Living in Rānui, Auckland: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 4,224 live property titles in Rānui, Auckland are almost all freehold (81%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 437 (10.3%), slightly above the national share of 8.7%.
Rānui, Auckland cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 437
- Share of live titles
- 10.3%
- Live titles in total
- 4,224
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- joint 115 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 321 of 644
Rānui at a glance
Where Rānui differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: median age (lower than 92% 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
- Rānui is listed under Auckland.
- 4,224 live titles are recorded here, including 437 cross-lease titles (10.3%).
- 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 10.3% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 6.4% 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 Rānui
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 3,430 | 81.2% |
| Cross lease | 437 | 10.3% |
| Unit title | 270 | 6.4% |
| Leasehold | 67 | 1.6% |
| Other record types | 20 | 0.5% |
| Total | 4,224 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Rānui compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Rānui is slightly higher than the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Rānui is lower than the overall Auckland share (14.4%).
How cross-leases in Rānui are set up
Carports appear in more leases (41% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Fewer leases include a garage (19% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (8%, against 11% nationally), up to 24.
| Scheme structure | Rānui | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 184 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 78.8% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 13.0% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 8.2% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 906 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 409 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 19.0% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 41.3% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 3.8% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 32.1% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1989 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 128 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Rānui
Unit titles are 6% of Rānui's titles, well below Auckland (15%) and below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 19 developments, each run by a body corporate; 1 has 50 or more units.
67 titles (1.6%) are leasehold, 41 of them units in a unit-title development.
15 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 | 15 |
| Under 10 years left | 0 |
| 10 to 50 years left | 0 |
| More than 50 years left | 0 |
| Term mentions renewal (including perpetually renewable) | 11 |
| Term not stated or not readable | 41 |
New titles in Rānui since 2020
720 of Rānui'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%).
15% are unit titles, in 5 developments; most of the rest are freehold.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 587 | 383 |
| Unit title | 108 | 60 |
| Cross-lease | 4 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 16 | 10 |
| Other | 5 | 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 Rānui
The typical building in Rānui stands on ground sloping 2.8° (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 Rānui
0% of Rānui's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 0% within 500 m and 9% 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 Rānui: 2023 Census
Rānui's titles fall in 7 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 4 shown below hold 99% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Rānui North than across Auckland: 1.5% against 4.2%.
Fewer adults hold a degree in Rānui North than across Auckland: 18.3% against 32.9%.
Fewer workers commute by bus, train or ferry in Rānui North than across Auckland: 5.4% against 7.8%.
| Measure | Rānui North 29% of titles | Rānui Domain 28% of titles | Rānui South East 22% of titles | Rānui South West 20% of titles | Auckland whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,855 | 3,588 | 2,931 | 2,994 | 1,656,486 |
| Change since 2018 | −4.9% | +1.4% | +0.2% | +13.7% | +5.4% |
| Change since 2013 | −0.4% | +8.8% | +46.5% | +38.4% | +17.0% |
| Median age | 31.4 | 33.3 | 32.5 | 31.6 | 35.9 |
| Households | 1,119 | 1,026 | 801 | 831 | 539,490 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 52.5% | 46.8% | 56.2% | 63.5% | 59.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 47.2% | 53.2% | 43.4% | 36.5% | 40.5% |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $92,500 | $112,900 | $119,000 | $116,800 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $484 | $488 | $538 | $490 | $540 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 9.5% | 7.0% | 3.6% | 4.7% | 8.8% |
| Ages | |||||
| Under 15 | 24.3% | 21.8% | 23.2% | 24.2% | 19.2% |
| 15 to 29 | 23.1% | 22.2% | 22.4% | 23.3% | 20.9% |
| 30 to 64 | 42.5% | 46.7% | 45.5% | 44.6% | 46.5% |
| 65 and over | 10.1% | 9.4% | 8.8% | 7.8% | 13.3% |
| Where people came from | |||||
| Born overseas | 34.7% | 40.7% | 47.9% | 40.8% | 42.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 15.5% | 15.8% | 13.5% | 13.6% | 19.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 40.7% | 45.5% | 41.4% | 48.9% | 45.0% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 4.5% | 4.6% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 5.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 17.5% | 21.0% | 18.5% | 20.1% | 21.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 18.3% | 20.8% | 28.6% | 23.9% | 32.9% |
| Employed full-time | 49.7% | 46.8% | 52.5% | 55.6% | 53.2% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 6.0% | 6.0% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 3.3% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 34.5% | 35.3% | 40.9% | 40.0% | 47.5% |
| Median personal income | $36,200 | $34,200 | $38,800 | $43,200 | $44,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||||
| Work from home | 13.6% | 12.2% | 15.2% | 15.2% | 18.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 78.1% | 76.7% | 75.1% | 76.2% | 68.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 5.4% | 9.0% | 7.0% | 6.3% | 7.8% |
| Walk or cycle | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 4.2% |
| Households and families | |||||
| One-person households | 16.9% | 16.8% | 12.6% | 9.2% | 18.5% |
| Average people per household | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 8.0% | 9.7% | 7.1% | 3.6% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 15.7% | 15.5% | 11.3% | 10.3% | 8.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 47.9% | 46.8% | 54.4% | 49.8% | 47.2% |
| Couples without children | 24.3% | 26.8% | 25.1% | 28.1% | 35.5% |
| One-parent families | 27.8% | 26.4% | 20.9% | 21.7% | 17.3% |
| Homes | |||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 84.1% | 75.5% | 84.3% | 91.0% | 71.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3 | 3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 69.7% | 73.1% | 75.6% | 75.2% | 66.3% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 33.7% | 31.3% | 20.4% | 18.9% | 20.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 29.1% | 24.9% | 18.1% | 15.7% | 17.4% |
Rents around Rānui
New tenancies in Ranui North in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $600 a week (down 3.2% on a year earlier). That is slightly below the typical suburb in Auckland ($675), and close to the national median ($600); in the lowest quarter of 129 in Auckland.
| April–June 2026 | Ranui North 29% of titles | Ranui Domain 28% of titles | Ranui South East 22% of titles | Ranui South West 20% of titles | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $600 | $610 | $690 | $640 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $541–$706 | $530–$655 | $205–$770 | $553–$698 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | −3.2% | −5.9% | −6.8% | +3.2% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 24 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Rānui
LINZ maps 3 school sites inside Rānui, among them Birdwood School (Full Primary) and Rānui School (Contributing).
- Birdwood School (Full Primary)
- Rānui School (Contributing)
- Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Kotuku (Full Primary)
- Nearest school: Rānui School (0.3 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Waitakere College (1.5 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Waitakere Hospital (2.6 km)
School enrolment zones in Rānui: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Rānui's titles: Waitakere College.
- Ranui School (primary, Years 1–6): about 50% of titles
- St Paul's School (Massey) (primary, Years 1–6): about 30% of titles
- Summerland Primary (primary, Years 1–6): about 15% of titles
- Birdwood School (primary, Years 1–8): about 30% of titles
- Swanson School (primary, Years 1–8): about 25% of titles
- Henderson Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 85% of titles
- Waitakere College (secondary): all or nearly all 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 Rānui
97% of Rānui's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, slightly above Auckland as a whole (82%).
64% are that close to a frequent stop (60 or more departures that day), slightly above the council (54%).
62% are within 800 m of a train station or ferry wharf.
The typical title is 156 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Auckland Transport. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Rānui
OpenStreetMap maps 6 places of worship inside Rānui (4 Christian, 1 Muslim, 1 other or not recorded).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Samoan Presbyterian Church, under 1 km away
- Hindu: Shri Swami Narayan Mandir, 9.7 km away
- Buddhist: Ratanadipa Buddhist Temple, 8.6 km away
- Muslim: West Auckland Islamic Centre, under 1 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 Rānui
The closest match on the measures on this site is West Harbour in Auckland, nearest on working from home, land per flat, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Harbour | Auckland | 9.4% | $660 | 32.2 | working from home, land per flat, distance to the coast |
| Kelston | Auckland | 14.8% | No data | 33.7 | older residents, commuting on foot or by bike, slope |
| Māngere Bridge | Auckland | 12.9% | $650 | 32.1 | unit-title share, older residents, commuting on foot or by bike |
| Weymouth | Auckland | 16.9% | $655 | 31.4 | median age, land per flat, home ownership |
| Favona | Auckland | 3.4% | $570 | 27.5 | stand-alone houses, commuting on foot or by bike, near a stop |
Questions
What is the rent in Rānui, Auckland?
New tenancies in Ranui North (the rent area for part of Rānui) had a median rent of $600 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 $541 to $706.
What schools are in Rānui, Auckland?
LINZ maps 3 school sites inside Rānui: Birdwood School, Rānui School and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Kotuku. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Waitakere College (1.5 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Waitakere College; check the school's own zone map for any address.