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.
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Rental properties
$590/wk
Most pay $550 to $638
Normal flat
+157%
Growth, 10 years
+76%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jul 2025. Typical rent for Thornton is exact.
How Thornton compares
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
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.
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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