Suburb rent · Heidelberg, Invercargill

What it costs to rent in Heidelberg

The normal flat in Heidelberg rents for about $427 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.

225 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

225

Rental properties

~$427/wk

Most pay $411 to $569

Approximate normal flat

-18.2% in a year

+71%

Growth, 10 years

+5.5% a year

+21%

Growth, 5 years

+3.8% a year

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

How Heidelberg compares

vs Invercargill

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Heidelberg grew 71% over 10 years, against Invercargill’s 94%.

That is 23 points slower than Invercargill as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$427/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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