Median weekly rent, six-year trend and rental yield for Mount Wellington Ferndale — built from 45 tenancy bonds lodged with Tenancy Services.
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · 45 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. Mount Wellington Ferndale is the 98th most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 60% of them.
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · 246 Auckland suburbs · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
The median weekly rent in Mount Wellington Ferndale is $650, based on 45 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 22% on Q1 2020, when the median was $525.
Most new tenancies fall between $573 and $748 a week — the middle half of the market.
Mount Wellington Ferndale is the 98th most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 60% 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 | $525 | 39 |
| Q2 2020 | $550 | 27 |
| Q3 2020 | $500 | 45 |
| Q4 2020 | $550 | 51 |
| Q1 2021 | $535 | 57 |
| Q2 2021 | $543 | 51 |
| Q3 2021 | $593 | 21 |
| Q4 2021 | $620 | 57 |
| Q1 2022 | $645 | 39 |
| Q2 2022 | $580 | 45 |
| Q3 2022 | $588 | 48 |
| Q4 2022 | $538 | 45 |
| Q1 2023 | $610 | 54 |
| Q2 2023 | $630 | 30 |
| Q3 2023 | $650 | 45 |
| Q4 2023 | $605 | 30 |
| Q1 2024 | $680 | 39 |
| Q2 2024 | $628 | 39 |
| Q3 2024 | $600 | 39 |
| Q4 2024 | $630 | 36 |
| Q1 2025 | $610 | 54 |
| Q2 2025 | $625 | 54 |
| Q3 2025 | $643 | 45 |
| Q4 2025 | $598 | 51 |
| Q1 2026 | $650 | 45 |
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 Mount Wellington Ferndale 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 Mount Wellington Ferndale, by distance between area centres.
| Suburb | Median weekly | Difference | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wellington | $649 | -$1 | 1.1 km |
| Stonefields | $840 | +$190 | 1.7 km |
| Ellerslie | $697 | +$47 | 1.8 km |
| Panmure | $393 | -$257 | 1.8 km |
| Remuera Waiatarua | $850 | +$200 | 2.2 km |
| Remuera Abbotts Park | $853 | +$203 | 2.5 km |
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Straight-line distance, area centres · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
Rent tells you what a Mount Wellington Ferndale 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 Wellington Ferndale address — the zone, how many dwellings are allowed, whether a 70m² granny flat qualifies, and any hazard overlays on the land. At the Mount Wellington Ferndale median of $650 a week, a second dwelling would add roughly $33,800 a year in gross rent.
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