Suburb rent · Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North

What it costs to rent in Kelvin Grove

The normal flat in Kelvin Grove rents for about $634 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.

429 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

429

Rental properties

~$634/wk

Most pay $554 to $701

Approximate normal flat

-0.9% in a year

+79%

Growth, 10 years

+6% a year

+24%

Growth, 5 years

+4.4% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Kelvin Grove spans 3 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Kelvin Grove compares

vs Palmerston North

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Kelvin Grove grew 79% over 10 years, against Palmerston North’s 93%.

That is 14 points slower than Palmerston North as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$634/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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