Median weekly rent, six-year trend and rental yield for Te Papapa — built from 18 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. Te Papapa is the 38th most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 85% of them.
The median weekly rent in Te Papapa is $600, based on 18 new tenancy bonds lodged in Q1 2026. That is 4% below the Auckland-wide median of $622.
Over the past year the median has fallen 11.1%, and it is down 14% on Q1 2020, when the median was $620.
Most new tenancies fall between $535 and $680 a week — the middle half of the market.
Te Papapa is the 38th most affordable of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — cheaper than 85% 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 | $620 | 27 |
| Q2 2020 | $570 | 21 |
| Q3 2020 | $595 | 30 |
| Q4 2020 | $595 | 24 |
| Q1 2021 | $695 | 21 |
| Q2 2021 | $570 | 24 |
| Q3 2021 | $610 | 18 |
| Q4 2021 | $598 | 39 |
| Q1 2022 | $655 | 33 |
| Q2 2022 | $605 | 33 |
| Q3 2022 | $633 | 27 |
| Q4 2022 | $580 | 33 |
| Q1 2023 | $650 | 33 |
| Q2 2023 | $635 | 24 |
| Q3 2023 | $675 | 24 |
| Q4 2023 | $720 | 18 |
| Q1 2024 | $723 | 21 |
| Q2 2024 | $700 | 24 |
| Q3 2024 | $750 | 30 |
| Q4 2024 | $623 | 36 |
| Q1 2025 | $675 | 27 |
| Q2 2025 | $650 | 24 |
| Q3 2025 | $720 | 36 |
| Q4 2025 | $650 | 24 |
| Q1 2026 | $600 | 18 |
Q1 2026. Sizes with fewer than five bonds are withheld by Tenancy Services to protect tenants' privacy.
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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 Te Papapa 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 Te Papapa address — the zone, how many dwellings are allowed, whether a 70m² granny flat qualifies, and any hazard overlays on the land. At the Te Papapa median of $600 a week, a second dwelling would add roughly $31,200 a year in gross rent.
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