Living in Mount Roskill: schools and property titles
The 10,208 live property titles in Mount Roskill, Auckland are mostly freehold (64%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 2,891 (28.3%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
Mount Roskill cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 2,891
- Share of live titles
- 28.3%
- Live titles in total
- 10,208
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- joint 29 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 34 of 644
Mount Roskill at a glance
Where Mount Roskill differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: cross-lease share of titles (higher than 94% 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 Roskill is listed under Auckland.
- 10,208 live titles are recorded here, including 2,891 cross-lease titles (28.3%).
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 28.3% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 5.3% 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 Mount Roskill
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 6,574 | 64.4% |
| Cross lease | 2,891 | 28.3% |
| Unit title | 546 | 5.3% |
| Leasehold | 82 | 0.8% |
| Other record types | 115 | 1.1% |
| Total | 10,208 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Mount Roskill compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Mount Roskill is about 3.3 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Mount Roskill is about 2.0 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 Mount Roskill are set up
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (6%, against 11% nationally), up to 18.
Carports appear in more leases (22% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Fewer leases include a garage (21% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Mount Roskill | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 1,308 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 85.3% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 8.9% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 5.7% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 837 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 412 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 21.0% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 21.9% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 5.8% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 44.8% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 1,063 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Mount Roskill
Unit titles are 5% of Mount Roskill's titles, well below Auckland (15%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 84 developments, each run by a body corporate; 1 has 50 or more units.
82 titles (0.8%) are leasehold, 17 of them units in a unit-title development.
1 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 | 1 |
| Under 10 years left | 0 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 0 |
| More than 50 years left | 7 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 1 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 73 |
New titles in Mount Roskill since 2020
1,714 of Mount Roskill's current titles (17%) 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: 1,275 since 2023.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,494 | 1,123 |
| Unit title | 161 | 118 |
| Cross-lease | 39 | 22 |
| Leasehold | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 19 | 12 |
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 Roskill
The typical building in Mount Roskill stands on ground sloping 4.5° (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 Roskill
0% of Mount Roskill's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 4% within 500 m and 21% within 1 km. The typical title is 1.8 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 Mount Roskill
LINZ maps 11 school sites inside Mount Roskill, among them Central Auckland Specialist School (Specialist School) and Dominion Road School (Contributing).
- Central Auckland Specialist School (Specialist School)
- Dominion Road School (Contributing)
- Hay Park School (Contributing)
- Lynfield College (Secondary (Year 9-15))
- Marshall Laing School (Contributing)
- May Road School (Contributing)
- Mt Roskill Grammar (Secondary (Year 9-15))
- Mt Roskill Intermediate (Intermediate)
- Mt Roskill Primary School (Contributing)
- St Therese School (Three Kings) (Full Primary)
- Waikowhai Intermediate (Intermediate)
- Nearest school: May Road School (0.4 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Mt Roskill Grammar (1.2 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Auckland City Hospital (7.1 km)
School enrolment zones in Mount Roskill: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Mount Roskill's titles: Mt Roskill Grammar.
- May Road School (primary, Years 1–6): about 25% of titles
- Dominion Road School (primary, Years 1–6): about 20% of titles
- Hay Park School (primary, Years 1–6): about 15% of titles
- Marshall Laing School (primary, Years 1–6): about 15% of titles
- Mt Roskill Primary School (primary, Years 1–6): about 15% of titles
- Waikowhai School (primary, Years 1–6): about 15% of titles
- Mt Roskill Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 50% of titles
- Waikowhai Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 45% of titles
- Blockhouse Bay Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 10% of titles
- Mt Roskill Grammar (secondary): about 65% of titles
- Lynfield College (secondary): about 35% 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 Roskill
94% of Mount Roskill's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, slightly above Auckland as a whole (82%).
85% 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 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 Mount Roskill
OpenStreetMap maps 15 places of worship inside Mount Roskill (14 Christian, 1 Muslim).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Mount Roskill Baptist Church, under 1 km away
- Hindu: unnamed, 3.4 km away
- Buddhist: Dorje Chang Institute for Wisdom Culture, 3.9 km away
- Muslim: Al Rahman Masjid - Al Manar Islamic Trust, 1.4 km away
- Jewish: Beth Shalom Progressive Synagogue, 5.3 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 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%)
- Onehunga: 1,985 cross-lease titles (22.3%)
Suburbs like Mount Roskill
The closest match on the measures on this site is Epsom in Auckland, nearest on distance to the coast, near a frequent stop, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epsom | Auckland | 29.8% | $753 | 38.8 | distance to the coast, near a frequent stop, land per flat |
| Papatoetoe | Auckland | 25.8% | No data | No data | land per flat, distance to the coast, near a stop |
| Remuera | Auckland | 26.7% | $975 | 42.2 | schools, distance to the coast, near a stop |
| Glenfield | Auckland | 36.6% | $650 | 36.5 | distance to the coast, near a frequent stop, elevation |
| Ōtāhuhu | Auckland | 16.1% | $400 | 37.3 | distance to the coast, near a stop, land per flat |
Questions
What schools are in Mount Roskill?
LINZ maps 11 school sites inside Mount Roskill, including Central Auckland Specialist School, Dominion Road School and Hay Park School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Mt Roskill Grammar (1.2 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Mt Roskill Grammar; check the school's own zone map for any address.