City rent · Lower Hutt

What it costs to rent in Lower Hutt

What students and tenants actually pay in Lower Hutt, how rents have moved, and how the suburbs compare. Reviews from people who have lived here sit further down. Rent figures come from government bond records.

Compare suburbsUpdated Mar 2026

8,748

Rental properties

$595/wk

Most pay $500 to $670

Normal flat

-0.8% in a year

+75%

Growth, 10 years

+5.8% a year

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Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Mar 2026.

Rent over time

15 years

Fifteen years of Lower Hutt rent. The line is what the normal flat rents for each year; the shaded band shows the range most people pay. Useful for seeing whether rents are still climbing before you sign.

$595/wknormal 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.