Suburb rent · Karori, Wellington

What it costs to rent in Karori

The normal flat in Karori rents for about $671 a week. Here is how that has grown over 15 years, how it stacks up against the rest of Wellington, and what tenants who have lived here say.

1 reviews2.8 average ratingUpdated Jan 2026

1,197

Rental properties

~$671/wk

Most pay $489 to $796

Approximate normal flat

-4.8% in a year

+40%

Growth, 10 years

+3.4% a year

+1%

Growth, 5 years

+0.1% a year

Flatchat coverage

229 of about 1,197 rental properties in Karori are on Flatchat.

About 19% of the market covered so far. Lived in one we have missed? Add it.

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Karori spans 4 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Karori compares

vs Wellington

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Karori grew 40% over 10 years, against Wellington’s 33%.

That is 7 points faster than Wellington as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$671/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

$200$300$400$500$600$700$800$900$1000

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.