Suburb rent · Tawhero, Whanganui

What it costs to rent in Tawhero

The normal flat in Tawhero rents for about $518 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.

645 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

645

Rental properties

~$518/wk

Most pay $465 to $574

Approximate normal flat

-6.3% in a year

+136%

Growth, 10 years

+8.9% a year

+38%

Growth, 5 years

+6.7% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Tawhero spans 3 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Tawhero compares

vs Whanganui

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Tawhero grew 136% over 10 years, against Whanganui’s 123%.

That is 13 points faster than Whanganui as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$518/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

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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.