Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Hamilton Central
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 Hamilton Central itself, 26 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 21 consents we hold in Hamilton Central, 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 Hamilton Central’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 Hamilton Central
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 3 statistical areas that make up most of it: Hamilton Central, Hamilton West, Kirikiriroa. In the year to September 2026: 0 houses, 1 townhouses and units, 25 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 Hamilton Central
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 21 from 1 Oct 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 additions7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- New homes3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $518k
- Fires and heating2
typically $3,233
- Other new buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1m
- Insulation1
typically $85k
- Multiple homes1
typically $1.3m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1mBuild cushy cottage 70 a on lot 1,2,3,4 at MacKenzie star 11 Hamilton Parade
- $676kNew four bdrm dwg with attached gge. Council ww 13 Park Terrace
- $350kNew dwg & sfh 17-19 Hood Street
- $100kInternal alt - new bathrm & ensuite 28A Horne Street
- $90kConvert ground floor to attached dwg 72A Palmerston Street
21 consents
- Other new buildings$1m
Build cushy cottage 70 a on lot 1,2,3,4 at MacKenzie star
- Alterations and additions$100k
Internal alt - new bathrm & ensuite
- Alterations and additions$90k
Convert ground floor to attached dwg
- New homes$676k
New four bdrm dwg with attached gge. Council ww
- New homes$350k
New dwg & sfh
- Alterations and additions$30k
Alt to dwg - change to bathrm & wc
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Amendment to aba-2025-401 - enlarge laundry & install beam
- Fires and heating$6,464
Installation of new metro wee rad legs -eco - freestanding
- Fires and heating$1
Amendment 3 - change of woodburner, installation of woodsman serene, uleb free standing, dry woodburner, cac194586
- Insulation$85k
Alt dwg - swap location of bathrm & laundry, install insulation in exterior walls
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Amendment 2 - change to first floor layout plan of 21 Radnor St
- Alterations and additions$1,300
Ma - b2 modification
- Alterations and additions$35k
R2 - new ensuite, raising floor, new lintel in 2 storey detached dwg.
- Multiple homes$1.3m
Construction of two attached dwgs with attached garages. Installation of woodsman serene petite, freestanding, dry, woodburner cac212697
- New homes$518k
Four bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge
- Alterations and additions$75k
Re line & re roof existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$175k
Alterations to existing dwg
- Insulation$8,270
Install cosy wall insulation into exterior walls
- Alterations and additions$75k
Alterations to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Alt to existing dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
Stormwater drainage/washpad renewal & oil & grit intercepter
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Hamilton Central?
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.