan (55%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
| Scheme structure | Glen Eden | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 548 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 75.2% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 13.5% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 11.3% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,023 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 506 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 23.5% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 22.3% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 5.3% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 54.9% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1989 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 393 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Glen Eden
Unit titles are 10% of Glen Eden's titles, well below Auckland (15%) and above New Zealand (8%). They belong to 75 developments, each run by a body corporate; 2 have 50 or more units.
28 titles (0.3%) are leasehold, 2 of them units in a unit-title development.
14 of them have a stated term that has ended or has under 10 years to run, which is worth reading closely in the lease.
Stated lease terms, as at 30 September 2026:
| Stated lease term | Titles |
|---|---|
| Stated term has ended | 12 |
| Under 10 years left | 2 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 0 |
| More than 50 years left | 0 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 11 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 3 |
New titles in Glen Eden since 2020
1,446 of Glen Eden's current titles (17%) were first issued since 2020, close to Auckland's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (16%) and above New Zealand (12%).
17% are unit titles, in 4 developments; most of the rest are freehold.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,171 | 832 |
| Unit title | 248 | 66 |
| Cross-lease | 13 | 6 |
| Leasehold | 11 | 5 |
| Other | 3 | 2 |
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 Glen Eden
The typical building in Glen Eden stands on ground sloping 5.8° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Glen Eden
0% of Glen Eden's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 0% within 500 m and 5% within 1 km. The typical title is 2.4 km 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 Glen Eden: 2023 Census
Glen Eden's titles fall in 16 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 4 shown below hold 62% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
More households have no car in Glen Eden Central than across Auckland: 9.6% against 6.8%.
More people live alone in Glen Eden Central than across Auckland: 23.5% against 18.5%.
Household incomes are lower in Glen Eden Central than across Auckland: $97,200 against $116,800.
| Measure | Glen Eden Central 17% of titles | Glen Eden North 15% of titles | Glen Eden West 15% of titles | Glen Eden Woodglen 15% of titles | Auckland whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,612 | 2,673 | 3,774 | 3,231 | 1,656,486 |
| Change since 2018 | +1.1% | +11.9% | −0.7% | +9.1% | +5.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +9.0% | +12.6% | +5.6% | +13.5% | +17.0% |
| Median age | 35.7 | 33.7 | 33.6 | 34 | 35.9 |
| Households | 1,326 | 960 | 1,143 | 1,089 | 539,490 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 55.7% | 46.9% | 63.5% | 63.1% | 59.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 44.3% | 53.4% | 36.5% | 37.2% | 40.5% |
| Median household income | $97,200 | $87,700 | $109,900 | $114,100 | $116,800 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $484 | $440 | $500 | $500 | $540 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 6.6% | 13.7% | 3.5% | 6.1% | 8.8% |
| Ages | |||||
| Under 15 | 21.7% | 21.3% | 22.7% | 21.7% | 19.2% |
| 15 to 29 | 18.1% | 20.8% | 21.1% | 21.0% | 20.9% |
| 30 to 64 | 48.3% | 47.9% | 44.8% | 48.7% | 46.5% |
| 65 and over | 12.0% | 10.0% | 11.3% | 8.7% | 13.3% |
| Where people came from | |||||
| Born overseas | 38.0% | 42.2% | 32.8% | 34.0% | 42.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 14.7% | 16.1% | 9.2% | 13.4% | 19.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 44.7% | 49.5% | 38.6% | 43.4% | 45.0% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.8% | 4.8% | 3.1% | 3.9% | 5.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 21.0% | 17.6% | 14.5% | 20.2% | 21.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 31.6% | 30.7% | 23.5% | 31.3% | 32.9% |
| Employed full-time | 54.9% | 53.2% | 52.8% | 57.4% | 53.2% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 4.2% | 5.7% | 4.0% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 47.6% | 44.0% | 39.9% | 44.8% | 47.5% |
| Median personal income | $44,200 | $41,900 | $41,000 | $47,100 | $44,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||||
| Work from home | 16.6% | 15.8% | 14.9% | 17.4% | 18.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 68.5% | 69.2% | 76.3% | 70.7% | 68.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 9.3% | 11.6% | 7.4% | 8.4% | 7.8% |
| Walk or cycle | 4.2% | 2.6% | 1.0% | 2.4% | 4.2% |
| Households and families | |||||
| One-person households | 23.5% | 25.7% | 15.5% | 16.7% | 18.5% |
| Average people per household | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3 | 3 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 9.6% | 11.2% | 5.0% | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 7.9% | 12.3% | 12.0% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 47.6% | 41.1% | 49.1% | 48.4% | 47.2% |
| Couples without children | 30.0% | 30.8% | 25.3% | 27.0% | 35.5% |
| One-parent families | 22.4% | 27.7% | 25.6% | 24.6% | 17.3% |
| Homes | |||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 66.6% | 59.3% | 89.8% | 80.2% | 71.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 71.1% | 52.6% | 73.7% | 70.5% | 66.3% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 26.2% | 23.0% | 26.5% | 25.6% | 20.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 21.4% | 20.3% | 22.2% | 20.1% | 17.4% |
Rents around Glen Eden
New tenancies in Glen Eden Central in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $595 a week (down 2.5% on a year earlier). That is slightly below the typical suburb in Auckland ($675), and close to the national median ($600); in the lowest quarter of 129 in Auckland.
| April–June 2026 | Glen Eden Central 17% of titles | Glen Eden West 15% of titles | Glen Eden Woodglen 15% of titles | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $595 | $600 | $595 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $550–$680 | $560–$650 | $538–$680 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | −2.5% | −3.2% | −4.0% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 33 | 33 | 42 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Glen Eden
LINZ maps 4 school sites inside Glen Eden, among them Glen Eden School (Contributing) and Konini School (Auckland) (Contributing).
- Glen Eden School (Contributing)
- Konini School (Auckland) (Contributing)
- Prospect School (Contributing)
- Te Kuru Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi (Composite)
- Nearest school: Prospect School (0.2 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Te Kuru Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi (1.4 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Waitakere Hospital (5.1 km)
School enrolment zones in Glen Eden: a guide
The largest secondary-school zone share of Glen Eden's titles is in Henderson High School's home zone (about 45%).
- Prospect School (primary, Years 1–6): about 40% of titles
- Glen Eden School (primary, Years 1–6): about 30% of titles
- Konini Schol (Auckland) (primary, Years 1–6): about 15% of titles
- Oratia School (primary, Years 1–6): about 5% of titles
- Fruitvale Road School (primary, Years 1–6): about 5% of titles
- Glen Eden Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 45% of titles
- Kelston Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 40% of titles
- Bruce McLaren Intermediate School (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 30% of titles
- Henderson High School (secondary): about 45% of titles
- Green Bay High School (secondary): about 40% of titles
- Kelston Boys' High School (secondary): about 40% of titles
- Kelston Girls' College (secondary): about 40% 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 Glen Eden
94% of Glen Eden's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, slightly above Auckland as a whole (82%).
75% are that close to a frequent stop (60 or more departures that day), above the council (54%).
36% are within 800 m of a train station or ferry wharf.
The typical title is 161 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Auckland Transport. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Glen Eden
OpenStreetMap maps 16 places of worship inside Glen Eden (13 Christian, 3 other or not recorded).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Samoan Open Brethren, under 1 km away
- Hindu: unnamed, 5.2 km away
- Buddhist: Ratanadipa Buddhist Temple, 3.5 km away
- Muslim: Masjid e Abu Hurairah (Kelston Islamic Centre NZMA), 2.0 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 Glen Eden
The closest match on the measures on this site is Birkdale in Auckland, nearest on land per flat, heat pumps, distance to a hospital. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birkdale | Auckland | 24.7% | $650 | 35.2 | land per flat, heat pumps, distance to a hospital |
| Te Atatū South | Auckland | 17.7% | No data | 35.8 | unit-title share, median age, older residents |
| Blockhouse Bay | Auckland | 17.4% | No data | 38.2 | schools, heat pumps, population change |
| Sunnyvale | Auckland | 14.7% | $600 | 33.7 | cross-lease share, distance to the coast, rent |
| Howick | Auckland | 24.1% | $630 | 38.8 | elevation, distance to the coast, degrees |
Questions
What is the rent in Glen Eden?
New tenancies in Glen Eden Central (the rent area for part of Glen Eden) had a median rent of $595 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 $550 to $680.
What schools are in Glen Eden?
LINZ maps 4 school sites inside Glen Eden, including Glen Eden School, Konini School (Auckland) and Prospect School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Te Kuru Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi (1.4 km in a straight line). Being near a school does not mean being in its zone.