Suburb rent · Opoho, Dunedin

What it costs to rent in Opoho

The normal flat in Opoho rents for about $509 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.

1 reviews4.5 average ratingUpdated Jan 2026

777

Rental properties

~$509/wk

Most pay $298 to $810

Approximate normal flat

+3.5% in a year

+71%

Growth, 10 years

+5.5% a year

+30%

Growth, 5 years

+5.3% a year

Flatchat coverage

21 of about 777 rental properties in Opoho are on Flatchat.

About 3% 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. Opoho spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Opoho compares

vs Dunedin

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Opoho 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 Opoho rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Opoho is split across a few statistical areas and the rent is averaged across them.

~$509/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.