Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Avenal
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. In the statistical area around Avenal, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 85 consents we hold in Avenal, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Avenal’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Avenal
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Avenal sits in (Avenal) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 — 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 Avenal
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 85 from 1 Aug 2019 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 additions18
2 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Fires and heating16
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $509k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $36k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $30k
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $2.3m
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $138k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $750k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $1,500
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.3mRbw- 7 new two-storey houses. Lot 1,2,3,4,5&7: three bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, living, dining & wc. Lot 6: two bedrooms, one bathrm, kitchen, living, dining & wc 22 Wellesley Avenue
- $750kRbw construct 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge 31 Beatrice Street
- $170kRbw internal alt & bathrm alt 40 Lowe Street
- $36kConstruct a gge 36 Avenal Street
- $7,000Install metro wee rad leg heater in dwg 9 Lowe Street
85 consents
- Alterations and additions$170k
Rbw internal alt & bathrm alt
- Garages, sheds and carports$36k
Construct a gge
- New homes$750k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$6,000
New heating appliance
- Multiple homes$2.3m
Rbw- 7 new two-storey houses. Lot 1,2,3,4,5&7: three bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, living, dining & wc. Lot 6: two bedrooms, one bathrm, kitchen, living, dining & wc
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro wee rad leg heater in dwg
- New homes$500k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$42k
Construct gge
- Alterations and additions$10k
Rbw enclose porch for add of wc
- Fires and heating$5,900
Install f/s masport clutha solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$35k
Rbw add of ensuite (upstairs)
- New homes$528k
Rbw construct 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$8,500
Rbw wet area bathrm alt
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s metro tiny rad leg solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$15k
Rbw bathrm alt & add ensuite
- New homes$509k
Construct a new 174.6m2 res dwg with 4 detached dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s masport clutha solid fuel burner (replaced)
- Alterations and additions$30k
Bathrm alterations
- Fires and heating$8,561
Install f/s yunca oscar solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$1
Schedule 1 notification - first floor bathrm alterations
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$25k
Rbw new piles & strengthening of foundations
- Alterations and additions$4,900
Widen front door for accessible use
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install insert Kent Rata solid fuel burning appliance
- Alterations and additions$1
Schedule 1 notification: moving non-structural internal walls
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Avenal?
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.