Suburb rent · Grey Lynn, Auckland

What it costs to rent in Grey Lynn

The normal flat in Grey Lynn rents for about $725 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.

3,024 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

3,024

Rental properties

~$725/wk

Most pay $575 to $913

Approximate normal flat

-2.6% in a year

+16%

Growth, 10 years

+1.5% a year

+6%

Growth, 5 years

+1.1% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Grey Lynn spans 7 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Grey Lynn compares

vs Auckland

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Grey Lynn grew 16% over 10 years, against Auckland’s 33%.

That is 17 points slower than Auckland as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$725/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

$300$400$500$600$700$800$900$1000

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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