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Auckland · Q1 2026

Newmarket

Median weekly rent, six-year trend and rental yield for Newmarket — built from 75 tenancy bonds lodged with Tenancy Services.

$620
median weekly rent · Q1 2026
↓ -3.9% year on year

Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · 75 new bonds · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method

Typical range
$550–$758
middle 50% of new tenancies
Year on year
-3.9%
vs Q1 2025
Annual rent
$32,240
at the median, 52 weeks
Sample size
75
new bonds this quarter

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

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Where Newmarket sits in Auckland

Every one of the 246 suburbs we track is a tick on this scale, placed by its median weekly rent. Newmarket is the 53rd most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 78% of them.

Newmarket $620 $295 cheapest $993 dearest

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

The median weekly rent in Newmarket is $620, based on 75 new tenancy bonds lodged in Q1 2026. That is almost exactly in line with the Auckland-wide median of $622.

Over the past year the median has fallen 3.9%, and it is down 2% on Q1 2020, when the median was $600.

Most new tenancies fall between $550 and $758 a week — the middle half of the market.

Newmarket is the 53rd most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 78% of them.

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How the Newmarket figure is calculated

  1. Take every tenancy bond lodged with Tenancy Services in Q1 2026 for the statistical area that is Newmarket — 75 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. Publish the released median unchanged — Newmarket is a single statistical area, so no combining step is needed.
  4. Report the median rather than the average: a handful of very expensive tenancies cannot drag it.
    weekly median = published area median annual gross rent = weekly median × 52 = $32,240

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.

$460$640$800 $620 Q1 2020Q1 2023Q1 2026
View the numbers behind this chart
QuarterMedian weekly rentNew bonds
Q1 2020$600111
Q2 2020$55563
Q3 2020$54087
Q4 2020$55084
Q1 2021$635120
Q2 2021$55072
Q3 2021$55060
Q4 2021$59090
Q1 2022$625111
Q2 2022$59587
Q3 2022$58087
Q4 2022$58887
Q1 2023$695108
Q2 2023$60063
Q3 2023$72063
Q4 2023$70066
Q1 2024$66884
Q2 2024$75051
Q3 2024$69066
Q4 2024$65075
Q1 2025$64593
Q2 2025$63081
Q3 2025$63581
Q4 2025$60069
Q1 2026$62075

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 $595 45 bonds
2 bedrooms $650 18 bonds
3 bedrooms $870 9 bonds

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

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Rent by property typeQ1 2026

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 typeMedian weeklyBondsShare
House$6003952%
Apartment$6453648%

Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Property-type split · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method

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Rental yield

Pre-filled with the Newmarket 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 Newmarket, by distance between area centres.

SuburbMedian weeklyDifferenceDistance
Grafton$295-$3251.2 km
Parnell$749+$1291.4 km
Eden Terrace$590-$301.6 km
Remuera Waitaramoa$993+$3731.6 km
Mount St John$580-$401.6 km
Symonds Street$463-$1571.8 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 Newmarket

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

Newmarket zoning, granny-flat rules and flood overlays

Our companion tool PropertyScope reads Auckland Council's planning data for any Newmarket address — the zone, how many dwellings are allowed, whether a 70m² granny flat qualifies, and any hazard overlays on the land. At the Newmarket median of $620 a week, a second dwelling would add roughly $32,240 a year in gross rent.

Check Newmarket zoning and development rules →

Schools in Newmarket

There is 1 school in Newmarket. 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 Newmarket →
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Common questions

What is the average rent in Newmarket?
The median weekly rent for a new tenancy in Newmarket is $620 (Q1 2026), from 75 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 Newmarket going up or down?
Rents are easing — the median is down 3.9% on the same quarter last year. Over five years the median has moved -2.4%.
How much is a three-bedroom in Newmarket?
A one-bedroom is typically $595 a week, a two-bedroom $650, a three-bedroom $870.
Is Newmarket expensive compared with the rest of Auckland?
At $620 a week, Newmarket is below the Auckland median of $622. Newmarket is the 53rd most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 78% of them.
What rental yield does Newmarket produce?
Gross yield depends on the purchase price. At the Newmarket median rent of $620 a week, annual rent is about $32,240. Divide that by the property price for gross yield — $32,240 on a $800,000 property is roughly 4.0%.

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