Reviewed JUL 2026
Where every figure on this site comes from.
Three kinds of number appear on PropertyScope: a zoning share, a rent median and a market estimate. Each has a different source, a different vintage and a different limit. All three are set out below, including what they do not tell you — which on a property site matters more than what they do.
Zoning shares
Each suburb page shows the share of zoned land under each Auckland Unitary Plan base zone. It describes the published map, sampled — it is never a statement about a particular section.
- Take the suburb's Stats NZ SA2 boundary as the outline.
- Lay a regular point grid inside that outline — several hundred to several thousand points per suburb, depending on its area.
- Read the Auckland Council Unitary Plan Base Zone layer at each point.
- Drop points that fall on roads and water, so the result describes zoned land rather than total area.
- Report each zone's share of the surviving points, largest first.
zone_share(%) = points_in_zone / points_on_zoned_land × 100
What it does not tell you.A suburb is a patchwork. Neighbouring properties sit in different zones, and overlays — special character, flooding, overland flow, heritage — change what applies regardless of zone. Only your own parcel’s record answers the question you actually have, which is what the address checker reads.
Source · Auckland Council — Unitary Plan Base Zone·CC BY 4.0 · sampled on an SA2 grid· Reviewed JUL 2026· Method
Rent medians
Rent figures are the median weekly rent on new tenancies, not on all tenancies in place. They come from bonds actually lodged with Tenancy Services, so they are transactions rather than asking prices — which is why they run below what listing sites suggest.
- Take MBIE / Tenancy Services bond lodgements for the quarter (Q1 2026).
- Group them by suburb and take the median, along with the bond count so the reader can judge how thin the sample is.
- For the two-bedroom figure — the closest proxy to a 70m² granny flat — use the suburb’s actual two-bedroom median where enough bonds exist, and mark it as derived where they do not.
- Compare to the same quarter a year earlier for the year-on-year movement.
What it does not tell you. A suburb with a handful of bonds in a quarter can swing violently year-on-year on sample noise alone. Where the bond count is small, read the median as a rough centre and nothing more. Gross rent is also not income: rates, insurance, maintenance and vacancy come out of it first.
Source · MBIE / Tenancy Services bond lodgements·Q1 2026 · via SuburbIQ· Reviewed JUL 2026· Method
Market estimates
The estimate is anchored on a figure you already hold — your council rating valuation — and is published as a wide range, never a point. Model version scope-rv-v1-2026-07.
- Start from the rating valuation on your own rates bill (Auckland's last revaluation was 2024).
- Centre the range on that figure: Auckland prices have been broadly flat-to-soft since the revaluation, so there is no honest basis for a systematic uplift.
- Express the uncertainty as a ±13% band, and round it so the output never implies precision it does not have.
- Suppress the estimate entirely where the input is implausible, rather than guessing.
range = RV × (1 ± 0.13) → rounded
What it does not tell you. Confidence is capped at indicativeand stays there, because there is no live comparable-sales feed behind it. It knows nothing about your property’s condition, its improvements or its outlook. Two houses with the same RV on the same street can be a quarter of a million dollars apart.
This is an algorithmic market estimate based on public data (council valuations, zoning and suburb trends). It is not an appraisal under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 and not a registered valuation under the Valuers Act 1948. It does not account for your property's condition, improvements, or features. Market conditions change. For an accurate, no-obligation appraisal, book a free in-person visit with Amit.
Source · Council rating valuation (owner-supplied) · model scope-rv-v1-2026-07· Reviewed JUL 2026· Method
Dates, review and corrections
Every figure on this site carries a source line in the same position, and every source line carries a month. If a figure has no date, treat it as broken and tell us. Rules described on the site are current as at July 2026 and apply parcel by parcel.
Written and maintained by Amit Sharma (Licensed Salesperson (REAA 2008)). General information, not legal, financial, building or tax advice.
Last reviewed 2026-07-31