Living in Mount Albert: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 8,427 live property titles in Mount Albert, Auckland are mostly freehold (52%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 1,727 (20.5%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
Mount Albert cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 1,727
- Share of live titles
- 20.5%
- Live titles in total
- 8,427
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- 65 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 115 of 644
Mount Albert at a glance
Where Mount Albert differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: titles first issued since 2020 (higher than 91% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Mount Albert is listed under Auckland.
- 8,427 live titles are recorded here, including 1,727 cross-lease titles (20.5%).
- 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 20.5% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 24.9% 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 Mount Albert
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 4,416 | 52.4% |
| Cross lease | 1,727 | 20.5% |
| Unit title | 2,099 | 24.9% |
| Leasehold | 34 | 0.4% |
| Other record types | 151 | 1.8% |
| Total | 8,427 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Mount Albert compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Mount Albert is about 2.4 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Mount Albert is higher than the overall Auckland share (14.4%).
How cross-leases in Mount Albert are set up
Carports appear in more leases (29% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
More schemes have four or more flats on one section (23%, against 11% nationally), up to 18.
Three-flat schemes are more common here (17%, against 12% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Mount Albert | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 611 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 60.1% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 17.0% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 22.9% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 868 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 376 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 29.5% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 28.8% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 4.7% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 38.0% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1989 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 298 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Mount Albert
Unit titles are 25% of Mount Albert's titles, well above Auckland (15%) and well above New Zealand (8%). They belong to 123 developments, each run by a body corporate; 12 have 50 or more units.
The unit-title share is in the highest quarter of 160 in Auckland.
34 titles (0.4%) are leasehold, 5 of them units in a unit-title development.
4 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 | 3 |
| Under 10 years left | 1 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 0 |
| More than 50 years left | 15 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 10 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 5 |
New titles in Mount Albert since 2020
1,731 of Mount Albert's current titles (21%) were first issued since 2020, 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.
45% are unit titles, in 35 developments; most of the rest are freehold.
Most came recently: 1,353 since 2023.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 898 | 660 |
| Unit title | 776 | 654 |
| Cross-lease | 16 | 11 |
| Leasehold | 5 | 4 |
| Other | 36 | 24 |
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 Mount Albert
The typical building in Mount Albert stands on ground sloping 3.2° (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 Mount Albert
0% of Mount Albert's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 0% within 500 m and 8% within 1 km. The typical title is 1.7 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 Mount Albert: 2023 Census
Mount Albert's titles fall in 12 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 4 shown below hold 68% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
More workers commute by bus, train or ferry in Ōwairaka West than across Auckland: 12.1% against 7.8%.
Fewer residents are 65 or over in Ōwairaka West than across Auckland: 8.6% against 13.3%.
More households have no car in Ōwairaka West than across Auckland: 9.8% against 6.8%.
| Measure | Ōwairaka West 22% of titles | Mount Albert North 18% of titles | Mount Albert Central 15% of titles | St Lukes 13% of titles | Auckland whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,015 | 4,143 | 3,564 | 1,977 | 1,656,486 |
| Change since 2018 | −6.4% | +2.4% | −2.9% | −17.3% | +5.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +1.0% | +5.3% | +5.1% | −12.4% | +17.0% |
| Median age | 33.2 | 35.1 | 37.7 | 32.9 | 35.9 |
| Households | 1,083 | 1,422 | 1,176 | 711 | 539,490 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 42.4% | 52.1% | 58.9% | 33.3% | 59.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 57.3% | 47.7% | 40.8% | 66.7% | 40.5% |
| Median household income | $114,100 | $118,200 | $144,000 | $110,400 | $116,800 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $514 | $490 | $530 | $550 | $540 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 7.2% | 7.3% | 6.4% | 21.3% | 8.8% |
| Ages | |||||
| Under 15 | 17.7% | 22.2% | 17.3% | 16.1% | 19.2% |
| 15 to 29 | 24.4% | 20.1% | 22.5% | 27.2% | 20.9% |
| 30 to 64 | 49.4% | 48.4% | 48.7% | 47.5% | 46.5% |
| 65 and over | 8.6% | 9.3% | 11.6% | 9.1% | 13.3% |
| Where people came from | |||||
| Born overseas | 49.4% | 36.4% | 32.5% | 54.8% | 42.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 24.2% | 24.6% | 21.3% | 28.2% | 19.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 57.0% | 42.6% | 40.6% | 52.8% | 45.0% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 6.7% | 6.5% | 5.0% | 6.9% | 5.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 29.7% | 23.9% | 21.3% | 37.3% | 21.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 42.8% | 44.6% | 48.2% | 46.1% | 32.9% |
| Employed full-time | 59.4% | 54.3% | 54.3% | 55.9% | 53.2% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 4.0% | 3.0% | 3.8% | 4.9% | 3.3% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 50.5% | 56.9% | 58.1% | 52.2% | 47.5% |
| Median personal income | $50,200 | $47,800 | $52,200 | $48,300 | $44,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||||
| Work from home | 16.4% | 20.7% | 19.5% | 20.2% | 18.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 65.7% | 56.9% | 57.7% | 53.8% | 68.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 12.1% | 14.4% | 13.4% | 16.0% | 7.8% |
| Walk or cycle | 4.3% | 6.3% | 7.3% | 7.9% | 4.2% |
| Households and families | |||||
| One-person households | 20.7% | 21.1% | 17.4% | 20.5% | 18.5% |
| Average people per household | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 9.8% | 8.9% | 6.6% | 12.3% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 10.7% | 8.8% | 5.5% | 10.5% | 8.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 42.2% | 50.1% | 53.4% | 44.6% | 47.2% |
| Couples without children | 39.8% | 29.1% | 33.9% | 36.9% | 35.5% |
| One-parent families | 17.6% | 20.8% | 13.0% | 18.5% | 17.3% |
| Homes | |||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 50.8% | 63.5% | 64.1% | 32.6% | 71.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 73.5% | 66.1% | 66.7% | 48.9% | 66.3% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 21.5% | 24.4% | 19.0% | 27.8% | 20.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 19.3% | 20.7% | 18.1% | 22.1% | 17.4% |
Rents around Mount Albert
New tenancies in Owairaka West in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $650 a week (up 0.0% on a year earlier). That is close to the typical suburb in Auckland ($675), and slightly above the national median ($600).
| April–June 2026 | Owairaka West 22% of titles | Mount Albert North 18% of titles | Mount Albert Central 15% of titles | St Lukes 13% of titles | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $650 | $560 | $600 | $650 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $464–$683 | $500–$720 | $450–$750 | $594–$680 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | +0.0% | −7.4% | −13.0% | −4.4% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 48 | 27 | 39 | 42 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Mount Albert
LINZ maps 8 school sites inside Mount Albert, among them Elim Christian College Mt Albert (Composite) and Gladstone School (Auckland) (Contributing).
- Elim Christian College Mt Albert (Composite)
- Gladstone School (Auckland) (Contributing)
- Marist College (Secondary (Year 7-15))
- Marist School (Mount Albert) (Contributing)
- Mt Albert Grammar School (Secondary (Year 9-15))
- Mt Albert School (Contributing)
- Owairaka District School (Contributing)
- Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Maungawhau (Composite)
- Nearest school: Elim Christian College Mt Albert (0.7 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Elim Christian College Mt Albert (0.7 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Auckland City Hospital (5.5 km)
School enrolment zones in Mount Albert: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Mount Albert's titles: Mt Albert Grammar School.
- Gladstone School (Auckland) (primary, Years 1–6): about 50% of titles
- Owairaka District School (primary, Years 1–6): about 40% of titles
- Mt Albert School (primary, Years 1–6): about 20% of titles
- Kowhai Intermediate School (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 75% of titles
- Wesley Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 35% of titles
- Avondale Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 15% of titles
- Pasadena Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 5% of titles
- Mt Albert Grammar School (secondary): about 80% of titles
- Avondale College (secondary): about 35% of titles
- Auckland Girls' Grammar School (secondary): about 5% 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 Mount Albert
95% of Mount Albert'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.
59% are within 800 m of a train station or ferry wharf.
The typical title is 153 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Auckland Transport. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Mount Albert
OpenStreetMap maps 11 places of worship inside Mount Albert (7 Christian, 3 Muslim, 1 other or not recorded).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Mount Albert Presbyterian Church, under 1 km away
- Hindu: Bharatiya Mandir, 2.1 km away
- Buddhist: Dorje Chang Institute for Wisdom Culture, 1.3 km away
- Muslim: Mount Albert Islamic Centre, under 1 km away
- Jewish: Auckland Hebrew Congregation, 5.0 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 Mount Albert
The closest match on the measures on this site is Mount Wellington in Auckland, nearest on distance to a hospital, distance to the coast, near a stop. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wellington | Auckland | 24.1% | No data | No data | distance to a hospital, distance to the coast, near a stop |
| Northcote, Auckland | Auckland | 25.3% | $648 | 32.3 | born overseas, rent, unit-title share |
| Papatoetoe | Auckland | 25.8% | No data | No data | near a stop, distance to the coast, elevation |
| Avondale, Auckland | Auckland | 17.2% | $660 | 33.5 | working from home, median age, distance to the coast |
| Panmure | Auckland | 19.7% | $550 | 36.8 | home ownership, commuting by public transport, distance to the coast |
Questions
What is the rent in Mount Albert?
New tenancies in Owairaka West (the rent area for part of Mount Albert) 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 $464 to $683.
What schools are in Mount Albert?
LINZ maps 8 school sites inside Mount Albert, including Elim Christian College Mt Albert, Gladstone School (Auckland) and Marist College. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Elim Christian College Mt Albert (0.7 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Mt Albert Grammar School; check the school's own zone map for any address.