Suburb rent · Riverdale, Gisborne

What it costs to rent in Riverdale

The normal flat in Riverdale rents for about $638 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.

54 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

54

Rental properties

$638/wk

Most pay $570 to $690

Normal flat

-10.1% in a year

+99%

Growth, 10 years

+7.1% a year

+52%

Growth, 5 years

+8.7% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Typical rent for Riverdale is exact.

How Riverdale compares

vs Gisborne

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Riverdale grew 99% over 10 years, against Gisborne’s 124%.

That is 25 points slower than Gisborne as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

$638/wknormal flat, 2026
$100$200$300$400$500$600$700$800$900$1000$1100
201120152026
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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