Building Consents Issued 1 October

Building consent statistics are about the number, floor area, and value of new homes, non-residential buildings, and alterations approved for construction.

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Key facts

  • In August 2025, the seasonally adjusted number of new dwellings consented rose 5.8 percent, after rising 5.3 percent in July 2025.
  • In the year ended August 2025, the actual number of new dwellings consented was 34,078, up 1.3 percent from the year ended August 2024.
  • The annual value of non-residential building work consented was $8.7 billion, down 5.4 percent from the year ended August 2024.
  • In the year ended August 2025, the number of new dwellings consented per 1,000 residents was 6.4, unchanged from the year ended August 2024.

New dwellings consented

In August 2025, there were 3,080 new dwellings consented, comprising:

  • 1,492 stand-alone houses
  • 1,199 townhouses, flats, and units
  • 256 apartments
  • 133 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.

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2024-11-013100
2024-12-012478
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2025-03-013398
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2025-05-013151
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2025-07-013252
2025-08-013080
1995-01-011856
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2002-08-012063
2002-09-012359
2002-10-013215
2002-11-012198
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2005-12-012479
2006-01-012169
2006-02-012332
2006-03-012089
2006-04-011938
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2006-08-012203
2006-09-012399
2006-10-012323
2006-11-012050
2006-12-011996
2007-01-012079
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2007-04-012117
2007-05-012150
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2007-07-012124
2007-08-012273
2007-09-011996
2007-10-011932
2007-11-011961
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2008-12-011125
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2010-03-011467
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2008-08-011296
2008-09-011218
2008-10-011157
2008-11-011109
2008-12-011078
2009-01-011065
2009-02-011067
2009-03-011080
2009-04-011096
2009-05-011117
2009-06-011146
2009-07-011184
2009-08-011230
2009-09-011280
2009-10-011326
2009-11-011366
2009-12-011392
2010-01-011405
2010-02-011414
2010-03-011420
2010-04-011420
2010-05-011403
2010-06-011367
2010-07-011318
2010-08-011264
2010-09-011214
2010-10-011169
2010-11-011129
2010-12-011097
2011-01-011069
2011-02-011046
2011-03-011031
2011-04-011032
2011-05-011051
2011-06-011084
2011-07-011117
2011-08-011151
2011-09-011177
2011-10-011198
2011-11-011220
2011-12-011242
2012-01-011263
2012-02-011283
2012-03-011297
2012-04-011311
2012-05-011334
2012-06-011364
2012-07-011402
2012-08-011437
2012-09-011464
2012-10-011487
2012-11-011506
2012-12-011529
2013-01-011566
2013-02-011614
2013-03-011660
2013-04-011696
2013-05-011715
2013-06-011723
2013-07-011736
2013-08-011765
2013-09-011811
2013-10-011864
2013-11-011921
2013-12-011970
2014-01-012007
2014-02-012036
2014-03-012062
2014-04-012080
2014-05-012082
2014-06-012071
2014-07-012050
2014-08-012034
2014-09-012037
2014-10-012061
2014-11-012097
2014-12-012138
2015-01-012167
2015-02-012173
2015-03-012165
2015-04-012153
2015-05-012148
2015-06-012152
2015-07-012175
2015-08-012219
2015-09-012283
2015-10-012353
2015-11-012407
2015-12-012427
2016-01-012418
2016-02-012409
2016-03-012414
2016-04-012442
2016-05-012497
2016-06-012562
2016-07-012613
2016-08-012624
2016-09-012596
2016-10-012545
2016-11-012498
2016-12-012472
2017-01-012464
2017-02-012461
2017-03-012472
2017-04-012509
2017-05-012556
2017-06-012608
2017-07-012662
2017-08-012703
2017-09-012704
2017-10-012663
2017-11-012610
2017-12-012584
2018-01-012616
2018-02-012693
2018-03-012779
2018-04-012839
2018-05-012854
2018-06-012825
2018-07-012759
2018-08-012697
2018-09-012683
2018-10-012733
2018-11-012821
2018-12-012921
2019-01-013006
2019-02-013064
2019-03-013089
2019-04-013087
2019-05-013086
2019-06-013099
2019-07-013127
2019-08-013162
2019-09-013187
2019-10-013189
2019-11-013167
2019-12-013129
2020-01-013091
2020-02-013074
2020-03-013086
2020-04-013112
2020-05-013144
2020-06-013182
2020-07-013234
2020-08-013307
2020-09-013415
2020-10-013555
2020-11-013709
2020-12-013842
2021-01-013932
2021-02-013975
2021-03-013995
2021-04-014020
2021-05-014062
2021-06-014115
2021-07-014175
2021-08-014211
2021-09-014213
2021-10-014204
2021-11-014207
2021-12-014228
2022-01-014263
2022-02-014289
2022-03-014285
2022-04-014254
2022-05-014202
2022-06-014148
2022-07-014108
2022-08-014089
2022-09-014074
2022-10-014013
2022-11-013897
2022-12-013741
2023-01-013582
2023-02-013453
2023-03-013364
2023-04-013297
2023-05-013239
2023-06-013178
2023-07-013093
2023-08-012992
2023-09-012899
2023-10-012838
2023-11-012815
2023-12-012823
2024-01-012843
2024-02-012860
2024-03-012871
2024-04-012878
2024-05-012876
2024-06-012865
2024-07-012853
2024-08-012839
2024-09-012818
2024-10-012799
2024-11-012788
2024-12-012789
2025-01-012800
2025-02-012809
2025-03-012815
2025-04-012825
2025-05-012841
2025-06-012872
2025-07-012916
2025-08-012973

The seasonally adjusted number of new stand-alone houses consented rose 5.8 percent, after rising 3.0 percent in July 2025.

Regional new dwellings consented

By region, the numbers of new dwellings consented in the year ended August 2025 (compared with the year ended August 2024) were:

  • 14,495 in Auckland (up 5.4 percent)
  • 2,813 in Waikato (down 4.4 percent)
  • 1,995 in Wellington (up 0.7 percent)
  • 4,423 in rest of North Island (down 8.0 percent)
  • 6,599 in Canterbury (down 1.7 percent)
  • 3,752 in rest of South Island (up 9.1 percent).
"Region""2023""2024""2025"
"Northland"1200924727
"Auckland"180031374814495
"Waikato"398129422813
"Bay of Plenty"177215041421
"Gisborne"172170167
"Hawke's Bay"791704658
"Taranaki"528419415
"Manawatū-Whanganui"130510841035
"Wellington"326719821995
"Tasman"489303290
"Nelson"268209258
"Marlborough"267264196
"West Coast"207197184
"Canterbury"740667136599
"Otago"209321302473
"Southland"360337351

New dwellings consented per 1,000 residents

The number of new dwellings consented per 1,000 residents across New Zealand was 6.4 for the year ended August 2025, unchanged from the year ended August 2024. The record number of new dwellings consented per 1,000 residents was 13.4 in the year ended December 1973.

The dwellings consented per 1,000 residents series from July 2018 to February 2025 were revised after publication of Estimated resident population (2023-base): At 30 June 2023 on 16 April 2025.

National population estimates are updated quarterly, and subnational population estimates are updated annually in October, and are provisional. Population estimates after June 2023 used the 2023-base estimated resident population, superseding earlier 2018-base estimates.

Population has more information about our estimated resident population.

"Region""2023""2024""2025"
"Northland"64.63.6
"Auckland"10.37.68.1
"Waikato"7.75.65.3
"Bay of Plenty"5.14.34
"Gisborne"3.33.23.2
"Hawke's Bay"4.43.93.6
"Taranaki"4.13.23.2
"Manawatū-Whanganui"5.14.24
"Wellington"6.13.73.7
"Tasman"8.35.14.8
"Nelson"4.93.84.7
"Marlborough"5.35.13.8
"West Coast"6.15.75.4
"Canterbury"10.99.89.6
"Otago"8.48.59.8
"Southland"3.53.23.4
"New Zealand"8.26.46.4

Non-residential building consents

In the year ended August 2025, non-residential building consents totalled $8.7 billion, down 5.4 percent from the year ended August 2024. This series can be influenced by price changes - non-residential construction prices (as measured by the capital goods price index) were up 1.6 percent in the year ended June 2025.

In the year ended August 2025, the non-residential building types with the highest values were:

  • offices, administration, and public transport buildings at $1.5 billion (down 16 percent)
  • storage buildings at $1.3 billion (down 1.5 percent)
  • factories at $1.3 billion (up 11 percent).
"Building type"202320242025
"Offices"141788694717846828541491229816
"Storage"144377851513591694491339179053
"Factories"125915312311911358401320720592
"Education"148449977810616825951207401319
"Health"16598899991300261218880373286
"Shops"1014250052814431363828096924
"Social"966190987999206228779481702
"Hotels"316212699295915760276148312
"Farm"285439625247802256264690669
"Hostels and prisons"7960455987555486263936441

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Building consents issued: September 2025 will be released on 3 November 2025.

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