What it costs to rent in Westown
The normal flat in Westown rents for about $613 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.
600
Rental properties
~$613/wk
Most pay $531 to $682
Approximate normal flat
+84%
Growth, 10 years
+37%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Westown spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).
How Westown compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Westown is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than New Plymouth as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Westown grew 84% over 10 years, against New Plymouth’s 79%.
That is 5 points faster than New Plymouth as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Westown rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Westown 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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Write a reviewFlats in Westown
Flats in Westown on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.
13 Burns Street
$700/wk
28E Wallath Road
$610/wk
2 Sanders Avenue
3 bed · 1 bath · $720/wk
7 Francis Douglas Drive
6 bed · 2 bath · $990/wk
113 Tukapa Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $470/wk
10 Waterloo Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $580/wk
5B Waimea Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $440/wk
102 Seaview Road
3 bed · 2 bath · $600/wk
69 Waimea Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $540/wk
59 Maratahu Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $525/wk
15 Waimea Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk
5 Pembroke Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $570/wk
7A Truro Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk
13/38 Maratahu Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $610/wk
163C Pembroke Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $620/wk
1/10 Nursery Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $570/wk
19 Walsh Road
3 bed · 1 bath · $560/wk
1/6 Maratahu Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $450/wk
1/6 Webster Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $570/wk
1/14A Burns Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $430/wk
1/4 Kenmore Street
1 bed · 1 bath · $440/wk
27 Wallath Road
4 bed · 2 bath · $710/wk
53 Wallace Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk
13D York Crescent
2 bed · 1 bath