What it costs to rent in Nelson South
The normal flat in Nelson South rents for about $463 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.
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Rental properties
~$463/wk
Most pay $348 to $555
Approximate normal flat
+63%
Growth, 10 years
+33%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Nelson South spans 3 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).
How Nelson South compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Nelson South is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Nelson as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Nelson South grew 63% over 10 years, against Nelson’s 57%.
That is 6 points faster than Nelson as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Nelson South rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Nelson South is split across a few statistical areas and the rent is averaged across them.
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
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Write a reviewFlats in Nelson South
Flats in Nelson South on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.
1/15 Hutcheson Street
$480/wk
1B Waimea Road
$650/wk
18 Totara Street
$520/wk
4/237 Rutherford Street
4 bed · 2 bath · $685/wk
131 Waimea Road
1 bed · 1 bath · $230/wk
15 Hutcheson Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $430/wk
38A Brougham Street
3 bed · 2 bath · $790/wk
19 Wellington Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $515/wk
31 Mount St
3 bed · 1 bath
1/29 Brougham Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk
3/241A Vanguard Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk
51B Renwick Place
1 bed · 1 bath · $395/wk
7 Waimea Road
3 bed · 2 bath · $750/wk
2/98 Kawai St
2 bed · 1 bath · $470/wk
2b/31 Mount Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk
10/68 Waimea Road
2 bed · 1 bath · $450/wk
2 Crathie Place
3 bed · 2 bath · $680/wk
108 Kawai St
3 bed · 2 bath · $450/wk
79 Tipahi Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $575/wk
78 Waimea Rd
2 bed · 1 bath · $405/wk
150 Waimea Road
3 bed · 1 bath · $585/wk
101A Kawai Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $450/wk
7 Gorrie Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk
84 Mount Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $520/wk