Suburb rent · Lincoln, Selwyn

What it costs to rent in Lincoln

The normal flat in Lincoln rents for about $601 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.

474 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

474

Rental properties

~$601/wk

Most pay $525 to $700

Approximate normal flat

-5.9% in a year

+19%

Growth, 10 years

+1.8% a year

+8%

Growth, 5 years

+1.6% a year

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

How Lincoln compares

vs Selwyn

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Lincoln grew 19% over 10 years, against Selwyn’s 36%.

That is 17 points slower than Selwyn as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$601/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

$200$300$400$500$600$700$800

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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