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Browns Bay, Auckland: zoning and natural hazards
5,320 addresses in Browns Bay (Hibiscus and Bays Local Board); 61.3 % of them in Mixed Housing Suburban.
Streets with the most addresses: Bute Road 392; Beach Road 373; Arran Road 279; Oaktree Avenue 252; East Coast Road 215; Stapleford Crescent 214; Langana Avenue 177; Nigel Road 176; John Downs Drive 154; Woodlands Crescent 148.
Unitary Plan zones
- Mixed Housing Suburban: 3,260 addresses, 61.3 %
- Mixed Housing Urban: 604 addresses, 11.4 %
- Town Centre: 518 addresses, 9.7 %
- Single House: 417 addresses, 7.8 %
- Mixed Use: 309 addresses, 5.8 %
- Terrace Housing and Apartment Building: 176 addresses, 3.3 %
- Open Space - Informal Recreation: 17 addresses, 0.3 %
- Open Space - Community: 9 addresses, 0.2 %
- Open Space - Sport and Active Recreation: 7 addresses, 0.1 %
- Open Space - Conservation: 2 addresses, 0.0 %
Overlays and natural hazards
- 3 addresses (0.1 %) in significant ecological area
- 542 addresses (10.2 %) in height variation control
- 1,204 addresses (22.6 %) in liquefaction (calibrated) classed High or Medium or Possible; all classes: Very Low 4,116, Possible 1,204
- 1,204 addresses (22.6 %) in liquefaction (basic) classed High or Medium or Possible; all classes: Very Low 4,116, Possible 1,204
- 1,247 addresses (23.4 %) in large-scale landslide classed High or Very High; all classes: Low 3,695, Very High 1,105, Very Low 371, High 142
- 999 addresses (18.8 %) in tsunami evacuation zone
- 3 addresses (0.1 %) in coastal inundation 1% AEP
- 170 addresses (3.2 %) in coastal inundation 1% AEP + 1 m sea level
Not mapped at any address here: special character area, historic heritage place, aircraft noise overlay.
Flood layers: GeoMaps (no open licence). Shallow landslide: in the report.
Titles and parcels
Freehold 2,878 (54.1 %); Cross lease 1,655 (31.1 %); Unit Title 735 (13.8 %); Supplementary Record Sheet 45 (0.8 %); no title matched 3 (0.1 %). Median parcel area outside unit titles: 852 m².
What building costs here
Hibiscus and Bays: NZ$3,380 per m² declared on 646 new house consents (September 2025 – August 2026), about NZ$507,000 for 150 m².
Nearby suburbs
Campbells Bay, Gulf Harbour, Hatfields Beach, Long Bay, Mairangi Bay, Manly, Matakatia, Murrays Bay