Median weekly rent, six-year trend and rental yield for Quay Street-Customs Street — built from 72 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. Quay Street-Customs Street is the 122nd most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 50% of them.
The median weekly rent in Quay Street-Customs Street is $670, based on 72 new tenancy bonds lodged in Q1 2026. That is 8% above the Auckland-wide median of $622.
Over the past year the median has risen 15.5%, and it is up 16% on Q1 2020, when the median was $610.
Most new tenancies fall between $535 and $768 a week — the middle half of the market.
Quay Street-Customs Street is the 122nd most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 50% 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 | $610 | 102 |
| Q2 2020 | $560 | 96 |
| Q3 2020 | $535 | 171 |
| Q4 2020 | $495 | 138 |
| Q1 2021 | $580 | 114 |
| Q2 2021 | $595 | 114 |
| Q3 2021 | $550 | 93 |
| Q4 2021 | $490 | 120 |
| Q1 2022 | $550 | 132 |
| Q2 2022 | $548 | 117 |
| Q3 2022 | $475 | 171 |
| Q4 2022 | $433 | 156 |
| Q1 2023 | $550 | 183 |
| Q2 2023 | $550 | 93 |
| Q3 2023 | $570 | 102 |
| Q4 2023 | $550 | 90 |
| Q1 2024 | $570 | 132 |
| Q2 2024 | $600 | 66 |
| Q3 2024 | $520 | 123 |
| Q4 2024 | $595 | 69 |
| Q1 2025 | $580 | 132 |
| Q2 2025 | $550 | 105 |
| Q3 2025 | $555 | 102 |
| Q4 2025 | $650 | 69 |
| Q1 2026 | $670 | 72 |
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 | $698 | 39 | 54% |
| Apartment | $660 | 30 | 42% |
Pre-filled with the Quay Street-Customs Street 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 Quay Street-Customs Street, by distance between area centres.
| Suburb | Median weekly | Difference | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anzac Avenue | $500 | -$170 | 0.6 km |
| The Strand | $399 | -$271 | 0.6 km |
| Shortland Street | $470 | -$200 | 0.9 km |
| Auckland-University | $466 | -$204 | 1.1 km |
| Parnell | $749 | +$79 | 1.4 km |
| Queen Street | $464 | -$206 | 1.5 km |
Rent tells you what a Quay Street-Customs Street 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 Quay Street-Customs Street address — the zone, how many dwellings are allowed, whether a 70m² granny flat qualifies, and any hazard overlays on the land. At the Quay Street-Customs Street median of $670 a week, a second dwelling would add roughly $34,840 a year in gross rent.
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