Median weekly rent, six-year trend and rental yield for Mount St John — built from 54 tenancy bonds lodged with Tenancy Services.
Every one of the 246 suburbs we track is a tick on this scale, placed by its median weekly rent. Mount St John is the 23rd most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 91% of them.
The median weekly rent in Mount St John is $580, based on 54 new tenancy bonds lodged in Q1 2026. That is 7% below the Auckland-wide median of $622.
Over the past year the median has fallen 19.4%, and it is down 7% on Q1 2020, when the median was $550.
Most new tenancies fall between $460 and $833 a week — the middle half of the market.
Mount St John is the 23rd most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 91% of them.
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 | $550 | 45 |
| Q2 2020 | $570 | 33 |
| Q3 2020 | $570 | 39 |
| Q4 2020 | $520 | 39 |
| Q1 2021 | $625 | 51 |
| Q2 2021 | $620 | 45 |
| Q3 2021 | $700 | 24 |
| Q4 2021 | $558 | 33 |
| Q1 2022 | $600 | 54 |
| Q2 2022 | $595 | 36 |
| Q3 2022 | $730 | 57 |
| Q4 2022 | $650 | 42 |
| Q1 2023 | $720 | 51 |
| Q2 2023 | $650 | 51 |
| Q3 2023 | $690 | 39 |
| Q4 2023 | $695 | 48 |
| Q1 2024 | $700 | 51 |
| Q2 2024 | $750 | 27 |
| Q3 2024 | $603 | 36 |
| Q4 2024 | $775 | 45 |
| Q1 2025 | $720 | 60 |
| Q2 2025 | $580 | 45 |
| Q3 2025 | $670 | 48 |
| Q4 2025 | $640 | 48 |
| Q1 2026 | $580 | 54 |
Q1 2026. Sizes with fewer than five bonds are withheld by Tenancy Services to protect tenants' privacy.
The headline median covers every property type together, so the mix matters — a suburb with many rooms or studios shows a lower overall median than its houses alone.
| Property type | Median weekly | Bonds | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | $743 | 39 | 72% |
| Apartment | $560 | 6 | 11% |
| Flat | $570 | 6 | 11% |
Pre-filled with the Mount St John 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.
The closest suburbs to Mount St John, by distance between area centres.
| Suburb | Median weekly | Difference | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epsom Central-North | $838 | +$258 | 1.1 km |
| Epsom | $508 | -$72 | 1.4 km |
| Newmarket | $620 | +$40 | 1.6 km |
| Remuera Waitaramoa | $993 | +$413 | 1.7 km |
| Mount Eden | $628 | +$48 | 1.9 km |
| Epsom Central-South | $813 | +$233 | 1.9 km |
Rent tells you what a Mount St John 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 Mount St John address — the zone, how many dwellings are allowed, whether a 70m² granny flat qualifies, and any hazard overlays on the land. At the Mount St John median of $580 a week, a second dwelling would add roughly $30,160 a year in gross rent.
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