What it costs to rent in College Estate
The normal flat in College Estate rents for about $501 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
~$501/wk
Most pay $437 to $553
Approximate normal flat
+162%
Growth, 10 years
+34%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. College Estate spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).
How College Estate compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether College Estate is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Whanganui as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in College Estate grew 162% over 10 years, against Whanganui’s 123%.
That is 39 points faster than Whanganui as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of College Estate rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because College Estate is split across a few statistical areas and the rent is averaged across them.
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
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