Suburb rent · Mount Victoria, Wellington

What it costs to rent in Mount Victoria

The normal flat in Mount Victoria rents for about $578 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.

3 reviews2.1 average ratingUpdated Jan 2026

2,817

Rental properties

~$578/wk

Most pay $480 to $744

Approximate normal flat

-3.7% in a year

+13%

Growth, 10 years

+1.2% a year

-10%

Growth, 5 years

-2% a year

Flatchat coverage

236 of about 2,817 rental properties in Mount Victoria are on Flatchat.

About 8% 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 Victoria spans 4 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Mount Victoria compares

vs Wellington

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Mount Victoria grew 13% over 10 years, against Wellington’s 33%.

That is 20 points slower than Wellington as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$578/wkapproximate normal 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.

What tenants say

3 reviews

Ratings and warmth notes from people who have actually lived in Mount Victoria. Bond data tells you the rent; this tells you what living here is like.