Suburb rent · Gladstone, Invercargill

What it costs to rent in Gladstone

The normal flat in Gladstone rents for about $434 a week. Here is how that has grown over 15 years, how it stacks up against the rest of Invercargill, and what tenants who have lived here say.

3 reviews2.7 average ratingUpdated Jan 2026

393

Rental properties

~$434/wk

Most pay $399 to $508

Approximate normal flat

-5.2% in a year

+87%

Growth, 10 years

+6.5% a year

+29%

Growth, 5 years

+5.3% a year

Flatchat coverage

20 of about 393 rental properties in Gladstone are on Flatchat.

About 5% 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. Gladstone spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Gladstone compares

vs Invercargill

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Gladstone grew 87% over 10 years, against Invercargill’s 94%.

That is 7 points slower than Invercargill as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$434/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

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

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.

What tenants say

3 reviews

Ratings and warmth notes from people who have actually lived in Gladstone. Bond data tells you the rent; this tells you what living here is like.

Rating Breakdown

Value

2.8

Condition

3.0

Warmth

1.6

Landlord

3.5

Flats in Gladstone

reviewed places

Gladstone, Invercargill

1 bed

$330/wk