What it costs to rent in Welcome Bay
The normal flat in Welcome Bay rents for about $695 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
~$695/wk
Most pay $616 to $747
Approximate normal flat
+70%
Growth, 10 years
+27%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Welcome Bay spans 5 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).
How Welcome Bay compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Welcome Bay is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Tauranga as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Welcome Bay grew 70% over 10 years, against Tauranga’s 71%.
That is 1 points slower than Tauranga as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Welcome Bay rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Welcome Bay is split across a few statistical areas and the rent is averaged across them.
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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Flats in Welcome Bay on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.
12 Mamaku Rise
4 bed · 2 bath · $650/wk
6 Azores Way
1 bed · 1 bath · $500/wk
25A Mamaku Rise
$600/wk
101 Ballintoy Park Drive
$750/wk
37 Forrester Drive
$1,200/wk
143 Victory Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $530/wk
48 Estuary View Road
$1,050/wk
67 Falcon Drive
$780/wk
14 Estuary View Road
$840/wk
6 Raptor Way
3 bath · $990/wk
191B Welcome Bay Road
4 bed · 2 bath · $1,100/wk
189A Welcome Bay Road
3 bed · 2 bath · $1,000/wk
358 Kaitemako Road
3 bed · 2 bath · $630/wk
9 Bayvista Close
3 bed · 1 bath · $670/wk
23B Meander Drive
3 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk
189 Ballintoy Park Drive
4 bed · 2 bath · $825/wk
8 Waiorakei Way
4 bed · 2 bath · $840/wk
80A Welcome Bay Road
3 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk
48 Falcon Drive
4 bed · 2 bath · $860/wk
18 Maddison Place
3 bed · 2 bath · $750/wk
53B Waitaha Road
3 bed · 1 bath · $560/wk
4A L
4 bed · 2 bath
157 Waikite Road
3 bath · $895/wk
60 Kaitemako Road
3 bed · 1 bath · $620/wk