Suburb rent · Whataupoko, Gisborne

What it costs to rent in Whataupoko

The normal flat in Whataupoko rents for about $694 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.

306 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

306

Rental properties

~$694/wk

Most pay $592 to $794

Approximate normal flat

+0.1% in a year

+146%

Growth, 10 years

+9.4% a year

+40%

Growth, 5 years

+7% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Whataupoko spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Whataupoko compares

vs Gisborne

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Whataupoko grew 146% over 10 years, against Gisborne’s 124%.

That is 22 points faster than Gisborne as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$694/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

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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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