Suburb rent · Wakari, Dunedin

What it costs to rent in Wakari

The normal flat in Wakari rents for about $560 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 reviews4.3 average ratingUpdated Jan 2026

354

Rental properties

$560/wk

Most pay $533 to $613

Normal flat

-1.8% in a year

+87%

Growth, 10 years

+6.4% a year

+22%

Growth, 5 years

+4% a year

Flatchat coverage

24 of about 354 rental properties in Wakari are on Flatchat.

About 7% 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 Wakari is exact.

How Wakari compares

vs Dunedin

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Wakari grew 87% over 10 years, against Dunedin’s 79%.

That is 8 points faster than Dunedin as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

Fifteen years of Wakari rent from government bond records. The line is what the normal flat rents for; the band shows the range most people pay.

$560/wknormal flat, 2026

$100$200$300$400$500$600$700

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.