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.
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Rental properties
~$576/wk
Most pay $457 to $612
Approximate normal flat
+60%
Growth, 10 years
+25%
Growth, 5 years
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
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
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.
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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Flats in The Wood on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.
1/34 Grove Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $595/wk
38/115 Grove Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $590/wk
1/95 Grove Street
3 bed · 2 bath · $550/wk
103 Grove Street
3 bed · 1 bath
1/59 Tasman Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $475/wk
46 Weka Street
5 bed · 4 bath · $179/wk
4/11 Cambria Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $500/wk
14 Pettit Place
3 bed · 2 bath · $830/wk
1/77 Halifax Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $590/wk
196 Milton Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $495/wk
11A Weka Street
2 bed · 2 bath · $640/wk
17/39 Trafalgar Street
2 bed · 2 bath · $450/wk
59 Tasman St
2 bed · 1 bath
17 Tasman St
3 bed · 2 bath
77A Halifax St E
3 bed · 1 bath
2/80 Halifax Street East
1 bed · 1 bath · $360/wk
66 Tasman Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $570/wk
2A Monro Way
2 bed · 1 bath · $590/wk
127A Milton Street
1 bed · 1 bath · $400/wk
1/92 Halifax Street East
2 bed · 2 bath · $590/wk
13 Grove Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $700/wk
190A Milton Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $500/wk
46 Trafalgar Street
1 bath · $450/wk
5 Sovereign Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk