Median weekly bonded rent
$660
NZD per week · newly lodged bonds
Official rental bond evidence
Kelson
rental statistics
3 months ending September 2026
Kelson rental bond statistics
All bedrooms · All dwelling types
Change location or bedrooms
All dwelling types are combined. Property-type filters require additional source observations.
Source updated 3 November 2026.
Provisional MBIE data. Recent records may be incomplete or revised. Growth comparisons are withheld.
Bonds in the selected sample
12
Source counts are randomly rounded
Middle 50% of weekly rents
$600–$706
Lower to upper quartile · NZD
Bedroom-level statistics do not meet the publication checks for this selection.
Understanding the source
Understanding Kelson rental evidence
Kelson: the median weekly rent recorded in newly lodged bonds was NZ$660 for all dwelling types, all bedroom counts, during 3 months ending September 2026. The reported sample was 12 bonds, randomly rounded by MBIE.
What does the Kelson rent sample include?
The all bedroom counts sample contains 12 reported newly lodged bonds across all dwelling types during 3 months ending September 2026. The middle 50% of recorded weekly rents falls between NZ$600 and NZ$706. Counts are randomly rounded. Rooms and boarding houses are included in the source's combined dwelling category, so this is not a house-only rent estimate.
Which area do the Kelson figures cover?
MBIE statistical area: Kelson. Its boundary may cover only part of the commonly named suburb; no wider suburb aggregate is inferred.
How recent is this rental evidence?
The reporting window is 3 months ending September 2026. The source snapshot was updated on 3 November 2026. It records a completed bond-reporting period, rather than rents being advertised today.
Can this tell me what to ask for my property in Kelson?
The NZ$660 median describes this all bedroom counts bond sample; it is not a rental appraisal. Current asking rents, a property's condition and its precise location can differ from the sample. Use the source figures as context when requesting property-specific advice. Monthly and annual rent changes are withheld while source comparability is under review.
A closer look
Other local rental markets
Each page names its official source area and reporting period. Monthly figures and Wellington's three-month figures describe different samples and must not be treated as a like-for-like comparison.
Wellington CityRental bond statistics3 months ending September 2026Wellington Central$380 / week · 117 bonds3 months ending September 2026Mount Victoria$580 / week · 66 bonds3 months ending September 2026Mount Cook West$500 / week · 72 bonds3 months ending September 2026Aro Valley$593 / week · 39 bonds3 months ending September 2026Thorndon$600 / week · 87 bonds3 months ending September 2026
More rental markets (21 more)
Karori Park$630 / week · 33 bonds3 months ending September 2026Newtown North$650 / week · 18 bonds3 months ending September 2026Berhampore$525 / week · 27 bonds3 months ending September 2026Island Bay West$580 / week · 24 bonds3 months ending September 2026Kilbirnie Central$568 / week · 27 bonds3 months ending September 2026Hataitai North$555 / week · 39 bonds3 months ending September 2026Johnsonville West$658 / week · 18 bonds3 months ending September 2026Ngaio North$620 / week · 18 bonds3 months ending September 2026Crofton Downs$500 / week · 12 bonds3 months ending September 2026Tawa North$675 / week · 18 bonds3 months ending September 2026Petone Central$490 / week · 30 bonds3 months ending September 2026Hutt Central North$500 / week · 36 bonds3 months ending September 2026Hutt Central South$650 / week · 24 bonds3 months ending September 2026Upper Hutt Central$650 / week · 12 bonds3 months ending September 2026Avalon West$620 / week · 18 bonds3 months ending September 2026Taita North$510 / week · 27 bonds3 months ending September 2026Naenae Central$560 / week · 15 bonds3 months ending September 2026Epuni West$570 / week · 60 bonds3 months ending September 2026Waterloo West$575 / week · 33 bonds3 months ending September 2026Alicetown-Melling$485 / week · 18 bonds3 months ending September 2026Wainuiomata West$625 / week · 27 bonds3 months ending September 2026
Built on Transparency
Behind the numbers
What the median tells you
The median is the middle rent in the source sample. Half of the sampled rents are at or below it and half are at or above it. It describes the homes in that sample; it is not a valuation of an individual property.
Bonded and advertised rents are different
These rents come from newly lodged rental bonds. They are not current asking rents, the rent of every existing tenancy, or evidence that a property advertised elsewhere has been let.
Keep the geography in view
MBIE statistical area: Kelson. Its boundary may cover only part of the commonly named suburb; no wider suburb aggregate is inferred.
Source and provenance
- Source
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment — Tenancy Services
- Source area
- Kelson
- Reporting period
- 3 months ending September 2026
- Snapshot updated
- 3 November 2026
- Source retrieved
- 3 November 2026
- Licence
- Crown copyright, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand
Statistics are read from the validated source snapshot.
Coverage, sample checks and limitations
- Weekly rents are NZD amounts recorded in newly lodged private-sector bonds, not advertised rents, all existing tenancies or a property valuation.
- All dwelling types are combined, including rooms and boarding houses. Property-type filters require additional source observations.
- Counts are randomly rounded by MBIE. They may not sum to the published total. Bands below 10 reported bonds are withheld.
- MBIE statistical area: Kelson. Its boundary may cover only part of the commonly named suburb; no wider suburb aggregate is inferred.
- Tenancy Services advises that bond data is provisional during its system migration. Recent releases may be incomplete, revised or not directly comparable with earlier periods. Changes and market explanations are withheld pending comparability review.
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