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.
Five readings from Otago.
Otago, by population.
Lower NZDep, with scale.
Otago projected to grow 8.9% 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.
Projected total population, Otago
+4.3% vs base
+8.9% vs base
Otago rent trend
Four desks for Otago research.
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
J 1 suburb
M 13 suburbs
N 5 suburbs
O 8 suburbs
P 3 suburbs
Q 4 suburbs
S 11 suburbs
T 4 suburbs
U 1 suburb
Four questions about Otago.
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How many Otago suburbs does QuickProperty cover?
QuickProperty indexes 130 Otago suburb entries, with 95 carrying rent coverage in the current processed dataset.
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What is the median weekly rent in Otago?
Across Otago 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 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.