What it costs to rent in Tawa
The normal flat in Tawa rents for about $620 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.
1,305
Rental properties
~$620/wk
Most pay $507 to $702
Approximate normal flat
+52%
Growth, 10 years
+1%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Tawa spans 5 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).
How Tawa compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Tawa is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Wellington as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Tawa grew 52% over 10 years, against Wellington’s 33%.
That is 19 points faster than Wellington as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Tawa rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Tawa 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
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Write a reviewFlats in Tawa
Flats in Tawa on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.
39 Beauchamp Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $680/wk
32 Hampton Hill Road
$695/wk
9 Linden Avenue
3 bed · 2 bath · $670/wk
55 Oxford Street
1 bed · 1 bath · $280/wk
4/34 Main Road
2 bed · 1 bath · $660/wk
6 Lyndhurst Road
3 bed · 1 bath · $675/wk
31 Mahoe Street
$700/wk
6 Bell Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $615/wk
61 The Drive
4 bed · 2 bath · $740/wk
38 Hinau Street
4 bed · 1 bath · $700/wk
64 Saint Johns Terrace
$840/wk
5 Larsen Crescent
4 bed · 2 bath · $960/wk
b/38 Hinau Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $450/wk
40A Raroa Terrace
3 bed · 1 bath · $630/wk
4 Saint Hildas Glade
$795/wk
10 Ara Patukawenga
2 bed · 1 bath · $620/wk
80 Victory Crescent
3 bed · 2 bath · $725/wk
54 Lincoln Avenue
2 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk
a/38 Hinau Street
4 bed · 1 bath · $700/wk
26 Duncan Street
4 bed · 2 bath · $800/wk
2/346 Main Road
2 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk
7 The Drive
3 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk
54A Lincoln Avenue
4 bed · 2 bath · $1,000/wk
4A Luckie Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $795/wk