What it costs to rent in South
The normal flat in South rents for about $640 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
$640/wk
Most pay $468 to $665
Normal flat
+78%
Growth, 10 years
+39%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Typical rent for South is exact.
How South compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether South is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Nelson as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in South grew 78% over 10 years, against Nelson’s 57%.
That is 21 points faster than Nelson as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of South 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
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