Median floor area of new homes consented decreases 10 percent

Year	All homes	Multi-unit homes	Stand-alone houses
2013	186	100	204
2014	177	108	202
2015	171	104	199
2016	175	107	198
2017	167	101	196
2018	159	108	190
2019	148	96	182
2020	144	101	180
2021	140	100	181
2022	126	100	179

Year	Multi-unit homes	Stand-alone houses
2013	21	79
2014	26	74
2015	30	70
2016	29	71
2017	32	68
2018	36	64
2019	41	59
2020	44	56
2021	48	52
2022	57	43

Stand-alone houses get smaller

In 2022, there were 13,234 stand-alone houses consented with a floor area less than 200 square metres and 8,166 stand-alone houses consented with a floor area larger than 200 square metres.

"Ten years ago, more homes were being consented with a floor area above 200 square metres than below. This has shifted in recent years, with more homes being consented with a floor area below 200 square metres," Heslop said.

Year	Larger than 200 square metres	Less than 200 square metres
2013	8850	7871
2014	9444	8915
2015	9280	9758
2016	10325	10985
2017	10057	10965
2018	9224	11901
2019	8783	13486
2020	8282	13930
2021	10069	15518
2022	8166	13234

Year	All homes	Multi-unit homes	Stand-alone houses
2013	193	93	224
2014	177	122	226
2015	166	108	218
2016	176	108	220
2017	151	94	218
2018	150	109	200
2019	140	99	187
2020	130	102	187
2021	126	103	190
2022	116	103	191

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Stand-alone houses get smaller

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