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Canterbury

Property data for Canterbury. Rent, demographics, deprivation, and a desk for ranking and comparing without leaving the region.

Canterbury sits inside this section. Its data does not arrive uniformly: rent is best read at the SA2 level, deprivation in deciles, and population from the Census 2023 baseline. This bulletin opens with the suburbs that anchor most decisions — the largest by population and the lowest-deprivation entries with real scale — before handing off to the regional desks below.

Treat the medians as starting reads. Treat the suburb pages as where the work actually happens. The desks at the bottom of the page are there for when browsing alone is not enough.

State of the bulletin

Five readings from Canterbury.

Suburbs indexed
320
Browsable SA2-level entries.
Population indexed
651K
Across Canterbury.
Median rent /wk
$575
191 suburbs with rent data.
Average NZDep
4.6
309 suburbs measured.
Median income
$42K
Personal income, Census 2023.
Largest suburbs

Canterbury, by population.

Suburb Rent /wk Population NZDep
Rolleston South EastCAN — 1 FaringdonCAN — 2 AranuiCAN $550 10 Bishopdale NorthCAN $618 5 CasebrookCAN $600 4 Shirley WestCAN $580 9
Lower-deprivation entries

Lower NZDep, with scale.

01 Rolleston South East pop 6K NZDep 1 02 Rolleston North Central pop 4K NZDep 1 03 Pegasus pop 4K NZDep 1 04 Mount Pleasant pop 4K NZDep 1 05 Aidanfield pop 4K NZDep 1 06 Halswell West pop 4K NZDep 1

Canterbury rent trend

Houses + units · quarterly · SA2 · Tenancy Services bond data
Median rentHousesUnits
Median weekly rent · Riccarton West
$273
— YoY · — QoQ
Median house weekly · Riccarton West
$670
— YoY · — QoQ
Median unit weekly · Riccarton West
$480
— YoY · — QoQ
Source: Tenancy Services bond data · Latest: 1/10/2025
Departments

Four desks for Canterbury research.

Suburb directory

Every Canterbury suburb, A to Z.

320 Canterbury suburbs indexed at SA2 level. Jump to a letter, then open a suburb for rent, demographics, deprivation, schools, and transport.

# 1 suburb
A 32 suburbs
B 29 suburbs
C 17 suburbs
D 5 suburbs
E 6 suburbs
F 6 suburbs
G 7 suburbs
H 27 suburbs
I 6 suburbs
J 1 suburb
K 11 suburbs
L 16 suburbs
M 18 suburbs
N 7 suburbs
O 9 suburbs
P 16 suburbs
Q 1 suburb
R 31 suburbs
S 30 suburbs
T 14 suburbs
U 2 suburbs
W 27 suburbs
Y 1 suburb
FAQ

Four questions about Canterbury.

  1. How many Canterbury suburbs does QuickProperty cover?

    QuickProperty indexes 320 Canterbury suburb entries, with 191 carrying rent coverage in the current processed dataset.

  2. What is the median weekly rent in Canterbury?

    Across Canterbury suburbs with available rent data, the median weekly rent shown on this hub is $575/wk. Individual suburb pages may differ materially from the regional benchmark.

  3. What does NZDep mean on this page?

    NZDep is a neighbourhood deprivation index. Lower deciles indicate less deprivation. Read it alongside rent, population, schools, transport, and suburb detail context, not as a standalone verdict.

  4. What should I do after browsing the Canterbury hub?

    Open a large suburb for context, use NZ rankings if the region still feels too broad, or move two suburbs into compare once you have a working shortlist.