Suburb rent · Te Aro, Wellington

What it costs to rent in Te Aro

The normal flat in Te Aro rents for about $544 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.

7 reviews3.3 average ratingUpdated Jan 2026

6,795

Rental properties

~$544/wk

Most pay $408 to $741

Approximate normal flat

-4.7% in a year

+16%

Growth, 10 years

+1.5% a year

-4%

Growth, 5 years

-0.9% a year

Flatchat coverage

789 of about 6,795 rental properties in Te Aro are on Flatchat.

About 12% 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. Te Aro spans 7 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Te Aro compares

vs Wellington

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Te Aro grew 16% over 10 years, against Wellington’s 33%.

That is 17 points slower than Wellington as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$544/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.