Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Invercargill
229 new homes were consented in the Invercargill City council area in the year to September 2026, up 21% on the year before. They also consented $44m of non-residential building work, down 65% on the year before. Below: 5,181 consents we hold in Invercargill, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Invercargill City council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Invercargill 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 286 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Invercargill 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.
- Offices$13.2m
3 buildings · 677 m² new floor area · $3,676/m² new · +30% on the year before
- Education$8.3m
4 buildings · 410 m² new floor area · $2,812/m² new · −64% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7m
3 buildings · 6,110 m² new floor area · $552/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$5.4m
2 buildings · 858 m² new floor area · $3,613/m² new · −24% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.6m
36 buildings · 8,469 m² new floor area · $416/m² new · −18% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$2.9m
1 building · 484 m² new floor area · $5,165/m² new · +1064% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2.8m
1 building · 65 m² new floor area · $462/m² new · −94% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$650k
+4% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$216k
2 buildings · 264 m² new floor area · $720/m² new · −98% on the year before
Consents on record in Invercargill
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 5,181 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Nov 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 heating1,036
183 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions879
124 in the last 12 months · typically $13k
- New homes398
118 in the last 12 months · typically $492k
- Garages, sheds and carports352
50 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater140
18 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Insulation122
21 in the last 12 months · typically $1
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening48
4 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs43
9 in the last 12 months · typically $33k
- Relocated buildings34
9 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Multiple homes32
14 in the last 12 months · typically $835k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $5.6mTwelve new 1 x bdrm duplexes, five new 2 x bdrm duplexes 8 Spence Avenue, Otatara
- $4mSix new three bdrm townhouses housing - multi-unit (apartments) 3 Holloway Street, Waikiwi
- $3.1mRbw - construction of six new three-storey townhouse units. Each comprising three bedrooms, three bathrooms, open plan living areas, kitchen-dining areas, storage space on the ground floor, a covered 7 Robert Street, Otatara
- $3.1mRbw - construction of new 7 x two to three-storey multi-unit dwgs, each unit comprising three bedrooms, two to three bathrooms, living, dining, kitchen & single gge with internal access. Ret 60 Miller Street, Georgetown
- $2.5mR3 - 5 x three storey townhouse 41 Derwent Street, Glengarry
5,181 consents
- Relocated buildings$80k
Relocated dwg - foundations & site works
- Alterations and additions$200k
R1 - additions & alterations to existing single-storey dwg - including master bdrm, ensuite, new doors, window & skylight
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Combine bathrm & separate toilet, form ensuite in dwg
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$5,000
Amendment to aba-2026-355 - construct acoustic wall between passage & yoga studio, alt specified systems
- Fires and heating$5,600
Fireplace freestanding to supply & install a new metro wee rad base freestanding wood burner to replace existing
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install yunca monte multi fuel heating
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$30k
Alterations to dwg - replace existing first floor timber deck. Add external steps & pool fencing.
- Alterations and additions$40k
R1 - single-storey detached dwg. Extend existing bdrm into sunroom. New ensuite & walk-in wardrobe
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to single storey dwg: install escea tfs850 wood burner, escea tfs mk2 flue, dektite boot flashing
- New homes$783k
New 3 bdrm dwg with metro wee rad woody constructed off site in two pieces all under one building consent
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$90k
Rbw - roof extension into outdoor canopy over existing deck & replacing existing wooden joinery to install new aluminium joinery.
- Alterations and additions$35k
Internal alterations to add bathrm
- New homes$789k
Rbw construct 5 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$6,917
Install f/s maxen kinmont 450-ws solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s schooner multi solid fuel burner (reconditioned)
- Fires and heating$9,500
Install f/s yunca monte base solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$5,821
Install f/s maxen kinmont 350-l solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Construct gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Construct gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$68k
New 12x10 shed
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installing scandia warmbrite 14ole freestanding fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
New totalspan gge
- Alterations and additions$150k
Kitchen renovation & linkway between structures
- New homes$490k
New 3 bdrm, 2 bathrm dwg with dbl attached gge.
- New homes$405k
Construction of a 3 bdrm 2 bathrm dwg
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Suburbs in Invercargill
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
- Otatara65 / 518
- Grasmere38 / 259
- Windsor29 / 264
- Kingswell25 / 246
- Richmond25 / 232
- Gladstone24 / 262
- Waikiwi24 / 256
- Waihopai24 / 120
- Glengarry22 / 257
- Newfield19 / 173
- West Plains17 / 83
- Tisbury17 / 53
- Heidelberg16 / 205
- Waverley16 / 174
- Georgetown16 / 148
- Appleby15 / 217
- Strathern14 / 285
- Clifton13 / 94
- Seaward Bush12 / 92
- Makarewa11 / 97
- Woodlands11 / 31
- Rosedale10 / 121
- Rockdale10 / 66
- Kennington10 / 42
- Hawthorndale9 / 143
- Ryal Bush8 / 20
- Avenal7 / 85
- New River Ferry6 / 39
- Branxholme6 / 17
- Hargest5 / 79
- Lorneville5 / 62
- Kew5 / 52
- Roslyn Bush5 / 23
- Omaui4 / 44
- Ascot4 / 34
- Myross Bush3 / 43
- Waimatua3 / 8
- Turnbull Thomson Park2 / 43
- Invercargill2 / 35
- Rimu2 / 8
- Awarua Wetlands2 / 7
- Rakahouka2 / 6
- Longbush2 / 4
- Woodend1 / 13
- Greenhills1 / 9
- Wrights Bush1 / 8
- Grove Bush1 / 5
- Prestonville1 / 5
- Waianiwa1 / 4
- Mill Road0 / 42
- Anderson Park0 / 8
- Awarua Plains0 / 6
- Oreti Beach0 / 3
- Kapuka0 / 3
- Mabel Bush0 / 3
- Motu Rimu0 / 3
- Northope0 / 3
- Hedgehope0 / 3
- Gorge Road0 / 2
- Underwood0 / 2
- Morton Mains0 / 2
- West Invercargill0 / 2
- Mokotua0 / 2
- Taramoa0 / 1
- Otahuti0 / 1
- Dacre0 / 1
- Queens Park0 / 1
- Pebbly Hill0 / 1
- Dunsdale0 / 1
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Invercargill?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 229 new homes consented in the Invercargill City council area, with $120m of residential and $44m 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.