Living in Mount Eden: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 9,679 live property titles in Mount Eden, Auckland are mostly freehold (57%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 2,005 (20.7%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 2,005
- Share of live titles
- 20.7%
- Live titles in total
- 9,679
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- 64 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- 112 of 644
Mount Eden at a glance
Where Mount Eden differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: median weekly rent, new tenancies (higher than 96% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
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What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Mount Eden is listed under Auckland.
- 9,679 live titles are recorded here, including 2,005 cross-lease titles (20.7%).
- 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 20.7% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 20.8% 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 Eden
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 5,482 | 56.6% |
| Cross lease | 2,005 | 20.7% |
| Unit title | 2,017 | 20.8% |
| Leasehold | 27 | 0.3% |
| Other record types | 148 | 1.5% |
| Total | 9,679 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Mount Eden compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Mount Eden is about 2.4 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Mount Eden is higher than the overall Auckland share (14.4%).
How cross-leases in Mount Eden are set up
More schemes have four or more flats on one section (33%, against 11% nationally), up to 42.
Carports appear in more leases (30% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Three-flat schemes are more common here (20%, against 12% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Mount Eden | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 576 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 47.6% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 20.0% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 32.5% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 958 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 361 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 30.4% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 30.4% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 5.2% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 37.7% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1988 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 228 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Mount Eden
Unit titles are 21% of Mount Eden's titles, above Auckland (15%) and well above New Zealand (8%). They belong to 144 developments, each run by a body corporate; 8 have 50 or more units.
The unit-title share is in the highest quarter of 160 in Auckland.
27 titles (0.3%) are leasehold, 1 of them units in a unit-title development.
Most stated terms have more than 50 years to run.
Stated lease terms, as at 30 September 2026:
| Stated lease term | Titles |
|---|---|
| Stated term has ended | 0 |
| Under 10 years left | 0 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 0 |
| More than 50 years left | 22 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 4 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 1 |
New titles in Mount Eden since 2020
539 of Mount Eden's current titles (6%) were first issued since 2020, well below Auckland's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (16%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
That rate is in the lowest quarter of 157 in Auckland.
45% are unit titles, in 12 developments; most of the rest are freehold.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 275 | 163 |
| Unit title | 242 | 50 |
| Cross-lease | 11 | 7 |
| Leasehold | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 10 | 4 |
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 Eden
The typical building in Mount Eden stands on ground sloping 3.3° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
The land rises from about 33 m to 196 m, and 6% of all of it, including reserves and gullies, is 15° or steeper.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Mount Eden
Mount Eden is inland: the typical title is 3.4 km from the sea or harbour edge, and fewer than 1 in 2,000 titles are within 1 km of it.
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 Eden: 2023 Census
Mount Eden's titles fall in 15 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 4 shown below hold 50% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
Fewer households have no car in Mount Eden South than across Auckland: 4.1% against 6.8%.
More adults hold a degree in Mount Eden South than across Auckland: 52.4% against 32.9%.
More workers commute by bus, train or ferry in Mount Eden South than across Auckland: 11.8% against 7.8%.
| Measure | Mount Eden South 13% of titles | Mount Eden North 13% of titles | Mount Eden West 12% of titles | Mount Eden East 11% of titles | Auckland whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,702 | 3,180 | 3,399 | 2,766 | 1,656,486 |
| Change since 2018 | −6.3% | −8.5% | +3.7% | −4.4% | +5.4% |
| Change since 2013 | −2.7% | +0.0% | +5.3% | +0.4% | +17.0% |
| Median age | 36.7 | 37.5 | 35.8 | 36.4 | 35.9 |
| Households | 1,209 | 1,311 | 1,149 | 960 | 539,490 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 64.3% | 41.4% | 58.5% | 55.0% | 59.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 35.5% | 58.4% | 41.3% | 45.0% | 40.5% |
| Median household income | $156,300 | $100,800 | $145,000 | $142,200 | $116,800 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $600 | $465 | $540 | $540 | $540 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 9.4% | 11.8% | 9.9% | 11.7% | 8.8% |
| Ages | |||||
| Under 15 | 16.5% | 10.8% | 16.5% | 14.5% | 19.2% |
| 15 to 29 | 23.7% | 25.1% | 24.9% | 26.6% | 20.9% |
| 30 to 64 | 46.4% | 48.6% | 48.2% | 47.2% | 46.5% |
| 65 and over | 13.6% | 15.6% | 10.4% | 11.7% | 13.3% |
| Where people came from | |||||
| Born overseas | 40.5% | 44.5% | 40.0% | 39.8% | 42.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 21.3% | 28.4% | 28.0% | 25.5% | 19.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 38.7% | 51.3% | 43.2% | 45.4% | 45.0% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 6.7% | 7.3% | 8.0% | 6.9% | 5.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 22.7% | 28.3% | 25.1% | 24.6% | 21.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 52.4% | 53.8% | 54.8% | 53.8% | 32.9% |
| Employed full-time | 56.8% | 56.0% | 57.6% | 56.3% | 53.2% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.2% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 3.3% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 61.1% | 59.0% | 61.8% | 61.4% | 47.5% |
| Median personal income | $55,700 | $50,600 | $55,500 | $55,000 | $44,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||||
| Work from home | 22.8% | 18.7% | 20.2% | 21.3% | 18.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 58.3% | 50.0% | 55.1% | 53.9% | 68.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 11.8% | 17.2% | 14.0% | 14.5% | 7.8% |
| Walk or cycle | 5.0% | 12.2% | 8.9% | 8.2% | 4.2% |
| Households and families | |||||
| One-person households | 14.0% | 35.5% | 19.6% | 21.2% | 18.5% |
| Average people per household | 3 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 4.1% | 14.3% | 7.3% | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 6.0% | 7.7% | 5.8% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 47.7% | 38.0% | 52.2% | 48.5% | 47.2% |
| Couples without children | 40.2% | 49.0% | 37.8% | 38.8% | 35.5% |
| One-parent families | 11.8% | 13.1% | 10.0% | 12.2% | 17.3% |
| Homes | |||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 75.0% | 32.7% | 65.0% | 55.0% | 71.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.3 | 2.3 | 3 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 67.4% | 52.0% | 61.3% | 61.0% | 66.3% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 22.5% | 28.7% | 21.8% | 26.0% | 20.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 18.0% | 24.6% | 18.3% | 22.4% | 17.4% |
Rents around Mount Eden
New tenancies in Mount Eden South in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $833 a week (up 20.7% on a year earlier). That is above the typical suburb in Auckland ($675), and above the national median ($600); in the highest quarter of 129 in Auckland.
| April–June 2026 | Mount Eden South 13% of titles | Mount Eden North 13% of titles | Mount Eden West 12% of titles | Mount Eden East 11% of titles | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $833 | $480 | $610 | $670 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $623–$938 | $445–$605 | $530–$855 | $470–$870 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | +20.7% | −15.0% | +10.9% | +6.3% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 24 | 45 | 45 | 33 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Mount Eden
LINZ maps 8 school sites inside Mount Eden, among them Balmoral School (Auckland) (Full Primary) and Balmoral Seventh Day Adventist School (Full Primary).
- Balmoral School (Auckland) (Full Primary)
- Balmoral Seventh Day Adventist School (Full Primary)
- Eden Campus (Teen Parent Unit)
- Ficino School (Full Primary)
- Good Shepherd School (Balmoral) (Contributing)
- Kowhai Intermediate (Intermediate)
- Maungawhau School (Contributing)
- Mt Eden Normal School (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Eden Campus (0.5 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Auckland Grammar School (1.9 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Auckland City Hospital (3.1 km)
School enrolment zones in Mount Eden: a guide
Two secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Mount Eden's titles: Mt Albert Grammar School and Auckland Girls' Grammar School.
- Mt Eden Normal School (primary, Years 1–6): about 40% of titles
- Maungawhau School (primary, Years 1–6): about 20% of titles
- Newmarket School (primary, Years 1–6): about 10% of titles
- Three Kings School (primary, Years 1–6): about 5% of titles
- Balmoral School (Auckland) Zone B (yrs 7-8) (primary, Years 1–8): about 40% of titles
- Balmoral School (Auckland) Zone A (yrs 1-6) (primary, Years 1–8): about 25% of titles
- Auckland Normal Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 45% of titles
- Kowhai Intermediate School (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 30% of titles
- Mt Albert Grammar School (secondary): about 85% of titles
- Auckland Girls' Grammar School (secondary): about 80% of titles
- Auckland Grammar (secondary): about 50% of titles
- Epsom Girls' Grammar School (secondary): about 45% of titles
- Baradene 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 Mount Eden
92% of Mount Eden's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, slightly above Auckland as a whole (82%).
92% 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.
32% are within 800 m of a train station or ferry wharf.
The typical title is 159 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 Eden
OpenStreetMap maps 30 places of worship inside Mount Eden (26 Christian, 4 other or not recorded).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Dominion Road Methodist Church, under 1 km away
- Hindu: Bharatiya Mandir, 1.2 km away
- Buddhist: New Zealand Tsi MIng Temple, 4.3 km away
- Muslim: Mount Albert Islamic Centre, 2.7 km away
- Jewish: Beth Shalom Progressive Synagogue, 1.9 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%)
- Onehunga: 1,985 cross-lease titles (22.3%)
Suburbs like Mount Eden
The closest match on the measures on this site is Epsom in Auckland, nearest on distance to a hospital, population change, distance to the coast. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epsom | Auckland | 29.8% | $753 | 38.8 | distance to a hospital, population change, distance to the coast |
| Remuera | Auckland | 26.7% | $975 | 42.2 | distance to a hospital, born overseas, stand-alone houses |
| Ellerslie | Auckland | 34.2% | $650 | 36.6 | children, older residents, median age |
| Point Chevalier | Auckland | 23.2% | $850 | 36.6 | land per flat, median age, damp homes |
| Hillsborough, Auckland | Auckland | 26.2% | $795 | 37.9 | elevation, near a stop, heat pumps |
Questions
What is the rent in Mount Eden?
New tenancies in Mount Eden South (the rent area for part of Mount Eden) had a median rent of $833 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 $623 to $938.
What schools are in Mount Eden?
LINZ maps 8 school sites inside Mount Eden, including Balmoral School (Auckland), Balmoral Seventh Day Adventist School and Eden Campus. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Auckland Grammar School (1.9 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles are Mt Albert Grammar School and Auckland Girls' Grammar School; check the school's own zone map for any address.