Best places to live in Greater Manukau
21 places with 654,247 residents within about 25 km of Manukau, ranked for 29 household profiles. Regional overview: population, geography and modelled indicators for costs, schools and safety.
A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Manukau, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.
Rank Greater Manukau for your household
Open the mapFor young families
- 1Manurewa
Auckland, 40,820 residents62 - 2Papatoetoe
Auckland, 56,010 residents61 - 3Whitford
Auckland, 3,015 residents61 - 4Wattle Downs
Auckland, 9,840 residents60 - 5Shelly Park
Auckland, 2,850 residents59 - 6Papakura
Auckland, 37,720 residents59 - 7Homai
Auckland, 14,430 residents59 - 8Mangere East
Auckland, 28,540 residents58 - 9Takanini
Auckland, 17,060 residents58 - 10Ramarama
Auckland, 3,050 residents56
For retired couples
- 1Whitford
Auckland, 3,015 residents78 - 2Shelly Park
Auckland, 2,850 residents78 - 3Wattle Downs
Auckland, 9,840 residents78 - 4Manurewa
Auckland, 40,820 residents78 - 5Papatoetoe
Auckland, 56,010 residents77 - 6Homai
Auckland, 14,430 residents76 - 7Mangere East
Auckland, 28,540 residents76 - 8Otahuhu
Auckland, 17,780 residents75 - 9Ramarama
Auckland, 3,050 residents74 - 10Mangere
Auckland, 23,310 residents74
For remote workers
- 1Manurewa
Auckland, 40,820 residents80 - 2Papatoetoe
Auckland, 56,010 residents80 - 3Mangere East
Auckland, 28,540 residents79 - 4Homai
Auckland, 14,430 residents78 - 5Wattle Downs
Auckland, 9,840 residents78 - 6Otahuhu
Auckland, 17,780 residents77 - 7Mangere
Auckland, 23,310 residents77 - 8Otara
Auckland, 24,420 residents77 - 9Papakura
Auckland, 37,720 residents76 - 10Takanini
Auckland, 17,060 residents75
For commuters
- 1Papatoetoe
Auckland, 56,010 residents90 - 2Manurewa
Auckland, 40,820 residents89 - 3Otara
Auckland, 24,420 residents87 - 4Mangere East
Auckland, 28,540 residents86 - 5Homai
Auckland, 14,430 residents85 - 6Mangere
Auckland, 23,310 residents85 - 7Otahuhu
Auckland, 17,780 residents83 - 8Wattle Downs
Auckland, 9,840 residents82 - 9Papakura
Auckland, 37,720 residents82 - 10Manurewa East
Auckland, 2,907 residents81
For single professionals
- 1Papatoetoe
Auckland, 56,010 residents77 - 2Manurewa
Auckland, 40,820 residents73 - 3Otara
Auckland, 24,420 residents70 - 4Mangere East
Auckland, 28,540 residents70 - 5Mangere
Auckland, 23,310 residents68 - 6Otahuhu
Auckland, 17,780 residents67 - 7Homai
Auckland, 14,430 residents67 - 8Papakura
Auckland, 37,720 residents65 - 9Wattle Downs
Auckland, 9,840 residents63 - 10Takanini
Auckland, 17,060 residents60
For movers on a budget
- 1Papatoetoe
Auckland, 56,010 residents80 - 2Otara
Auckland, 24,420 residents79 - 3Manurewa
Auckland, 40,820 residents79 - 4Mangere East
Auckland, 28,540 residents78 - 5Otahuhu
Auckland, 17,780 residents78 - 6Mangere
Auckland, 23,310 residents78 - 7Homai
Auckland, 14,430 residents76 - 8Papakura
Auckland, 37,720 residents74 - 9Takanini
Auckland, 17,060 residents73 - 10Wattle Downs
Auckland, 9,840 residents73
Towns in Greater Manukau
- Manukau City 362,000
- Papatoetoe 56,010
- Manurewa 40,820
- Papakura 37,720