Suburb rent · Whanganui East, Whanganui

What it costs to rent in Whanganui East

The normal flat in Whanganui East rents for about $540 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.

312 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

312

Rental properties

~$540/wk

Most pay $445 to $566

Approximate normal flat

+3.1% in a year

+154%

Growth, 10 years

+9.7% a year

+46%

Growth, 5 years

+7.9% a year

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

How Whanganui East compares

vs Whanganui

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Whanganui East grew 154% over 10 years, against Whanganui’s 123%.

That is 31 points faster than Whanganui as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$540/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.

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