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Taranaki

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

Taranaki 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 Taranaki.

Suburbs indexed
64
Browsable SA2-level entries.
Population indexed
126K
Across Taranaki.
Median rent /wk
$550
28 suburbs with rent data.
Average NZDep
5.8
56 suburbs measured.
Median income
$40K
Personal income, Census 2023.
Largest suburbs

Taranaki, by population.

Suburb Rent /wk Population NZDep
WestownTAR $600 8 Waitara WestTAR $549 10 SpotswoodTAR $560 8 InglewoodTAR — 5 Bell Block WestTAR — 6 Highlands Park (New Plymouth District)TAR $675 1
Lower-deprivation entries

Lower NZDep, with scale.

01 Highlands Park (New Plymouth District) pop 3K NZDep 1 02 Bell Block East-Puketapu pop 2K NZDep 1 03 Whalers Gate pop 3K NZDep 2 04 Mangorei pop 2K NZDep 2 05 Mangaoraka pop 2K NZDep 2 06 Hurdon pop 3K NZDep 3

Taranaki rent trend

Houses + units · quarterly · SA2 · Tenancy Services bond data
Median rentHousesUnits
Median weekly rent · Westown
$290
— YoY · — QoQ
Median house weekly · Westown
$600
— YoY · — QoQ
Source: Tenancy Services bond data · Latest: 1/10/2025
Departments

Four desks for Taranaki research.

Suburb directory

Every Taranaki suburb, A to Z.

64 Taranaki suburbs indexed at SA2 level. Jump to a letter, then open a suburb for rent, demographics, deprivation, schools, and transport.

# 2 suburbs
B 4 suburbs
D 1 suburb
E 2 suburbs
F 3 suburbs
G 1 suburb
H 4 suburbs
I 1 suburb
K 5 suburbs
L 2 suburbs
M 9 suburbs
N 2 suburbs
O 3 suburbs
P 5 suburbs
R 1 suburb
S 5 suburbs
T 7 suburbs
U 1 suburb
W 6 suburbs
FAQ

Four questions about Taranaki.

  1. How many Taranaki suburbs does QuickProperty cover?

    QuickProperty indexes 64 Taranaki suburb entries, with 28 carrying rent coverage in the current processed dataset.

  2. What is the median weekly rent in Taranaki?

    Across Taranaki suburbs with available rent data, the median weekly rent shown on this hub is $550/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 Taranaki 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.