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Birrell Street, Elgin

Birrell Street in Elgin has 53 properties, valued by the council between $119,000 and $770,000 with a median of $500,000 (Elgin: $453,000). More of its homes were built in the 1950s than in any other decade. We estimate its homes at a median $545,500. 4 sold in the last twelve months, for a median $526,750. The highest sale in 2026 was 130 Birrell Street, at $614,000.

$500kmedian council valuation
$546kour median estimate
$527kmedian sale, last 12 months · 4 sales
1950median year built
GisborneElgin ×Birrell Street ×

53 properties on Birrell Street, Elgin

Highest and lowest on Birrell Street

Highest-valued home132 Birrell Street$770,000council valuation · 4 bed · 187 m² floor · 1,012 m² land
Lowest-valued home77 Birrell Street$119,000council valuation · 538 m² land
Highest sale in 2026130 Birrell Street$614,000sold 24 Mar 2026 · 3 bed · 121 m² floor · 1,012 m² land

Property values on Birrell Street

The council values Birrell Street's 52 rated properties between $119,000 and $770,000. The middle half sit between about $460,000 and $573,800; the median is $500,000 and the mean $501,442.

Lowest: $119k$119kLowest10%: $435k20%: $453k20%30%: $467k40%: $488k40%Median: $500k60%: $520k60%70%: $556k80%: $592k80%90%: $613kHighest: $770k$770kHighest
BedroomsHomesMedian council valueSold, last 12 monthsMedian sale
23$434k0—
340$502k3$552k
46$580k1—

Council rating valuations: the council's figure for apportioning rates, not a market appraisal.

Birrell Street compared with Elgin

Birrell Street's median council value is 10% above Elgin's.

Birrell StreetElginGisborne
Median council value$500k$453k$570k
Median sale, last 12 months$527k$520k$650k
Sold in the last 12 months7.5%2.6%3%
Median section1,007 m²818 m²847 m²
Median year built195019501960
Council value per m² of floor$4k$4k$5k

Birrell Street house prices over time

Median sale price by year; 2026 is the year so far. A year with fewer than two sales has no bar.

2016: $363k (2 sales)$363k20162017: $296k (3 sales)20172018: $270k (4 sales)20182021: too few sales to say (1 sale)20212022: too few sales to say (1 sale)20222024: too few sales to say (1 sale)20242025: $552k (3 sales)$552k20252026: $552k (2 sales, this year so far)$552k2026
Sales by year as a table
YearSalesMedian pricePer m² floor
20262$552,000$4,987
20253$552,000$4,559
20241$600,000$4,286
20221$590,000$4,436
20211$560,000$2,902
20184$270,000$2,408
20173$296,000$2,162
20162$362,500$2,143

Recent sales on Birrell Street

The homes on Birrell Street

Birrell Street has 50 houses and 3 sections. More were built in the 1950s than in any other decade (49%).

1910s: 2 (2 homes)21910s1920s: 2 (2 homes)1920s1930s: 2 (2 homes)1930s1950s: 24 (24 homes)241950s1960s: 10 (10 homes)1960s1970s: 3 (3 homes)1970s1980s: 4 (4 homes)1980s2000s: 2 (2 homes)22000s

Building and resource consents on Birrell Street

3building consents in the last 5 years

Sales and valuations as at 11 September 2026, from council and LINZ records. Medians resting on fewer than 3 sales are not shown.

Agents who sold on Birrell Street

The real estate agents credited on Birrell Street sales since 2016, most first. Selling here? These are the agents who have sold your neighbours' homes. A count of sales, not a rating. Every agent who sold in Elgin.

  1. Monica LunnyRay White Gisborne
    1 sale on Birrell Street · last Jun 2026
  2. Dean MacFarlaneRay White Gisborne
    1 sale on Birrell Street · last Nov 2025
  3. Shannon SheridanThe Agency
    1 sale on Birrell Street · last Nov 2022
  4. Wendy ReevesHarcourts Gisborne
    1 sale on Birrell Street · last Apr 2021

30 sales on Birrell Street since 2016; 4 of them name an agent we can show, and the counts here are taken from those.

Every address on Birrell Street

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About property on Birrell Street, Elgin

Every property in Birrell Street, Elgin, whether it is for sale or not: homes, sections, farms, lifestyle blocks, shops, offices and industrial land. Each is listed from the council rating roll and Toitū Te Whenua LINZ, with the listing beside it when an agent is marketing it.

Each property has its own page: our estimate of its value beside the council rating valuation, past sale prices, the title and land area, zoning and hazards, building consents, and what it would cost to own.

Listings are published by the agents who market them. Addresses, land details and rating valuations come from Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand and from the council. No ownership information is published.

Header photo: L Maule, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (licence).