Suburb rent · Leeston, Selwyn

What it costs to rent in Leeston

The normal flat in Leeston rents for about $580 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.

105 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

105

Rental properties

$580/wk

Most pay $480 to $600

Normal flat

+2.7% in a year

+53%

Growth, 10 years

+4.3% a year

+35%

Growth, 5 years

+6.2% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Typical rent for Leeston is exact.

How Leeston compares

vs Selwyn

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Leeston grew 53% over 10 years, against Selwyn’s 36%.

That is 17 points faster than Selwyn as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

Fifteen years of Leeston rent from government bond records. The line is what the normal flat rents for; the band shows the range most people pay.

$580/wknormal flat, 2026

$200$300$400$500$600$700

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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Leeston, Selwyn

3 bed

$540/wk

16A D'Arcy Street

Leeston, Selwyn

2 bed

$480/wk

3 Chapman St

Leeston, Selwyn

5 bed

$550/wk