Suburb rent · Birkdale, Auckland

What it costs to rent in Birkdale

The normal flat in Birkdale rents for about $679 a week, from government bond records. No one has reviewed a flat here yet, but the rent figures still tell you what living in the area costs.

1,242 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

1,242

Rental properties

~$679/wk

Most pay $616 to $771

Approximate normal flat

-1.2% in a year

+36%

Growth, 10 years

+3.1% a year

+15%

Growth, 5 years

+2.8% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Birkdale spans 3 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Birkdale compares

vs Auckland

How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Birkdale is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Auckland as a whole.

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Birkdale grew 36% over 10 years, against Auckland’s 33%.

That is 3 points faster than Auckland as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

Fifteen years of Birkdale rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Birkdale is split across a few statistical areas and the rent is averaged across them.

~$679/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

$300$400$500$600$700$800

201120182026

What the normal flat rentsWhere most rents fall

Rents jump every January because that is when most student flats sign new leases for the year, and brand new tenancies rent higher than the standing stock. The line settles back by autumn. Source: MBIE bond data.

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