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Rent: Newtown, Wellington Region

Suburb in Wellington City.

Rents

How we calculate this: Rents

Median weekly rent, 2-bedroom (latest year of new bonds)

$566/week

49th percentile in Wellington Region

Lower values score better in the fit score

Medium confidenceAs of 2026-08-20n = 159 summed over 4 whole statistical areas

Provisional: the latest months may still be revised.

Address-weighted average of its 4 statistical areas (SA2).

Source: Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), Stats NZ, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) — Tenancy Services

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Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom (latest year of new bonds)

$725/week

72nd percentile in Wellington Region

Lower values score better in the fit score

Medium confidenceAs of 2026-08-20n = 174 summed over 4 whole statistical areas

Provisional: the latest months may still be revised.

Address-weighted average of its 4 statistical areas (SA2).

Source: Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), Stats NZ, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) — Tenancy Services

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Annual 2-bedroom rent as a share of median household income

0.29

67th percentile in Wellington Region

Lower values score better in the fit score

Medium confidenceAs of 2026-08-20n = 159 summed over 4 whole statistical areas

Provisional: the latest months may still be revised.

Address-weighted average of its 4 statistical areas (SA2).

Source: Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), Stats NZ, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) — Tenancy Services

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Data sources

Data release serving-wellington-2026-10-04T022806Z, built 2026-10-04. Suburb values are address-weighted from the statistical areas listed on the overview (how suburb values are built). See the methodology and data sources, orreport an error for this suburb.