Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Onehunga
17,131 new homes were consented in the Auckland council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $3.37b of non-residential building work, up 5% on the year before. In Onehunga itself, 151 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 406 consents we hold in Onehunga, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Auckland council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Onehunga’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Auckland, the last five years.
Since 1991: houses and everything else
New homes consented each year, houses against townhouses, flats, units, apartments and retirement village units. The most in one year was 21,301 in 2022.
New homes in Onehunga
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 6 statistical areas that make up most of it: Onehunga Central, Te Papapa, Onehunga West, Onehunga North, Onehunga-Te Papapa Industrial, Oranga. In the year to September 2026: 29 houses, 122 townhouses and units, 0 apartments.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Auckland, the last five years.
What is being built
Non-residential building work consented in the year to September 2026, by type: the value of new and altered work, new floor area, and what new floor area cost to build per square metre.
- Offices$753m
43 buildings · 26,927 m² new floor area · $8,567/m² new · −24% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$631m
84 buildings · 233,139 m² new floor area · $2,450/m² new · +9% on the year before
- Education$590m
77 buildings · 54,555 m² new floor area · $8,792/m² new · +4% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$402m
44 buildings · 21,405 m² new floor area · $14,113/m² new · −5% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$307m
32 buildings · 40,270 m² new floor area · $4,291/m² new · +19% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$219m
29 buildings · 19,980 m² new floor area · $6,216/m² new · +41% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$197m
11 buildings · 25,285 m² new floor area · $7,276/m² new · +218% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$167m
29 buildings · 11,019 m² new floor area · $3,823/m² new · +62% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$75.4m
17 buildings · 13,619 m² new floor area · $3,956/m² new · +37% on the year before
- Farm buildings$26.2m
121 buildings · 68,341 m² new floor area · $353/m² new · +4% on the year before
Consents on record in Onehunga
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 406 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Sep 2026. Councils publish their records unevenly, so these are what we have, not every consent issued — for the full count, see the official figures above.
What the work is
Consents in the last five years by the kind of work their description names.
- Alterations and additions114
23 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- New homes30
9 in the last 12 months · typically $522k
- Insulation23
7 in the last 12 months · typically $4,800
- Multiple homes19
8 in the last 12 months · typically $1.9m
- Garages, sheds and carports18
3 in the last 12 months · typically $62k
- Fires and heating18
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,701
- Pools and spas14
typically $9,500
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater12
typically $25k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $140k
- Commercial alterations6
typically $70k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $3.5mRbw - 2x new two storey duplexes. Lots 1,3 & 4 with four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, & attached single gge; lot 2 with three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, & attached single gge. New retaining wall 28 Hardington Street
- $3.3mRbw - construction of 9 x 3-storey terrace dwgs. Each dwg with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen & internal gge. Site retaining wall & drainage on separate consent. 134 Mount Smart Road
- $2.3mRbw - construction of 4 three-storey duplexes, totaling 8 dwgs accessed off a right-of-way driveway. Mix of 2 & 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 cloakroom, flex-room & single gge. Includes 1 sto 6 Viewland Avenue
- $2.3mConstruction of six two-storey detached dwgs, each comprising four bedrooms, three bathrooms, sitting room, single or dbl internal gge. Includes stormwater soakage system, onsite wastewater 6 Roosevelt Avenue
- $2.2mRbw - lot 1- 4: 1 single gge per each, 1 lounge per each, 1 dining per each, 1 kitchen per each, 4 bedrooms per each, 1 wc per each, 3 baths per each, 1 laundry per each. 57 Alfred Street
406 consents
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$1.2m
Construction of dwg with attached gge & a detached sleepout
- Relocated buildings$358k
Rbw - relocation of 137m2 dwg - new foundations, gge & laundry extension on slab. Drainage & plumbing - new cladding & roof to extensions - new bay windows, internal refurbishment.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$15k
Rbw - reclad - unit 262 - partial reclad to rear of unit (east elevation only) with new vertical jh oblique weatherboard cladding over cavity, new dbl glazed aluminium joinery. New membrane deck, s
- Alterations and additions$260k
Rbw -lifting the existing single storey house above flood plain, new foundations, new ensuite extension, new access & egress, reconnect services to existing connections. Note that this project is p
- New homes$3.5m
Rbw - 2x new two storey duplexes. Lots 1,3 & 4 with four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, & attached single gge; lot 2 with three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, & attached single gge. New retaining wall
- Alterations and additions$4,500
rbw - removal of a structural post under a stair stinger & the structural attachment of the stringer to an adjacent walkway beam to carry the structural loads.
- Alterations and additions$80k
Rbw - existing single-level dwg. Extension to rear bdrm, ensuite & new wir, including new trussed roof with concrete tile roofing & timber bevelback cavity-fixed weatherboard
- Relocated buildings$21k
New yard built dwg relocated onto site to relocate this brand new 3 bdrm dwg to site as per site plan
- Multiple homes$1.4m
Construction of 4 attached dwgs - 3 units with attached garages
- Multiple homes$1.5m
Rbw - new 4 detached dwgs, 2 storeys, 4 bedrooms, 1living, lot 1-3: 3.5 bathrooms, lot 4: 2.5 bathrooms, single gge, site retaining walls. Installation of in-slab sw tanks & underground sw c
- Multiple homes$2.3m
Rbw - construction of 4 three-storey duplexes, totaling 8 dwgs accessed off a right-of-way driveway. Mix of 2 & 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 cloakroom, flex-room & single gge. Includes 1 sto
- Alterations and additions$490k
Rbw - single storey add to dbl storey house- demolish existing kitchen & bathrm & surrounding walls. Extension, new bdrm, wardrobe, ensuite, bathrm, kitchen, lounge with fireplace a
- Garages, sheds and carports$83k
Rbw - alt proposed to existing basement gge of a 2-storey dwg. Gge converted into a new bdrm with laundry, bathrm, internal staircase & private drainage.
- Alterations and additions$200k
Rbw - internal alterations to existing kitchen & living room, including structural alterations, new skylight, replacement timber j oinery into existing walls, & associated pool barrier alterations
- New homes$800k
Rbw - pbc e2e - lots 1 & 2: 2x new two storey standalone dwgs. Lot 1 with four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & dbl gge. Lot 2 with four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & single gge. New retainin
- New homes$410k
Rbw - lot 3 - new two storey dwg with four bedrooms, three bathrooms, & attached single gge. New soakage hole.
- Insulation$4,800
Install insulmax blown insulation into exterior walls
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install freestanding woodsman Tarras mkiii wood fire
- Insulation$95k
Retrofit of home, new wall linings, floor linings, insulation, new kitchen, laundry, create new opening 1.2m wide between kitchen & living & new smoke detectors
- Alterations and additions$100k
Retrofit of home, new wall linings, floor linings, new kitchen, create new opening between the kitchn & the living & kitchen & dining, install new lintel to 3604 new smoke detectors,
- Alterations and additions$5,000
R2 - alt to existing shower with tiled membrane shower.
- Multiple homes$2m
Rbw - construction of eight three-storey attached dwgs, two bedrooms, one bathrm, kitchen, living, dining, laundry, & a single gge.
- New homes$465k
Rbw - construction of a new two-storey dwg with four bedrooms & two bathrooms. Includes connection to on-site services (power & water supply & stormwater & sanitary sewer wastes)
- Garages, sheds and carports$2.2m
Rbw - lot 1- 4: 1 single gge per each, 1 lounge per each, 1 dining per each, 1 kitchen per each, 4 bedrooms per each, 1 wc per each, 3 baths per each, 1 laundry per each.
- Alterations and additions$425k
Rbw - new extension to an existing two storey home. Work includes a new internal stair & lower level alt - for a new bdrm, study, laundry, bathrm, lounge & kitchenette. Work includes e
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Onehunga?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 17,131 new homes consented in the Auckland council area, with $8.53b of residential and $3.37b of non-residential building work.
What is a building consent?
Written approval from a council (a building consent authority) that planned building work complies with the Building Code. Most new buildings, additions, structural alterations, fires and plumbing and drainage work need one; some minor work is exempt under Schedule 1 of the Building Act 2004.
Where do these figures come from?
The official counts are Stats NZ’s monthly Building consents issued release (CC BY 4.0), covering every consent every council issues. The individual consents listed are ones we hold from councils’ records and other public sources; they are not a complete list for every council.