Suburb rent · Otautau, Southland

What it costs to rent in Otautau

The normal flat in Otautau rents for about $400 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.

51 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

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Rental properties

$400/wk

Most pay $400 to $550

Normal flat

+3.9% in a year

+142%

Growth, 10 years

+9.3% a year

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Growth, 5 years

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

How Otautau compares

vs Southland

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Otautau grew 142% over 10 years, against Southland’s 112%.

That is 30 points faster than Southland as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

$400/wknormal flat, 2026
$100$200$300$400$500$600
201120152026
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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