Living in Windsor Park, Auckland: rents, schools, census and property titles
The 736 live property titles in Windsor Park, Auckland are mostly freehold (62%), as recorded by LINZ on 30 September 2026. Cross-lease titles number 213 (28.9%), well above the national share of 8.7%.
Windsor Park, Auckland cross-lease titles
- Cross-lease titles
- 213
- Share of live titles
- 28.9%
- Live titles in total
- 736
- Auckland share
- 14.4%
- New Zealand share
- 8.7%
- Rank by share in Auckland
- 26 of 160
- Rank by share in New Zealand
- 30 of 644
Windsor Park at a glance
Where Windsor Park differs most from suburbs across New Zealand: cross-lease share of titles (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
- Windsor Park is listed under Auckland.
- 736 live titles are recorded here, including 213 cross-lease titles (28.9%).
- 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 28.9% of the recorded title mix. That describes the suburb, not any particular home.
- Unit titles account for 9.0% 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 Windsor Park
| Title type | Live titles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 454 | 61.7% |
| Cross lease | 213 | 28.9% |
| Unit title | 66 | 9.0% |
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% |
| Other record types | 3 | 0.4% |
| Total | 736 | 100% |
Counts are titles, not homes; the register can lag conversions, so check the certificate of title. Sources and limits
How Windsor Park compares
Nationally, 8.7% of live titles are cross-lease; Windsor Park is about 3.3 times the national share (8.7%).
Across Auckland as a whole, the share is 14.4%; Windsor Park is about 2.0 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 Windsor Park are set up
Three-flat schemes are less common here (1%, against 12% nationally).
Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (1%, against 11% nationally).
Fewer leases include a garage (9% of schemes, against 28% nationally).
| Scheme structure | Windsor Park | Auckland | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-lease schemes (shared sections) | 106 | 39,589 | 87,651 |
| Two-flat schemes | 98.1% | 73.7% | 76.2% |
| Three-flat schemes | 0.9% | 14.0% | 12.2% |
| Four or more flats | 0.9% | 12.0% | 11.4% |
| Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey) | 853 m² | 961 m² | 908 m² |
| Typical land per flat | 427 m² | 418 m² | 408 m² |
| Schemes with a garage written into a lease | 8.5% | 23.0% | 28.4% |
| Schemes with a carport in a lease | 6.6% | 19.2% | 13.3% |
| Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area | 1.9% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem) | 40.6% | 42.1% | 35.6% |
| Median year of earliest current title | 1992 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more | 101 | 26,275 | 54,978 |
Unit titles and leasehold in Windsor Park
Unit titles are 9% of Windsor Park's titles, well below Auckland (15%) and slightly above New Zealand (8%). They belong to 3 developments, each run by a body corporate; half have 21 units or fewer.
New titles in Windsor Park since 2020
113 of Windsor Park's current titles (15%) were first issued since 2020, close to Auckland's suburbs with new-title figures taken together (16%) and above New Zealand (12%).
Most came recently: 85 since 2023.
| Title type | Since 2020 | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold | 109 | 83 |
| Unit title | 2 | 0 |
| Cross-lease | 2 | 2 |
| 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 Windsor Park
The typical building in Windsor Park stands on ground sloping 5.4° (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 Windsor Park
Windsor Park is inland: the typical title is 1.8 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 Windsor Park: 2023 Census
About 68% of Windsor Park's titles are in the census area Windsor Park (a Stats NZ statistical area), so these figures describe that area, not Windsor Park exactly.
More residents are 65 or over in Windsor Park than across Auckland: 29.9% against 13.3%.
Fewer workers walk or cycle to work in Windsor Park than across Auckland: 2.0% against 4.2%.
More people live alone in Windsor Park than across Auckland: 31.3% against 18.5%.
| Measure | Windsor Park | Sunnynook North | Auckland whole council |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual residents | 1,713 | 2,901 | 1,656,486 |
| Change since 2018 | +1.8% | +1.3% | +5.4% |
| Change since 2013 | +6.1% | +8.5% | +17.0% |
| Median age | 43.5 | 34.8 | 35.9 |
| Households | 720 | 936 | 539,490 |
| Own or part-own their home (including family trusts) | 75.0% | 55.4% | 59.5% |
| Not owned and not in a family trust (mostly renting) | 25.4% | 44.9% | 40.5% |
| Median household income | $71,400 | $122,400 | $116,800 |
| Median weekly rent, renting households | $660 | $630 | $540 |
| Dwellings unoccupied on census night | 6.9% | 4.5% | 8.8% |
| Ages | |||
| Under 15 | 15.6% | 20.8% | 19.2% |
| 15 to 29 | 16.6% | 21.3% | 20.9% |
| 30 to 64 | 38.0% | 49.8% | 46.5% |
| 65 and over | 29.9% | 8.1% | 13.3% |
| Where people came from | |||
| Born overseas | 58.4% | 58.6% | 42.9% |
| Of those born overseas, arrived in the last 5 years | 13.3% | 20.5% | 19.6% |
| Lived elsewhere in New Zealand 5 years ago (of all residents, including children born since) | 45.0% | 46.0% | 45.0% |
| Lived overseas 5 years ago (of all residents) | 5.7% | 7.1% | 5.6% |
| Moved here in the last year (of all residents) | 23.9% | 21.7% | 21.1% |
| Work and study (people 15 and over) | |||
| Bachelor degree or higher | 37.4% | 40.9% | 32.9% |
| Employed full-time | 39.6% | 57.8% | 53.2% |
| Unemployed (share of everyone 15 and over, not the unemployment rate) | 2.3% | 3.4% | 3.3% |
| Managers and professionals (of those employed) | 48.6% | 50.0% | 47.5% |
| Median personal income | $34,200 | $48,800 | $44,700 |
| Getting to work (of those employed) | |||
| Work from home | 22.0% | 18.9% | 18.2% |
| Car, truck or van | 64.3% | 65.6% | 68.6% |
| Bus, train or ferry | 10.6% | 12.2% | 7.8% |
| Walk or cycle | 2.0% | 2.5% | 4.2% |
| Households and families | |||
| One-person households | 31.3% | 11.3% | 18.5% |
| Average people per household | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3 |
| Households with no motor vehicle | 8.9% | 2.1% | 6.8% |
| Crowded households (need one or more extra bedrooms) | 3.7% | 6.3% | 8.8% |
| Couples with children (of families) | 43.5% | 55.1% | 47.2% |
| Couples without children | 41.6% | 27.9% | 35.5% |
| One-parent families | 14.3% | 17.4% | 17.3% |
| Homes | |||
| Separate (stand-alone) houses | 52.9% | 80.8% | 71.5% |
| Average bedrooms | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| Heated with a heat pump | 75.3% | 66.4% | 66.3% |
| Damp, always or sometimes | 14.4% | 25.9% | 20.1% |
| Mould over A4 size, always or sometimes | 13.5% | 20.9% | 17.4% |
Rents around Windsor Park
New tenancies in Windsor Park in the April–June 2026 quarter had a median rent of $720 a week. That is close to the typical suburb in Auckland ($675), and above the national median ($600).
| April–June 2026 | Windsor Park | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Median weekly rent, new tenancies | $720 | $600 |
| Middle half of rents | $583–$893 | $490–$700 |
| Change in median on a year earlier | — | +0.2% |
| Bonds lodged in the quarter | 15 | 40,827 |
Schools and hospitals near Windsor Park
One school site lies inside Windsor Park: Rangitoto College (Secondary (Year 9-15)).
- Rangitoto College (Secondary (Year 9-15))
- Nearest school: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Raki Paewhenua (0.4 km)
- Nearest secondary school: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Raki Paewhenua (0.4 km)
- Nearest public general hospital: North Shore Hospital (4.6 km)
School enrolment zones in Windsor Park: a guide
Two secondary schools have a home zone covering most of Windsor Park's titles: Rangitoto College and Westlake Girls' High School.
- Mairangi Bay School (primary, Years 1–6): about 85% of titles
- Sunnynook School (primary, Years 1–6): about 30% of titles
- Murrays Bay School (primary, Years 1–6): about 30% of titles
- Murrays Bay Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): all or nearly all titles
- Wairau Intermediate School (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 30% of titles
- Northcross Intermediate (intermediate, Years 7–8): about 15% of titles
- Rangitoto College (secondary): about 90% of titles
- Westlake Girls' High School (secondary): about 65% of titles
- Westlake Boys' High School (secondary): about 25% of 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 Windsor Park
97% of Windsor Park's titles are within 400 m of a stop with a scheduled weekday service, slightly above Auckland as a whole (82%).
69% are that close to a frequent stop (60 or more departures that day), above the council (54%).
The typical title is 149 m in a straight line from its nearest stop.
Timetable of Wednesday 30 September 2026, Auckland Transport. Sources and limits
Places of worship near Windsor Park
OpenStreetMap maps 1 place of worship inside Windsor Park (1 Christian).
Nearest mapped place of each tradition within 10 km:
- Christian: Windsor Park Baptist Church, under 1 km away
- Hindu: Shree Sanatan Dharam Hanuman Mandir, 6.0 km away
- Buddhist: Wat Phra Dhammakaya Auckland, 3.2 km away
- Muslim: North Shore Islamic Centre, 2.6 km away
- Sikh: Gurdwara Sahib North Shore, 4.4 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 Windsor Park
The closest match on the measures on this site is Browns Bay in Auckland, nearest on working from home, distance to the coast, median age. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Bay | Auckland | 24.7% | $655 | 42.5 | working from home, distance to the coast, median age |
| Unsworth Heights | Auckland | 14.9% | $595 | 39.4 | schools, distance to a hospital, near a stop |
| Sunnyhills | Auckland | 18.6% | $655 | 41.4 | schools, population change, distance to the coast |
| Highland Park | Auckland | 36.4% | $700 | 40.1 | population change, distance to the coast, commuting on foot or by bike |
| Mount Wellington | Auckland | 24.1% | No data | No data | distance to the coast, near a stop, near a frequent stop |
Questions
What is the rent in Windsor Park, Auckland?
New tenancies in the Windsor Park rent area had a median rent of $720 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 $583 to $893.
What schools are in Windsor Park, Auckland?
LINZ maps 1 school site inside Windsor Park: Rangitoto College. The nearest secondary school to its centre is Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Raki Paewhenua (0.4 km in a straight line). Secondary-school home zones covering most of its titles are Rangitoto College and Westlake Girls' High School; check the school's own zone map for any address.