Suburb rent · Milford, Auckland

What it costs to rent in Milford

The normal flat in Milford rents for about $782 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.

1 reviews3.8 average ratingUpdated Jan 2026

942

Rental properties

~$782/wk

Most pay $630 to $983

Approximate normal flat

+9.4% in a year

+64%

Growth, 10 years

+5.1% a year

+35%

Growth, 5 years

+6.1% a year

Flatchat coverage

117 of about 942 rental properties in Milford are on Flatchat.

About 12% 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. Milford spans 3 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Milford compares

vs Auckland

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Milford grew 64% over 10 years, against Auckland’s 33%.

That is 31 points faster than Auckland as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$782/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.