Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Hamilton East
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 East itself, 62 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 118 consents we hold in Hamilton East, 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 East’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 East
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 5 statistical areas that make up most of it: Hamilton East Village, Hamilton East Cook, Hamilton East, Greensboro, Peachgrove. In the year to September 2026: 6 houses, 22 townhouses and units, 34 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 East
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 118 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 additions29
9 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Fires and heating11
7 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- New homes5
3 in the last 12 months · typically $900k
- Insulation4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $4,600
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $3,500
- Garages, sheds and carports3
3 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Pools and spas2
typically $89k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Retaining walls1
typically $50k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $25k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.1m4 bdrm dwg with open plan living, separate lounge & dbl car gge 4 MacFarlane Street
- $900kNew dwg with attached gge 68 Firth Street
- $500kNew dwg with attached gge 199 Galloway Street
- $180kDwg renovations 214 Fox Street
- $145kExtension to existing dwg 153 Grey Street
118 consents
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alterations to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$40k
New add to existing dwg
- New homes$1.1m
4 bdrm dwg with open plan living, separate lounge & dbl car gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
New detached gge
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Replace load bearing walls with engineered beam
- Insulation$5,000
Install insulmax insulation to existing dwg
- Insulation$4,000
Retrofit insulmax insulation to exterior walls
- Fires and heating$7,000
New masport Kaituna uleb
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt of 2-storey dwg: install a new woodsman serene drawer, sfp 150mm free standing wood fire flue, galvanised ridgeflashing
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
Totalspan 7m x 7m x 2.4m shed
- New homes$500k
New dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$75k
Internal layout changes
- Fires and heating$7,000
New metro eco trend insert woodfire
- Alterations and additions$25k
Alterations to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install new masport Kaituna uleb freestanding solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install new freestanding wagener sparky solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$180k
Dwg renovations
- New homes$900k
New dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$145k
Extension to existing dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$30k
Alt to windows & partial reclad
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro smart insert solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$7,000
New firenzo clean air encore solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
New detached gge
- Alterations and additions$40k
Internal alterations to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$65k
Alterations to dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Hamilton East?
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.