Living in Mount Wellington: schools and property titles
The 11,221 live property titles in Mount Wellington, Auckland are mostly freehold (55%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 2,700 (24.1%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
Mount Wellington cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 2,700
- Share of live titles
- 24.1%
- Live titles in total
- 11,221
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- joint 52 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 79 of 644
Mount Wellington at a glance
Where Mount Wellington differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: titles first issued since 2020 (higher than 94% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Mount Wellington is listed under Auckland.
- 11,221 live titles are recorded here, including 2,700 cross-lease titles (24.1%).
Contextual observations
- Cross-lease titles make up 24.1% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 18.7% 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 Wellington
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 6,194 | 55.2% |
| Cross lease | 2,700 | 24.1% |
| Unit title | 2,097 | 18.7% |
| Leasehold | 43 | 0.4% |
| Other record types | 187 | 1.7% |
| Total | 11,221 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Mount Wellington compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Mount Wellington is about 2.8 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Mount Wellington is about 1.7 times the overall Auckland share (14.4%).
How cross-leases in Mount Wellington are set up
Carports appear in more leases (28% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
More schemes have four or more flats on one section (21%, against 11% nationally), up to 19.
Three-flat schemes are more common here (15%, against 12% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Mount Wellington | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 994 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 64.3% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 15.1% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 20.6% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,012 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 412 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 33.9% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 28.4% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 4.8% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 36.3% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 589 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Mount Wellington
Unit titles are 19% of Mount Wellington's titles, above Auckland (15%) and well above New Zealand (8%). They belong to 184 developments, each run by a body corporate; 6 have 50 or more units.
The unit-title share is in the highest quarter of 160 in Auckland.
43 titles (0.4%) are leasehold.
9 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 | 7 |
| Under 10 years left | 2 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 3 |
| More than 50 years left | 8 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 23 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 0 |
New titles in Mount Wellington since 2020
2,577 of Mount Wellington's current titles (23%) 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.
23% are unit titles, in 21 developments; most of the rest are freehold.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 1,933 | 1,330 |
| Unit title | 601 | 182 |
| Cross-lease | 20 | 7 |
| Leasehold | 2 | 0 |
| Other | 21 | 7 |
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 Wellington
The typical building in Mount Wellington stands on ground sloping 2.7° (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 Wellington
11% of Mount Wellington's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 29% within 500 m and 58% within 1 km. The typical title is 840 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.
Schools and hospitals near Mount Wellington
LINZ maps 5 school sites inside Mount Wellington, among them Bailey Road School (Full Primary) and Panama Road School (Full Primary).
- Bailey Road School (Full Primary)
- Panama Road School (Full Primary)
- Panmure District School (Full Primary)
- Stanhope Road School (Full Primary)
- Sylvia Park School (Full Primary)
- Nearest school: Sylvia Park School (0.2 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Atea College (1.9 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Middlemore Hospital (5.7 km)
School enrolment zones in Mount Wellington: a guide
Two secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Mount Wellington's titles: Baradene College and One Tree Hill College.
- Panama Road School (primary, Years 1–6): about 25% of titles
- Stanhope Road School (primary, Years 1–8): about 30% of titles
- Sylvia Park School (primary, Years 1–8): about 20% of titles
- Bailey Road School (primary, Years 1–8): about 20% of titles
- Panmure District School (primary, Years 1–8): about 15% of titles
- Otahuhu Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 25% of titles
- Baradene College (secondary): about 75% of titles
- One Tree Hill College (secondary): about 70% of titles
- Otahuhu College (secondary): about 25% 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 Wellington
96% of Mount Wellington's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, slightly above Auckland as a whole (82%).
65% are that close to a frequent stop (60 or more departures that day), above the council (54%).
19% 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 Mount Wellington
OpenStreetMap maps 17 places of worship inside Mount Wellington (15 Christian, 2 Buddhist).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Remuera Samoan Seventh-Day Adventist Church, under 1 km away
- Hindu: Shri Shirdi Saibaba Mandir, 5.4 km away
- Buddhist: Saint Ann Buddhist Temple, under 1 km away
- Muslim: Ellerslie Islamic Centre, 2.1 km away
- Sikh: Gurdwara Sahib, 3.2 km away
- Jewish: Beth Shalom Progressive Synagogue, 6.4 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%)
- 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 Wellington
The closest match on the measures on this site is Onehunga in Auckland, nearest on schools, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onehunga | Auckland | 22.3% | $560 | 37.3 | schools, distance to the coast, near a stop |
| Panmure | Auckland | 19.7% | $550 | 36.8 | distance to the coast, elevation, slope |
| New Lynn | Auckland | 24.4% | $570 | 36.5 | schools, distance to the coast, unit-title share |
| Point Chevalier | Auckland | 23.2% | $850 | 36.6 | distance to a hospital, distance to the coast, near a stop |
| Northcote, Auckland | Auckland | 25.3% | $648 | 32.3 | schools, distance to the coast, elevation |
Questions
What schools are in Mount Wellington?
LINZ maps 5 school sites inside Mount Wellington, including Bailey Road School, Panama Road School and Panmure District School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Atea College (1.9 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles are Baradene College and One Tree Hill College; check the school's own zone map for any address.