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Otago

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

Otago 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 Otago.

Suburbs indexed
130
Browsable SA2-level entries.
Population indexed
241K
Across Otago.
Median rent /wk
$570
95 suburbs with rent data.
Average NZDep
4.5
121 suburbs measured.
Median income
$41K
Personal income, Census 2023.
Largest suburbs

Otago, by population.

Suburb Rent /wk Population NZDep
WakariOTA $580 6 Gardens (Dunedin City)OTA $353 10 Shotover CountryOTA $1000 1 Cromwell WestOTA $700 3 Jacks PointOTA — 1 FranktonOTA $885 4
Lower-deprivation entries

Lower NZDep, with scale.

01 Shotover Country pop 4K NZDep 1 02 Jacks Point pop 4K NZDep 1 03 Lindis-Nevis Valleys pop 3K NZDep 1 04 Arrowtown pop 3K NZDep 1 05 Lake Hayes Estate pop 3K NZDep 1 06 Fairfield (Dunedin City) pop 3K NZDep 1

Otago rent trend

Houses + units · quarterly · SA2 · Tenancy Services bond data
Median rentHousesUnits
Median weekly rent · Frankton
$600
— YoY · — QoQ
Median house weekly · Frankton
$885
— YoY · — QoQ
Median unit weekly · Frankton
$575
— YoY · — QoQ
Source: Tenancy Services bond data · Latest: 1/10/2025
Departments

Four desks for Otago research.

Suburb directory

Every Otago suburb, A to Z.

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

A 8 suburbs
B 10 suburbs
C 14 suburbs
D 2 suburbs
E 2 suburbs
F 5 suburbs
G 5 suburbs
H 5 suburbs
J 1 suburb
K 6 suburbs
L 5 suburbs
M 13 suburbs
N 5 suburbs
O 8 suburbs
P 3 suburbs
Q 4 suburbs
R 4 suburbs
S 11 suburbs
T 4 suburbs
U 1 suburb
W 14 suburbs
FAQ

Four questions about Otago.

  1. How many Otago suburbs does QuickProperty cover?

    QuickProperty indexes 130 Otago suburb entries, with 95 carrying rent coverage in the current processed dataset.

  2. What is the median weekly rent in Otago?

    Across Otago suburbs with available rent data, the median weekly rent shown on this hub is $570/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 Otago 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.