Living in Waiake: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 607 live property titles in Waiake, Auckland are mostly freehold (54%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 236 (38.9%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 236
- Share of live titles
- 38.9%
- Live titles in total
- 607
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- joint 6 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 6 of 644
Waiake at a glance
Where Waiake differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: cross-lease share of titles (higher than 98% of NZ suburbs); median weekly rent, new tenancies (higher than 90% 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
- Waiake is listed under Auckland.
- 607 live titles are recorded here, including 236 cross-lease titles (38.9%).
- 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 38.9% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 5.1% 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 Waiake
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 325 | 53.5% |
| Cross lease | 236 | 38.9% |
| Unit title | 31 | 5.1% |
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% |
| Other record types | 15 | 2.5% |
| Total | 607 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Waiake compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Waiake is about 4.5 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Waiake is about 2.7 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 Waiake are set up
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (1%, against 11% nationally).
Three-flat schemes are less common here (2%, against 12% nationally).
Fewer leases include a garage (9% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Waiake | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 119 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 97.5% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 1.7% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 0.8% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 1,024 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 511 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 9.2% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 6.7% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 11.8% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 64.7% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1988 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 116 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Waiake
Unit titles are 5% of Waiake's titles, well below Auckland (15%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 15 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 2 units or fewer.
New titles in Waiake since 2020
55 of Waiake's current titles (9%) were first issued since 2020, well below Auckland's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (16%) and below New Zealand (12%).
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 48 | 32 |
| Unit title | 1 | 1 |
| Cross-lease | 6 | 3 |
| 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 Waiake
The typical building in Waiake stands on ground sloping 7.3° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), in the steepest quarter of 160 in Auckland.
Unusually much of the sloping land faces north: 38%, where about a quarter would if slopes faced every way equally.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Waiake
35% of Waiake's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 83% within 500 m and 100% within 1 km. The typical title is 280 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.
Who lives around Waiake: 2023 Census
About 100% of Waiake's titles are in the census area Waiake (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Waiake exactly.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Waiake than across Auckland: 1.2% against 4.2%.
Fewer households have no car in Waiake than across Auckland: 2.6% against 6.8%.
More workers work from home in Waiake than across Auckland: 24.0% against 18.2%.
| Measure | Waiake | Auckland whole council |
|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,912 | 1,656,486 |
| Change since 2018 | +0.7% | +5.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +5.2% | +17.0% |
| Median age | 40.1 | 35.9 |
| Households | 1,335 | 539,490 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 73.5% | 59.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 26.3% | 40.5% |
| Median household income | $133,900 | $116,800 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $636 | $540 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 5.7% | 8.8% |
| Ages | ||
| Under 15 | 19.7% | 19.2% |
| 15 to 29 | 16.4% | 20.9% |
| 30 to 64 | 48.8% | 46.5% |
| 65 and over | 15.1% | 13.3% |
| Where people came from | ||
| Born overseas | 47.3% | 42.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 18.4% | 19.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 40.1% | 45.0% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 5.8% | 5.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 17.0% | 21.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 36.7% | 32.9% |
| Employed full-time | 55.4% | 53.2% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.1% | 3.3% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 54.9% | 47.5% |
| Median personal income | $51,900 | $44,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||
| Work from home | 24.0% | 18.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 65.0% | 68.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 8.1% | 7.8% |
| Walk or cycle | 1.2% | 4.2% |
| Households and families | ||
| One-person households | 15.7% | 18.5% |
| Average people per household | 2.9 | 3 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 2.6% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 3.7% | 8.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 50.3% | 47.2% |
| Couples without children | 37.6% | 35.5% |
| One-parent families | 11.9% | 17.3% |
| Homes | ||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 84.5% | 71.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 69.3% | 66.3% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 20.6% | 20.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 17.0% | 17.4% |
Rents around Waiake
New tenancies in Waiake in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $750 a week (down 5.4% on a year earlier). That is slightly above the typical suburb in Auckland ($675), and above the national median ($600).
| April–June 2026 | Waiake | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $750 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $694–$789 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | −5.4% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 18 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Waiake
No school site lies inside Waiake's boundary; the nearest is Torbay School, 0.3 km away in a straight line.
- Nearest school: Torbay School (0.3 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Long Bay College (2.0 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: North Shore Hospital (8.4 km)
School enrolment zones in Waiake: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Waiake's titles: Long Bay College.
- Torbay School (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all titles
- Northcross Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Long Bay 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 Waiake
97% of Waiake's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, slightly above Auckland as a whole (82%).
51% are that close to a frequent stop (60 or more departures that day), close to the council (54%).
The typical title is 121 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Auckland Transport. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Waiake
OpenStreetMap maps 1 place of worship inside Waiake (1 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Trinity at Waiake, under 1 km away
- Buddhist: Wat Phra Dhammakaya Auckland, 6.4 km away
- Muslim: Muslim Prayer Room, 5.1 km away
- Sikh: Gurdwara Sahib North Shore, 8.6 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 Waiake
The closest match on the measures on this site is Torbay in Auckland, nearest on rent, degrees, commuting on foot or by bike. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torbay | Auckland | 25.9% | $750 | 39.9 | rent, degrees, commuting on foot or by bike |
| Rothesay Bay | Auckland | 35.9% | $810 | 41.2 | distance to the coast, older residents, population change |
| Hauraki | Auckland | 42.4% | $800 | 37.6 | distance to the coast, recent movers within NZ, heat pumps |
| Murrays Bay, Auckland | Auckland | 28.3% | $950 | 42.6 | distance to the coast, recent movers within NZ, home ownership |
| Hillcrest, Auckland | Auckland | 28.8% | $700 | 36.3 | born overseas, new titles, population change |
Questions
What is the rent in Waiake?
New tenancies in the Waiake rent area had a median rent of $750 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 $694 to $789.
What schools are in Waiake?
No school site lies inside Waiake's boundary. The nearest school is Torbay School (0.3 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Long Bay College; check the school's own zone map for any address.