Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Okaramio
203 new homes were consented in the Marlborough District council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $127m of non-residential building work, up 122% on the year before. In the statistical area around Okaramio, 10 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 291 consents we hold in Okaramio, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Marlborough District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Okaramio’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Marlborough 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 487 in 2007.
New homes in Okaramio
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Okaramio sits in (Marlborough Sounds West) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 10 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 — Marlborough 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.
- Education$46m
2 buildings · 4,872 m² new floor area · $2,165/m² new · +471% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$45.8m
4 buildings · 8,086 m² new floor area · $5,349/m² new · +7915% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.8m
3 buildings · 5,588 m² new floor area · $1,339/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6.6m
7 buildings · 1,131 m² new floor area · $1,387/m² new · +14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.9m
2 buildings · 772 m² new floor area · $2,497/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4.9m
3 buildings · 759 m² new floor area · $6,251/m² new · +118% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.1m
40 buildings · 5,993 m² new floor area · $507/m² new · +54% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.4m
−54% on the year before
- Offices$1.9m
2 buildings · 237 m² new floor area · $4,979/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$700k
−46% on the year before
Consents on record in Okaramio
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 291 from 1 Feb 2020 to 1 Jun 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 additions5
4 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Fires and heating5
typically $8,000
- Garages, sheds and carports3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $78k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $20k
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · 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
- $160kTwo pole sheds 2676 State Highway 6
- $150kDwg alterations 2574 State Highway 6
- $60kAlt & add to dwg - add of shower in the laundry & installation of lift 2676 State Highway 6
- $58kGge 36 Camerons Road
- $35kRelocate sleepout to site 143 Mt Riley Road
291 consents
- Relocated buildings$35k
Relocate sleepout to site
- Alterations and additions$150k
Dwg alterations
- Alterations and additions$60k
Alt & add to dwg - add of shower in the laundry & installation of lift
- Alterations and additions$10k
Siting of a brand new transportable dwg
- Alterations and additions$160k
Two pole sheds
- Garages, sheds and carports$58k
Gge
- Alterations and additions$160k
Res alterations & additions
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing metro mega rad solid fuel heater
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$40k
On-site wastewater system
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing maxen kinmont 450 solid fuel heater with wetback
- Garages, sheds and carports$78k
Garages & or shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free-standing jayline fr400 rural solid fuel heater with wetback
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$500
Plumbing & drainage: add of toilet
- Fires and heating$8,000
Firenzo Bronte rural solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
Gge with two lean-to sheds
- Fires and heating$3,000
Free-standing jayline fr400 solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$4,500
Free-standing metro xtreme rad leg log fire
- Fires and heating
Install Free Standing Kent Tile Log Fire
- Alterations and additions
Addition and Alterations
- New homes
Dwelling with Attached Garage and Masport Log Fire
- Garages, sheds and carports
Farm Shed (Relocated)
- Garages, sheds and carports
Garage and Garaport
- Fires and heating
Install Free Standing Atlas Chip Heater
- New homes
Dwelling with Attached Garage
- New homes
Dwelling with Attached Garage and Woodsman Log Fire
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Near Okaramio
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Okaramio?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 203 new homes consented in the Marlborough District council area, with $116m of residential and $127m 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.