What it costs to rent in Blue Mountains
The normal flat in Blue Mountains rents for about $563 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
~$563/wk
Most pay $395 to $858
Approximate normal flat
+40%
Growth, 10 years
-3%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Blue Mountains spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).
How Blue Mountains compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Blue Mountains is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Upper Hutt as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Blue Mountains grew 40% over 10 years, against Upper Hutt’s 105%.
That is 65 points slower than Upper Hutt as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Blue Mountains rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Blue Mountains 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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