Living in Manurewa: schools and property titles
The 11,094 live property titles in Manurewa, Auckland are mostly freehold (77%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 1,727 (15.6%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 1,727
- Share of live titles
- 15.6%
- Live titles in total
- 11,094
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- 89 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- 198 of 644
Manurewa at a glance
Where Manurewa differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: titles first issued since 2020 (higher than 96% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Manurewa is listed under Auckland.
- 11,094 live titles are recorded here, including 1,727 cross-lease titles (15.6%).
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 15.6% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 6.1% 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
- Census context is not available for this suburb under the page’s evidence rules.
- A usable MBIE new-tenancy rent figure is not available for this suburb.
Title mix in Manurewa
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 8,546 | 77.0% |
| Cross lease | 1,727 | 15.6% |
| Unit title | 680 | 6.1% |
| Leasehold | 57 | 0.5% |
| Other record types | 84 | 0.8% |
| Total | 11,094 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Manurewa compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Manurewa is about 1.8 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Manurewa is slightly higher than the overall Auckland share (14.4%).
How cross-leases in Manurewa are set up
Carports appear in more leases (25% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Three-flat schemes are more common here (23%, against 12% nationally).
Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (3% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Manurewa | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 690 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 66.4% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 22.6% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 10.9% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,011 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 424 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 36.2% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 24.8% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 2.5% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 38.4% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1987 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 420 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Manurewa
Unit titles are 6% of Manurewa's titles, well below Auckland (15%) and below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 80 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 5 units or fewer.
57 titles (0.5%) are leasehold, 26 of them units in a unit-title development.
18 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 | 17 |
| Under 10 years left | 1 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 0 |
| More than 50 years left | 1 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 11 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 27 |
New titles in Manurewa since 2020
2,864 of Manurewa's current titles (26%) were first issued since 2020, well above Auckland's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (16%) and well above New Zealand (12%).
That rate is in the highest quarter of 157 in Auckland.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 2,476 | 1,686 |
| Unit title | 342 | 268 |
| Cross-lease | 6 | 3 |
| Leasehold | 13 | 7 |
| Other | 27 | 21 |
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 Manurewa
The typical building in Manurewa stands on ground sloping 2.0° (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 14,283 measured buildings (91%) stand on ground under 5°.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Manurewa
0% of Manurewa's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 2% within 500 m and 20% within 1 km. The typical title is 1.5 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.
Schools and hospitals near Manurewa
LINZ maps 16 school sites inside Manurewa, among them Blind and Low Vision Education Network NZ (Specialist School) and Clendon Park School (Contributing).
- Blind and Low Vision Education Network NZ (Specialist School)
- Clendon Park School (Contributing)
- Finlayson Park School (Contributing)
- Homai School (Contributing)
- James Cook High School (Secondary (Year 9-15))
- Leabank School (Contributing)
- Manukau Christian School (Composite)
- Manurewa Central School (Contributing)
- Manurewa High School (Secondary (Year 9-15))
- Manurewa Intermediate (Intermediate)
- Manurewa South School (Contributing)
- Manurewa West School (Contributing)
- Rowandale School (Contributing)
- St Anne's Catholic School (Manurewa) (Full Primary)
- Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Manurewa (Full Primary)
- and 1 more
- Nearest school: Manurewa Intermediate (0.2 km)
- Nearest secondary school: James Cook High School (1.3 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Middlemore Hospital (7.7 km)
School enrolment zones in Manurewa: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Manurewa's titles: James Cook High School.
- Manurewa South School (primary, Years 1–6): about 20% of titles
- Manurewa West School (primary, Years 1–6): about 15% of titles
- Homai School (primary, Years 1–6): about 15% of titles
- Clendon Park School (primary, Years 1–6): about 15% of titles
- Rowandale School (primary, Years 1–6): about 10% of titles
- Leabank School (primary, Years 1–6): about 10% of titles
- Finlayson Park School (primary, Years 1–6): about 5% of titles
- Manurewa Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 80% of titles
- Greenmeadows Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 10% of titles
- James Cook High School (secondary): about 70% of titles
- Manurewa High School (secondary): about 45% of titles
- Alfriston College (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 Manurewa
96% of Manurewa's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, slightly above Auckland as a whole (82%).
68% 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 162 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Auckland Transport. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Manurewa
OpenStreetMap maps 25 places of worship inside Manurewa (21 Christian, 1 Hindu, 1 Muslim, 1 Sikh, 1 other or not recorded).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Saint Anne's Catholic Church, under 1 km away
- Hindu: Shiv Mandir, 2.2 km away
- Buddhist: The Cambodian Association Auckland, 5.3 km away
- Muslim: Masjid Ayesha, 1.3 km away
- Sikh: Nanaksar Sikh Temple, 1.2 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 Manurewa
The closest match on the measures on this site is Henderson in Auckland, nearest on distance to the coast, elevation, land per flat. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson | Auckland | 10.3% | No data | No data | distance to the coast, elevation, land per flat |
| Ōtara, Auckland | Auckland | 3.5% | $650 | 26.9 | distance to the coast, near a stop, unit-title share |
| Māngere East | Auckland | 11.0% | $570 | 31.7 | unit-title share, near a frequent stop, distance to the coast |
| Mount Roskill | Auckland | 28.3% | No data | No data | distance to the coast, distance to a hospital, unit-title share |
| Māngere | Auckland | 3.2% | No data | 28.5 | distance to the coast, near a frequent stop, land per flat |
Questions
What schools are in Manurewa?
LINZ maps 16 school sites inside Manurewa, including Blind and Low Vision Education Network NZ, Clendon Park School and Finlayson Park School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is James Cook High School (1.3 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is James Cook High School; check the school's own zone map for any address.