Suburb rent · Maitai, Nelson

What it costs to rent in Maitai

The normal flat in Maitai rents for about $580 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.

108 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

108

Rental properties

$580/wk

Most pay $520 to $605

Normal flat

-12.8% in a year

+63%

Growth, 10 years

+5% a year

+26%

Growth, 5 years

+4.7% a year

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

How Maitai compares

vs Nelson

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Maitai grew 63% over 10 years, against Nelson’s 57%.

That is 6 points faster than Nelson as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

$580/wknormal flat, 2026
$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.

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