What it costs to rent in Putaruru
The normal flat in Putaruru rents for about $540 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.
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Rental properties
$540/wk
Most pay $490 to $565
Normal flat
+146%
Growth, 10 years
+43%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Typical rent for Putaruru is exact.
How Putaruru compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Putaruru is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than South Waikato as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Putaruru grew 146% over 10 years, against South Waikato’s 160%.
That is 14 points slower than South Waikato as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Putaruru rent from government bond records. The line is what the normal flat rents for; the band shows the range most people pay.
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 Putaruru
Flats in Putaruru on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.
41 Marchant Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk
42A Tirau Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $350/wk
1 Norrie Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $540/wk
21 Ruru Crescent
3 bed · 1 bath · $440/wk
2 Grey Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $440/wk
55 Neal Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $530/wk
14 Kowhai Place
3 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk
97A Buckland Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $550/wk
18 Maple Drive
4 bed · 1 bath · $640/wk
2A Marchant Street
3 bed · 2 bath · $580/wk
37A Charles Crescent
2 bed · 1 bath · $460/wk
19 Charles Crescent
3 bed · 1 bath · $490/wk
132 Arapuni Street
4 bed · 1 bath · $570/wk
16 Clothier Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $520/wk
127 Arapuni Road
3 bed · 2 bath · $600/wk
30A Bent Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $560/wk
122 Reservoir Street
3 bed · 2 bath · $600/wk
4A Myrtle Grove
1 bed · 1 bath · $395/wk