Suburb rent · Merrilands, New Plymouth

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.

225 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

225

Rental properties

$620/wk

Most pay $583 to $674

Normal flat

+0% in a year

+82%

Growth, 10 years

+6.2% a year

+35%

Growth, 5 years

+6.2% a year

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

How Merrilands compares

vs New Plymouth

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

15 years

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.

$620/wknormal 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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