What a median Queenstown home costs against what the median Queenstown household earns: the deposit, the repayment on today’s rates and the share of income it takes, by bedrooms and suburb by suburb.
| Home | Median sale | 20% deposit | Weekly repayment | Share of income | Income needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 bedrooms | $1,015,000 (68) | $203,000 | $1,123 | 42.3% | $195,000 |
| 3 bedrooms | $1,375,000 (196) | $275,000 | $1,521 | 57.3% | $264,000 |
| 4 bedrooms | $1,750,000 (143) | $350,000 | $1,936 | 73.0% | $336,000 |
| All homes | $1,410,000 (752) | $282,000 | $1,560 | 58.8% | $270,000 |
Sales in the last twelve months in brackets. Share of income is against the median Queenstown household, whatever the home; income needed is what would keep the repayments to 30% of income.
Against each suburb’s own median household income, Arthurs Point is the most affordable of 10 Queenstown suburbs, at 40% of income, and Speargrass Flat the least, at 209%. A suburb where incomes are high can be more affordable to the people who live there than its prices suggest.
| Arthurs Point | $1,100,000 | $1,217 | $157,390 | 40.2% | 9.3 |
| Frankton | $872,000 | $965 | $117,088 | 42.8% | 9.9 |
| Jacks Point | $1,325,000 | $1,466 | $155,061 | 49.1% | 11.4 |
| Fernhill | $1,280,000 | $1,416 | $134,521 | 54.7% | 12.7 |
| Lower Shotover | $1,480,000 | $1,637 | $144,758 | 58.8% | 13.6 |
| Sunshine Bay | $1,312,500 | $1,452 | $122,909 | 61.4% | 14.2 |
| Lake Hayes | $1,742,500 | $1,927 | $148,971 | 67.3% | 15.6 |
| Queenstown | $1,765,000 | $1,952 | $122,445 | 82.9% | 19.2 |
| Kelvin Peninsula | $2,935,000 | $3,246 | $136,061 | 124.1% | 28.8 |
| Speargrass Flat | $5,200,000 | $5,752 | $143,131 | 209.0% | 48.4 |
| Queenstown | $1,410,000 | $1,560 | $137,974 | 58.8% | 13.6 |
20% deposit, 6% over 30 years, saving 15% of income. Share of income is a year’s repayments over the median household income before tax; above 30% is marked. Loans over 6 times income fall under the Reserve Bank’s debt-to-income limit.
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Sales from council and LINZ records, as at 18 September 2026. Household incomes from the 2023 census, before tax. A guide, not a lender’s assessment.
For repayments on a median Queenstown home ($1,410,000) to stay within 30% of income, with a 20% deposit at 6% over 30 years, a household would need about $270,000 a year before tax. The median Queenstown household earned $137,974 in the 2023 census.
The median of every Queenstown sale recorded in council and LINZ records over the last twelve months, and the median household income in the 2023 census, before tax. Suburbs need at least 10 sales in the year to be listed.
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