Median weekly rent, six-year trend and rental yield for Browns Bay — built from 84 tenancy bonds lodged with Tenancy Services, across the 3 statistical areas that make up the suburb.
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · 84 new bonds · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Q1 2026 bond lodgements · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
Every one of the 246 suburbs we track is a tick on this scale, placed by its median weekly rent. Browns Bay is the 59th most expensive of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — pricier than 76% of them.
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · 246 Auckland suburbs · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
The median weekly rent in Browns Bay is $753, based on 84 new tenancy bonds lodged in Q1 2026. That is 21% above the Auckland-wide median of $622.
Over the past year the median has risen 8.3%, and it is up 21% on Q1 2020, when the median was $593.
Most new tenancies fall between $683 and $830 a week — the middle half of the market.
Browns Bay is the 59th most expensive of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — pricier than 76% of them.
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Weighted geometric mean · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
Median weekly rent on new tenancies, Q1 2020 to Q1 2026. Hover the chart to read any quarter.
| Quarter | Median weekly rent | New bonds |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2020 | $593 | 96 |
| Q2 2020 | $607 | 87 |
| Q3 2020 | $575 | 114 |
| Q4 2020 | $622 | 84 |
| Q1 2021 | $624 | 93 |
| Q2 2021 | $635 | 99 |
| Q3 2021 | $636 | 69 |
| Q4 2021 | $631 | 81 |
| Q1 2022 | $642 | 93 |
| Q2 2022 | $648 | 114 |
| Q3 2022 | $613 | 114 |
| Q4 2022 | $650 | 105 |
| Q1 2023 | $686 | 102 |
| Q2 2023 | $706 | 69 |
| Q3 2023 | $691 | 84 |
| Q4 2023 | $669 | 99 |
| Q1 2024 | $707 | 75 |
| Q2 2024 | $743 | 90 |
| Q3 2024 | $687 | 81 |
| Q4 2024 | $697 | 84 |
| Q1 2025 | $695 | 96 |
| Q2 2025 | $685 | 75 |
| Q3 2025 | $730 | 96 |
| Q4 2025 | $711 | 78 |
| Q1 2026 | $753 | 84 |
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Q1 2020 – Q1 2026 · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
Q1 2026. Sizes with fewer than five bonds are withheld by Tenancy Services to protect tenants' privacy.
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Withheld below 5 bonds · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
Pre-filled with the Browns Bay median rent. Enter a purchase price to see the gross yield.
Gross yield ignores rates, insurance, maintenance, management and vacancy. Net yield is typically 1–2 percentage points lower — the full calculator works both out.
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Rent pre-filled, price is yours · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
The closest suburbs to Browns Bay, by distance between area centres.
| Suburb | Median weekly | Difference | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rothesay Bay | $795 | +$42 | 1 km |
| Northcross | $780 | +$27 | 1.1 km |
| Murrays Bay | $859 | +$106 | 1.5 km |
| Oteha | $722 | -$31 | 1.6 km |
| Waiake | $778 | +$25 | 1.7 km |
| Pinehill | $890 | +$137 | 1.7 km |
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Straight-line distance, area centres · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
Rent tells you what a Browns Bay property earns today. Zoning tells you what it could become — a second dwelling on the same section changes the income on this page entirely.
Our companion tool PropertyScope reads Auckland Council's planning data for any Browns Bay address — the zone, how many dwellings are allowed, whether a 70m² granny flat qualifies, and any hazard overlays on the land. At the Browns Bay median of $753 a week, a second dwelling would add roughly $39,156 a year in gross rent.
Check Browns Bay zoning and development rules →6 sports clubs, gyms and pools are mapped in Browns Bay. Our companion directory Sideline lists every one in the country, compiled from OpenStreetMap — and nobody can buy a ranking in it.
See what's on in Browns Bay →Amit Sharma is an award-winning Auckland agent. Get a free, no-obligation appraisal of what your Browns Bay property would rent or sell for today — based on real local numbers, not a guess.
Request a free appraisalAreas included in Browns Bay: Browns Bay South West · Browns Bay Central · Browns Bay South East. See how we combine them.
A quick ask before you go
Hi, I’m Amit Sharma. I build and maintain this site and around fifty others like it — free to use, no paywall, no sign-up. If it was useful to you today, following along is the simplest way to support the projects and keep them running.
Continue to the site →