Avenues is a suburb which lies within the Territorial Authority of Whangarei, one of 52 residential suburbs which form the wider region. Avenues is the 15th largest suburb of Whangarei in terms of the total number of residential housing stock. Avenues provides a range of housing stock, with the earliest residential housing recorded in the area constructed between 1880 - 1889. The majority of the residential housing stock in the locality was constructed between 1940 - 1949. Residential housing stock in Avenues is made up of approximately 95% residential housing and 5% residential investment housing properties.