Living in Glenfield: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 6,418 live property titles in Glenfield, Auckland are mostly freehold (58%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 2,347 (36.6%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 2,347
- Share of live titles
- 36.6%
- Live titles in total
- 6,418
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- 11 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- 12 of 644
Glenfield at a glance
Where Glenfield differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: cross-lease share of titles (higher than 98% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Glenfield is listed under Auckland.
- 6,418 live titles are recorded here, including 2,347 cross-lease titles (36.6%).
- 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 36.6% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 4.1% 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 Glenfield
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 3,735 | 58.2% |
| Cross lease | 2,347 | 36.6% |
| Unit title | 263 | 4.1% |
| Leasehold | 4 | 0.1% |
| Other record types | 69 | 1.1% |
| Total | 6,418 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Glenfield compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Glenfield is about 4.2 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Glenfield is about 2.5 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 Glenfield are set up
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (4%, against 11% nationally), up to 16.
Three-flat schemes are less common here (7%, against 12% nationally).
Fewer leases include a garage (20% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Glenfield | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 1,082 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 89.2% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 6.6% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 4.3% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 900 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 438 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 20.3% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 15.0% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 3.8% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 37.8% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 851 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Glenfield
Unit titles are 4% of Glenfield's titles, well below Auckland (15%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 67 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 2 units or fewer.
New titles in Glenfield since 2020
950 of Glenfield's current titles (15%) were first issued since 2020, close to Auckland's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (16%) and above New Zealand (12%).
Most came recently: 682 since 2023.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 842 | 614 |
| Unit title | 77 | 55 |
| Cross-lease | 27 | 10 |
| Leasehold | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 4 | 3 |
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 Glenfield
The typical building in Glenfield stands on ground sloping 7.3° (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 Glenfield
3% of Glenfield's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 9% within 500 m and 25% within 1 km. The typical title is 1.6 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 Glenfield: 2023 Census
Glenfield's titles fall in 9 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 4 shown below hold 79% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
More workers commute by bus, train or ferry in Glenfield Central than across Auckland: 11.5% against 7.8%.
More residents were born overseas in Glenfield Central than across Auckland: 57.7% against 42.9%.
| Measure | Glenfield Central 22% of titles | Glenfield South West 20% of titles | Glenfield North 19% of titles | Glenfield West 18% of titles | Auckland whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 4,119 | 3,837 | 3,492 | 3,036 | 1,656,486 |
| Change since 2018 | +0.4% | −4.8% | +4.8% | −1.6% | +5.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +5.9% | +6.1% | +14.5% | +10.0% | +17.0% |
| Median age | 36.5 | 35.8 | 35.1 | 36 | 35.9 |
| Households | 1,347 | 1,239 | 1,095 | 1,014 | 539,490 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 55.0% | 67.1% | 57.8% | 59.5% | 59.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 45.2% | 33.2% | 42.5% | 40.5% | 40.5% |
| Median household income | $110,300 | $126,300 | $119,700 | $114,000 | $116,800 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $550 | $594 | $600 | $570 | $540 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 6.6% | 5.5% | 6.2% | 6.5% | 8.8% |
| Ages | |||||
| Under 15 | 17.6% | 17.4% | 18.5% | 16.0% | 19.2% |
| 15 to 29 | 19.1% | 20.6% | 20.5% | 20.8% | 20.9% |
| 30 to 64 | 50.2% | 50.9% | 51.2% | 48.7% | 46.5% |
| 65 and over | 13.1% | 11.0% | 9.9% | 14.3% | 13.3% |
| Where people came from | |||||
| Born overseas | 57.7% | 53.0% | 61.5% | 56.1% | 42.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 21.5% | 18.3% | 23.5% | 20.3% | 19.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 47.4% | 40.4% | 46.2% | 43.8% | 45.0% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 5.8% | 4.8% | 7.2% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 23.6% | 19.4% | 22.4% | 20.1% | 21.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 38.2% | 35.6% | 37.8% | 35.3% | 32.9% |
| Employed full-time | 55.7% | 60.7% | 59.8% | 55.1% | 53.2% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 3.3% | 2.9% | 2.4% | 2.7% | 3.3% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 43.5% | 46.4% | 43.4% | 44.4% | 47.5% |
| Median personal income | $44,900 | $50,600 | $46,800 | $45,200 | $44,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||||
| Work from home | 16.2% | 19.1% | 15.3% | 16.0% | 18.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 67.8% | 68.9% | 70.1% | 68.4% | 68.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 11.5% | 9.2% | 10.4% | 11.8% | 7.8% |
| Walk or cycle | 3.2% | 1.3% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 4.2% |
| Households and families | |||||
| One-person households | 17.5% | 12.6% | 12.9% | 18.2% | 18.5% |
| Average people per household | 3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 5.4% | 2.8% | 4.1% | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 9.3% | 6.7% | 8.7% | 8.2% | 8.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 48.9% | 49.6% | 48.4% | 46.1% | 47.2% |
| Couples without children | 35.7% | 37.6% | 37.5% | 39.0% | 35.5% |
| One-parent families | 15.1% | 13.1% | 14.1% | 15.0% | 17.3% |
| Homes | |||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 68.9% | 83.3% | 79.8% | 72.2% | 71.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 64.4% | 71.9% | 63.0% | 70.7% | 66.3% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 25.3% | 24.7% | 22.1% | 24.9% | 20.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 22.1% | 22.4% | 20.7% | 22.2% | 17.4% |
Rents around Glenfield
New tenancies in Glenfield Central in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $650 a week (down 5.5% on a year earlier). That is close to the typical suburb in Auckland ($675), and slightly above the national median ($600).
| April–June 2026 | Glenfield Central 22% of titles | Glenfield South West 20% of titles | Glenfield North 19% of titles | Glenfield West 18% of titles | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $650 | $700 | $650 | $700 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $550–$790 | $648–$785 | $620–$754 | $620–$793 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | −5.5% | +1.0% | −1.5% | +11.1% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 21 | 21 | 24 | 33 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Glenfield
LINZ maps 7 school sites inside Glenfield, among them Glenfield College (Secondary (Year 9-15)) and Glenfield Intermediate (Intermediate).
- Glenfield College (Secondary (Year 9-15))
- Glenfield Intermediate (Intermediate)
- Glenfield Primary School (Contributing)
- Manuka Primary School (Contributing)
- Marlborough School (Contributing)
- Wairau Valley Special School (Specialist School)
- Windy Ridge School (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Glenfield Primary School (0.3 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Glenfield College (1.0 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: North Shore Hospital (2.8 km)
School enrolment zones in Glenfield: a guide
The largest secondary-school zone share of Glenfield's titles is in Westlake Girls' High School's home zone (about 20%).
- Glenfield Primary School (primary, Years 1–6): about 35% of titles
- Windy Ridge School (primary, Years 1–6): about 30% of titles
- Marlborough School (primary, Years 1–6): about 20% of titles
- Manuka Primary School (primary, Years 1–6): about 20% of titles
- Glenfield Intermediate School (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Westlake Girls' High School (secondary): about 20% of titles
- Westlake Boys' High School (secondary): about 10% 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 Glenfield
99% of Glenfield's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, above Auckland as a whole (82%).
88% 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 152 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Auckland Transport. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Glenfield
OpenStreetMap maps 5 places of worship inside Glenfield (3 Christian, 2 other or not recorded).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Glenfield Presbyterian Church, under 1 km away
- Hindu: Shree Sanatan Dharam Hanuman Mandir, 2.5 km away
- Buddhist: Wat Phra Dhammakaya Auckland, 4.0 km away
- Muslim: North Shore Islamic Centre, 1.9 km away
- Sikh: Gurdwara Sahib North Shore, 1.1 km away
- Jewish: Auckland Hebrew Congregation, 8.8 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%)
- 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%)
- Onehunga: 1,985 cross-lease titles (22.3%)
Suburbs like Glenfield
The closest match on the measures on this site is Forrest Hill in Auckland, nearest on distance to the coast, new titles, commuting by public transport. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest Hill | Auckland | 33.7% | $763 | 37 | distance to the coast, new titles, commuting by public transport |
| Birkdale | Auckland | 24.7% | $650 | 35.2 | rent, population change, degrees |
| Tōtara Vale | Auckland | 38.9% | $600 | 34.2 | children, stand-alone houses, land per flat |
| Belmont, Auckland | Auckland | 37.2% | No data | 38 | heat pumps, population change, cross-lease share |
| Mount Roskill | Auckland | 28.3% | No data | No data | distance to the coast, near a frequent stop, elevation |
Questions
What is the rent in Glenfield?
New tenancies in Glenfield Central (the rent area for part of Glenfield) had a median rent of $650 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 $790.
What schools are in Glenfield?
LINZ maps 7 school sites inside Glenfield, including Glenfield College, Glenfield Intermediate and Glenfield Primary School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Glenfield College (1.0 km in a straight line). Being near a school does not mean being in its zone.