Auckland Suburb Guide There are over 200 suburbs in Auckland. What are they like? Where are the good areas to live in Auckland? What about transport to work, I hear traffic can be dreadful? Where are the good schools in Auckland or close by? Where do other people like us like living in Auckland? This site provides a good start point guide to Auckland suburbs. We have compiled links to several other sources of information on the different parts of Auckland, some free, some links to books you can purchase. Whether you are a new or prospective migrant to Auckland, moving to Auckland or looking to move to another suburb within Auckland, you can start looking for information about Auckland's many suburbs & neighbourhoods right here. Auckland is very spread-out geographically for a city of just over 1m people. There is a lot of sea & coastline mixed in with the land area so driving is not always in a straight line between two points! Auckland's suburban areas are divided into four cities and one district, which cover Auckland roughly as follows: Auckland City (Central) , North Shore City (North), Waitakere City (West), Manukau City (East & South) and Papakura District(South). Where can I find information on the suburbs as places to live?  1. InSuburbia Auckland Suburb Guide The InSuburbia Auckland Suburb Guide is a book which shows all of the suburbs & schools in Auckland in a simple graphic series of colour maps with some easy to read additional text. Covering suburb layout, schools, where migrants from which countries tend to live, where the money is - and is not(!) it gives an instant easy view of what's in a suburb. The information is given right down to the street block level as well as 'big picture' overviews. If you know where you're going to live, find out about it before you get there, or if you know what you want in a suburb, start hunting down the right suburbs for you.   A great book to have for anyone moving to or within Auckland. Costs about â‚¤18 (US$ 35) and can be ordered from the InSuburbia website. 2. Suburb-by-Suburb guides A list of all suburbs in Auckland is shown below. For each suburb, the table shows the location and a rating of the suburb based on relative affluence. The monied suburbs are shown in green, the less so in brown and those in the middle in beige. Where a link is shown (suburb name underlined) this is to the Wikipedia entry for the suburb. ( See notes on Wikipedia & Ratings at the end of the list )   List of suburbs & ratings courtesy of InSuburbia Ltd. Click to see map of Auckland Suburbs List of Suburbs & Ratings Suburb Location Rating Albany North Upper Middle Arch Hill Central Middle Avondale Central Bottom Balmoral Central Upper Middle Bayswater North Upper Middle Beach Haven North Middle Belmont North Upper Middle Birkdale North Middle Birkenhead North Top Blockhouse Bay Central Middle Botany Downs East Top Browns Bay North Upper Middle Bucklands Beach East Top Burswood East Upper Middle Campbells Bay North Top Castor Bay North Top City (CBD) Central Bottom Clendon South Bottom Clover Park South Bottom Cockle Bay East Top Conifer Grove Southeast Middle Dannemora South Top Devonport North Top Donegal Park South Lower Middle East Tamaki South Top Eastern Beach East Top Eden Terrace Central Middle Edgewater East Lower Middle Ellerslie Central Upper Middle Epsom Central Upper Middle Farm Cove East Top Favona South Bottom Flat Bush South Bottom Forrest Hill North Upper Middle Freemans Bay Central Middle Glen Eden West Middle Glen Innes Central Lower Middle Glendene West Middle Glendowie Central Top Glenfield North Middle Glenvar North Top Goodwood Heights South Upper Middle Grafton Central Lower Middle Green Bay West Middle Greenhithe North Top Greenlane Central Upper Middle Grey Lynn Central Middle Half Moon Bay East Upper Middle Hauraki North Top Henderson West Lower Middle Herne Bay Central Top Highland Park East Upper Middle Hillcrest North Upper Middle Hillsborough Central Upper Middle Hobsonville West Top Homai South Bottom Howick East Upper Middle Karaka Park Southeast Not available Kelston West Lower Middle Kingsland Central Middle Kohimarama Central Top Leabank South Bottom Lincoln West Lower Middle Long Bay North Not available Lynfield Central Upper Middle Mairangi Bay North Top Mangere South Bottom Mangere East South Bottom Mangere Bridge South Bottom Manukau South Bottom Manurewa South Bottom Massey West Lower Middle McLaren Park West Lower Middle Meadowbank Central Top Mellons Bay East Top Middlemore South Bottom Milford North Upper Middle Mission Bay Central Top Morningside Central Lower Middle Mt Albert Central Lower Middle Mt Eden Central Middle Mt Roskill Central Bottom Mt Wellington Central Lower Middle Murrays Bay North Top New Lynn West Lower Middle New Windsor Central Lower Middle Newmarket Central Middle North Harbour North Top Northcote North Top Northcote Central North Lower Middle Northcross North Upper Middle One Tree Hill Central Upper Middle Onehunga Central Lower Middle Opaheke Southeast Upper Middle Orakei Central Upper Middle Oranga Central Lower Middle Oratia West Lower Middle Otahuhu Central Bottom Otara South Bottom Owairaka Central Lower Middle Pahurehure Southeast Not available Pakuranga East Middle Pakuranga Heights East Upper Middle Panmure Central Middle Papakura Southeast Bottom Papatoetoe South Lower Middle Papatoetoe West South Bottom Parnell Central Top Penrose Central Lower Middle Pinehill North Upper Middle Point England Central Bottom Ponsonby Central Upper Middle Pt Chevalier Central Middle Ranui West Bottom Red Hill Southeast Bottom Remuera Central Top Rosehill Southeast Not available Rothesay Bay North Top Royal Heights West Lower Middle Royal Oak Central Top Sandringham Central Lower Middle Shelly Park East Top South Epsom Central Upper Middle Southdown Central Lower Middle St Heliers Central Top St Johns Central Lower Middle St Lukes Central Middle St Marys Bay Central Upper Middle Stanley Bay North Top Sunny Hills East Top Sunnybrae North Middle Sunnynook North Upper Middle Sunnyvale West Middle Target Road North Middle Takanini Southeast Bottom Takapuna North Middle Tamaki Central Bottom Te Atatu Pen. West Lower Middle Te Atatu South West Middle Te Papapa Central Bottom Three Kings Central Lower Middle Titirangi West Upper Middle Torbay North Top Totara Heights South Top Unsworth Heights North Top Waiake North Top Waikowhai Central Lower Middle Wai-o-Taiki Bay Central Bottom Waterview Central Bottom Wattle Downs South Lower Middle Wesley Central Bottom West Harbour West Top Western Heights West Upper Middle Western Springs Central Lower Middle Westfield Central Bottom Westmere Central Upper Middle Weymouth South Lower Middle Wiri South Bottom For information on the Locations, see the entries for the local government (council) shown in the following table. List of Auckland Locations Council Area Location North Shore City North Waitakere City West Auckland City Central Manukau City East Manukau City South Papakura District Southeast A note on Wikipedia. The Wikipedia website contains descriptions of most of the suburbs in Auckland, contributed by various people. If there is no link for a suburb it is because there was no Wikipedia entry as of when this page was last updated. Wikipedia information is free, but may reflect the opinions of the various contributors. For all that, it provides an excellent summary for each of the major suburbs in Auckland as well as links to external information.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page   A note on the Ratings. The ratings are based on an index of relative affluence/poverty of the population of that suburb using NZ Census information. They include many factors other than just income. The complexity is simplified in the table by dividing the areas into five groups, which are colour coded for easy reference. In general, one would expect the more affluent suburbs will have less crime, better schools etc, but it is also important to understand what the neighboring areas are like.  Also within a suburb there will often be better and worse areas. In the interests of an egalitarian lifestyle and equal opportunities, Auckland has State Housing scattered throughlout all the suburbs. The InSuburbia Guide to Auckland Suburbs shows the information in the table in a series of maps which show overall suburb affluence as well as for each street block in Auckland. A note on Suburb Names. There is no single, clear definition of  Auckland's suburbs or of their exact boundaries. Devonport, for example can include several of the surrounding areas such as Stanley Bay, Cheltenham, Narrow Neck, and even Belmont. Some Real Estate agents or sellers may be tempted to describe properties as being in a good area even if strictly speaking they are closer to another (not so good) one. Suburbs can also get renamed or amalgamated by the local council. 3. Map of Auckland Suburbs A map of Auckland suburbs is shown below. The map is reproduced with permission from a page in the InSuburbia Guide to Auckland Suburbs. Further maps in the book show the relative affluence in colour for each of the suburbs and for street blocks within each suburb.   Click to see alphabetical list of suburbs with ratings and write-ups. Map of suburbs courtesy of InSuburbia Ltd .