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Ōtara, Auckland: zoning and natural hazards
5,905 addresses in Ōtara (Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board); 48.2 % of them in Mixed Housing Urban.
Streets with the most addresses: Bairds Road 371; Preston Road 209; East Tamaki Road 199; Hills Road 144; Dawson Road 132; Clayton Avenue 130; Franklyne Road 128; Gilbert Road 127; Otara Road 100; Cobham Crescent 99.
Unitary Plan zones
- Mixed Housing Urban: 2,846 addresses, 48.2 %
- Mixed Housing Suburban: 1,774 addresses, 30.0 %
- Terrace Housing and Apartment Building: 857 addresses, 14.5 %
- Light Industry: 209 addresses, 3.5 %
- Neighbourhood Centre: 62 addresses, 1.0 %
- Town Centre: 57 addresses, 1.0 %
- Open Space - Informal Recreation: 55 addresses, 0.9 %
- Open Space - Sport and Active Recreation: 17 addresses, 0.3 %
- Special Purpose - School: 13 addresses, 0.2 %
- Open Space - Community: 4 addresses, 0.1 %
Overlays and natural hazards
- 2,148 addresses (36.4 %) in aircraft noise overlay
- 57 addresses (1.0 %) in height variation control
- 810 addresses (13.7 %) in liquefaction (calibrated) classed High or Medium or Possible; all classes: Undetermined 4,869, Possible 810, Very Low 210
- 810 addresses (13.7 %) in liquefaction (basic) classed High or Medium or Possible; all classes: Unlikely 4,869, Possible 810, Very Low 210
- large-scale landslide: no address classed High or Very High (Very Low 5,893)
Not mapped at any address here: special character area, historic heritage place, significant ecological area, 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 5,356 (90.7 %); Unit Title 247 (4.2 %); Cross lease 204 (3.5 %); no title matched 66 (1.1 %); Leasehold 17 (0.3 %). Median parcel area outside unit titles: 776 m².
What building costs here
Otara-Papatoetoe: NZ$3,062 per m² declared on 267 new house consents (September 2025 – August 2026), about NZ$459,300 for 150 m².