Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waiake
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 the statistical area around Waiake, 38 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 64 consents we hold in Waiake, 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 Waiake’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 Waiake
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Waiake sits in (Waiake) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 7 houses, 31 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 Waiake
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 64 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 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 additions16
6 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- New homes6
3 in the last 12 months · typically $1.3m
- Pools and spas6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $12k
- Fires and heating4
typically $4,500
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $95k
- Multiple homes3
typically $1.3m
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $86k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $19k
- Demolition1
typically $490k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $6,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.4mRbw - pbc e2e - lots 2-5: 4x new 2 storey dwgs each with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. Detention tanks. 886 Beach Road
- $800kRbw - internal renovations to existing triple storey dwg & reclad. Converting basement level to carport gge. Internal lift. New entry into dwg. Updates to internal layout resulting in n 1/33 Sharon Road
- $355kRbw - lot 1: 2 storey dwg with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. New retaining walls & detention tank 886 Beach Road
- $345kRbw - lot 6 - new two storey dwg with three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, & attached single gge. New retaining walls, detention tank & private wastewater pump. 886 Beach Road
- $95kRbw - reclad - upper floor add to remove existing uncovered waterproof balcony. Re-clad existing upper floor walls & entry porch area 28 Ridge Road
64 consents
- New homes$345k
Rbw - lot 6 - new two storey dwg with three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, & attached single gge. New retaining walls, detention tank & private wastewater pump.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$800k
Rbw - internal renovations to existing triple storey dwg & reclad. Converting basement level to carport gge. Internal lift. New entry into dwg. Updates to internal layout resulting in n
- Alterations and additions$80k
Rbw - internal alterations: relocate bathrm & kitchen, add new ensuite, add additional bdrm, create internal access stairwell between stories. Amend rear deck & add carport
- Alterations and additions$12k
Rbw existing dwg alt: add 1 bathrm & relocate laundry in the basement
- Pools and spas$15k
Rbw - install new pool fencing.
- Alterations and additions$50k
Rbw - making a zero degree pitch non-compliant metal roof, compliant with new roofing at 3 degree pitch. Minor bathrm changes internally
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$95k
Rbw - reclad - upper floor add to remove existing uncovered waterproof balcony. Re-clad existing upper floor walls & entry porch area
- Alterations and additions$50k
Rbw - pbc e2e - new bathrm in existing ground floor with new private ss pump.
- Alterations and additions$85k
Rbw - extending a bdrm & adding an ensuite to the upper floor. Repositioning the kitchen on the upper floor & repositioning the laundry to the gge on the lower floor & installing a kitchen
- New homes$1.4m
Rbw - pbc e2e - lots 2-5: 4x new 2 storey dwgs each with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. Detention tanks.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$19k
Rbw - conversion of an existing shed into a granny flat, including installation of a kitchen & bathrm.
- New homes$355k
Rbw - lot 1: 2 storey dwg with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. New retaining walls & detention tank
- Alterations and additions$90k
Rbw - proposed internal changes - kitchen relocated & ensuite added; & removal of solid fuel heater & external flue.
- New homes$1.3m
Rbw - lots 1-3: 3x new 2 storey dwgs. Lots 1 & 2 each with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge; lot 3 with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. 2 toilets & attached single gge. New re
- Multiple homes$1.3m
Pbc e2e - rbw - lots 4 - 6: three new two storey dwgs each with four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. New retaining walls & detention tanks.
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$6,000
Alt to deck
- Alterations and additions$500k
Rbw - additions & alterations to existing dwg. Altering house layout to move kitchen, dining, lounge downstairs & all bedrooms upstairs. Add additional 21.46 sqm floor area to lower floor plus
- Alterations and additions$19k
Rbw- new beam to facilitate removal of kitchen to dining wall.
- Pools and spas$9,000
Installation of swimming pool fence (proposed pool under 35,000 liters & exempt work, no consent is required)
- Multiple homes$2.1m
Rbw - pbc e2e: six new two storey dwgs. Each with three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. New detention tanks & retaining wall. Private ww pump to each lot.
- Fires and heating$6,000
install replacement freestanding woodfire & flue - woodsman kanuku ped
- New homes$2.1m
Rbw - new 2 storey, 4 bdrm, 3 bathrm home with dbl gge & attached 2 storey, single bdrm minor dwg. Private drainage, fire-rated intertenancy wall.
- Pools and spas$15k
Install new pool fencing. Boundary fencing forms part of pool barrier for swimming pool under 35000l volume.
- Alterations and additions$20k
Rbw - remove existing internal load bearing wall & adjacent roof beam upper level. Replace with new sed beam.
- Demolition$490k
Rbw - demolish lockwood walls, conservatory, roof on upper level, rebuild to nzs 3604 over existing floor. Alt existing basement to include two bedrooms, bathrm & laundry.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waiake?
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.