What it costs to rent in Mount Cook
The normal flat in Mount Cook rents for about $488 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.
1,818
Rental properties
~$488/wk
Most pay $299 to $781
Approximate normal flat
+44%
Growth, 10 years
-14%
Growth, 5 years
Flatchat coverage
279 of about 1,818 rental properties in Mount Cook are on Flatchat.
About 15% 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. Mount Cook spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).
How Mount Cook compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Mount Cook is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Wellington as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Mount Cook grew 44% over 10 years, against Wellington’s 33%.
That is 11 points faster than Wellington as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Mount Cook rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Mount Cook 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.
What tenants say
Ratings and warmth notes from people who have actually lived in Mount Cook. Bond data tells you the rent; this tells you what living here is like.
Rating breakdown
Flats in Mount Cook
Flats in Mount Cook on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.
2/129 Tasman Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $850/wk
17 Rugby Street
3 bed · 2 bath · $980/wk
53 Thompson Street
4 bed · 1 bath · $1,060/wk
1/19 Hopper Street
4 bed · 2 bath · $700/wk
2J/21 Rugby Street
$600/wk
408/49 Hanson Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk
5 Westland Road
4 bed · 1 bath · $950/wk
306/41 Hopper Street
$510/wk
W304/28 Torrens Terrace
$530/wk
76B Thompson Street
1 bed · 1 bath · $560/wk
28/22 Sussex Street
5 bed · 1 bath · $700/wk
131 Wallace Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $900/wk
4B/1 Hanson Street
$660/wk
45/29 Webb Street
$425/wk
103B/41 Hopper Street
$420/wk
20/8 Girton Terrace
2 bed · 1 bath · $620/wk
2u/51 Webb Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $620/wk
58/4 Sussex Street
1 bath · $345/wk
130 Tasman Street
$1,200/wk
19/22 Sussex Street
5 bed · 1 bath · $800/wk
3 Myrtle Crescent
3 bed · 2 bath · $900/wk
5/45 Rolleston Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $695/wk
1 Carrington Street
$685/wk
2 Finlay Terrace
4 bed · 1 bath · $900/wk