Suburb rent · Southshore, Christchurch

What it costs to rent in Southshore

The normal flat in Southshore rents for about $573 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.

195 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

195

Rental properties

$573/wk

Most pay $429 to $595

Normal flat

-11.8% in a year

+51%

Growth, 10 years

+4.2% a year

+45%

Growth, 5 years

+7.7% a year

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

How Southshore compares

vs Christchurch

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Southshore grew 51% over 10 years, against Christchurch’s 39%.

That is 12 points faster than Christchurch as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

$573/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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