Suburb rent · Hilltop, Taupo

What it costs to rent in Hilltop

The normal flat in Hilltop rents for about $675 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.

336 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

336

Rental properties

~$675/wk

Most pay $508 to $711

Approximate normal flat

+2.7% in a year

+97%

Growth, 10 years

+7% a year

+44%

Growth, 5 years

+7.5% a year

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

How Hilltop compares

vs Taupo

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Hilltop grew 97% over 10 years, against Taupo’s 110%.

That is 13 points slower than Taupo as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$675/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

$200$300$400$500$600$700$800

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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