Comparative Rents

Progress, Volume XIII, Issue 11, 1 July 1918, Page 259

Comparative Rents

A comparison of the average weekly rent of houses in various parts of the Dominion, contained in the Government monthly abstract of statistics, shows that Wellington is the most expensive city in the Dominion in this respect. For instance, 245. is demanded there for houses of six rooms, as against. 17s. Bd. in Auckland, 17s. 7d. in Dunedin, and 17s. 3d. in Christ church. For a house of six rooms in Taihape 20s. is asked, and for the average rent of houses of all sizes this town is the most expensive of any outside the four centres. Tn Gisbome the average for a house of the same size is 18s. 6d., in Hamilton 21s. Id.. Whangarci 14s. Bd., and Rotorua 18s. Bd. The lowest average rent in any town in. the table is paid at Waihi, where 10s. is the average for a house of six rooms, and houses from three to seven rooms may be obtained at from 4s. 7d. to 14s. The average rent paid in the Dominion for a six roomed house is 18s. 6d.