Pinehill is on Auckland's North Shore, around 17 km from the CBD, on the ridges between Albany (west) and Browns Bay (east), beside Rangitoto College.

Is Pinehill in the Rangitoto College zone?

Yes. Pinehill sits within the zone for Rangitoto College, New Zealand's largest secondary school, on the suburb's edge, a central driver of local property demand. Confirm boundaries with the school.

What schools are in Pinehill?

Pinehill School is the local state primary, with Northcross Intermediate nearby and Rangitoto College for the secondary years.

What is near Pinehill?

Albany's Westfield mall, busway station and retail parks are five minutes west, with Browns Bay's beach and village five minutes east.

How do I get from Auckland CBD to Pinehill?

By car, around 20 to 30 minutes via the Northern Motorway, exiting at Oteha Valley Road. Northern Busway services from Albany station connect to frequent local buses.

Which schools are in zone for Pinehill?

Children living in Pinehill are in zone for Murrays Bay Intermediate, Northcross Intermediate, Rangitoto College, Pinehill School (Browns Bay). Living in a school's home zone gives a guaranteed right to enrol.

How do I check my school zone in Pinehill?

Use the School Zone Checker on this page. Enter your address to check your school zone and see which schools you have a guaranteed right to enrol at.

Pinehill, Auckland | Postcode, Population & Property Values

Living in Pinehill

Pinehill sits on the ridges between Albany and Browns Bay on Auckland's North Shore, around 17 km from the CBD, and it is a suburb built almost entirely inside one magnetic field: the Rangitoto College zone. New Zealand's largest secondary school sits at the suburb's edge, and Pinehill's streets of 1990s and 2000s housing filled in around that fact with the efficiency of iron filings, the zone doing for local property what harbours do elsewhere.

Around 5,000 people live here, in one of the Shore's most internationally flavoured communities, with strong East Asian populations whose arrival reshaped the local food, tutoring and weekend-sport landscapes in excellent ways. The result is a suburb where the school run is multilingual and the nearby eating options punch far above the strip-mall architecture containing them.

The practical geometry is tight: Albany's Westfield, busway station and big-box sprawl sit five minutes west, Browns Bay's beach and village five minutes east, and the motorway interchange splits the difference.

Pinehill School covers the primary years before the famous college takes over. Pinehill is the Shore's education economy made visible: a suburb that chose its school and built itself around the choice. The zone holds. So do the values.

Is Pinehill a good place to live?

Pinehill is home to roughly 4,824 people across 1.7 km². On Suburb's overall livability scale, Pinehill scores 60 out of 100, with a safety score of 49/100 and 29% green space.

Schools: Pinehill has 30 schools in or near the suburb, spanning early-childhood through to secondary education. See the Schools tab below for the full list.

Housing: The estimated median value is around $1.88M, and weekly rent typically sits around $700.

Lifestyle: Pinehill has cafés, shops and things to do nearby. The current temperature is 13.4°C. See the Weather tab for monthly averages.

Whether Pinehill is right for you depends on what you’re looking for. Use the data and community tips below to decide if it suits your lifestyle, family and budget.

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Livability Breakdown

Safety49
Amenities100
Schools88
Housing Affordability20
Green space96
Community33
Transport31

Property & Economics

Est. Median Value: $1.88M
Median Weekly Rent: $700/wk
Median HH Income: $124K/yr
Pop. Growth (5yr): +1.8%
Data Year: 2023

Key Financial Indicators (NZD)

† Est. Median Value is suburb.co.nz's own estimate, modelled from available public data. We aim for accuracy, but where data is limited, estimates may be imprecise.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Pinehill?: Pinehill is on Auckland's North Shore, around 17 km from the CBD, on the ridges between Albany (west) and Browns Bay (east), beside Rangitoto College.
Is Pinehill in the Rangitoto College zone?: Yes. Pinehill sits within the zone for Rangitoto College, New Zealand's largest secondary school, on the suburb's edge, a central driver of local property demand. Confirm boundaries with the school.
What schools are in Pinehill?: Pinehill School is the local state primary, with Northcross Intermediate nearby and Rangitoto College for the secondary years.
What is near Pinehill?: Albany's Westfield mall, busway station and retail parks are five minutes west, with Browns Bay's beach and village five minutes east.
How do I get from Auckland CBD to Pinehill?: By car, around 20 to 30 minutes via the Northern Motorway, exiting at Oteha Valley Road. Northern Busway services from Albany station connect to frequent local buses.
Which schools are in zone for Pinehill?: Children living in Pinehill are in zone for Murrays Bay Intermediate, Northcross Intermediate, Rangitoto College, Pinehill School (Browns Bay). Living in a school's home zone gives a guaranteed right to enrol.
How do I check my school zone in Pinehill?: Use the School Zone Checker on this page. Enter your address to check your school zone and see which schools you have a guaranteed right to enrol at.

Schools & Enrolment Zones in Pinehill

Schools in zone for Pinehill

Children living in Pinehill have a guaranteed right to enrol at these schools, based on Ministry of Education home zones.

Murrays Bay Intermediate
Intermediate · roll 1102 · decile 10
Northcross Intermediate
Intermediate · roll 1502 · decile 9
Rangitoto College
Secondary (Year 9-15) · roll 4172 · decile 9
Pinehill School (Browns Bay)
Contributing · roll 384 · decile 8

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School Zone Checker

Enter your address to check your school zone in Pinehill. School enrolment zones (home zones) decide which schools your child has a guaranteed right to enrol at.

Address matching is approximate and based on OpenStreetMap geocoding — confirm an exact result near a zone boundary directly with the school.

Other nearby schools

Schools close to Pinehill that you may be able to enrol at under open enrolment or by application (outside your home zone).

City Impact Church School
Composite · roll 353 · 1.1 km away
TKKM o Te Raki Paewhenua
Composite · roll 146 · decile 6 · 1.5 km away
Oteha Valley School
Contributing · roll 496 · decile 9 · 1.8 km away
Sherwood School (Auckland)
Contributing · roll 460 · decile 10 · 1.9 km away
St John's School (Mairangi Bay)
Contributing · roll 297 · decile 10 · 1.9 km away
Pinehurst School
Composite · roll 1137 · decile 10 · 2.0 km away
Murrays Bay School
Contributing · roll 707 · decile 10 · 2.1 km away
Browns Bay School
Contributing · roll 610 · decile 10 · 2.2 km away
Albany Senior High School
Secondary (Year 11-15) · roll 786 · decile 9 · 2.5 km away
Mairangi Bay School
Contributing · roll 441 · decile 9 · 2.5 km away
Sunnynook School
Contributing · roll 495 · decile 8 · 2.8 km away
Albany School
Contributing · roll 622 · decile 9 · 3.0 km away
Kristin School
Composite · roll 1745 · decile 10 · 3.1 km away
Vanguard Military School
Secondary (Year 9-15) · roll 169 · decile 3 · 3.2 km away
Glamorgan School
Contributing · roll 487 · decile 9 · 3.4 km away
Albany Junior High School
Secondary (Year 7-10) · roll 1127 · decile 9 · 3.4 km away
Westminster Christian School
Full Primary · roll 359 · decile 8 · 3.5 km away
Torbay School
Contributing · roll 569 · decile 9 · 3.5 km away
Target Road School
Contributing · roll 426 · decile 6 · 3.6 km away
Wairau Intermediate
Intermediate · roll 338 · 3.6 km away
Campbells Bay School
Contributing · roll 788 · decile 10 · 4.0 km away
Long Bay School
Contributing · roll 499 · decile 10 · 4.6 km away
Long Bay College
Secondary (Year 9-15) · roll 1959 · decile 10 · 4.7 km away
Upper Harbour Primary School
Contributing · roll 348 · decile 10 · 4.7 km away
Bayview School
Contributing · roll 382 · decile 7 · 4.8 km away
Manuka Primary School
Contributing · roll 232 · decile 6 · 4.8 km away

Rubbish & Recycling

Rubbish collection: Wednesday (weekly)
Recycling & organics: Wednesday (fortnightly, Week 1)
Next recycling: 12 August

Check your exact collection days on the Auckland Council tool →

Rubbish bin

Non-recyclable general waste. Put out every Wednesday.

Recycling bin

Paper, cardboard, glass bottles & jars, metal cans, rigid plastic containers. Put out every second Wednesday.

Food scraps bin

All food scraps and garden organics. Collected every second Wednesday alongside recycling.

Bin lid colours may vary in some older North Shore and Waitakere properties. The identifying colour is on the lid: rubbish (red), recycling (yellow), food scraps (green).

Collection data sourced from Auckland Council.

Explore Pinehill

Things to do(23)

Clip 'N Climb North Shore

Inflatable World

Epic Fit

Breathe

Bushlands Park

Bayside Drive Reserve

Knight's Reserve

Bay City Park

Pigeonwood Reserve

Glen Bay Close Reserve

Houhere Reserve

Ponderosa Reserve

Parkwood Reserve

Longmead Reserve

Albany Lakes Civic Park

Medallion Reserve

Kānuka Reserve

Canaveral Drive Reserve

Norton Reserve

Crimson Park

Meridian Reserve

Ballintra Accessway

Ashihara Karate Albany

Parks & green spaces(18)

Bushlands Park

Bayside Drive Reserve

Knight's Reserve

Bay City Park

Pigeonwood Reserve

Glen Bay Close Reserve

Houhere Reserve

Ponderosa Reserve

Parkwood Reserve

Longmead Reserve

Albany Lakes Civic Park

Medallion Reserve

Kānuka Reserve

Canaveral Drive Reserve

Norton Reserve

Crimson Park

Meridian Reserve

Ballintra Accessway

Healthcare(3)

Pinehill

Healthcare Pharmacy Rosedale

Month	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm/day)	Sunshine (hrs/day)
☀️ Jan	23.18	17.12	4.7	10.73
☀️ Feb	23.23	16.76	5.3	10.42
🍂 Mar	21.45	14.76	2.31	10.28
🍂 Apr	19.83	14.36	3.13	8.68
🍂 May	17.32	11.81	3.68	7.73
❄️ Jun	15.45	10.59	3.84	7.12
❄️ Jul	14.71	9.39	5.61	6.87
❄️ Aug	14.77	8.14	3.44	8.04
🌸 Sep	16.1	9.94	3.75	9.34
🌸 Oct	17.33	11.38	4.09	10.08
🌸 Nov	19.36	12.81	4.52	10.87
☀️ Dec	21.81	15.26	4.65	11.11

Living in Pinehill

Is Pinehill a good place to live?

Map

Livability Breakdown

Property & Economics

Key Financial Indicators (NZD)

Nearby Suburbs

Frequently Asked Questions

Schools & Enrolment Zones in Pinehill

Schools in zone for Pinehill

Murrays Bay Intermediate

Northcross Intermediate

Rangitoto College

Pinehill School (Browns Bay)

Check your school zone

School Zone Checker

Other nearby schools

City Impact Church School

TKKM o Te Raki Paewhenua

Oteha Valley School

Sherwood School (Auckland)

St John's School (Mairangi Bay)

Pinehurst School

Murrays Bay School

Browns Bay School

Albany Senior High School

Mairangi Bay School

Sunnynook School

Albany School

Kristin School

Vanguard Military School

Glamorgan School

Albany Junior High School

Westminster Christian School

Torbay School

Target Road School

Wairau Intermediate

Campbells Bay School

Long Bay School

Long Bay College

Upper Harbour Primary School

Bayview School

Manuka Primary School

Rubbish & Recycling

Rubbish bin

Recycling bin

Food scraps bin

Explore Pinehill

🎯Things to do(23)

Clip 'N Climb North Shore

Inflatable World

Epic Fit

Breathe

Bushlands Park

Bayside Drive Reserve

Knight's Reserve

Bay City Park

Pigeonwood Reserve

Glen Bay Close Reserve

Houhere Reserve

Ponderosa Reserve

Parkwood Reserve

Longmead Reserve

Albany Lakes Civic Park

Medallion Reserve

Kānuka Reserve

Canaveral Drive Reserve

Norton Reserve

Crimson Park

Meridian Reserve

Ballintra Accessway

Ashihara Karate Albany

🌳Parks & green spaces(18)

Bushlands Park

Bayside Drive Reserve

Knight's Reserve

Bay City Park

Pigeonwood Reserve

Glen Bay Close Reserve

Houhere Reserve

Things to do(23)

Parks & green spaces(18)

Healthcare(3)

Places to eat & drink(49)

Tradies & services(4)