Living in Waiuku: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 4,606 live property titles in Waiuku (it lies across Auckland, Waikato District; its titles are counted under Auckland) are almost all freehold (91%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 394 (8.6%), close to the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 394
- Share of live titles
- 8.6%
- Live titles in total
- 4,606
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- 120 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 363 of 644
Waiuku at a glance
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
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What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Waiuku is listed under Auckland.
- 4,606 live titles are recorded here, including 394 cross-lease titles (8.6%).
- 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 8.6% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 0.5% 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 Waiuku
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 4,178 | 90.7% |
| Cross lease | 394 | 8.6% |
| Unit title | 24 | 0.5% |
| Leasehold | 6 | 0.1% |
| Other record types | 4 | 0.1% |
| Total | 4,606 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Waiuku compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Waiuku is close to the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Waiuku is well below the overall Auckland share (14.4%).
How cross-leases in Waiuku are set up
Carports appear in fewer leases (8% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
Fewer schemes refer to more than one flats plan (25%, against 36% nationally), usually because a plan was redrawn.
Three-flat schemes are more common here (17%, against 12% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Waiuku | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 152 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 72.4% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 17.1% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 10.5% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 956 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 404 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 21.7% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 7.9% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 3.9% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 25.0% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1988 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 81 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Waiuku
Unit titles are 1% of Waiuku's titles, well below Auckland (15%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 3 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 5 units or fewer.
The unit-title share is in the lowest quarter of 160 in Auckland.
New titles in Waiuku since 2020
388 of Waiuku's current titles (8%) were first issued since 2020, well below Auckland's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (16%) and well below New Zealand (12%).
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 382 | 198 |
| Unit title | 0 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 5 | 3 |
| Leasehold | 1 | 1 |
| 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 Waiuku
The typical building in Waiuku stands on ground sloping 1.7° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated), in the flattest quarter of 160 in Auckland.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Waiuku
20% of Waiuku's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 44% within 500 m and 65% within 1 km. The typical title is 640 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 Waiuku: 2023 Census
Waiuku's titles fall in 10 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 4 shown below hold 77% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
Fewer workers commute by bus, train or ferry in Tamakae than across Auckland: 1.2% against 7.8%.
Fewer adults hold a degree in Tamakae than across Auckland: 13.5% against 32.9%.
Fewer residents were born overseas in Tamakae than across Auckland: 20.6% against 42.9%.
| Measure | Tamakae 25% of titles | Hamilton Estate 23% of titles | Waiuku East 14% of titles | Waiuku Central 14% of titles | Auckland whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 2,601 | 2,697 | 1,791 | 1,344 | 1,656,486 |
| Change since 2018 | +1.2% | +8.1% | −2.1% | +2.3% | +5.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +7.8% | +18.3% | +9.1% | +29.1% | +17.0% |
| Median age | 42.5 | 38.2 | 36.3 | 36.1 | 35.9 |
| Households | 996 | 930 | 606 | 480 | 539,490 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 72.6% | 71.9% | 74.3% | 64.2% | 59.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 27.4% | 28.4% | 26.2% | 36.5% | 40.5% |
| Median household income | $83,500 | $93,900 | $101,700 | $90,500 | $116,800 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $480 | $480 | $510 | $475 | $540 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 4.7% | 5.1% | 4.7% | 6.4% | 8.8% |
| Ages | |||||
| Under 15 | 19.4% | 22.2% | 23.1% | 21.2% | 19.2% |
| 15 to 29 | 15.8% | 16.7% | 18.8% | 19.9% | 20.9% |
| 30 to 64 | 42.2% | 43.9% | 43.4% | 43.5% | 46.5% |
| 65 and over | 22.5% | 17.1% | 14.7% | 15.4% | 13.3% |
| Where people came from | |||||
| Born overseas | 20.6% | 22.0% | 20.4% | 26.3% | 42.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 10.2% | 9.7% | 11.6% | 10.3% | 19.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 44.4% | 48.2% | 43.0% | 46.6% | 45.0% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 2.0% | 2.6% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 5.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 15.8% | 15.8% | 14.0% | 17.0% | 21.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 13.5% | 17.8% | 15.2% | 16.0% | 32.9% |
| Employed full-time | 48.5% | 52.1% | 52.0% | 50.6% | 53.2% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.9% | 3.4% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 36.4% | 37.0% | 37.7% | 38.1% | 47.5% |
| Median personal income | $38,600 | $41,200 | $40,500 | $41,100 | $44,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||||
| Work from home | 13.3% | 14.4% | 15.6% | 15.6% | 18.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 81.4% | 81.3% | 81.0% | 78.0% | 68.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 7.8% |
| Walk or cycle | 3.1% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| Households and families | |||||
| One-person households | 26.0% | 25.2% | 18.7% | 24.4% | 18.5% |
| Average people per household | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 4.8% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 3.7% | 5.0% | 4.0% | 3.9% | 8.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 37.3% | 42.2% | 43.3% | 42.0% | 47.2% |
| Couples without children | 44.7% | 35.7% | 35.4% | 35.3% | 35.5% |
| One-parent families | 18.4% | 21.7% | 21.3% | 23.5% | 17.3% |
| Homes | |||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 86.5% | 88.4% | 93.6% | 79.5% | 71.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 72.6% | 68.3% | 72.9% | 72.7% | 66.3% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 12.9% | 19.6% | 15.7% | 15.6% | 20.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 11.2% | 18.4% | 14.8% | 12.4% | 17.4% |
Rents around Waiuku
New tenancies in Tamakae in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $615 a week (up 3.4% 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 | Tamakae 25% of titles | Hamilton Estate 23% of titles | Waiuku Central 14% of titles | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $615 | $560 | $630 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $570–$648 | $510–$606 | $499–$695 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | +3.4% | −1.8% | — | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 12 | 27 | 12 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Waiuku
LINZ maps 5 school sites inside Waiuku, among them Pukeoware School (Full Primary) and Sandspit Road School (Full Primary).
- Pukeoware School (Full Primary)
- Sandspit Road School (Full Primary)
- View Road School (Full Primary)
- Waiuku College (Secondary (Year 9-15))
- Waiuku Primary School (Full Primary)
- Nearest school: Pukeoware School (1.3 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Waiuku College (3.4 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: Franklin Memorial Hospital (2.1 km)
School enrolment zones in Waiuku: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Waiuku's titles: Waiuku College.
- Waiuku Primary School (primary, Years 1–8): about 35% of titles
- Sandspit Road School (primary, Years 1–8): about 30% of titles
- Pukeoware School (primary, Years 1–8): about 5% of titles
- Waiuku 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 Waiuku
32% of Waiuku's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, well below 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 621 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Auckland Transport. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Waiuku
OpenStreetMap maps 7 places of worship inside Waiuku (7 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Kingdom Hall of Jehovas Witnesses, 2.6 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 Waiuku
The closest match on the measures on this site is Tikipunga in Whangarei District, nearest on slope, commuting by public transport, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tikipunga | Whangarei District | 12.1% | $598 | 38 | slope, commuting by public transport, commuting on foot or by bike |
| Te Kamo | Whangarei District | 9.3% | No data | 47.3 | born overseas, working from home, commuting on foot or by bike |
| Maungatapu | Tauranga City | 16.2% | $645 | 41.5 | distance to the coast, stand-alone houses, slope |
| Taradale | Napier City | 9.7% | $638 | 42.2 | unit-title share, commuting by public transport, household income |
| Whataupoko | Gisborne District | 5.3% | $650 | 43.7 | unit-title share, stand-alone houses, population change |
Questions
What is the rent in Waiuku?
New tenancies in Tamakae (the rent area for part of Waiuku) had a median rent of $615 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 $570 to $648.
What schools are in Waiuku?
LINZ maps 5 school sites inside Waiuku, including Pukeoware School, Sandspit Road School and View Road School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Waiuku College (3.4 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Waiuku College; check the school's own zone map for any address.