What it costs to rent in Timaru Central
The normal flat in Timaru Central rents for about $445 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.
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Rental properties
~$445/wk
Most pay $420 to $479
Approximate normal flat
+97%
Growth, 10 years
+24%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Timaru Central spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).
How Timaru Central compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Timaru Central is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Timaru as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Timaru Central grew 97% over 10 years, against Timaru’s 62%.
That is 35 points faster than Timaru as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Timaru Central rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Timaru Central is split across a few statistical areas and the rent is averaged across them.
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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