What it costs to rent in Ruatangata
The normal flat in Ruatangata rents for about $680 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
~$680/wk
Most pay $645 to $715
Approximate normal flat
+94%
Growth, 10 years
+109%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Ruatangata spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).
How Ruatangata compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Ruatangata is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Whangarei as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Ruatangata grew 94% over 10 years, against Whangarei’s 80%.
That is 14 points faster than Whangarei as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Ruatangata rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Ruatangata 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.
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