Median weekly rent, six-year trend and rental yield for Hilltop — built from 27 tenancy bonds lodged with Tenancy Services.
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · 27 new bonds · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Q1 2026 bond lodgements · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
Every one of the 246 suburbs we track is a tick on this scale, placed by its median weekly rent. Hilltop is the 67th most expensive of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — pricier than 73% of them.
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · 246 Auckland suburbs · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
The median weekly rent in Hilltop is $745, based on 27 new tenancy bonds lodged in Q1 2026. That is 20% above the Auckland-wide median of $622.
Over the past year the median has risen 3.5%, and it is up 15% on Q1 2020, when the median was $650.
Most new tenancies fall between $635 and $853 a week — the middle half of the market.
Hilltop is the 67th most expensive of the 246 Auckland suburbs we track — pricier than 73% of them.
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Weighted geometric mean · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
Median weekly rent on new tenancies, Q1 2020 to Q1 2026. Hover the chart to read any quarter.
| Quarter | Median weekly rent | New bonds |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2020 | $650 | 21 |
| Q2 2020 | $700 | 12 |
| Q3 2020 | $665 | 18 |
| Q4 2020 | $675 | 21 |
| Q1 2021 | $650 | 12 |
| Q2 2021 | $600 | 18 |
| Q3 2021 | $708 | 18 |
| Q4 2021 | $650 | 12 |
| Q1 2022 | $700 | 21 |
| Q2 2022 | $700 | 18 |
| Q3 2022 | $740 | 24 |
| Q4 2022 | $720 | 15 |
| Q1 2023 | $720 | 15 |
| Q2 2023 | $700 | 24 |
| Q3 2023 | $750 | 12 |
| Q4 2023 | $740 | 18 |
| Q1 2024 | $700 | 15 |
| Q2 2024 | $750 | 15 |
| Q3 2024 | $698 | 9 |
| Q4 2024 | $700 | 21 |
| Q1 2025 | $720 | 27 |
| Q2 2025 | $745 | 51 |
| Q3 2025 | $745 | 33 |
| Q4 2025 | $723 | 24 |
| Q1 2026 | $745 | 27 |
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Q1 2020 – Q1 2026 · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
Q1 2026. Sizes with fewer than five bonds are withheld by Tenancy Services to protect tenants' privacy.
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Withheld below 5 bonds · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
Pre-filled with the Hilltop median rent. Enter a purchase price to see the gross yield.
Gross yield ignores rates, insurance, maintenance, management and vacancy. Net yield is typically 1–2 percentage points lower — the full calculator works both out.
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Rent pre-filled, price is yours · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
The closest suburbs to Hilltop, by distance between area centres.
| Suburb | Median weekly | Difference | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donegal Park | $620 | -$125 | 1 km |
| Goodwood Heights | $700 | -$45 | 1.2 km |
| Clover Park | $668 | -$77 | 1.4 km |
| Chapel Downs | $720 | -$25 | 1.7 km |
| Ormiston | $639 | -$106 | 1.8 km |
| Totara Heights | $730 | -$15 | 1.8 km |
Source · MBIE Tenancy Services — Q1 2026 · Straight-line distance, area centres · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
Rent tells you what a Hilltop property earns today. Zoning tells you what it could become — a second dwelling on the same section changes the income on this page entirely.
Our companion tool PropertyScope reads Auckland Council's planning data for any Hilltop address — the zone, how many dwellings are allowed, whether a 70m² granny flat qualifies, and any hazard overlays on the land. At the Hilltop median of $745 a week, a second dwelling would add roughly $38,740 a year in gross rent.
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