Mount Maunganui is a suburb which lies within the Territorial Authority of Tauranga, one of 24 residential suburbs which form the wider region. Mount Maunganui is the 2nd largest suburb of Tauranga in terms of the total number of residential housing stock. Mount Maunganui provides a range of housing stock, with the earliest residential housing recorded in the area constructed between 1920 - 1929. The majority of the residential housing stock in the locality was constructed between 1990 - 1999. Residential housing stock in Mount Maunganui is made up of approximately 97% residential housing and 3% residential investment housing properties.