What it costs to rent in Kelson
The normal flat in Kelson rents for about $663 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
$663/wk
Most pay $600 to $716
Normal flat
+78%
Growth, 10 years
+2%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Typical rent for Kelson is exact.
How Kelson compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Kelson is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Lower Hutt as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Kelson grew 78% over 10 years, against Lower Hutt’s 75%.
That is 3 points faster than Lower Hutt as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Kelson 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 Kelson
Flats in Kelson on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.
315 Hebden Crescent
2 bed · 1 bath · $450/wk
40 Sunshine Crescent
4 bed · 2 bath · $790/wk
42 Outram Grove
3 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk
12 Christchurch Crescent
4 bed · 1 bath · $795/wk
152 Waipounamu Drive
4 bed · 2 bath · $780/wk
6 Benhar Close
4 bed · 2 bath · $900/wk
170 Major Drive
2 bed · 1 bath · $480/wk
315A Hebden Crescent
2 bed · 1 bath · $450/wk
1/25 Invercargill Drive
2 bed · 1 bath · $500/wk
17 Bedford Grove
3 bed · 1 bath · $620/wk
116 Major Dr
3 bed · 1 bath · $700/wk
181 Major Dr
3 bed · 2 bath · $780/wk
19 Outram Grove
3 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk
5 Ilam Grove
3 bed · 1 bath · $690/wk
42 Major Drive
4 bed · 1 bath · $680/wk
205 Major Drive
3 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk
8 Benhar Close
4 bed · 2 bath · $975/wk
11 Invercargill Dr
4 bed · 2 bath · $740/wk
232 Major Dr
3 bed · 1 bath · $700/wk
6B Mossburn Grove
3 bed · 1 bath · $625/wk
3 Christchurch Crescent
3 bed · 1 bath · $630/wk
36 Waipounamu Drive
3 bed · 1 bath · $705/wk
11 Mossburn Grove
3 bed · 1 bath · $570/wk
20 Outram Grove
3 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk