31 properties · Cooks Beach, Whitianga

Admiral Drive, Cooks Beach

Admiral Drive in Cooks Beach has 31 properties, valued by the council between $850,000 and $2,800,000 with a median of $1,500,000 (Cooks Beach: $1,150,000). Most of its homes were built in the 2010s. We estimate its homes at a median $1,420,000. The last sale we have was in June 2025, for $1,750,000. 1 is for sale now.

$1.5mmedian council valuation
$1.42mour median estimate
2010median year built
1for sale now
WhitiangaCooks Beach ×Admiral Drive ×

31 properties on Admiral Drive, Cooks Beach

Highest and lowest on Admiral Drive

Highest-valued home32 Admiral Drive$2,800,000council valuation · 5 bed · 423 m² floor · 1,768 m² land
Lowest-valued home19 Admiral Drive$850,000council valuation · 886 m² land

Property values on Admiral Drive

The council values Admiral Drive's 27 rated properties between $850,000 and $2,800,000. The middle half sit between about $1,257,000 and $1,797,000; the median is $1,500,000 and the mean $1,547,037.

Lowest: $850k$850kLowest10%: $1.2m20%: $1.24m20%30%: $1.27m40%: $1.3m40%Median: $1.5m60%: $1.67m60%70%: $1.74m80%: $1.85m80%90%: $1.94mHighest: $2.8m$2.8mHighest
BedroomsHomesMedian council valueSold, last 12 monthsMedian sale
37$1.28m0—
413$1.7m0—
5+2$2.4m0—

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

Admiral Drive compared with Cooks Beach

Admiral Drive's median council value is 30% above Cooks Beach's.

Admiral DriveCooks BeachWhitianga
Median council value$1.5m$1.15m$990k
Median section902 m²819 m²809 m²
Median year built201019902000
Council value per m² of floor$8k$9k$8k

Admiral Drive 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: $310k (11 sales)$310k20162017: $355k (5 sales)20172018: too few sales to say (1 sale)20182019: too few sales to say (1 sale)20192020: $700k (3 sales)20202023: too few sales to say (1 sale)20232024: too few sales to say (1 sale)20242025: $1.83m (2 sales, this year so far)$1.83m2025
Sales by year as a table
YearSalesMedian pricePer m² floor
20252$1,829,000$8,129
20241$790,000—
20231$700,000$2,846
20203$700,000$3,333
20191$521,000$2,481
20181$505,000$2,070
20175$355,000$1,612
201611$310,000$1,266

Recent sales on Admiral Drive

The homes on Admiral Drive

Admiral Drive has 28 houses and 3 sections. Most were built in the 2010s (63%).

2010s: 15 (15 homes)152010s2020s: 9 (9 homes)92020s

Building and resource consents on Admiral Drive

3building consents in the last 5 years
  • 16 Admiral Drive1 May 2026 · Building consentThe scope of work is the design to move a bracing wall & add a bay window.
  • 19 Admiral Drive1 Jan 2026 · Building consentConstruct new dwg on timber pile foundations. Construct new timber pile foundations for a pre-existing utility room.
  • 13 Admiral Drive1 Feb 2024 · Building consent3 bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge

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

About property on Admiral Drive, Cooks Beach

Every property in Admiral Drive, Cooks Beach, whether it is for sale or not: homes, sections, farms, lifestyle blocks, shops, offices and industrial land. Each is listed from the council rating roll and Toitū Te Whenua LINZ, with the listing beside it when an agent is marketing it.

Each property has its own page: our estimate of its value beside the council rating valuation, past sale prices, the title and land area, zoning and hazards, building consents, and what it would cost to own.

Listings are published by the agents who market them. Addresses, land details and rating valuations come from Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand and from the council. No ownership information is published.

Header photo: Ulrich Lange, Bochum, Germany, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (licence).