What it costs to rent in Fairfield
The normal flat in Fairfield rents for about $573 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.
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Rental properties
$573/wk
Most pay $550 to $624
Normal flat
+69%
Growth, 10 years
+4%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Typical rent for Fairfield is exact.
How Fairfield compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Fairfield is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Lower Hutt as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Fairfield grew 69% over 10 years, against Lower Hutt’s 75%.
That is 6 points slower than Lower Hutt as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Fairfield rent from government bond records. The line is what the normal flat rents for; the band shows the range most people pay.
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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Write a reviewFlats in Fairfield
Flats in Fairfield on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.
2 Rumgay Street
$620/wk
7/182 Cambridge Terrace
$640/wk
49 Brasell Street
$575/wk
5 Purser Grove
2 bed · 1 bath · $500/wk
37 Fairfield Avenue
3 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk
63A Norton Park Avenue
1 bed · 1 bath · $460/wk
13/489 Riverside Drive
2 bed · 1 bath · $620/wk
477B Riverside Drive
3 bed · 1 bath · $620/wk
4B Flock Grove
2 bed · 1 bath · $470/wk
25 Porutu Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk
124 Cambridge Terrace
3 bed · 1 bath · $730/wk
31 Summit Road
4 bed · 3 bath · $995/wk
1 Brown Grove
3 bed · 1 bath · $690/wk
347 Waiwhetu Road
2 bed · 1 bath · $620/wk
2/176 Cambridge Terrace
2 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk
17/342 Waiwhetu Road
2 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk
3 Brown Grove
2 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk
189A Waiwhetu Road
3 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk
3 Fairfield Avenue
2 bed · 1 bath · $540/wk
3/123 Cambridge Terrace
1 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk
25A Woodvale Grove
2 bed · 1 bath · $535/wk
4 Norton Park Avenue
4 bed · 2 bath · $900/wk
7 Brown Grove
2 bed · 1 bath · $510/wk
16 Woodvale Grove
3 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk