Suburb rent · City Centre, Palmerston North

What it costs to rent in City Centre

The normal flat in City Centre rents for about $479 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.

2,931 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

2,931

Rental properties

~$479/wk

Most pay $385 to $582

Approximate normal flat

+10.1% in a year

+90%

Growth, 10 years

+6.6% a year

+32%

Growth, 5 years

+5.7% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. City Centre spans 7 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How City Centre compares

vs Palmerston North

How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether City Centre is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Palmerston North as a whole.

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in City Centre grew 90% over 10 years, against Palmerston North’s 93%.

That is 3 points slower than Palmerston North as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$479/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

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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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