Suburb rent · Wilton, Wellington

What it costs to rent in Wilton

The normal flat in Wilton rents for about $588 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 reviews2.5 average ratingUpdated Jan 2026

252

Rental properties

$588/wk

Most pay $494 to $706

Normal flat

-2% in a year

+39%

Growth, 10 years

+3.3% a year

+5%

Growth, 5 years

+1% a year

Flatchat coverage

43 of about 252 rental properties in Wilton are on Flatchat.

About 17% 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. Typical rent for Wilton is exact.

How Wilton compares

vs Wellington

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Wilton grew 39% over 10 years, against Wellington’s 33%.

That is 6 points faster than Wellington as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

$588/wknormal flat, 2026

$100$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.