Suburb rent · Geraldine, Timaru

What it costs to rent in Geraldine

The normal flat in Geraldine rents for about $480 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.

141 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

141

Rental properties

$480/wk

Most pay $418 to $585

Normal flat

-6.8% in a year

+70%

Growth, 10 years

+5.4% a year

+37%

Growth, 5 years

+6.5% a year

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

How Geraldine compares

vs Timaru

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Geraldine grew 70% over 10 years, against Timaru’s 62%.

That is 8 points faster than Timaru as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

$480/wknormal flat, 2026
$100$200$300$400$500$600
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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