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What it costs to rent in Musselburgh
The normal flat in Musselburgh rents for about $650 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.
135
Rental properties
$650/wk
Most pay $555 to $655
Normal flat
+120%
Growth, 10 years
+44%
Growth, 5 years
Flatchat coverage
21 of about 135 rental properties in Musselburgh are on Flatchat.
About 16% 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. Typical rent for Musselburgh is exact.
How Musselburgh compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Musselburgh is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Dunedin as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Musselburgh grew 120% over 10 years, against Dunedin’s 79%.
That is 41 points faster than Dunedin as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Musselburgh rent from government bond records. The line is what the normal flat rents for; the band shows the range most people pay.
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 Musselburgh. Bond data tells you the rent; this tells you what living here is like.
Rating breakdown
Flats in Musselburgh
Flats in Musselburgh on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.

26 portobello road
3 bed · 1 bath · $540/wk
2 Rawhiti Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk

65 Rawhiti Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $495/wk
43 Moana Crescent
4 bed · 2 bath · $720/wk
93C Musselburgh Rise
2 bed · 1 bath · $390/wk

74 Ravelston Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $580/wk
2 Cavell Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $410/wk
158 Musselburgh Rise
3 bed · 1 bath · $540/wk
c/93 Musselburgh Rise
2 bed · 1 bath · $390/wk

42 Cavell Street
3 bed

194 Musselburgh Rise
4 bed

15 Belmont Lane
2 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk

9/85 Musselburgh Rise
2 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk

3 Moana Crescent
3 bed · 1 bath · $450/wk

23 Musselburgh Rise
3 bed · 1 bath · $575/wk

7/112 Musselburgh Rise
2 bed · 2 bath · $750/wk

25 Sunshine Lane
3 bed · 1 bath · $670/wk

19A Musselburgh Rise
1 bed · 1 bath · $380/wk

6/85 Musselburgh Rise
1 bed · 1 bath · $580/wk
16 Tainui Road
2 bed · 1 bath · $440/wk

10 Moana Crescent
3 bed · 1 bath · $750/wk