Sample property rates

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The table below compares 2023/24 rates with 2022/23 rates for sample properties across Canterbury.

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Sample property rates~~
Rates for sample properties in Canterbury (GST included).
District Last valuation Capital value of property 2024/24 Capital value of property 2022/23 2023/24 rate ($) 2022/23 rate ($) Movement in $ terms
Kaikōura - rural Aug-21 $8,850,000 $8,850,000 4,327.26 4,066.91 -241.24
Kaikōura - urban Aug-21 $540,000 $540,000 330.28 321.08 34.15
Hurunui - rural Sep-19 $1,911,000 $1,911,000 840.09 1,018.14 27.89
Hurunui - urban Sep-19 $500,000 $340,000 231.66 205.40 11.75
Waimakariri - rural Aug-19 $5,220,000 $5,140,000 2,101.31 2,786.95 244.74
Waimakariri - rural Aug-19 $3,760,000 $3,715,000 1,561.16 2,084.11 180.04
Waimakariri 
- urban Rangiora
Aug-19 $620,000 $400,000 511.50 466.93 68.25
Waimakariri
- urban Kaiapoi
Aug-19 $660,000 $440,000 491.07 452.43 69.20
Banks Peninsula – rural Wairewa Aug-19 $1,760,000 $1,270,000 2,397.56 2,440.36 230.89
Banks Peninsula
- rural Kaituna
Aug-19 $575,000 $351,000 629.31 555.59 77.15
Christchurch
- urban Burnside
Aug-19 $820,000 $580,000 615.32 564.08 94.22
Christchurch
- urban Marshland
Aug-19 $680,000 $450,000 346.34 314.85 37.02
Christchurch
- urban Lyttelton
Aug-19 $700,000 $475,000 527.56 467.38 78.43
Christchurch
- urban Akaroa
Aug-19 $880,000 $550,000 377.45 324.24 35.30
Ashburton - rural Jul-21 $4,760,000 $4,760,000 2,101.10 1,941.68 -351.36
Ashburton - urban Jul-21 $430,000 $430,000 308.52 296.30 94.75
Selwyn rural -Springston Sep-21 $1,120,000 $1,120,000 596.56 566.93 123.23
Selwyn
- rural Dunsandel
Sep-21 $12,500,000 $12,500,000 5,484.44 5,116.65 -853.82
Selwyn
- urban Lincoln
Sep-21 $660,000 $660,000 483.81 453.37 51.45
Selwyn
- urban Leeston
Sep-21 $530,000 $530,000 341.79 339.89 51.14
Timaru - rural Sep-20 $2,190,000 $2,190,000 1,154.18 1,069.63 -9.30
Timaru
- urban City
Sep-20 $355,000 $355,000 311.86 304.22 15.30
Timaru
- urban Temuka
Sep-20 $325,000 $325,000 300.86 286.86 11.26
Timaru
- urban Geraldine
Sep-20 $350,000 $350,000 261.75 248.05 6.44
Timaru - urban Pleasant Point  Sep-20 $405,000 $405,000 413.32 396.34 14.45
Mackenzie - rural Jul-20 $5,070,000 $5,050,000 2,739.11 2,537.22 -157.92
Mackenzie - rural Jul-20 $3,210,000 $3,450,000 1,653.51 1,632.73 -106.21
Mackenzie
- urban Fairlie
Jul-20 $380,000 $380,000 301.17 287.47 -3.60
Mackenzie
- urban Tekapo
Jul-20 $900,000 $900,000 433.74 402.77 -20.32
Mackenzie
- urban Twizel
Jul-20 $460,000 $450,000 251.81 236.95 -6.09
Waimate - rural Jul-19 $12,450,000 $5,730,000 5,392.55 $5,071.21 -83.44
Waimate - rural Jul-19 $6,600,000 $6,000,000 2,881.04 $2,843.26 -87.81
Waimate - urban Jul-19 $450,000 $290,000 235.29 185.16 3.73
Waitaki - rural Sep-20 $2,620,000 $2,620,000 1,415.59 1,313.43 -2.84
Waitaki - rural Sep-20 $9,200,000 $9,200,000 5,261.87 4,889.49 -33.84
Waitaki
- urban Kurow
Sep-20 $370,000 $370,000 411.82 $359.61 10.97
Waitaki
- urban Otematata
Sep-20 $380,000 $380,000 204.15 190.0 5.04

Note: rates have been calculated using valuation information available at the time this report was prepared.