Suburb rent · Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt

What it costs to rent in Waiwhetu

The normal flat in Waiwhetu rents for about $600 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.

453 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

453

Rental properties

$600/wk

Most pay $523 to $658

Normal flat

+0% in a year

+59%

Growth, 10 years

+4.7% a year

-1%

Growth, 5 years

-0.2% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Typical rent for Waiwhetu is exact.

How Waiwhetu compares

vs Lower Hutt

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Waiwhetu grew 59% over 10 years, against Lower Hutt’s 75%.

That is 16 points slower than Lower Hutt as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

Fifteen years of Waiwhetu rent from government bond records. The line is what the normal flat rents for; the band shows the range most people pay.

$600/wknormal 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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Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt