Suburb rent · The Wood, Nelson

What it costs to rent in The Wood

The normal flat in The Wood rents for about $576 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.

426 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

426

Rental properties

~$576/wk

Most pay $457 to $612

Approximate normal flat

-4.8% in a year

+60%

Growth, 10 years

+4.8% a year

+25%

Growth, 5 years

+4.6% a year

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

How The Wood compares

vs Nelson

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in The Wood grew 60% over 10 years, against Nelson’s 57%.

That is 3 points faster than Nelson as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$576/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026
$200$300$400$500$600$700
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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