Building consent statistics are about the number, floor area, and value of new homes, non-residential buildings, and alterations approved for construction.
Use the open-source tool 7-Zip to decompress the CSV files below.
Key facts
- In February 2024, the seasonally adjusted number of new dwellings consented rose 15 percent, after falling 8.6 percent in January 2024.
- In the year ended February 2024, the actual number of new dwellings consented was 36,276, down 25 percent from the year ended February 2023.
- The annual value of non-residential building work consented was $9.9 billion, up 3.0 percent from the year ended February 2023.
- In the year ended February 2024, the number of new dwellings consented per 1,000 residents was 6.9, compared with 9.4 in the year ended February 2023.
Stats NZ has updated experimental measures that provide an estimate of construction timelines and completion rates in New Zealand.
Experimental building indicators: December 2023 quarter has more information.
New dwellings consented
In February 2024, there were 2,795 new dwellings consented, comprising:
- 1,297 stand-alone houses
- 1,159 townhouses, flats, and units
- 199 apartments
- 140 retirement village units.
The number of dwellings consented each month can vary significantly due to the timing of large multi-dwelling projects, such as townhouses and apartment buildings.
| “Month” | “Actual” | “Seasonally adjusted” | “Trend” |
| “Jan-1995” | “1506” | “1852” | “1861” |
| “Feb-1995” | “1914” | “1953” | “1822” |
| “Mar-1995” | “2060” | “1750” | “1779” |
| “Apr-1995” | “1479” | “1689” | “1737” |
| “May-1995” | “1830” | “1638” | “1701” |
| “Jun-1995” | “1780” | “1760” | “1676” |
| “Jul-1995” | “1503” | “1636” | “1667” |
| “Aug-1995” | “1760” | “1676” | “1671” |
| “Sep-1995” | “1759” | “1670” | “1679” |
| “Oct-1995” | “2024” | “2096” | “1692” |
| “Nov-1995” | “1878” | “1701” | “1718” |
| “Dec-1995” | “1621” | “1763” | “1769” |
| “Jan-1996” | “1512” | “1762” | “1840” |
| “Feb-1996” | “1909” | “1905” | “1913” |
| “Mar-1996” | “2187” | “2021” | “1968” |
| “Apr-1996” | “2000” | “2042” | “1987” |
| “May-1996” | “2337” | “2119” | “1964” |
| “Jun-1996” | “1685” | “1856” | “1911” |
| “Jul-1996” | “1844” | “1764” | “1852” |
| “Aug-1996” | “1813” | “1810” | “1812” |
| “Sep-1996” | “1813” | “1752” | “1805” |
| “Oct-1996” | “1875” | “1859” | “1826” |
| “Nov-1996” | “2045” | “1891” | “1856” |
| “Dec-1996” | “1803” | “1874” | “1876” |
| “Jan-1997” | “1643” | “1932” | “1883” |
| “Feb-1997” | “1787” | “1891” | “1892” |
| “Mar-1997” | “1821” | “1874” | “1915” |
| “Apr-1997” | “2045” | “1906” | “1963” |
| “May-1997” | “2094” | “1970” | “2035” |
| “Jun-1997” | “2066” | “2223” | “2116” |
| “Jul-1997” | “2344” | “2213” | “2188” |
| “Aug-1997” | “2106” | “2162” | “2233” |
| “Sep-1997” | “2730” | “2444” | “2241” |
| “Oct-1997” | “2172” | “2158” | “2213” |
| “Nov-1997” | “2166” | “2135” | “2159” |
| “Dec-1997” | “2149” | “2145” | “2089” |
| “Jan-1998” | “1601” | “1961” | “2008” |
| “Feb-1998” | “2064” | “2252” | “1915” |
| “Mar-1998” | “2046” | “1811” | “1821” |
| “Apr-1998” | “1698” | “1796” | “1731” |
| “May-1998” | “1637” | “1582” | “1646” |
| “Jun-1998” | “1543” | “1570” | “1575” |
| “Jul-1998” | “1648” | “1532” | “1526” |
| “Aug-1998” | “1508” | “1558” | “1508” |
| “Sep-1998” | “1661” | “1466” | “1528” |
| “Oct-1998” | “1488” | “1539” | “1586” |
| “Nov-1998” | “2107” | “1987” | “1677” |
| “Dec-1998” | “1748” | “1787” | “1793” |
| “Jan-1999” | “1550” | “1973” | “1918” |
| “Feb-1999” | “1776” | “1993” | “2032” |
| “Mar-1999” | “2402” | “2167” | “2126” |
| “Apr-1999” | “2253” | “2202” | “2201” |
| “May-1999” | “2377” | “2331” | “2265” |
| “Jun-1999” | “2090” | “2136” | “2318” |
| “Jul-1999” | “2528” | “2410” | “2348” |
| “Aug-1999” | “2490” | “2391” | “2353” |
| “Sep-1999” | “2633” | “2406” | “2322” |
| “Oct-1999” | “2117” | “2240” | “2256” |
| “Nov-1999” | “2182” | “1916” | “2155” |
| “Dec-1999” | “1979” | “2050” | “2035” |
| “Jan-2000” | “1527” | “1990” | “1917” |
| “Feb-2000” | “1620” | “1737” | “1828” |
| “Mar-2000” | “2062” | “1768” | “1767” |
| “Apr-2000” | “1405” | “1618” | “1731” |
| “May-2000” | “2103” | “1839” | “1710” |
| “Jun-2000” | “1598” | “1669” | “1697” |
| “Jul-2000” | “1756” | “1754” | “1677” |
| “Aug-2000” | “1716” | “1572” | “1642” |
| “Sep-2000” | “1728” | “1613” | “1597” |
| “Oct-2000” | “1585” | “1584” | “1554” |
| “Nov-2000” | “1700” | “1527” | “1528” |
| “Dec-2000” | “1285” | “1453” | “1527” |
| “Jan-2001” | “1335” | “1540” | “1548” |
| “Feb-2001” | “1397” | “1621” | “1583” |
| “Mar-2001” | “1762” | “1586” | “1623” |
| “Apr-2001” | “1585” | “1754” | “1661” |
| “May-2001” | “1856” | “1645” | “1687” |
| “Jun-2001” | “1640” | “1758” | “1707” |
| “Jul-2001” | “1690” | “1582” | “1729” |
| “Aug-2001” | “2020” | “1882” | “1748” |
| “Sep-2001” | “1678” | “1690” | “1760” |
| “Oct-2001” | “1931” | “1807” | “1769” |
| “Nov-2001” | “2148” | “1893” | “1784” |
| “Dec-2001” | “1497” | “1709” | “1812” |
| “Jan-2002” | “1486” | “1702” | “1852” |
| “Feb-2002” | “1745” | “2018” | “1913” |
| “Mar-2002” | “1986” | “2032” | “1989” |
| “Apr-2002” | “2206” | “2096” | “2062” |
| “May-2002” | “2282” | “2076” | “2133” |
| “Jun-2002” | “1864” | “2092” | “2186” |
| “Jul-2002” | “2738” | “2486” | “2229” |
| “Aug-2002” | “2105” | “2067” | “2279” |
| “Sep-2002” | “2420” | “2361” | “2324” |
| “Oct-2002” | “3412” | “3201” | “2346” |
| “Nov-2002” | “2432” | “2206” | “2345” |
| “Dec-2002” | “2532” | “2644” | “2327” |
| “Jan-2003” | “1995” | “2256” | “2310” |
| “Feb-2003” | “1797” | “2023” | “2301” |
| “Mar-2003” | “2537” | “2452” | “2308” |
| “Apr-2003” | “2232” | “2337” | “2355” |
| “May-2003” | “2485” | “2425” | “2423” |
| “Jun-2003” | “2389” | “2547” | “2501” |
| “Jul-2003” | “2621” | “2429” | “2567” |
| “Aug-2003” | “2704” | “2777” | “2612” |
| “Sep-2003” | “3003” | “2745” | “2657” |
| “Oct-2003” | “2508” | “2342” | “2706” |
| “Nov-2003” | “3032” | “2959” | “2747” |
| “Dec-2003” | “2611” | “2523” | “2780” |
| “Jan-2004” | “2672” | “3119” | “2802” |
| “Feb-2004” | “2529” | “2772” | “2807” |
| “Mar-2004” | “3037” | “2636” | “2785” |
| “Apr-2004” | “2543” | “2783” | “2712” |
| “May-2004” | “2544” | “2672” | “2606” |
| “Jun-2004” | “3447” | “3394” | “2500” |
| “Jul-2004” | “2354” | “2338” | “2411” |
| “Aug-2004” | “2296” | “2220” | “2360” |
| “Sep-2004” | “2291” | “2146” | “2339” |
| “Oct-2004” | “2619” | “2670” | “2346” |
| “Nov-2004” | “2675” | “2358” | “2363” |
| “Dec-2004” | “2416” | “2339” | “2358” |
| “Jan-2005” | “1898” | “2305” | “2318” |
| “Feb-2005” | “2145” | “2273” | “2251” |
| “Mar-2005” | “3027” | “2940” | “2180” |
| “Apr-2005” | “1617” | “1715” | “2130” |
| “May-2005” | “1977” | “1942” | “2102” |
| “Jun-2005” | “2129” | “2177” | “2075” |
| “Jul-2005” | “2005” | “2072” | “2060” |
| “Aug-2005” | “2301” | “2095” | “2058” |
| “Sep-2005” | “2283” | “2097” | “2075” |
| “Oct-2005” | “1901” | “1972” | “2113” |
| “Nov-2005” | “2295” | “2033” | “2158” |
| “Dec-2005” | “2445” | “2481” | “2195” |
| “Jan-2006” | “1900” | “2166” | “2207” |
| “Feb-2006” | “2254” | “2332” | “2186” |
| “Mar-2006” | “2299” | “2089” | “2143” |
| “Apr-2006” | “1558” | “1938” | “2101” |
| “May-2006” | “2328” | “2159” | “2095” |
| “Jun-2006” | “1994” | “2018” | “2136” |
| “Jul-2006” | “2145” | “2278” | “2198” |
| “Aug-2006” | “2437” | “2195” | “2243” |
| “Sep-2006” | “2545” | “2405” | “2249” |
| “Oct-2006” | “2377” | “2317” | “2214” |
| “Nov-2006” | “2232” | “2049” | “2162” |
| “Dec-2006” | “1883” | “1995” | “2115” |
| “Jan-2007” | “1880” | “2083” | “2091” |
| “Feb-2007” | “2092” | “2127” | “2094” |
| “Mar-2007” | “2269” | “2187” | “2120” |
| “Apr-2007” | “1782” | “2122” | “2155” |
| “May-2007” | “2322” | “2139” | “2177” |
| “Jun-2007” | “2574” | “2719” | “2176” |
| “Jul-2007” | “2160” | “2121” | “2152” |
| “Aug-2007” | “2508” | “2274” | “2113” |
| “Sep-2007” | “1988” | “1993” | “2066” |
| “Oct-2007” | “2087” | “1932” | “2016” |
| “Nov-2007” | “2189” | “1964” | “1969” |
| “Dec-2007” | “1739” | “1910” | “1928” |
| “Jan-2008” | “1743” | “1999” | “1888” |
| “Feb-2008” | “1874” | “1797” | “1838” |
| “Mar-2008” | “1567” | “1750” | “1769” |
| “Apr-2008” | “2373” | “2371” | “1680” |
| “May-2008” | “1653” | “1583” | “1581” |
| “Jun-2008” | “1380” | “1501” | “1479” |
| “Jul-2008” | “1435” | “1335” | “1383” |
| “Aug-2008” | “1328” | “1311” | “1294” |
| “Sep-2008” | “1635” | “1470” | “1217” |
| “Oct-2008” | “1173” | “1103” | “1156” |
| “Nov-2008” | “1168” | “1134” | “1109” |
| “Dec-2008” | “1127” | “1126” | “1078” |
| “Jan-2009” | ” 812″ | ” 992″ | “1065” |
| “Feb-2009” | “1059” | “1094” | “1068” |
| “Mar-2009” | “1091” | “1046” | “1080” |
| “Apr-2009” | “1009” | “1117” | “1097” |
| “May-2009” | “1238” | “1220” | “1118” |
| “Jun-2009” | “1100” | “1120” | “1147” |
| “Jul-2009” | “1214” | “1120” | “1186” |
| “Aug-2009” | “1195” | “1221” | “1232” |
| “Sep-2009” | “1430” | “1284” | “1280” |
| “Oct-2009” | “1424” | “1393” | “1326” |
| “Nov-2009” | “1500” | “1374” | “1365” |
| “Dec-2009” | “1353” | “1388” | “1392” |
| “Jan-2010” | “1042” | “1325” | “1404” |
| “Feb-2010” | “1375” | “1440” | “1413” |
| “Mar-2010” | “1501” | “1468” | “1421” |
| “Apr-2010” | “1400” | “1405” | “1421” |
| “May-2010” | “1360” | “1362” | “1403” |
| “Jun-2010” | “1373” | “1392” | “1368” |
| “Jul-2010” | “1473” | “1415” | “1318” |
| “Aug-2010” | “1229” | “1191” | “1263” |
| “Sep-2010” | “1262” | “1178” | “1212” |
| “Oct-2010” | “1123” | “1132” | “1166” |
| “Nov-2010” | “1470” | “1246” | “1127” |
| “Dec-2010” | ” 994″ | “1022” | “1095” |
| “Jan-2011” | ” 867″ | “1127” | “1068” |
| “Feb-2011” | ” 973″ | “1034” | “1045” |
| “Mar-2011” | “1087” | “1004” | “1030” |
| “Apr-2011” | ” 927″ | “1014” | “1031” |
| “May-2011” | “1139” | “1072” | “1050” |
| “Jun-2011” | ” 995″ | “1042” | “1083” |
| “Jul-2011” | “1170” | “1154” | “1117” |
| “Aug-2011” | “1509” | “1409” | “1151” |
| “Sep-2011” | “1246” | “1154” | “1178” |
| “Oct-2011” | “1238” | “1273” | “1199” |
| “Nov-2011” | “1384” | “1153” | “1220” |
| “Dec-2011” | “1127” | “1206” | “1241” |
| “Jan-2012” | “1098” | “1334” | “1262” |
| “Feb-2012” | “1204” | “1241” | “1281” |
| “Mar-2012” | “1559” | “1518” | “1295” |
| “Apr-2012” | “1230” | “1366” | “1309” |
| “May-2012” | “1372” | “1243” | “1332” |
| “Jun-2012” | “1277” | “1365” | “1362” |
| “Jul-2012” | “1478” | “1383” | “1400” |
| “Aug-2012” | “1513” | “1429” | “1435” |
| “Sep-2012” | “1520” | “1576” | “1462” |
| “Oct-2012” | “1639” | “1504” | “1486” |
| “Nov-2012” | “1658” | “1395” | “1505” |
| “Dec-2012” | “1381” | “1534” | “1528” |
| “Jan-2013” | “1312” | “1539” | “1566” |
| “Feb-2013” | “1542” | “1693” | “1613” |
| “Mar-2013” | “1475” | “1621” | “1660” |
| “Apr-2013” | “1755” | “1659” | “1696” |
| “May-2013” | “1971” | “1817” | “1716” |
| “Jun-2013” | “1539” | “1733” | “1724” |
| “Jul-2013” | “1893” | “1676” | “1737” |
| “Aug-2013” | “1748” | “1715” | “1766” |
| “Sep-2013” | “1862” | “1884” | “1811” |
| “Oct-2013” | “1891” | “1761” | “1864” |
| “Nov-2013” | “2267” | “1954” | “1921” |
| “Dec-2013” | “2035” | “2088” | “1970” |
| “Jan-2014” | “1644” | “1984” | “2007” |
| “Feb-2014” | “1768” | “1945” | “2036” |
| “Mar-2014” | “1999” | “2050” | “2062” |
| “Apr-2014” | “2082” | “2146” | “2080” |
| “May-2014” | “2125” | “2058” | “2081” |
| “Jun-2014” | “2002” | “2144” | “2070” |
| “Jul-2014” | “2282” | “2027” | “2048” |
| “Aug-2014” | “2059” | “2058” | “2033” |
| “Sep-2014” | “1985” | “1899” | “2036” |
| “Oct-2014” | “2152” | “2032” | “2061” |
| “Nov-2014” | “2420” | “2198” | “2098” |
| “Dec-2014” | “2199” | “2145” | “2140” |
| “Jan-2015” | “1703” | “2237” | “2169” |
| “Feb-2015” | “1758” | “1932” | “2175” |
| “Mar-2015” | “2271” | “2253” | “2166” |
| “Apr-2015” | “2112” | “2172” | “2153” |
| “May-2015” | “2171” | “2176” | “2147” |
| “Jun-2015” | “2042” | “2006” | “2151” |
| “Jul-2015” | “2824” | “2510” | “2175” |
| “Aug-2015” | “2291” | “2301” | “2219” |
| “Sep-2015” | “2242” | “2154” | “2283” |
| “Oct-2015” | “2349” | “2341” | “2353” |
| “Nov-2015” | “2831” | “2456” | “2406” |
| “Dec-2015” | “2538” | “2551” | “2426” |
| “Jan-2016” | “1695” | “2365” | “2418” |
| “Feb-2016” | “2379” | “2482” | “2409” |
| “Mar-2016” | “2315” | “2273” | “2414” |
| “Apr-2016” | “2361” | “2410” | “2442” |
| “May-2016” | “2520” | “2371” | “2497” |
| “Jun-2016” | “2752” | “2764” | “2563” |
| “Jul-2016” | “2811” | “2712” | “2614” |
| “Aug-2016” | “2834” | “2496” | “2625” |
| “Sep-2016” | “2614” | “2559” | “2597” |
| “Oct-2016” | “2575” | “2718” | “2546” |
| “Nov-2016” | “3005” | “2442” | “2499” |
| “Dec-2016” | “2205” | “2395” | “2472” |
| “Jan-2017” | “1752” | “2354” | “2463” |
| “Feb-2017” | “2418” | “2601” | “2460” |
| “Mar-2017” | “2779” | “2494” | “2472” |
| “Apr-2017” | “2106” | “2540” | “2508” |
| “May-2017” | “2794” | “2450” | “2556” |
| “Jun-2017” | “2560” | “2501” | “2608” |
| “Jul-2017” | “2762” | “2741” | “2662” |
| “Aug-2017” | “3166” | “2813” | “2702” |
| “Sep-2017” | “2770” | “2772” | “2703” |
| “Oct-2017” | “2549” | “2500” | “2662” |
| “Nov-2017” | “3262” | “2821” | “2609” |
| “Dec-2017” | “2169” | “2489” | “2584” |
| “Jan-2018” | “1916” | “2430” | “2617” |
| “Feb-2018” | “2412” | “2554” | “2694” |
| “Mar-2018” | “2926” | “2993” | “2780” |
| “Apr-2018” | “2729” | “2929” | “2840” |
| “May-2018” | “3407” | “2945” | “2854” |
| “Jun-2018” | “2792” | “2805” | “2824” |
| “Jul-2018” | “2752” | “2592” | “2758” |
| “Aug-2018” | “3075” | “2762” | “2697” |
| “Sep-2018” | “2559” | “2678” | “2683” |
| “Oct-2018” | “2926” | “2735” | “2733” |
| “Nov-2018” | “3120” | “2730” | “2821” |
| “Dec-2018” | “2382” | “2798” | “2920” |
| “Jan-2019” | “2496” | “3167” | “3005” |
| “Feb-2019” | “3098” | “3263” | “3064” |
| “Mar-2019” | “3180” | “3059” | “3089” |
| “Apr-2019” | “2605” | “2857” | “3088” |
| “May-2019” | “3724” | “3189” | “3087” |
| “Jun-2019” | “2887” | “3078” | “3100” |
| “Jul-2019” | “3420” | “3123” | “3127” |
| “Aug-2019” | “3265” | “3105” | “3162” |
| “Sep-2019” | “3347” | “3315” | “3186” |
| “Oct-2019” | “3412” | “3227” | “3188” |
| “Nov-2019” | “3238” | “2980” | “3166” |
| “Dec-2019” | “2955” | “3227” | “3127” |
| “Jan-2020” | “2564” | “3223” | “3088” |
| “Feb-2020” | “3285” | “3472” | “3071” |
| “Mar-2020” | “2915” | “2646” | “3083” |
| “Apr-2020” | “2174” | “2456” | “3110” |
| “May-2020” | “3562” | “3305” | “3143” |
| “Jun-2020” | “3477” | “3325” | “3184” |
| “Jul-2020” | “3391” | “3174” | “3235” |
| “Aug-2020” | “3156” | “3196” | “3306” |
| “Sep-2020” | “3605” | “3280” | “3412” |
| “Oct-2020” | “3659” | “3653” | “3550” |
| “Nov-2020” | “3881” | “3683” | “3705” |
| “Dec-2020” | “3751” | “3870” | “3844” |
| “Jan-2021” | “3025” | “4138” | “3939” |
| “Feb-2021” | “3129” | “3317” | “3988” |
| “Mar-2021” | “4222” | “3872” | “4011” |
| “Apr-2021” | “3995” | “4155” | “4034” |
| “May-2021” | “4201” | “4001” | “4072” |
| “Jun-2021” | “4316” | “4095” | “4119” |
| “Jul-2021” | “4222” | “4146” | “4172” |
| “Aug-2021” | “4508” | “4302” | “4203” |
| “Sep-2021” | “4521” | “4247” | “4201” |
| “Oct-2021” | “4048” | “4166” | “4191” |
| “Nov-2021” | “4692” | “4159” | “4198” |
| “Dec-2021” | “4128” | “4246” | “4228” |
| “Jan-2022” | “2835” | “3969” | “4270” |
| “Feb-2022” | “4195” | “4478” | “4301” |
| “Mar-2022” | “5303” | “4578” | “4297” |
| “Apr-2022” | “3719” | “4242” | “4264” |
| “May-2022” | “4528” | “4088” | “4207” |
| “Jun-2022” | “4037” | “3969” | “4149” |
| “Jul-2022” | “4100” | “4137” | “4104” |
| “Aug-2022” | “4547” | “4130” | “4081” |
| “Sep-2022” | “4600” | “4256” | “4060” |
| “Oct-2022” | “3568” | “3733” | “3998” |
| “Nov-2022” | “4649” | “4084” | “3884” |
| “Dec-2022” | “3457” | “3720” | “3738” |
| “Jan-2023” | “2777” | “3700” | “3589” |
| “Feb-2023” | “2972” | “3187” | “3468” |
| “Mar-2023” | “3971” | “3422” | “3380” |
| “Apr-2023” | “2761” | “3330” | “3309” |
| “May-2023” | “3725” | “3233” | “3245” |
| “Jun-2023” | “3402” | “3309” | “3177” |
| “Jul-2023” | “3058” | “3127” | “3093” |
| “Aug-2023” | “3170” | “2898” | “2991” |
| “Sep-2023” | “2898” | “2768” | “2890” |
| “Oct-2023” | “3060” | “2996” | “2814” |
| “Nov-2023” | “2958” | “2677” | “2762” |
| “Dec-2023” | “2487” | “2781” | “2733” |
| “Jan-2024” | “1991” | “2541” | “2720” |
| “Feb-2024” | “2795” | “2919” | “2710” |
The seasonally adjusted number of new stand-alone houses consented rose 12 percent, after falling 9.4 percent in January 2024.
Regional new dwellings consented
By region, the numbers of new dwellings consented in the year ended February 2024 (compared with the year ended February 2023) were:
- 15,254 in Auckland (down 27 percent)
- 3,349 in Waikato (down 28 percent)
- 2,300 in Wellington (down 40 percent)
- 5,316 in rest of North Island (down 16 percent)
- 6,695 in Canterbury (down 21 percent)
- 3,361 in rest of South Island (down 20 percent).
| “Region” | “2022” | “2023” | “2024” |
| “Northland” | 1525 | 1508 | 1011 |
| “Auckland” | 20786 | 20811 | 15254 |
| “Waikato” | 5204 | 4638 | 3349 |
| “Bay of Plenty” | 2533 | 1979 | 1643 |
| “Gisborne” | 181 | 154 | 196 |
| “Hawke’s Bay” | 1016 | 785 | 786 |
| “Taranaki” | 882 | 574 | 445 |
| “Manawatū-Whanganui” | 1558 | 1361 | 1235 |
| “Wellington” | 3687 | 3806 | 2300 |
| “Tasman” | 548 | 644 | 338 |
| “Nelson” | 277 | 281 | 249 |
| “Marlborough” | 225 | 287 | 282 |
| “West Coast” | 217 | 261 | 206 |
| “Canterbury” | 8317 | 8448 | 6695 |
| “Otago” | 2449 | 2287 | 1952 |
| “Southland” | 474 | 432 | 334 |
New dwellings consented per 1,000 residents
The number of new dwellings consented per 1,000 residents across New Zealand was 6.9 for the year ended February 2024, compared with 9.4 in the year ended February 2023. The record number of new dwellings consented per 1,000 residents was 13.4 in the year ended December 1973.
National population estimates are updated quarterly, and subnational population estimates are updated annually in October, and are provisional. For more information about estimated resident population see Population.
| “Region” | “2022” | “2023” | “2024” |
| “Northland” | 7.6 | 7.4 | 5 |
| “Auckland” | 12.3 | 12 | 8.8 |
| “Waikato” | 10.2 | 8.9 | 6.4 |
| “Bay of Plenty” | 7.3 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
| “Gisborne” | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| “Hawke’s Bay” | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| “Taranaki” | 6.9 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| “Manawatū-Whanganui” | 6 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| “Wellington” | 6.8 | 6.9 | 4.2 |
| “Tasman” | 9.4 | 10.8 | 5.7 |
| “Nelson” | 5 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| “Marlborough” | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| “West Coast” | 6.6 | 7.9 | 6.3 |
| “Canterbury” | 12.7 | 12.7 | 10 |
| “Otago” | 9.9 | 9 | 7.7 |
| “Southland” | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| “New Zealand” | 9.8 | 9.4 | 6.9 |
Non-residential building consents
In the year ended February 2024, non-residential building consents totalled $9.9 billion, up 3.0 percent from the year ended February 2023. This series can be influenced by price changes – non-residential construction prices (as measured by the capital goods price index) were up 5.7 percent in the year ended December 2023.
In the year ended February 2024, the non-residential building types with the highest values were:
- offices, administration, and public transport buildings at $1.7 billion (down 3.9 percent)
- hospitals, nursing homes, and health buildings at $1.5 billion (up 14 percent)
- storage buildings at $1.5 billion (down 6.1 percent).
| “Building type” | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| “Offices” | 1072920069 | 1748070141 | 1680117294 |
| “Health” | 1085115834 | 1298028964 | 1485972874 |
| “Storage” | 1186418947 | 1572542710 | 1476859945 |
| “Education” | 1443327390 | 1488960737 | 1293773813 |
| “Factories” | 1315544804 | 1144745461 | 1251157322 |
| “Social” | 627155865 | 770867882 | 1140577795 |
| “Shops” | 823702737 | 854036844 | 960437855 |
| “Hotels” | 323220982 | 319996650 | 304733615 |
| “Farm” | 316645238 | 315963106 | 254628274 |
| “Hostels and prisons” | 296165922 | 101910217 | 58475028 |
More data
Use Infoshare for time-series data about building consents:
Subject category: Industry sectors
Group: Building consents – BLD
Definitions and metadata
Building consents issued methodology from March 2015 onwards – DataInfo+ provides the general methodology used to produce building consent statistics from March 2015 onwards.
Building consents issued concepts from March 2015 onwards – DataInfo+ provides definitions of terms used in this release.
Building consents issued – DataInfo+ explains limitations of the data and changes over time.
Building consents issued frequently asked questions – DataInfo+ answers some common queries.
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Building consents issued: March 2024 will be released on 2 May 2024.
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