Living in Lynfield: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 1,470 live property titles in Lynfield, Auckland are mostly freehold (79%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 250 (17.0%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 250
- Share of live titles
- 17.0%
- Live titles in total
- 1,470
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- joint 80 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 174 of 644
Lynfield 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
- Lynfield is listed under Auckland.
- 1,470 live titles are recorded here, including 250 cross-lease titles (17.0%).
- 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 17.0% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 2.9% 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
- The core title, Census, rent, transport and coast measures used by this page are available.
Title mix in Lynfield
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,161 | 79.0% |
| Cross lease | 250 | 17.0% |
| Unit title | 42 | 2.9% |
| Leasehold | 1 | 0.1% |
| Other record types | 16 | 1.1% |
| Total | 1,470 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Lynfield compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Lynfield is about 2.0 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Lynfield is slightly higher than the overall Auckland share (14.4%).
How cross-leases in Lynfield are set up
Fewer leases include a garage (10% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (7% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
Carports appear in more leases (18% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Lynfield | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 110 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 76.4% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 13.6% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 10.0% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 943 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 446 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 10.0% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 18.2% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 7.3% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 36.4% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1992 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 79 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Lynfield
Unit titles are 3% of Lynfield's titles, well below Auckland (15%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 16 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 2 units or fewer.
New titles in Lynfield since 2020
173 of Lynfield's current titles (12%) were first issued since 2020, below Auckland's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (16%) and close to New Zealand (12%).
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 169 | 107 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 4 | 4 |
| 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 Lynfield
The typical building in Lynfield stands on ground sloping 6.2° (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 Lynfield
10% of Lynfield's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 50% within 500 m and 100% within 1 km. The typical title is 500 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 Lynfield: 2023 Census
About 61% of Lynfield's titles are in the census area Lynfield Central (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Lynfield exactly.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Lynfield Central than across Auckland: 2.1% against 4.2%.
Fewer households have no car in Lynfield Central than across Auckland: 4.4% against 6.8%.
Fewer people live alone in Lynfield Central than across Auckland: 12.7% against 18.5%.
| Measure | Lynfield Central | Lynfield Harbour View | Auckland whole council |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 2,790 | 1,719 | 1,656,486 |
| Change since 2018 | +1.2% | +0.2% | +5.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +12.9% | +8.9% | +17.0% |
| Median age | 35.6 | 40.7 | 35.9 |
| Households | 876 | 549 | 539,490 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 59.2% | 72.1% | 59.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 40.8% | 27.9% | 40.5% |
| Median household income | $124,200 | $143,300 | $116,800 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $590 | $630 | $540 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 5.7% | 2.1% | 8.8% |
| Ages | |||
| Under 15 | 18.7% | 15.0% | 19.2% |
| 15 to 29 | 21.2% | 20.2% | 20.9% |
| 30 to 64 | 48.5% | 44.9% | 46.5% |
| 65 and over | 11.6% | 19.9% | 13.3% |
| Where people came from | |||
| Born overseas | 59.4% | 49.6% | 42.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 18.9% | 18.1% | 19.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 44.0% | 35.6% | 45.0% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 6.0% | 5.1% | 5.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 20.3% | 20.0% | 21.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 42.0% | 44.1% | 32.9% |
| Employed full-time | 56.8% | 51.8% | 53.2% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.6% | 2.7% | 3.3% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 47.9% | 57.6% | 47.5% |
| Median personal income | $46,600 | $48,900 | $44,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||
| Work from home | 17.1% | 19.9% | 18.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 71.1% | 71.8% | 68.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 9.5% | 6.3% | 7.8% |
| Walk or cycle | 2.1% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Households and families | |||
| One-person households | 12.7% | 9.5% | 18.5% |
| Average people per household | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 4.4% | 1.1% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 7.7% | 4.5% | 8.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 55.6% | 50.0% | 47.2% |
| Couples without children | 31.7% | 43.8% | 35.5% |
| One-parent families | 13.1% | 6.8% | 17.3% |
| Homes | |||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 78.5% | 89.1% | 71.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 69.8% | 71.4% | 66.3% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 22.3% | 17.9% | 20.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 21.4% | 15.9% | 17.4% |
Rents around Lynfield
New tenancies in Lynfield South in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $600 a week (down 15.5% 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 | Lynfield South | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $600 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $177–$720 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | −15.5% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 42 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Lynfield
One school site lies inside Lynfield: Halsey Drive School (Contributing).
- Halsey Drive School (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Halsey Drive School (0.2 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Lynfield College (1.3 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Auckland City Hospital (9.0 km)
School enrolment zones in Lynfield: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Lynfield's titles: Lynfield College.
- Halsey Drive School (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all titles
- Waikowhai Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Lynfield 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 Lynfield
100% of Lynfield's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, above Auckland as a whole (82%).
100% 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 139 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Auckland Transport. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Lynfield
OpenStreetMap maps 2 places of worship inside Lynfield (2 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Mangere East Congregational Church, under 1 km away
- Hindu: unnamed, 3.5 km away
- Buddhist: Ratanadipa Buddhist Temple, 4.3 km away
- Muslim: Masjid e Umar, 3.2 km away
- Jewish: Beth Shalom Progressive Synagogue, 7.2 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 Lynfield
The closest match on the measures on this site is New Windsor in Auckland, nearest on population change, unit-title share, slope. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Windsor | Auckland | 11.2% | $637 | 36 | population change, unit-title share, slope |
| Northcross | Auckland | 18.9% | $710 | 38.4 | household income, unit-title share, near a stop |
| Blockhouse Bay | Auckland | 17.4% | No data | 38.2 | working from home, distance to the coast, distance to a hospital |
| Unsworth Heights | Auckland | 14.9% | $595 | 39.4 | schools, recent movers within NZ, rent |
| Sunnynook | Auckland | 27.8% | $760 | 34.8 | schools, population change, near a stop |
Questions
What is the rent in Lynfield?
New tenancies in Lynfield South (the rent area for part of Lynfield) had a median rent of $600 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 $177 to $720.
What schools are in Lynfield?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Lynfield: Halsey Drive School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Lynfield College (1.3 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Lynfield College; check the school's own zone map for any address.