What it costs to rent in Scarborough
The normal flat in Scarborough rents for about $688 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
$688/wk
Most pay $598 to $850
Normal flat
+73%
Growth, 10 years
+45%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Typical rent for Scarborough is exact.
How Scarborough compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Scarborough is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Christchurch as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Scarborough grew 73% over 10 years, against Christchurch’s 39%.
That is 34 points faster than Christchurch as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Scarborough rent from government bond records. The line is what the normal flat rents for; the band shows the range most people pay.
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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