Suburb rent · Tawa, Wellington

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 propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

1,305

Rental properties

~$620/wk

Most pay $507 to $702

Approximate normal flat

-1.3% in a year

+52%

Growth, 10 years

+4.3% a year

+1%

Growth, 5 years

+0.1% a year

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

vs Wellington

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

15 years

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.

~$620/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

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

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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