Suburb rent · Matua, Tauranga

What it costs to rent in Matua

The normal flat in Matua rents for about $703 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.

366 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

366

Rental properties

~$703/wk

Most pay $621 to $801

Approximate normal flat

+7% in a year

+71%

Growth, 10 years

+5.5% a year

+25%

Growth, 5 years

+4.6% a year

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

How Matua compares

vs Tauranga

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Matua grew 71% over 10 years, against Tauranga’s 71%.

That is level with Tauranga as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$703/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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Flats in Matua

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Flats in Matua on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.

23A Linton Crescent

Matua, Tauranga

Matua, Tauranga