Suburb rent · Epuni, Lower Hutt

What it costs to rent in Epuni

The normal flat in Epuni rents for about $571 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.

732 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

732

Rental properties

~$571/wk

Most pay $405 to $659

Approximate normal flat

-3.5% in a year

+82%

Growth, 10 years

+6.2% a year

+6%

Growth, 5 years

+1.2% a year

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

How Epuni compares

vs Lower Hutt

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Epuni grew 82% over 10 years, against Lower Hutt’s 75%.

That is 7 points faster than Lower Hutt as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$571/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

$100$200$300$400$500$600$700$800

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.

What tenants say

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Epuni, Lower Hutt