New Zealand rents, July–September 2025

How rents sat and moved across New Zealand in July–September 2025 — computed from that quarter's official rental-bond release.

The national picture

$590national median /wk

National median down 1.7% over the year ($-10/wk).

Across the 767 suburbs with enough lodged bonds to rank, the published median rent for all rentals rose in 263, held roughly steady in 185 and eased in 319 over the year to July–September 2025. Unsworth Heights East climbed hardest (+54.8%); Epsom North moved furthest the other way (-32.3%).

over the year

Biggest risers

  1. Unsworth Heights East+54.8%
  2. Tarewa+41.3%
  3. Wairoa+35.7%
  4. Whau Valley+35.5%
  5. Shotover Country+30.9%

over the year

Biggest falls

  1. Epsom North-32.3%
  2. Newtown North-30.8%
  3. Whanganui Central-26.9%
  4. Riverhead-26.6%
  5. Kingston-Mornington-Vogeltown-25.7%

median /wk

Dearest suburbs

  1. Orakei West$1,025/wk
  2. Jacks Point$900/wk
  3. Westmere South-Western Springs$900/wk
  4. Te Puru$895/wk
  5. Stonefields East$883/wk

median /wk

Cheapest suburbs

  1. Hamilton Central$140/wk
  2. Mairehau North$235/wk
  3. Awatea North$245/wk
  4. Parkdale$270/wk
  5. Epuni West$270/wk

bonds lodged

Busiest markets

  1. Symonds Street North West255 bonds
  2. Anzac Avenue222 bonds
  3. Dixon Street222 bonds
  4. Greensboro216 bonds
  5. Wellington Central210 bonds

Figures are each suburb's published all-rentals median as at July–September 2025, from MBIE's detailed quarterly rental-bond data (SA2-2019 areas). Suburbs with fewer than 20 lodged bonds that quarter are set aside from the ranking (884 this quarter). Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 3.0 NZ): "New Zealand's median weekly rent was $590 in July–September 2025, from MBIE rental bond data via RentTrends (https://renttrends.co.nz/reports/2025-q3)." · download the ranked data (CSV).