Suburb rent · Upper Riccarton, Christchurch

What it costs to rent in Upper Riccarton

The normal flat in Upper Riccarton rents for about $612 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.

3,264 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

3,264

Rental properties

~$612/wk

Most pay $424 to $865

Approximate normal flat

+4.6% in a year

+38%

Growth, 10 years

+3.3% a year

+16%

Growth, 5 years

+3% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Upper Riccarton spans 8 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Upper Riccarton compares

vs Christchurch

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Upper Riccarton grew 38% over 10 years, against Christchurch’s 39%.

That is 1 points slower than Christchurch as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$612/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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