Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ohakea
41 new homes were consented in the Rangitikei District council area in the year to September 2026, down 9% on the year before. They also consented $33.6m of non-residential building work, up 28% on the year before. In the statistical area around Ohakea, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 6 consents we hold in Ohakea, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Rangitikei District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Ohakea’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Rangitikei District, 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 91 in 2021.
New homes in Ohakea
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Ohakea sits in (Ōhakea-Sanson) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 0 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 — Rangitikei District, 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$13.3m
+22070% on the year before
- Education$4.9m
−75% on the year before
- Farm buildings$4.2m
27 buildings · 6,188 m² new floor area · $667/m² new · +83% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$3.6m
+3633% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3m
- Factories and industrial$2.8m
1 building · 1,773 m² new floor area · $1,579/m² new
- Offices$1.9m
2 buildings · 369 m² new floor area · $4,661/m² new · +141% on the year before
Consents on record in Ohakea
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 6 from 1 Apr 2021 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.
- Fires and heating2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $8,150
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $90k
- Pools and spas1
typically $35k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $8,100Install a metro ambie one freestanding wood fire into the lounge room. 610 Tangimoana Road
6 consents
- Fires and heating$8,100
Install a metro ambie one freestanding wood fire into the lounge room.
- Pools and spas$35k
Swimming pool fence for bc exempted swimming pool.
- Garages, sheds and carports$90k
Construction of a gge
- Fires and heating$8,200
Install metro xtreme rad legs Ltd on tile hearth with eco flue installed in living room
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$19k
To relocate a gge/workshop with sleepout to site as per site plan
- Fires and heating$5,200
Install metro wee rad legs ca woodfire in kitchen area with wetback
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Near Ohakea
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ohakea?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 41 new homes consented in the Rangitikei District council area, with $23.2m of residential and $33.6m 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.