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Auckland · Q1 2026

Dairy Flat

Median weekly rent, six-year trend and rental yield for Dairy Flat — built from 48 tenancy bonds lodged with Tenancy Services, across the 3 statistical areas that make up the suburb.

$820
median weekly rent · Q1 2026
↓ -0.5% year on year

Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · 48 new bonds · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method

Typical range
$746–$891
middle 50% of new tenancies
Year on year
-0.5%
vs Q1 2025
Annual rent
$42,640
at the median, 52 weeks
Sample size
48
new bonds this quarter

Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Q1 2026 bond lodgements · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method

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Where Dairy Flat sits in Auckland

Every one of the 246 suburbs we track is a tick on this scale, placed by its median weekly rent. Dairy Flat is the 29th most expensive of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — pricier than 89% of them.

Dairy Flat $820 $295 cheapest $993 dearest

Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · 246 Auckland suburbs · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method

The median weekly rent in Dairy Flat is $820, based on 48 new tenancy bonds lodged in Q1 2026. That is 32% above the Auckland-wide median of $622.

Over the past year the median has fallen 0.5%, and it is up 13% on Q1 2020, when the median was $611.

Most new tenancies fall between $746 and $891 a week — the middle half of the market.

Dairy Flat is the 29th most expensive of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — pricier than 89% of them.

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How the Dairy Flat figure is calculated

  1. Take every tenancy bond lodged with Tenancy Services in Q1 2026 for the 3 statistical areas that make up Dairy Flat — 48 of them.
  2. Discard any cell built on fewer than five bonds. MBIE withholds those to protect individual tenants, which is why some bedroom sizes below show a dash.
  3. Combine the area medians with a bond-count-weighted geometric mean, so a small area with three tenancies cannot swing the suburb figure.
  4. Report the median rather than the average: a handful of very expensive tenancies cannot drag it.
    weekly median = geomean(area medians, weight = bond count) annual gross rent = weekly median × 52 = $42,640

Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Weighted geometric mean · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method

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Six years of rent

Median weekly rent on new tenancies, Q1 2020 to Q1 2026. Hover the chart to read any quarter.

$500$760$1020 $820 Q1 2020Q1 2023Q1 2026
View the numbers behind this chart
QuarterMedian weekly rentNew bonds
Q1 2020$61148
Q2 2020$71036
Q3 2020$64936
Q4 2020$87015
Q1 2021$72624
Q2 2021$71027
Q3 2021$76733
Q4 2021$72733
Q1 2022$79124
Q2 2022$76224
Q3 2022$75224
Q4 2022$68830
Q1 2023$77918
Q2 2023$89924
Q3 2023$75012
Q4 2023$8209
Q1 2024$85127
Q2 2024$87230
Q3 2024$95630
Q4 2024$93354
Q1 2025$824108
Q2 2025$79869
Q3 2025$77372
Q4 2025$80672
Q1 2026$82048

Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Q1 2020 – Q1 2026 · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method

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Rent by size

Q1 2026. Sizes with fewer than five bonds are withheld by Tenancy Services to protect tenants' privacy.

1 bedroom $800 12 bonds
4 bedrooms $860 18 bonds

Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Withheld below 5 bonds · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method

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Rental yield

Pre-filled with the Dairy Flat 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.

Gross rental yield

Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Rent pre-filled, price is yours · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method

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Nearby suburbsQ1 2026

The closest suburbs to Dairy Flat, by distance between area centres.

SuburbMedian weeklyDifferenceDistance
Silverdale$788-$325.2 km
Albany Heights$650-$1706.6 km
Millwater$886+$667.3 km
Fairview Heights$873+$537.4 km
Long Bay$840+$207.7 km
Awaruku$780-$407.9 km

Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Straight-line distance, area centres · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method

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What you could build in Dairy Flat

Rent tells you what a Dairy Flat property earns today. Zoning tells you what it could become — a second dwelling on the same section changes the income on this page entirely.

Dairy Flat zoning, granny-flat rules and flood overlays

Our companion tool PropertyScope reads Auckland Council's planning data for any Dairy Flat address — the zone, how many dwellings are allowed, whether a 70m² granny flat qualifies, and any hazard overlays on the land. At the Dairy Flat median of $820 a week, a second dwelling would add roughly $42,640 a year in gross rent.

Check Dairy Flat zoning and development rules →

Schools in Dairy Flat

There is 1 school in Dairy Flat. 1 of them operates an enrolment zone, so where you rent decides which ones you can enrol in. Our companion site NZ School Finder lists every one with its roll, year levels and zone status, straight from the Ministry of Education's directory — and publishes no rankings or ratings.

See the 1 school in Dairy Flat →
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Common questions

What is the average rent in Dairy Flat?
The median weekly rent for a new tenancy in Dairy Flat is $820 (Q1 2026), from 48 bonds lodged with Tenancy Services. We use the median rather than a simple average because it is not distorted by a handful of very high or very low rents.
Are rents in Dairy Flat going up or down?
Rents are easing — the median is down 0.5% on the same quarter last year. Over five years the median has moved +12.9%.
Is Dairy Flat expensive compared with the rest of Auckland?
At $820 a week, Dairy Flat is above the Auckland median of $622. Dairy Flat is the 29th most expensive of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — pricier than 89% of them.
What rental yield does Dairy Flat produce?
Gross yield depends on the purchase price. At the Dairy Flat median rent of $820 a week, annual rent is about $42,640. Divide that by the property price for gross yield — $42,640 on a $1,050,000 property is roughly 4.0%.

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Areas included in Dairy Flat: Dairy Flat North · Dairy Flat West · Dairy Flat South. See how we combine them.