What it costs to rent in Ilam
The normal flat in Ilam rents for about $683 a week. Here is how that has grown over 15 years, how it stacks up against the rest of Christchurch, and what tenants who have lived here say.
2,367
Rental properties
~$683/wk
Most pay $498 to $918
Approximate normal flat
+45%
Growth, 10 years
+22%
Growth, 5 years
Flatchat coverage
200 of about 2,367 rental properties in Ilam are on Flatchat.
About 8% 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. Ilam spans 6 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).
How Ilam compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Ilam is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Christchurch as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Ilam grew 45% over 10 years, against Christchurch’s 39%.
That is 6 points faster than Christchurch as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Ilam rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Ilam 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
Ratings and warmth notes from people who have actually lived in Ilam. Bond data tells you the rent; this tells you what living here is like.
Rating breakdown
Flats in Ilam
Flats in Ilam on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.
42 Newnham Terrace
1 bed · 1 bath · $290/wk
170 Waimairi Road
2 bed · 1 bath
3 Lothian Street
$530/wk
a/7 Wentworth Street
6 bed · 3 bath · $1,195/wk
18 Coniston Avenue
3 bed · 1 bath · $500/wk
47 Hounslow Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $460/wk
101B Waimairi Road
2 bath · $850/wk
39 Parkstone Avenue
5 bed · 1 bath · $800/wk
2/16A Sayers Crescent
3 bed · 1 bath · $700/wk
4B Mclellan Place
2 bath · $1,000/wk
2/200 Waimairi Road
$580/wk
82B Maidstone Road
$1,050/wk
8 Coniston Avenue
3 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk
42 Rountree Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $700/wk
3B Memorial Avenue
4 bed
55 Memorial Avenue
6 bed · 2 bath · $1,000/wk
26 Joyce Crescent
3 bed · 2 bath · $650/wk
4 Corfe Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk
50 Creyke Road
6 bed · 6 bath · $1,200/wk
1/16 Sayers Crescent
3 bed · 1 bath · $700/wk
4B Montana Avenue
4 bed · 2 bath · $660/wk
10A Camrose Place
$580/wk
48 Creyke Road
6 bed · 2 bath · $1,200/wk
15 Ashfield Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk