Median weekly rent, six-year trend and rental yield for Papatoetoe — built from 279 tenancy bonds lodged with Tenancy Services, across the 6 statistical areas that make up the suburb.
Every one of the 246 suburbs we track is a tick on this scale, placed by its median weekly rent. Papatoetoe is the 42nd most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 83% of them.
The median weekly rent in Papatoetoe is $608, based on 279 new tenancy bonds lodged in Q1 2026. That is 2% below the Auckland-wide median of $622.
Over the past year the median has risen 0.8%, and it is up 14% on Q1 2020, when the median was $485.
Most new tenancies fall between $519 and $692 a week — the middle half of the market.
Papatoetoe is the 42nd most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 83% 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 | $485 | 228 |
| Q2 2020 | $510 | 147 |
| Q3 2020 | $499 | 225 |
| Q4 2020 | $533 | 273 |
| Q1 2021 | $534 | 255 |
| Q2 2021 | $534 | 279 |
| Q3 2021 | $542 | 186 |
| Q4 2021 | $564 | 252 |
| Q1 2022 | $558 | 225 |
| Q2 2022 | $570 | 291 |
| Q3 2022 | $573 | 333 |
| Q4 2022 | $552 | 258 |
| Q1 2023 | $595 | 246 |
| Q2 2023 | $590 | 189 |
| Q3 2023 | $563 | 279 |
| Q4 2023 | $604 | 222 |
| Q1 2024 | $613 | 216 |
| Q2 2024 | $649 | 201 |
| Q3 2024 | $575 | 267 |
| Q4 2024 | $602 | 270 |
| Q1 2025 | $603 | 300 |
| Q2 2025 | $616 | 288 |
| Q3 2025 | $608 | 309 |
| Q4 2025 | $605 | 282 |
| Q1 2026 | $608 | 279 |
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 | $618 | 252 | 90% |
| Apartment | $485 | 6 | 2% |
Pre-filled with the Papatoetoe 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.
Rent tells you what a Papatoetoe 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 Papatoetoe address — the zone, how many dwellings are allowed, whether a 70m² granny flat qualifies, and any hazard overlays on the land. At the Papatoetoe median of $608 a week, a second dwelling would add roughly $31,616 a year in gross rent.
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