Median weekly rent, six-year trend and rental yield for Symonds Street — built from 798 tenancy bonds lodged with Tenancy Services, across the 3 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. Symonds Street is the 5th most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 98% of them.
The median weekly rent in Symonds Street is $463, based on 798 new tenancy bonds lodged in Q1 2026. That is 26% below the Auckland-wide median of $622.
Over the past year the median has risen 1.3%, and it is up 22% on Q1 2020, when the median was $447.
Most new tenancies fall between $409 and $525 a week — the middle half of the market.
Symonds Street is the 5th most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 98% 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 | $447 | 657 |
| Q2 2020 | $423 | 342 |
| Q3 2020 | $366 | 591 |
| Q4 2020 | $369 | 504 |
| Q1 2021 | $380 | 675 |
| Q2 2021 | $367 | 486 |
| Q3 2021 | $384 | 378 |
| Q4 2021 | $374 | 423 |
| Q1 2022 | $388 | 552 |
| Q2 2022 | $376 | 402 |
| Q3 2022 | $377 | 501 |
| Q4 2022 | $391 | 444 |
| Q1 2023 | $411 | 675 |
| Q2 2023 | $418 | 342 |
| Q3 2023 | $428 | 381 |
| Q4 2023 | $436 | 327 |
| Q1 2024 | $461 | 558 |
| Q2 2024 | $444 | 348 |
| Q3 2024 | $437 | 462 |
| Q4 2024 | $437 | 336 |
| Q1 2025 | $457 | 789 |
| Q2 2025 | $453 | 330 |
| Q3 2025 | $433 | 528 |
| Q4 2025 | $446 | 321 |
| Q1 2026 | $463 | 798 |
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 | $471 | 309 | 39% |
| Apartment | $473 | 327 | 41% |
| Room | $435 | 150 | 19% |
Read this median carefully. Roughly 19% of new tenancies in Symonds Street are single rooms or boarding-house places, which cost far less than a whole property. That pulls the headline median down, and a house here typically rents for $471.
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The closest suburbs to Symonds Street, by distance between area centres.
| Suburb | Median weekly | Difference | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Street | $464 | +$1 | 0.6 km |
| Auckland-University | $466 | +$3 | 0.6 km |
| Grafton | $295 | -$168 | 0.6 km |
| Hobson Ridge | $468 | +$5 | 0.7 km |
| Karangahape | $525 | +$62 | 0.8 km |
| Shortland Street | $470 | +$7 | 1 km |
Rent tells you what a Symonds 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 Symonds Street address — the zone, how many dwellings are allowed, whether a 70m² granny flat qualifies, and any hazard overlays on the land. At the Symonds Street median of $463 a week, a second dwelling would add roughly $24,076 a year in gross rent.
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