Suburb rent · St Kilda, Dunedin

What it costs to rent in St Kilda

The normal flat in St Kilda rents for about $594 a week, from government bond records. No one has reviewed a flat here yet, but the rent figures still tell you what living in the area costs.

621 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

621

Rental properties

~$594/wk

Most pay $499 to $655

Approximate normal flat

+7.4% in a year

+95%

Growth, 10 years

+6.9% a year

+30%

Growth, 5 years

+5.3% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. St Kilda spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How St Kilda compares

vs Dunedin

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in St Kilda grew 95% over 10 years, against Dunedin’s 79%.

That is 16 points faster than Dunedin as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$594/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.

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