Suburb rent · Avondale, Christchurch

What it costs to rent in Avondale

The normal flat in Avondale rents for about $625 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.

150 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

150

Rental properties

$625/wk

Most pay $548 to $665

Normal flat

+7.8% in a year

+56%

Growth, 10 years

+4.6% a year

+47%

Growth, 5 years

+8% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Typical rent for Avondale is exact.

How Avondale compares

vs Christchurch

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Avondale grew 56% over 10 years, against Christchurch’s 39%.

That is 17 points faster than Christchurch as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

Fifteen years of Avondale rent from government bond records. The line is what the normal flat rents for; the band shows the range most people pay.

$625/wknormal flat, 2026

$200$300$400$500$600$700

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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