Suburb rent · Bell Block, New Plymouth

What it costs to rent in Bell Block

The normal flat in Bell Block rents for about $652 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.

414 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

414

Rental properties

~$652/wk

Most pay $565 to $705

Approximate normal flat

-1.5% in a year

+83%

Growth, 10 years

+6.2% a year

+43%

Growth, 5 years

+7.5% a year

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

How Bell Block compares

vs New Plymouth

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Bell Block grew 83% over 10 years, against New Plymouth’s 79%.

That is 4 points faster than New Plymouth as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$652/wkapproximate normal 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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