Suburb rent · Helensburgh, Dunedin

What it costs to rent in Helensburgh

The normal flat in Helensburgh rents for about $555 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.

78 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

Rental properties

$555/wk

Most pay $525 to $650

Normal flat

-9.8% in a year

+71%

Growth, 10 years

+5.5% a year

+6%

Growth, 5 years

+1.2% a year

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

How Helensburgh compares

vs Dunedin

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Helensburgh grew 71% over 10 years, against Dunedin’s 79%.

That is 8 points slower than Dunedin as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

$555/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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