Suburb rent · Cambridge, Waipa

What it costs to rent in Cambridge

The normal flat in Cambridge rents for about $650 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.

912 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

912

Rental properties

~$650/wk

Most pay $586 to $732

Approximate normal flat

+0.6% in a year

+79%

Growth, 10 years

+6% a year

+18%

Growth, 5 years

+3.4% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Cambridge spans 9 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Cambridge compares

vs Waipa

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Cambridge grew 79% over 10 years, against Waipa’s 74%.

That is 5 points faster than Waipa as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$650/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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