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Papatoetoe, Auckland: zoning and natural hazards
17,268 addresses in Papatoetoe (Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board); 64.1 % of them in Mixed Housing Suburban.
Streets with the most addresses: Great South Road 548; Shirley Road 477; St George Street 424; Puhinui Road 393; Hillside Road 338; Tui Road 318; Wyllie Road 293; Portage Road 268; Wallace Road 268; Kolmar Road 265.
Unitary Plan zones
- Mixed Housing Suburban: 11,061 addresses, 64.1 %
- Mixed Housing Urban: 3,146 addresses, 18.2 %
- Terrace Housing and Apartment Building: 1,065 addresses, 6.2 %
- Single House: 871 addresses, 5.0 %
- Town Centre: 490 addresses, 2.8 %
- Light Industry: 465 addresses, 2.7 %
- Open Space - Informal Recreation: 63 addresses, 0.4 %
- Neighbourhood Centre: 35 addresses, 0.2 %
- Open Space - Sport and Active Recreation: 31 addresses, 0.2 %
- General Business: 19 addresses, 0.1 %
Overlays and natural hazards
- 8 addresses (0.0 %) in special character area
- 24 addresses (0.1 %) in historic heritage place
- 2 addresses (0.0 %) in significant ecological area
- 13,939 addresses (80.7 %) in aircraft noise overlay
- 495 addresses (2.9 %) in height variation control
- 420 addresses (2.4 %) in liquefaction (calibrated) classed High or Medium or Possible; all classes: Undetermined 15,256, Very Low 1,581, Possible 420
- 420 addresses (2.4 %) in liquefaction (basic) classed High or Medium or Possible; all classes: Unlikely 15,256, Very Low 1,581, Possible 420
- large-scale landslide: no address classed High or Very High (Very Low 15,969, Low 1,231, Moderate 42)
Not mapped at any address here: 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 10,308 (59.7 %); Cross lease 5,196 (30.1 %); Unit Title 1,619 (9.4 %); Supplementary Record Sheet 70 (0.4 %); no title matched 51 (0.3 %). Median parcel area outside unit titles: 810 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.