Living in Red Hill: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 804 live property titles in Red Hill, Auckland are almost all freehold (88%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 90 (11.2%), above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 90
- Share of live titles
- 11.2%
- Live titles in total
- 804
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- joint 110 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 296 of 644
Red Hill at a glance
Where Red Hill differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: median age (lower than 97% 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
- Red Hill is listed under Auckland.
- 804 live titles are recorded here, including 90 cross-lease titles (11.2%).
- 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 11.2% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 0.9% 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 Red Hill
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 704 | 87.6% |
| Cross lease | 90 | 11.2% |
| Unit title | 7 | 0.9% |
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% |
| Other record types | 3 | 0.4% |
| Total | 804 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Red Hill compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Red Hill is higher than the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Red Hill is lower than the overall Auckland share (14.4%).
How cross-leases in Red Hill are set up
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (2%, against 11% nationally), up to 10.
Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (2% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
Fewer leases include a garage (14% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Red Hill | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 44 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 97.7% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 0.0% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 2.3% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 781 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 390 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 13.6% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 11.4% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 2.3% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 56.8% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1988 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 42 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
New titles in Red Hill since 2020
58 of Red Hill's current titles (7%) were first issued since 2020, well below Auckland's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (16%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
Most came recently: 58 since 2023.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 58 | 58 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 0 | 0 |
| Leasehold | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
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 Red Hill
The typical building in Red Hill stands on ground sloping 4.0° (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 Red Hill
Red Hill is inland: the typical title is 3.3 km from the sea or harbour edge, and none is 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 Red Hill: 2023 Census
About 95% of Red Hill's titles are in the census area Red Hill (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Red Hill exactly.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Red Hill than across Auckland: 1.4% against 4.2%.
Fewer adults hold a degree in Red Hill than across Auckland: 13.0% against 32.9%.
Fewer residents were born overseas in Red Hill than across Auckland: 21.7% against 42.9%.
| Measure | Red Hill | Auckland whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 2,655 | 1,656,486 |
| Change since 2018 | +3.6% | +5.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +16.8% | +17.0% |
| Median age | 28.9 | 35.9 |
| Households | 735 | 539,490 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 49.0% | 59.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 51.0% | 40.5% |
| Median household income | $94,100 | $116,800 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $450 | $540 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 3.1% | 8.8% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 26.3% | 19.2% |
| 15 to 29 | 25.3% | 20.9% |
| 30 to 64 | 40.5% | 46.5% |
| 65 and over | 7.9% | 13.3% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 21.7% | 42.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 15.8% | 19.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 44.8% | 45.0% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 3.4% | 5.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 18.2% | 21.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 13.0% | 32.9% |
| Employed full-time | 46.6% | 53.2% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 7.0% | 3.3% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 35.9% | 47.5% |
| Median personal income | $36,300 | $44,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 12.2% | 18.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 80.8% | 68.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 4.1% | 7.8% |
| Walk or cycle | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 14.5% | 18.5% |
| Average people per household | 3.5 | 3 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 8.1% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 17.7% | 8.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 41.6% | 47.2% |
| Couples without children | 27.6% | 35.5% |
| One-parent families | 30.8% | 17.3% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 91.4% | 71.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 69.2% | 66.3% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 37.1% | 20.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 32.4% | 17.4% |
Rents around Red Hill
New tenancies in Red Hill 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 | Red Hill | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $650 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $605–$700 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | +0.0% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 24 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Red Hill
One school site lies inside Red Hill: Redhill School (Full Primary).
- Redhill School (Full Primary)
- Nearest school: Redhill School (0.3 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Papakura High School (2.1 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Middlemore Hospital (16.7 km)
School enrolment zones in Red Hill: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Red Hill's titles: Papakura High School.
- Redhill School (primary, Years 1–8): all or nearly all titles
- Papakura Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Papakura High School (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 Red Hill
99% of Red Hill's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, above Auckland as a whole (82%).
Fewer than 1% are within 400 m of a stop with 60 or more departures that day.
The typical title is 138 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Auckland Transport. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Red Hill
OpenStreetMap maps 2 places of worship inside Red Hill (2 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Papakura Wesleyan Church, under 1 km away
- Hindu: Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Bhuj - Auckland, New Zealand, 6.6 km away
- Buddhist: Wat Dipadhammarama, 8.3 km away
- Muslim: Al Iqra Islamic Centre - (Takanini Islamic Centre), 4.2 km away
- Sikh: Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib Papakura New Zealand, 2.8 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 Red Hill
The closest match on the measures on this site is Randwick Park in Auckland, nearest on near a stop, rent, stand-alone houses. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randwick Park | Auckland | 19.5% | $648 | 26.5 | near a stop, rent, stand-alone houses |
| Raumanga | Whangarei District | 16.6% | $550 | 30.9 | unit-title share, elevation, land per flat |
| Weymouth | Auckland | 16.9% | $655 | 31.4 | schools, rent, population change |
| West Harbour | Auckland | 9.4% | $660 | 32.2 | recent movers within NZ, near a stop, elevation |
| Parkvale, Tauranga City | Tauranga City | 20.0% | $600 | 31.2 | slope, schools, home ownership |
Questions
What is the rent in Red Hill?
New tenancies in the Red Hill rent area 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 $605 to $700.
What schools are in Red Hill?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Red Hill: Redhill School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Papakura High School (2.1 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Papakura High School; check the school's own zone map for any address.