What it costs to rent in Avonhead
The normal flat in Avonhead rents for about $644 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.
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Rental properties
~$644/wk
Most pay $561 to $880
Approximate normal flat
+38%
Growth, 10 years
+30%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Avonhead spans 4 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).
How Avonhead compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Avonhead is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Christchurch as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Avonhead grew 38% over 10 years, against Christchurch’s 39%.
That is 1 points slower than Christchurch as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Avonhead rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Avonhead 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
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Write a reviewFlats in Avonhead
Flats in Avonhead on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.
19 Toorak Avenue
$815/wk
57 Nortons Road
5 bed
24A Tintern Avenue
6 bed · 2 bath
91A Merrin Street
3 bed · 2 bath · $520/wk
61 Merrin Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $575/wk
88 Nortons Road
$500/wk
157 Avonhead Road
6 bed · 2 bath · $880/wk
405 Avonhead Road
$685/wk
306 Avonhead Road
$600/wk
324 Yaldhurst Road
4 bed · 1 bath · $695/wk
208 Yaldhurst Road
5 bed
257 Maidstone Road
3 bed · 2 bath · $650/wk
213 Withells Road
3 bed · 1 bath · $440/wk
2/14 Merrin Street
3 bed · 2 bath · $600/wk
5 Broadfell Avenue
5 bed · 3 bath · $950/wk
7 Cricklewood Place
4 bed · 2 bath · $640/wk
15 Camberwell Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $490/wk
153 Withells Road
3 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk
3/76 Staveley Street
4 bed · 2 bath · $650/wk
415A Avonhead Road
4 bed · 2 bath · $550/wk
26 Ravenna Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk
17 Delph Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk
1 Ostend Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk
6 Manakura Street
$680/wk