What it costs to rent in Kaikorai
The normal flat in Kaikorai rents for about $602 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.
669
Rental properties
~$602/wk
Most pay $480 to $678
Approximate normal flat
+94%
Growth, 10 years
+26%
Growth, 5 years
Flatchat coverage
24 of about 669 rental properties in Kaikorai 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. Kaikorai spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).
How Kaikorai compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Kaikorai is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Dunedin as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Kaikorai grew 94% over 10 years, against Dunedin’s 79%.
That is 15 points faster than Dunedin as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Kaikorai rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Kaikorai is split across a few statistical areas and the rent is averaged across them.
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.
What tenants say
Ratings and warmth notes from people who have actually lived in Kaikorai. Bond data tells you the rent; this tells you what living here is like.
Rating breakdown
Flats in Kaikorai
Flats in Kaikorai on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.
20 Swanson Street
8 Ayr Street
3 bed · 2 bath · $680/wk
130A Taieri Road
3 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk
39 Oates Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk
a/47 Ann Street
1 bed · 1 bath · $335/wk
15 Lundie Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $525/wk
70 Oates Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $495/wk
15 Chapel Street
5 bed · 2 bath · $750/wk
23 Kinsman Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $445/wk
15A Nairn Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $720/wk
32 Hereford Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $495/wk
33 School Street
1 bed
19 Font Street
3 bed
44 Oates Street
3 bed
75 Walton Street
3 bed
19 Culloden Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $520/wk
59 Greenock Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk
128 Taieri Road
2 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk
17 Farley Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $610/wk
133 A Taieri Road
1 bed · 1 bath · $480/wk
2 Wairoa Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $540/wk
a/163 Taieri Road
2 bed · 1 bath · $400/wk
23 Belgrave Crescent
$1,100/wk
209 Taieri Road
4 bed · 2 bath · $820/wk