Suburb rent · Rolleston, Selwyn

What it costs to rent in Rolleston

The normal flat in Rolleston rents for about $630 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.

1,701 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

1,701

Rental properties

~$630/wk

Most pay $581 to $659

Approximate normal flat

-0.9% in a year

+31%

Growth, 10 years

+2.7% a year

+26%

Growth, 5 years

+4.7% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Rolleston spans 5 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Rolleston compares

vs Selwyn

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Rolleston grew 31% over 10 years, against Selwyn’s 36%.

That is 5 points slower than Selwyn as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$630/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026
$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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