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Waratah Street, Birkenhead

Waratah Street in Birkenhead has 56 properties, valued by the council between $580,000 and $2,800,000 with a median of $1,100,000 (Birkenhead: $1,225,000). More of its homes were built in the 1980s than in any other decade. We estimate its homes at a median $1,100,000. The last sale we have was in February 2025, for $1,195,000.

$1.1mmedian council valuation
$1.1mour median estimate
1970median year built
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65 properties on Waratah Street, Birkenhead

Highest and lowest on Waratah Street

Highest-valued home27 Waratah Street$2,800,000council valuation · 5 bed · 421 m² floor · 4,729 m² land
Lowest-valued home2/23 Waratah Street$580,000council valuation · 2 bed · 70 m² floor

Property values on Waratah Street

The council values Waratah Street's 55 rated properties between $580,000 and $2,800,000. The middle half sit between about $866,000 and $1,370,000; the median is $1,100,000 and the mean $1,130,091.

Lowest: $580k$580kLowest10%: $610k20%: $820k20%30%: $912k40%: $1.04m40%Median: $1.1m60%: $1.16m60%70%: $1.31m80%: $1.43m80%90%: $1.49mHighest: $2.8m$2.8mHighest
BedroomsHomesMedian council valueSold, last 12 monthsMedian sale
25$750k0—
324$1.1m0—
416$1.43m0—
5+3$1.38m0—

Council rating valuations: the council's figure for apportioning rates, not a market appraisal.

Waratah Street compared with Birkenhead

Waratah Street's median council value is 10% below Birkenhead's.

Waratah StreetBirkenheadAuckland
Median council value$1.1m$1.23m$1.07m
Median section532 m²756 m²607 m²
Median year built197019701980
Council value per m² of floor$8k$8k$8k

Waratah Street house prices over time

Median sale price by year; 2025 is the year so far. A year with fewer than two sales has no bar.

2016: $765k (6 sales)$765k20162017: $860k (3 sales)2018: $648k (2 sales)20182019: $935k (2 sales)2020: $1.55m (2 sales)$1.55m20202021: $1.24m (6 sales)2022: $926k (2 sales)20222024: $963k (3 sales)$963k2025: too few sales to say (1 sale, this year so far)2025
Sales by year as a table
YearSalesMedian pricePer m² floor
20251$1,195,000$9,192
20243$963,000$5,350
20222$926,250$8,082
20216$1,238,000$8,716
20202$1,551,250$13,386
20192$934,500$6,724
20182$647,500$5,742
20173$860,000$5,059
20166$765,000$7,590

Recent sales on Waratah Street

The homes on Waratah Street

Waratah Street has 30 houses, 22 units and townhouses and 4 apartments. More were built in the 1980s than in any other decade (23%).

1920s: 1 (1 home)11920s1930s: 2 (2 homes)1940s: 2 (2 homes)1940s1950s: 10 (10 homes)1960s: 3 (3 homes)1960s1970s: 8 (8 homes)1980s: 11 (11 homes)111980s1990s: 8 (8 homes)2000s: 3 (3 homes)32000s

Building and resource consents on Waratah Street

3building consents in the last 5 years
4resource consents in the last 5 years
  • 8 Waratah Street1 Feb 2025 · Building consentdbc pbc e2e rbw lots 5 8 two new three storey duplexes. Lots 5 7 each with four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. Lot 8 with three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. New retai
  • 3/26 Waratah Street1 Aug 2024 · Building consentReinforced concrete palisade retaining wall & stormwater drainage to northern yards of both 26c & 26d where slips have occurred from 23 jan floods.
  • 19 Waratah Street1 Jun 2024 · Building consentRbw - replace existing timber joinery in master bdrm (ground floor) with new dbl-glazed aluminium joinery. Remove existing circular window.
  • 4/26 Waratah Street1 Aug 2024 · Resource consentRetaining wall urgently required for slip. Land subject to instability.
  • 3/23 Waratah Street26 Jul 2024 · Resource consentConstruction of a palisade wall to re stabilise the site.
  • 8 Waratah Street18 Jul 2022 · Resource consentThe construction and use of eight residential dwellings within the Residential – Mixed Housing Urban Zone along with associated car parking and vehicular access arrangements, enabling earthworks, cons
  • 8 Waratah Street18 Jul 2022 · Resource consentEight lot fee simple subdivision around an approved land use consent LUC60376934

Sales and valuations as at 11 September 2026, from council and LINZ records. Medians resting on fewer than 3 sales are not shown.