Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Dinsdale
1,063 new homes were consented in the Hamilton City council area in the year to September 2026, up 23% on the year before. They also consented $321m of non-residential building work, up 69% on the year before. In Dinsdale itself, 25 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 87 consents we hold in Dinsdale, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Hamilton City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Dinsdale’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Hamilton 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 1,749 in 2021.
New homes in Dinsdale
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 3 statistical areas that make up most of it: Dinsdale South, Dinsdale North, Kahikatea. In the year to September 2026: 5 houses, 20 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 — Hamilton 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.
- Education$88.7m
6 buildings · 7,970 m² new floor area · $7,834/m² new · +175% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$88.6m
13 buildings · 46,000 m² new floor area · $1,876/m² new · +425% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$47.8m
6 buildings · 8,632 m² new floor area · $3,782/m² new · +179% on the year before
- Offices$34.2m
2 buildings · 438 m² new floor area · $13,699/m² new · +37% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$24.7m
5 buildings · 4,851 m² new floor area · $3,260/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$12m
4 buildings · 930 m² new floor area · $8,992/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$10.4m
2 buildings · 2,464 m² new floor area · $3,139/m² new · 0% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$8.9m
3 buildings · 1,386 m² new floor area · $2,698/m² new · −66% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$5.4m
−71% on the year before
Consents on record in Dinsdale
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 87 from 1 Aug 2019 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.
- Alterations and additions23
6 in the last 12 months · typically $24k
- Insulation8
5 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- Fires and heating7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- New homes5
typically $500k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $62k
- Multiple homes3
typically $936k
- Relocated buildings2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Pools and spas2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $99k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $99k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2mNew x4 single storey duplexes 4 Thomson Avenue
- $174kReplace first floor deck & extend basement 6 Birch Hill Place
- $87kInstall new swimming pool & pool fence 107 Poaka Avenue
- $80k3 bay gge 15 Walker Terrace
- $65kRelocate dwg on to site 16C Johnson Street
87 consents
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Add wc to existing bathrm
- Insulation$7,000
Install insulmax insulation into existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$30k
Alterations to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$40k
R1 - alt to single storey detached dwg - kitchen & living room renovation. New toilet to bathrm. Remove chimney.
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
3 bay gge
- Fires and heating$1,500
Replace fireplace with new ethos galaxy wood fire, ethos free-standing flue kit, existing ceiling penetration, epdm boot over plan flashing
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$174k
Replace first floor deck & extend basement
- Pools and spas$87k
Install new swimming pool & pool fence
- Other new buildings$2m
New x4 single storey duplexes
- Insulation$3,000
Retrofit insulation to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$35k
Extension & alterations to existing laundry
- Relocated buildings$65k
Relocate dwg on to site
- Relocated buildings$45k
Relocate dwg on to site
- Insulation$7,000
Retrofit insulmax insulation to exterior walls
- Insulation$5,500
Insulate external walls
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alterations to existing dwg
- Insulation$5,000
Retrofit insulmax insulation to exterior walls
- Alterations and additions$15k
Remove load bearing wall & add beam
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$30k
Repair damaged floor & wall tiles in a bathrm by
- Retaining walls$20k
New retaining wall
- Garages, sheds and carports$62k
New detached gge
- Alterations and additions$100k
Alterations & additions to existing dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$25k
Rbw - new deck timber deck with glass handrail, louvretec roof with downpipe. Marley channel drain to gge door.
- Alterations and additions$150k
Alterations to existing dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Dinsdale?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 1,063 new homes consented in the Hamilton City council area, with $404m of residential and $321m 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.