Median weekly rent, six-year trend and rental yield for McLaren Park — built from 30 tenancy bonds lodged with Tenancy Services.
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · 30 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. McLaren Park is the 93rd most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 62% of them.
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · 246 Auckland suburbs · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
The median weekly rent in McLaren Park is $650, based on 30 new tenancy bonds lodged in Q1 2026. That is 5% above the Auckland-wide median of $622.
Over the past year the median has risen 6.6%, and it is up 18% on Q1 2020, when the median was $510.
Most new tenancies fall between $590 and $690 a week — the middle half of the market.
McLaren Park is the 93rd most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 62% 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 | $510 | 30 |
| Q2 2020 | $555 | 18 |
| Q3 2020 | $545 | 9 |
| Q4 2020 | $540 | 21 |
| Q1 2021 | $550 | 36 |
| Q2 2021 | $570 | 15 |
| Q3 2021 | $545 | 15 |
| Q4 2021 | $535 | 24 |
| Q1 2022 | $570 | 24 |
| Q2 2022 | $565 | 18 |
| Q3 2022 | $575 | 18 |
| Q4 2022 | $568 | 21 |
| Q1 2023 | $555 | 15 |
| Q2 2023 | $578 | 15 |
| Q3 2023 | $630 | 12 |
| Q4 2023 | $650 | 12 |
| Q1 2024 | $630 | 15 |
| Q2 2024 | $640 | 12 |
| Q3 2024 | $376 | 24 |
| Q4 2024 | $630 | 21 |
| Q1 2025 | $610 | 27 |
| Q2 2025 | $623 | 24 |
| Q3 2025 | $620 | 30 |
| Q4 2025 | $620 | 27 |
| Q1 2026 | $650 | 30 |
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 McLaren Park 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 McLaren Park, by distance between area centres.
| Suburb | Median weekly | Difference | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyvale West-Parrs Park | $600 | -$50 | 1 km |
| Western Heights | $795 | +$145 | 1.5 km |
| Sunnyvale | $598 | -$52 | 1.9 km |
| Henderson | $572 | -$78 | 2.2 km |
| Glen Eden Rosier | $650 | — | 2.3 km |
| Summerland | $710 | +$60 | 2.5 km |
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Straight-line distance, area centres · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
Rent tells you what a McLaren Park 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 McLaren Park address — the zone, how many dwellings are allowed, whether a 70m² granny flat qualifies, and any hazard overlays on the land. At the McLaren Park median of $650 a week, a second dwelling would add roughly $33,800 a year in gross rent.
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