Suburb rent · Wattle Downs, Auckland

What it costs to rent in Wattle Downs

The normal flat in Wattle Downs rents for about $649 a week, from government bond records. No one has reviewed a flat here yet, but the rent figures still tell you what living in the area costs.

1,500 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

1,500

Rental properties

~$649/wk

Most pay $505 to $741

Approximate normal flat

-5.1% in a year

+34%

Growth, 10 years

+3% a year

+3%

Growth, 5 years

+0.6% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Wattle Downs spans 5 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Wattle Downs compares

vs Auckland

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Wattle Downs grew 34% over 10 years, against Auckland’s 33%.

That is 1 points faster than Auckland as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$649/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.

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Flats in Wattle Downs

on Flatchat

Flats in Wattle Downs on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.

21B Southview Pl

Wattle Downs, Auckland

3 bed

$650/wk

Wattle Downs, Auckland

3 bed

$750/wk

20 Carnoustie Dr

Wattle Downs, Auckland

3 bed

$690/wk

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