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Grey Lynn, Auckland: zoning and natural hazards
6,418 addresses in Grey Lynn (Waitematā Local Board); 38.0 % of them in Single House.
Streets with the most addresses: Great North Road 687; Richmond Road 502; Williamson Avenue 299; Crummer Road 276; Pollen Street 256; Surrey Crescent 250; Sackville Street 186; MacKelvie Street 153; Rose Road 149; Wellpark Avenue 134.
Unitary Plan zones
- Single House: 2,442 addresses, 38.0 %
- Mixed Use: 1,911 addresses, 29.8 %
- Mixed Housing Urban: 855 addresses, 13.3 %
- Terrace Housing and Apartment Building: 595 addresses, 9.3 %
- Town Centre: 184 addresses, 2.9 %
- Local Centre: 183 addresses, 2.9 %
- Mixed Housing Suburban: 141 addresses, 2.2 %
- City Centre: 56 addresses, 0.9 %
- Neighbourhood Centre: 23 addresses, 0.4 %
- Open Space - Informal Recreation: 14 addresses, 0.2 %
Overlays and natural hazards
- 2,285 addresses (35.6 %) in special character area
- 122 addresses (1.9 %) in historic heritage place
- 966 addresses (15.1 %) in height variation control
- 142 addresses (2.2 %) in liquefaction (calibrated) classed High or Medium or Possible; all classes: Very Low 5,965, Undetermined 311, Possible 142
- 142 addresses (2.2 %) in liquefaction (basic) classed High or Medium or Possible; all classes: Very Low 5,965, Unlikely 311, Possible 142
- 105 addresses (1.6 %) in large-scale landslide classed High or Very High; all classes: Low 5,805, Moderate 492, High 105, Very Low 11
Not mapped at any address here: significant ecological area, aircraft noise overlay, tsunami evacuation zone, coastal inundation 1% AEP, coastal inundation 1% AEP + 1 m sea level.
Flood layers: GeoMaps (no open licence). Shallow landslide: in the report.
Titles and parcels
Freehold 3,944 (61.5 %); Unit Title 1,731 (27.0 %); Cross lease 416 (6.5 %); Supplementary Record Sheet 203 (3.2 %); Leasehold 109 (1.7 %). Median parcel area outside unit titles: 490 m².
What building costs here
Waitemata: NZ$4,490 per m² declared on 35 new house consents (September 2025 – August 2026), about NZ$673,500 for 150 m².
Nearby suburbs
Herne Bay, Newmarket, Parnell, Ponsonby, Saint Marys Bay, Western Springs, Westmere, Auckland Central