Suburb rent · Ruakaka, Whangarei

What it costs to rent in Ruakaka

The normal flat in Ruakaka rents for about $547 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.

282 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

282

Rental properties

~$547/wk

Most pay $520 to $634

Approximate normal flat

-10.5% in a year

+58%

Growth, 10 years

+4.7% a year

+16%

Growth, 5 years

+2.9% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Ruakaka spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Ruakaka compares

vs Whangarei

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Ruakaka grew 58% over 10 years, against Whangarei’s 80%.

That is 22 points slower than Whangarei as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$547/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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