What it costs to rent in Botany Downs
The normal flat in Botany Downs rents for about $704 a week. Here is how that has grown over 15 years, how it stacks up against the rest of Auckland, and what tenants who have lived here say.
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Rental properties
~$704/wk
Most pay $640 to $784
Approximate normal flat
+33%
Growth, 10 years
+11%
Growth, 5 years
Flatchat coverage
83 of about 963 rental properties in Botany Downs are on Flatchat.
About 9% of the market covered so far. Lived in one we have missed? Add it.
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Botany Downs spans 3 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).
How Botany Downs compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Botany Downs is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Auckland as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Botany Downs grew 33% over 10 years, against Auckland’s 33%.
That is level with Auckland as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Botany Downs rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Botany Downs is split across a few statistical areas and the rent is averaged across them.
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.
What tenants say
Ratings and warmth notes from people who have actually lived in Botany Downs. Bond data tells you the rent; this tells you what living here is like.
Rating breakdown
Flats in Botany Downs
Flats in Botany Downs on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.
2/14 Sandgate Avenue
3 bed · 1 bath · $670/wk
92A Mirrabooka Avenue
3 bed · 1 bath · $695/wk
38 Gosford Drive
3 bed · 1 bath · $720/wk
2/79 Mirrabooka Avenue
$730/wk
56 Bradbury Road
$730/wk
49 Gosford Drive
$750/wk
25 Bradbury Road
$900/wk
186 Botany Road
$890/wk
89B Whitford Road
3 bed · 2 bath · $920/wk
56 Whitford Road
4 bed · 2 bath · $850/wk
27 Mirrabooka Avenue
4 bed · 2 bath · $810/wk
14 Kyeemagh Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $570/wk
18 Booralee Avenue
3 bed · 1 bath · $780/wk
20A Kells Place
2 bed · 1 bath · $610/wk
192A Botany Road
4 bed · 3 bath · $800/wk
43 Mirrabooka Avenue
3 bed · 2 bath · $690/wk
22 Gillett Place
3 bed · 2 bath · $730/wk
11A Coubray Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $620/wk
15B McCahill Views
3 bed · 2 bath · $700/wk
7A Spears Place
3 bed · 2 bath · $785/wk
4/1 Opito Way
2 bed · 1 bath · $660/wk
1/45 Haven Drive
2 bed · 1 bath · $540/wk
2 Bradbury Road
3 bed · 1 bath · $705/wk
19 Jay Ct
3 bed · 2 bath · $710/wk