Suburb rent · Roslyn, Dunedin

What it costs to rent in Roslyn

The normal flat in Roslyn rents for about $646 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.

2 reviews3.6 average ratingUpdated Jan 2026

516

Rental properties

~$646/wk

Most pay $489 to $752

Approximate normal flat

+8.6% in a year

+96%

Growth, 10 years

+6.9% a year

+32%

Growth, 5 years

+5.6% a year

Flatchat coverage

56 of about 516 rental properties in Roslyn are on Flatchat.

About 11% 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. Roslyn spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Roslyn compares

vs Dunedin

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Roslyn grew 96% over 10 years, against Dunedin’s 79%.

That is 17 points faster than Dunedin as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$646/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

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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.