Suburb rent · North Dunedin, Dunedin

What it costs to rent in North Dunedin

The normal flat in North Dunedin rents for about $724 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.

30 reviews2.9 average ratingUpdated Jan 2026

4,788

Rental properties

~$724/wk

Most pay $449 to $998

Approximate normal flat

+6% in a year

+93%

Growth, 10 years

+6.8% a year

+46%

Growth, 5 years

+7.9% a year

Flatchat coverage

578 of about 4,788 rental properties in North Dunedin are on Flatchat.

About 12% 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. North Dunedin spans 8 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How North Dunedin compares

vs Dunedin

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in North Dunedin grew 93% over 10 years, against Dunedin’s 79%.

That is 14 points faster than Dunedin as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$724/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026
$100$200$300$400$500$600$700$800$900$1000
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.

What tenants say

30 reviews

Ratings and warmth notes from people who have actually lived in North Dunedin. Bond data tells you the rent; this tells you what living here is like.

Rating Breakdown

Value
3.2
Condition
3.1
Warmth
2.4
Landlord
3.0

Street Warmth

Warmest Streets

  1. 1Park Street4.0
  2. 2Castle Street4.0
  3. 3Warrender Street3.0
  4. 4dundas street3.0
  5. 5George street3.0

Coldest Streets

  1. 1Castle Street North1.0
  2. 2Forth Street1.0
  3. 3Queen Street1.0
  4. 4Duke Street1.5
  5. 5Clyde Street2.0

What tenants flag most

Across 30 reviews, the most common complaint here is cold and damp housing.

Flats in North Dunedin

reviewed places

Flats in North Dunedin on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.