Suburb rent · Tahunanui, Nelson

What it costs to rent in Tahunanui

The normal flat in Tahunanui rents for about $549 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.

552 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

552

Rental properties

~$549/wk

Most pay $492 to $643

Approximate normal flat

+1.1% in a year

+53%

Growth, 10 years

+4.4% a year

+23%

Growth, 5 years

+4.3% a year

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

How Tahunanui compares

vs Nelson

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Tahunanui grew 53% over 10 years, against Nelson’s 57%.

That is 4 points slower than Nelson as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$549/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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