Suburb rent · West End, Palmerston North

What it costs to rent in West End

The normal flat in West End rents for about $504 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.

795 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

795

Rental properties

~$504/wk

Most pay $370 to $594

Approximate normal flat

+8.2% in a year

+79%

Growth, 10 years

+6% a year

+33%

Growth, 5 years

+5.8% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. West End spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How West End compares

vs Palmerston North

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in West End 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 West End rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because West End is split across a few statistical areas and the rent is averaged across them.

~$504/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

$100$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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