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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.
354
Rental properties
$560/wk
Most pay $533 to $613
Normal flat
+87%
Growth, 10 years
+22%
Growth, 5 years
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
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
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.
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
Ratings and warmth notes from people who have actually lived in Wakari. Bond data tells you the rent; this tells you what living here is like.
Rating breakdown
Flats in Wakari
Flats in Wakari on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.

141 Chapman Street
2 bed · 1 bath

97 Shetland Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $525/wk

178 Balmacewen Road
$800/wk
a/147 Shetland Street
3 bed · 2 bath · $600/wk

111 Balmacewen Road
2 bed · 1 bath · $435/wk
b/52A Shetland Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $500/wk
25 Mayfield Avenue
3 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk

26 Hood Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $525/wk
94 Shetland Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $480/wk

a/65 Chapman Street
1 bed · 1 bath · $350/wk
2/111 Balmacewen Road
2 bed · 1 bath · $435/wk
147 Shetland Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk
83 Shetland Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk

226 Taieri Road
3 bed

23A Hood Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $660/wk

126 Wakari Road
3 bed · 1 bath · $595/wk

69 Hood Street
4 bed · 1 bath · $599/wk

207 Balmacewen Road
3 bed · 1 bath · $560/wk

147A Shetland Street
3 bed · 2 bath · $600/wk

25 Prospect Bank
3 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk

282 Taieri Road
8 bed · $185/wk

29 Prospect Bank
3 bed · 1 bath · $500/wk
28 Ethel Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk

135 Lynn Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk