Suburb rent · Botany Downs, Auckland

What it costs to rent in Botany Downs

The normal flat in Botany Downs rents for about $695 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.

1,203 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

1,203

Rental properties

~$695/wk

Most pay $636 to $777

Approximate normal flat

-1.6% in a year

+33%

Growth, 10 years

+2.9% a year

+9%

Growth, 5 years

+1.8% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Botany Downs spans 4 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Botany Downs compares

vs Auckland

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

15 years

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.

~$695/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

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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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