Rent prices in Christchurch
Median weekly rent by suburb and postcode, worked out from 57 live listings on Flathive. Updated 30 October 2026.
Rooms
$230/wk median
Most $200–$350 · 57 listings
Christchurch rent map
Room rent in Christchurch by postcode
Cheapest first. Weekly rent.
| Suburb & postcode | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Upper Riccarton, Riccarton 8041 | $210 | $180–$231 |
| Avonhead, Hornby, Sockburn 8042 | $220 | $205–$600 |
| Hillmorton, Addington 8024 | $275 | $197–$350 |
Postcodes with fewer than 5 listings of a type aren't shown, so a single listing never sets a suburb's price.
Rent in Christchurch: common questions
- How much is a room in Christchurch?
- The median weekly rent for a room in Christchurch is $230, based on 57 live listings on Flathive. Most are between $200 and $350 a week.
- Which part of Christchurch has the cheapest rooms?
- Of the postcodes with enough listings, Upper Riccarton, Riccarton 8041 has the lowest median ($210 a week) and Hillmorton, Addington 8024 the highest ($275 a week).
- How are these rent prices worked out?
- Every day we take the rent of each published listing on Flathive in Christchurch: each room's rent for rooms, the whole rent for whole places. We show the median (the middle rent), the typical range (the middle 80% of rents) and the average. A postcode is only shown once it has at least 5 rents of that type.