Suburb rent · Crofton Downs, Wellington

What it costs to rent in Crofton Downs

The normal flat in Crofton Downs rents for about $595 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.

153 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

153

Rental properties

$595/wk

Most pay $515 to $685

Normal flat

+10.2% in a year

+75%

Growth, 10 years

+5.8% a year

+9%

Growth, 5 years

+1.7% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Typical rent for Crofton Downs is exact.

How Crofton Downs compares

vs Wellington

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Crofton Downs grew 75% over 10 years, against Wellington’s 33%.

That is 42 points faster than Wellington as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

Fifteen years of Crofton Downs rent from government bond records. The line is what the normal flat rents for; the band shows the range most people pay.

$595/wknormal flat, 2026

$200$300$400$500$600$700$800$900

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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