Suburb rent · Mount Wellington, Auckland

What it costs to rent in Mount Wellington

The normal flat in Mount Wellington rents for about $624 a week. Here is how that has grown over 15 years, how it stacks up against the rest of Auckland, and what tenants who have lived here say.

1 reviews1.0 average ratingUpdated Jan 2026

4,377

Rental properties

~$624/wk

Most pay $557 to $717

Approximate normal flat

-1.4% in a year

+37%

Growth, 10 years

+3.2% a year

+9%

Growth, 5 years

+1.8% a year

Flatchat coverage

515 of about 4,377 rental properties in Mount Wellington are on Flatchat.

About 12% of the market covered so far. Lived in one we have missed? Add it.

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Mount Wellington spans 11 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Mount Wellington compares

vs Auckland

How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Mount Wellington is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Auckland as a whole.

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Mount Wellington grew 37% over 10 years, against Auckland’s 33%.

That is 4 points faster than Auckland as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

Fifteen years of Mount Wellington rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Mount Wellington is split across a few statistical areas and the rent is averaged across them.

~$624/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

$300$400$500$600$700$800

201120182026

What the normal flat rentsWhere most rents fall

Rents jump every January because that is when most student flats sign new leases for the year, and brand new tenancies rent higher than the standing stock. The line settles back by autumn. Source: MBIE bond data.

What tenants say

1 reviews

Ratings and warmth notes from people who have actually lived in Mount Wellington. Bond data tells you the rent; this tells you what living here is like.