Suburb rent · Hamilton East, Hamilton

What it costs to rent in Hamilton East

The normal flat in Hamilton East rents for about $453 a week. Here is how that has grown over 15 years, how it stacks up against the rest of Hamilton, and what tenants who have lived here say.

1 reviews4.3 average ratingUpdated Jan 2026

5,028

Rental properties

~$453/wk

Most pay $369 to $614

Approximate normal flat

-2.8% in a year

+41%

Growth, 10 years

+3.5% a year

+3%

Growth, 5 years

+0.7% a year

Flatchat coverage

303 of about 5,028 rental properties in Hamilton East are on Flatchat.

About 6% 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. Hamilton East spans 7 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Hamilton East compares

vs Hamilton

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Hamilton East grew 41% over 10 years, against Hamilton’s 60%.

That is 19 points slower than Hamilton as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$453/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.