Suburb rent · Wellington Cbd, Wellington

What it costs to rent in Wellington Cbd

The normal flat in Wellington Cbd rents for about $515 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.

1 reviews3.8 average ratingUpdated Jan 2026

807

Rental properties

$515/wk

Most pay $285 to $705

Normal flat

-8% in a year

+56%

Growth, 10 years

+4.6% a year

+30%

Growth, 5 years

+5.4% a year

Flatchat coverage

Reviews on 1 of about 1 rental properties in Wellington Cbd.

About 100% of the market reviewed so far. Lived in one we have missed? Add it.

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Typical rent for Wellington Cbd is exact.

How Wellington Cbd compares

vs Wellington

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Wellington Cbd grew 56% over 10 years, against Wellington’s 33%.

That is 23 points faster than Wellington as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

Fifteen years of Wellington Cbd rent from government bond records. The line is what the normal flat rents for; the band shows the range most people pay.

$515/wknormal flat, 2026
$100$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.

What tenants say

1 reviews

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

Rating Breakdown

Value
3.3
Condition
4.0
Warmth
2.7
Landlord
5.0

Flats in Wellington Cbd

reviewed places

Flats in Wellington Cbd on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.