Suburb rent · Tamatea, Napier

What it costs to rent in Tamatea

The normal flat in Tamatea rents for about $587 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.

267 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

267

Rental properties

~$587/wk

Most pay $516 to $651

Approximate normal flat

-2.8% in a year

+82%

Growth, 10 years

+6.2% a year

+19%

Growth, 5 years

+3.6% a year

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

How Tamatea compares

vs Napier

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Tamatea grew 82% over 10 years, against Napier’s 95%.

That is 13 points slower than Napier as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$587/wkapproximate normal 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.

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