Living in Warkworth: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 4,429 live property titles in Warkworth, Auckland are almost all freehold (89%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 290 (6.5%), below the national share of 8.7%.
- Cross-lease titles
- 290
- Share of live titles
- 6.5%
- Live titles in total
- 4,429
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- 131 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- joint 424 of 644
Warkworth at a glance
Where Warkworth differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: titles first issued since 2020 (higher than 95% of NZ suburbs).
Higher or lower is not better or worse. Sources and limits
Start here
What the data tells you
Recorded facts
- Warkworth is listed under Auckland.
- 4,429 live titles are recorded here, including 290 cross-lease titles (6.5%).
- 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 6.5% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 2.5% 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 Warkworth
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 3,962 | 89.5% |
| Cross lease | 290 | 6.5% |
| Unit title | 110 | 2.5% |
| Leasehold | 6 | 0.1% |
| Other record types | 61 | 1.4% |
| Total | 4,429 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Warkworth compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Warkworth is lower than the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Warkworth is well below the overall Auckland share (14.4%).
Its cross-lease share is in the lowest quarter of 160 in Auckland (among suburbs with an indexed page on this site).
How cross-leases in Warkworth are set up
Separate exclusive-use areas are less common (2% of schemes, against 5% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (5%, against 11% nationally), up to 14.
Carports appear in fewer leases (8% of schemes, against 13% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Warkworth | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 134 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 85.8% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 9.7% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 4.5% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 999 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 475 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 17.9% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 8.2% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 1.5% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 45.5% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1988 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 114 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Warkworth
Unit titles are 2% of Warkworth's titles, well below Auckland (15%) and well below New Zealand (8%). They belong to 17 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 Warkworth since 2020
1,053 of Warkworth's current titles (24%) were first issued since 2020, well 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.
Most came recently: 793 since 2023.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 995 | 753 |
| Unit title | 20 | 6 |
| Cross-lease | 1 | 1 |
| Leasehold | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 36 | 33 |
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 Warkworth
The typical building in Warkworth stands on ground sloping 4.2° (read on an 8 m grid, so short steep banks may be understated).
The land rises from about 0 m to 356 m, and 41% of all of it, including reserves and gullies, is 15° or steeper.
Slope is not a measure of ground stability. Sources and limits
Distance to the coast from Warkworth
7% of Warkworth's titles are within 200 m of the sea or harbour edge, 19% within 500 m and 50% within 1 km. The typical title is 1.0 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 Warkworth: 2023 Census
Warkworth's titles fall in 6 census areas (Stats NZ statistical areas). The 3 shown below hold 93% of its titles; their figures are shown side by side and are not added together.
Fewer workers commute by bus, train or ferry in Warkworth East than across Auckland: 1.1% against 7.8%.
Fewer households have no car in Warkworth East than across Auckland: 3.6% against 6.8%.
More residents are 65 or over in Warkworth East than across Auckland: 22.5% against 13.3%.
| Measure | Warkworth East 42% of titles | Warkworth West 40% of titles | Puhoi Valley 10% of titles | Auckland whole council |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 3,900 | 2,775 | 4,017 | 1,656,486 |
| Change since 2018 | +25.6% | +11.9% | +8.5% | +5.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +56.6% | +56.0% | +27.9% | +17.0% |
| Median age | 40.6 | 47.8 | 45 | 35.9 |
| Households | 1,431 | 1,122 | 1,371 | 539,490 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 66.5% | 77.5% | 79.2% | 59.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 33.5% | 22.5% | 20.6% | 40.5% |
| Median household income | $93,300 | $71,400 | $119,700 | $116,800 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $560 | $560 | $500 | $540 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 6.7% | 7.1% | 11.7% | 8.8% |
| Ages | ||||
| Under 15 | 19.8% | 16.6% | 18.1% | 19.2% |
| 15 to 29 | 14.9% | 13.3% | 14.9% | 20.9% |
| 30 to 64 | 42.8% | 38.6% | 49.9% | 46.5% |
| 65 and over | 22.5% | 31.5% | 17.1% | 13.3% |
| Where people came from | ||||
| Born overseas | 33.1% | 27.7% | 27.0% | 42.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 21.7% | 18.0% | 11.5% | 19.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 53.7% | 47.1% | 41.3% | 45.0% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 5.3% | 3.7% | 3.1% | 5.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 20.8% | 18.5% | 13.4% | 21.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | ||||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 23.1% | 19.5% | 28.7% | 32.9% |
| Employed full-time | 49.1% | 42.2% | 51.1% | 53.2% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.4% | 0.8% | 2.3% | 3.3% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 45.1% | 41.5% | 53.3% | 47.5% |
| Median personal income | $40,700 | $35,000 | $44,900 | $44,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | ||||
| Work from home | 20.2% | 19.7% | 29.0% | 18.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 71.9% | 73.5% | 68.0% | 68.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 1.1% | 0.7% | 2.0% | 7.8% |
| Walk or cycle | 6.0% | 5.7% | 0.5% | 4.2% |
| Households and families | ||||
| One-person households | 22.4% | 29.5% | 16.3% | 18.5% |
| Average people per household | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 3.6% | 7.5% | 1.0% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 4.6% | 3.3% | 5.2% | 8.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 41.3% | 37.8% | 44.6% | 47.2% |
| Couples without children | 45.3% | 51.0% | 46.5% | 35.5% |
| One-parent families | 13.2% | 11.2% | 8.6% | 17.3% |
| Homes | ||||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 82.2% | 73.6% | 94.5% | 71.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 3.2 | 3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 72.7% | 69.2% | 46.8% | 66.3% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 12.9% | 10.2% | 16.5% | 20.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 10.4% | 9.6% | 13.4% | 17.4% |
Rents around Warkworth
New tenancies in Warkworth East in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $698 a week (down 0.3% on a year earlier). That is close to the typical suburb in Auckland ($675), and slightly above the national median ($600).
| April–June 2026 | Warkworth East 42% of titles | Warkworth West 40% of titles | Puhoi Valley 10% of titles | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $698 | $730 | $640 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $548–$750 | $648–$800 | $590–$850 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | −0.3% | +12.3% | −11.7% | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 39 | 18 | 12 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Warkworth
LINZ maps 2 school sites inside Warkworth, among them Mahurangi College (Secondary (Year 7-15)) and Warkworth School (Contributing).
- Mahurangi College (Secondary (Year 7-15))
- Warkworth School (Contributing)
- Nearest school: Mahurangi College (2.3 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Mahurangi College (2.3 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: North Shore Hospital (40.5 km)
School enrolment zones in Warkworth: a guide
One secondary school has a home zone covering most of Warkworth's titles: Mahurangi College.
- Warkworth School (primary, Years 1–6): all or nearly all titles
- Mahurangi 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 Warkworth
35% of Warkworth's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, well below Auckland as a whole (82%).
18% are that close to a frequent stop (60 or more departures that day), well below the council (54%); in the lowest quarter of 160 in Auckland.
The typical title is 603 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Auckland Transport. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Warkworth
OpenStreetMap maps 6 places of worship inside Warkworth (6 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: unnamed, 2.4 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%)
- 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 Warkworth
The closest match on the measures on this site is Raglan in Waikato District, nearest on cross-lease share, children, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raglan | Waikato District | 6.6% | No data | 41.2 | cross-lease share, children, distance to the coast |
| Haruru | Far North District | 5.4% | No data | 48.8 | distance to the coast, slope, commuting by public transport |
| Helensville | Auckland | 4.4% | No data | 36.9 | commuting by public transport, unit-title share, household income |
| Snells Beach | Auckland | 6.0% | $640 | 48.1 | schools, distance to a hospital, distance to the coast |
| Pukehina | Western Bay of Plenty District | 3.4% | No data | 50.1 | schools, working from home, distance to the coast |
Questions
What is the rent in Warkworth?
New tenancies in Warkworth East (the rent area for part of Warkworth) had a median rent of $698 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 $548 to $750.
What schools are in Warkworth?
LINZ maps 2 school sites inside Warkworth: Mahurangi College and Warkworth School. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Mahurangi College (2.3 km in a straight line). The secondary-school home zone covering most of its titles is Mahurangi College; check the school's own zone map for any address.