Suburb rent · Hillcrest, Hamilton

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 propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

3,033

Rental properties

~$436/wk

Most pay $304 to $612

Approximate normal flat

-2.7% in a year

+15%

Growth, 10 years

+1.4% a year

-5%

Growth, 5 years

-1% a year

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

vs Hamilton

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

15 years

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.

~$436/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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