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Manawatu-Whanganui · 140 suburbs · principal city: PMR

Manawatu-Whanganui

Property data for Manawatu-Whanganui. Rent, demographics, deprivation, and a desk for ranking and comparing without leaving the region.

Manawatu-Whanganui sits inside this section. Its data does not arrive uniformly: rent is best read at the SA2 level, deprivation in deciles, and population from the Census 2023 baseline. This bulletin opens with the suburbs that anchor most decisions — the largest by population and the lowest-deprivation entries with real scale — before handing off to the regional desks below.

Treat the medians as starting reads. Treat the suburb pages as where the work actually happens. The desks at the bottom of the page are there for when browsing alone is not enough.

State of the bulletin

Five readings from Manawatu-Whanganui.

Suburbs indexed
140
Browsable SA2-level entries.
Population indexed
251K
Across Manawatu-Whanganui.
Median rent /wk
$535
98 suburbs with rent data.
Average NZDep
6.5
128 suburbs measured.
Median income
$36K
Personal income, Census 2023.
Largest suburbs

Manawatu-Whanganui, by population.

Suburb Rent /wk Population NZDep
Awapuni NorthMAN $560 9 Kimbolton NorthMAN $595 4 Terrace EndMAN $560 9 Awapuni SouthMAN $580 4 Dannevirke EastMAN $500 9 Takaro NorthMAN $553 7
Lower-deprivation entries

Lower NZDep, with scale.

01 Poutoa pop 2K NZDep 1 02 Kelvin Grove North pop 2K NZDep 1 03 Taonui pop 2K NZDep 1 04 Fitzherbert pop 2K NZDep 1 05 Aokautere Rural pop 1K NZDep 1 06 Royal Oak (Palmerston North City) pop 3K NZDep 2

Manawatu-Whanganui rent trend

Houses + units · quarterly · SA2 · Tenancy Services bond data
Median rentHousesUnits
Median weekly rent · Papaioea North
$215
— YoY · — QoQ
Median house weekly · Papaioea North
$518
— YoY · — QoQ
Median unit weekly · Papaioea North
$385
— YoY · — QoQ
Source: Tenancy Services bond data · Latest: 1/10/2025
Departments

Four desks for Manawatu-Whanganui research.

Suburb directory

Every Manawatu-Whanganui suburb, A to Z.

140 Manawatu-Whanganui suburbs indexed at SA2 level. Jump to a letter, then open a suburb for rent, demographics, deprivation, schools, and transport.

# 3 suburbs
A 6 suburbs
B 4 suburbs
C 5 suburbs
D 3 suburbs
E 1 suburb
F 6 suburbs
G 3 suburbs
H 4 suburbs
K 13 suburbs
L 4 suburbs
M 15 suburbs
N 5 suburbs
O 5 suburbs
P 15 suburbs
Q 1 suburb
R 5 suburbs
S 7 suburbs
T 18 suburbs
U 2 suburbs
W 15 suburbs
FAQ

Four questions about Manawatu-Whanganui.

  1. How many Manawatu-Whanganui suburbs does QuickProperty cover?

    QuickProperty indexes 140 Manawatu-Whanganui suburb entries, with 98 carrying rent coverage in the current processed dataset.

  2. What is the median weekly rent in Manawatu-Whanganui?

    Across Manawatu-Whanganui suburbs with available rent data, the median weekly rent shown on this hub is $535/wk. Individual suburb pages may differ materially from the regional benchmark.

  3. What does NZDep mean on this page?

    NZDep is a neighbourhood deprivation index. Lower deciles indicate less deprivation. Read it alongside rent, population, schools, transport, and suburb detail context, not as a standalone verdict.

  4. What should I do after browsing the Manawatu-Whanganui hub?

    Open a large suburb for context, use NZ rankings if the region still feels too broad, or move two suburbs into compare once you have a working shortlist.