The subject population is for all dwellings not owned by usual resident(s), who make rent payments.
- In 2006, the median (half paid more, and half paid less, than this amount) weekly rent paid for all New Zealand was $201.
- The median weekly rents paid in the Auckland ($275), Wellington ($211) and Nelson ($211) regions were the highest of all regions, and also higher than the national median.
- The West Coast and Southland regions had the lowest median weekly rent paid in the country (with $126 and $131, respectively).
