Suburb rent · Dalmore, Dunedin

What it costs to rent in Dalmore

The normal flat in Dalmore rents for about $544 a week. Here is how that has grown over 15 years, how it stacks up against the rest of Dunedin, and what tenants who have lived here say.

2 reviews2.0 average ratingUpdated Jan 2026

819

Rental properties

~$544/wk

Most pay $339 to $813

Approximate normal flat

+7.7% in a year

+87%

Growth, 10 years

+6.5% a year

+40%

Growth, 5 years

+6.9% a year

Flatchat coverage

32 of about 819 rental properties in Dalmore are on Flatchat.

About 4% of the market covered so far. Lived in one we have missed? Add it.

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Dalmore spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Dalmore compares

vs Dunedin

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Dalmore grew 87% over 10 years, against Dunedin’s 79%.

That is 8 points faster than Dunedin as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$544/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

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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.