Suburb rent · Thornton, Whakatane

What it costs to rent in Thornton

The normal flat in Thornton rents for about $590 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.

66 rental propertiesUpdated Jul 2025

66

Rental properties

$590/wk

Most pay $550 to $638

Normal flat

+28.3% in a year

+157%

Growth, 10 years

+9.9% a year

+76%

Growth, 5 years

+12% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jul 2025. Typical rent for Thornton is exact.

How Thornton compares

vs Whakatane

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Thornton grew 157% over 10 years, against Whakatane’s 95%.

That is 62 points faster than Whakatane as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

$590/wknormal flat, 2025
$100$200$300$400$500$600$700
201120162025
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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