What it costs to rent in Merrilands
The normal flat in Merrilands rents for about $620 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
$620/wk
Most pay $583 to $674
Normal flat
+82%
Growth, 10 years
+35%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Typical rent for Merrilands is exact.
How Merrilands compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Merrilands is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than New Plymouth as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Merrilands grew 82% over 10 years, against New Plymouth’s 79%.
That is 3 points faster than New Plymouth as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Merrilands rent from government bond records. The line is what the normal flat rents for; the band shows the range most people pay.
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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Write a reviewFlats in Merrilands
Flats in Merrilands on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.
1/10A Awanui Street
$620/wk
16 Kauri Street
$600/wk
2/10A Awanui Street
$620/wk
23A Awanui Street
$740/wk
1/14 Ambury Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $540/wk
296B Mangorei Road
$750/wk
23 Ambury Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $540/wk
250B Mangorei Road
3 bed · 2 bath · $680/wk
16B Te Mete Terrace
2 bed · 1 bath · $500/wk
94 Awanui Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $470/wk
30A Karaka Street
1 bed · 1 bath · $360/wk
86A Riversdale Drive
3 bed · 2 bath · $680/wk
79 Riversdale Drive
3 bed · 1 bath · $620/wk
2/225 Mangorei Road
2 bed · 2 bath · $610/wk
103 Mangorei Road
3 bed · 1 bath · $640/wk
1/5 Hawea Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $590/wk
21 Miro Street
4 bed · 1 bath · $675/wk
4 Margaret Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $590/wk
2 Te Ngaere Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk
78B Awanui Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $540/wk
2A Turehu Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $620/wk
61A Karina Road
1 bed · 1 bath · $350/wk
1/4A Spencer Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk
42 Cumberland Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $630/wk