The read
Owner-occupier stronghold
71% of homes here are owner-occupied and 29% rented.
Why it fits
71% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.
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Nelson
Property data for Nelson. Rent, demographics, deprivation, and a desk for ranking and comparing without leaving the region.
Nelson 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 Nelson.
Suburbs indexed
26
Browsable SA2-level entries.
Population indexed
53K
Across Nelson.
Median rent /wk
$595
23 suburbs with rent data.
D5 vs NZ
Average NZDep
5.4
25 suburbs measured.
Median income
$39K
Personal income, Census 2023.
D5 vs NZ
National positioning
Where Nelson sits among the regions.
Median rentNelson · 6th of 16
Auckland$695/wk
Gisborne$650/wk
Wellington$650/wk
Bay of Plenty$620/wk
Hawke's Bay$620/wk
Nelson$595/wk
Otago$595/wk
Tasman$575/wk
Waikato$575/wk
Canterbury$560/wk
Marlborough$560/wk
Northland$560/wk
Taranaki$553/wk
Manawatu-Whanganui$532/wk
West Coast$495/wk
Southland$444/wk
Median weekly rent across QuickProperty's sixteen New Zealand region datasets. Price and yield are not available at NZ region grain.
Investor profile
Investor profile · Nelson
Stats NZ Census 2023 owned vs not-owned tenure aggregated across the region. NZ has no region-level investor-lending or gearing data.
Largest suburbs
Nelson, by population.
Suburb Rent /wk Population NZDep
OmaioNEL $580 6 AldingaNEL $600 5 The WoodNEL $593 7 Enner GlynnNEL $680 4 Tahuna HillsNEL $630 3 TāhunanuiNEL $530 — Lower-deprivation entries
Lower NZDep, with scale.
Population projection
Nelson projected to grow 4.2% by 2033.
Stats NZ medium projection (2023 base), released September 2025. Sourced at the territorial-authority level; series runs 2023 → 2053 in 5-year reference dates.
Base · 2023
54,300
Projected total population, Nelson
+5y · 2028
55,400
+2.0% vs base
+10y · 2033
56,600
+4.2% vs base
Nelson rent trend
Median weekly rent · Grampians
$340
— YoY · — QoQ
Median house weekly · Grampians
$615
— YoY · — QoQ
Median rent to 1/01/2026 · Houses to 1/01/2026 · Units to 1/07/2025 — these series are released on separate cycles, so their latest period can differ.
Source: Tenancy Services bond data · Latest: 1/01/2026
Departments
Four desks for Nelson research.
Suburb directory
Every Nelson suburb, A to Z.
26 Nelson suburbs indexed at SA2 level. Jump to a letter, then open a suburb for rent, demographics, deprivation, schools, and transport.
B 2 suburbs
D 1 suburb
E 1 suburb
G 1 suburb
N 4 suburbs
O 1 suburb
P 1 suburb
R 1 suburb
T 5 suburbs
V 1 suburb
W 1 suburb
FAQ
Four questions about Nelson.
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How many Nelson suburbs does QuickProperty cover?
QuickProperty indexes 26 Nelson suburb entries, with 23 carrying rent coverage in the current processed dataset.
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What is the median weekly rent in Nelson?
Across Nelson suburbs with available rent data, the median weekly rent shown on this hub is $595/wk. Individual suburb pages may differ materially from the regional benchmark.
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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.
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What should I do after browsing the Nelson 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.