Suburb rent · Merivale, Christchurch

What it costs to rent in Merivale

The normal flat in Merivale rents for about $565 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.

1,668 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

1,668

Rental properties

~$565/wk

Most pay $489 to $681

Approximate normal flat

-0.4% in a year

+39%

Growth, 10 years

+3.4% a year

+38%

Growth, 5 years

+6.6% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Merivale spans 4 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Merivale compares

vs Christchurch

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

Rent growth, 10 years

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

That is level with Christchurch as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$565/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026
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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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