Suburb rent · St Albans, Christchurch

What it costs to rent in St Albans

The normal flat in St Albans rents for about $558 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.

4,308 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

4,308

Rental properties

~$558/wk

Most pay $489 to $653

Approximate normal flat

+1.5% in a year

+49%

Growth, 10 years

+4.1% a year

+33%

Growth, 5 years

+5.8% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. St Albans spans 7 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How St Albans compares

vs Christchurch

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in St Albans grew 49% over 10 years, against Christchurch’s 39%.

That is 10 points faster than Christchurch as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$558/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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