Suburb rent · Lower Kaimai, Western Bay Of Plenty

What it costs to rent in Lower Kaimai

The normal flat in Lower Kaimai rents for about $692 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.

123 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

123

Rental properties

~$692/wk

Most pay $600 to $741

Approximate normal flat

+11.1% in a year

+84%

Growth, 10 years

+6.3% a year

+38%

Growth, 5 years

+6.7% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Lower Kaimai spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Lower Kaimai compares

vs Western Bay Of Plenty

How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Lower Kaimai is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Western Bay Of Plenty as a whole.

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Lower Kaimai grew 84% over 10 years, against Western Bay Of Plenty’s 87%.

That is 3 points slower than Western Bay Of Plenty as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$692/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026
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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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