What it costs to rent in Akatarawa
The normal flat in Akatarawa rents for about $620 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
~$620/wk
Most pay $575 to $680
Approximate normal flat
+77%
Growth, 10 years
+13%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Akatarawa spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).
How Akatarawa compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Akatarawa is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Upper Hutt as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Akatarawa grew 77% over 10 years, against Upper Hutt’s 105%.
That is 28 points slower than Upper Hutt as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Akatarawa rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Akatarawa 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.
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