Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Upper Junction
501 new homes were consented in the Dunedin City council area in the year to September 2026, up 7% on the year before. They also consented $135m of non-residential building work, down 49% on the year before. In the statistical area around Upper Junction, 13 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 14 consents we hold in Upper Junction, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Dunedin City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Upper Junction’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Dunedin City, 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 548 in 2021.
New homes in Upper Junction
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Upper Junction sits in (Mount Cargill) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 13 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 — Dunedin City, 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.
- Hospitals and health$36.8m
4 buildings · 2,575 m² new floor area · $11,379/m² new · −79% on the year before
- Education$26.7m
5 buildings · 1,648 m² new floor area · $4,333/m² new · −10% on the year before
- Offices$19m
3 buildings · 994 m² new floor area · $4,863/m² new · +47% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17.2m
6 buildings · 3,608 m² new floor area · $3,160/m² new · +41% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$12.8m
1 building · 504 m² new floor area · $655/m² new · +551% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$9.4m
2 buildings · 1,169 m² new floor area · $2,737/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$6.5m
3 buildings · 1,404 m² new floor area · $605/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.5m
24 buildings · 4,194 m² new floor area · $556/m² new · −9% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.4m
2 buildings · 1,758 m² new floor area · $813/m² new · −35% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.9m
−35% on the year before
Consents on record in Upper Junction
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 14 from 1 Mar 2016 to 1 Jul 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 heating3
typically $7,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $23k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $30k
- Insulation1
typically $5,000
- New homes1
typically $580k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $20kInstall septic system & effluent field 864 North Road
14 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Install septic system & effluent field
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install masport osburn 1600 heater in dwg
- Insulation$5,000
Alt dwg - insulate external bdrm walls
- New homes$580k
New dwg, install metro xtreme rad leg, septic system & water tanks
- Fires and heating$10k
Free standing champion tria plus pellet fire
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
Install septic system
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Erect pole shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install yunca monte base heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install metro xtreme rad heater & remove wetback system in dwg
- New homes$580k
Erect Dwelling with Masport Osburn Heater, Septic System and Water Tanks
- New homes$600k
Erect Dwelling, Install Woodsman Tarras MKIII and Woodsman Totara Heaters, Install Rainwater Tanks and Septic Tank, Construct Separate Workshop
- New homes$280k
Erect Dwelling with Woodsman ECR MkIII Heater, Rainwater Tank and Septic Tank
- New homes$400k
Erect Dwelling, Install Septic Tank, Install Freestanding Metro Wee Rad Heater
- New homes$350k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Septic and Water Tanks, Install Nectre Big Bakers Oven Heater
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Near Upper Junction
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Upper Junction?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 501 new homes consented in the Dunedin City council area, with $256m of residential and $135m 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.