New homes around 20 percent smaller

The average floor area of new homes consented in 2019 was about 21 percent (42 square metres) smaller than the peak of 200 square metres in the December 2010 year, Stats NZ said today.

“The drop in new home size is primarily due to stand-alone houses getting smaller,” construction statistics manager Melissa McKenzie said.

Year ended December	Floor area
1974	109
1975	107
1976	112
1977	113
1978	115
1979	123
1980	126
1981	132
1982	128
1983	125
1984	123
1985	123
1986	126
1987	127
1988	126
1989	130
1990	136
1991	139
1992	151
1993	159
1994	164
1995	171
1996	172
1997	162
1998	157
1999	163
2000	174
2001	178
2002	176
2003	185
2004	180
2005	191
2006	191
2007	196
2008	197
2009	195
2010	200
2011	192
2012	197
2013	192
2014	187
2015	179
2016	182
2017	177
2018	170
2019	158

Year ended December	Stand-alone houses	Multi-unit homes
1991	135	96
1992	152	106
1993	160	109
1994	171	118
1995	174	129
1996	172	119
1997	165	107
1998	164	90
1999	171	107
2000	180	101
2001	184	100
2002	195	88
2003	197	91
2004	202	83
2005	207	93
2006	207	90
2007	205	104
2008	206	104
2009	202	100
2010	205	107
2011	204	100
2012	206	106
2013	205	100
2014	203	108
2015	199	104
2016	198	107
2017	197	101
2018	190	108
2019	182	96

December year	Total homes	Stand-alone houses
1991	120	137
1992	147	167
1993	158	178
1994	164	186
1995	176	192
1996	165	183
1997	144	168
1998	136	159
1999	142	164
2000	150	173
2001	152	177
2002	145	190
2003	157	192
2004	142	200
2005	169	203
2006	172	208
2007	190	219
2008	176	216
2009	175	210
2010	202	215
2011	197	219
2012	201	217
2013	193	225
2014	177	226
2015	167	219
2016	176	220
2017	151	218
2018	150	200
2019	140	187

Local board	Floor area
Howick	269
Waitematā	254
Ōrakei	251
Upper Harbour	220
Hibiscus and Bays	209
Waiheke	209
Whau	208
Devonport-Takapuna	203
Albert-Eden	200
Rodney	188
Franklin	184
Waitākere Ranges	182
Great Barrier	181
Ōtara-Papatoetoe	180
Kaipātiki	175
Puketāpapa	172
Papakura	167
Henderson-Massey	163
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu	161
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	154
Manurewa	152