What it costs to rent in Hillcrest
The normal flat in Hillcrest rents for about $436 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.
3,033
Rental properties
~$436/wk
Most pay $304 to $612
Approximate normal flat
+15%
Growth, 10 years
-5%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Hillcrest spans 4 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).
How Hillcrest compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Hillcrest is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Hamilton as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Hillcrest grew 15% over 10 years, against Hamilton’s 60%.
That is 45 points slower than Hamilton as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Hillcrest rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Hillcrest is split across a few statistical areas and the rent is averaged across them.
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 Hillcrest on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.
211C Cambridge Road
5 bed · 1 bath · $690/wk
2A Mullane Street
$770/wk
4/11 Knighton Road
1 bed · 1 bath · $275/wk
3 Gordon Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $595/wk
19 Knighton Road
4 bed · 1 bath · $640/wk
18A Flynn Road
4 bed · 1 bath · $590/wk
38A Aurora Terrace
2 bed · 2 bath · $580/wk
1/7A Scotland Place
1 bed · 1 bath · $230/wk
6/3 Tralee Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $420/wk
101/2 Aurora Terrace
1 bed · 1 bath · $230/wk
2/240 Old Farm Road
$595/wk
10 Defoe Avenue
3 bed · 1 bath · $520/wk
14 Carrington Avenue
3 bed · 1 bath · $500/wk
10A Vesty Avenue
2 bed · 1 bath · $520/wk
2/113 Knighton Road
1 bed · 1 bath · $280/wk
3 Knighton Road
1 bed · 1 bath · $250/wk
320 Cobham Drive
2 bed · 1 bath · $520/wk
7D Inverness Avenue
2 bed · 1 bath · $410/wk
18B Hillcrest Road
1 bed · 1 bath · $400/wk
4/12 Scotland Place
3 bed · 3 bath · $590/wk
2/7C Bleakley Street
1 bed · 1 bath · $240/wk
182 Cambridge Road
5 bed · 2 bath · $630/wk
43 Flynn Road
$640/wk
39 Garthwood Road
6 bed · 2 bath · $700/wk