Christchurch City, Canterbury short-term rental listings & supply

Name: Christchurch City, Canterbury short-term rental supply data
Creator: AirDNA
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Updated September 29, 2026By The AirDNA Data Team

Christchurch City, Canterbury has 2,795 active short-term rental listings, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

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Total active listings

2,795

-34.8% YoY

Christchurch City, Canterbury short-term rental listings

Christchurch City has 2,795 active short-term rental listings as of August 2026, tracked across Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Active supply is down 34.8% from August 2025 to August 2026. Here's how the market breaks down:

By property type: 82.8% entire homes, 17.2% private rooms.
By size: 42.6% 1-bedroom, 32.1% 2-bedroom, 17% 3-bedroom, 5.9% 4-bedroom, and 2.4% 5+ bedroom.
By channel: 64% Airbnb-only, 33.9% cross-listed and 2.1% Vrbo-only.
By availability: 55.4% full-time (271–365), 17.3% most of year (181–270), 15.7% part-time (91–180 nights), and 11.6% seasonal (1–90 nights).
By minimum stay: 60.7% 30+ nights, 30% 2 nights, 5.7% 3 nights, 1.9% 4–6 nights, 1% 7–29 nights, and 0.6% 1 night.
By cancellation policy: 52.4% moderate, 43.6% flexible, 3.7% strict, 0.2% no refund, and 0.1% super strict.

Rental demand score

Rental demand94
Seasonality81
Revenue growth84
Regulation65

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Analyst's take

Christchurch City's Rental Demand score: 94 out of 100.

Christchurch City's Rental Demand subscore is 94 out of 100, one of five inputs to its overall Market Score of 97.

Rental Demand combines two inputs: annual occupancy (65% in Christchurch City) and year-over-year listing growth (active supply down 34.8% from August 2025 to August 2026).

It is benchmarked against other short-term rental markets in the same country with at least 15 active listings.

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Key definitions

How AirDNA defines these metrics

Active listings: Active listings are the short-term rentals on Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com that were available or booked in the trailing 12 months. AirDNA de-duplicates the same home across channels, and the count refreshes monthly.How AirDNA counts active listings →