Suburb rent · Oriental Bay, Wellington

What it costs to rent in Oriental Bay

The normal flat in Oriental Bay rents for about $747 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.

537 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

537

Rental properties

~$747/wk

Most pay $630 to $954

Approximate normal flat

+1.2% in a year

+35%

Growth, 10 years

+3% a year

-11%

Growth, 5 years

-2.4% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Oriental Bay spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Oriental Bay compares

vs Wellington

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Oriental Bay grew 35% over 10 years, against Wellington’s 33%.

That is 2 points faster than Wellington as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$747/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

$300$400$500$600$700$800$900$1000$1100$1200$1300

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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