Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Omaui
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 Omaui, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 44 consents we hold in Omaui, 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 Omaui’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 Omaui
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Omaui sits in (Woodend-Greenhills) — 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 Omaui
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 44 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 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.
- New homes5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $410k
- Fires and heating4
typically $5,500
- Alterations and additions3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $20k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $75k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $509kRbw construct 3 bdrm transportable dwg, install f/s yunca monte fuel burner & detached gge 103 Clark Road
- $450kRbw construct 2 bdrm dwg & f/s yunca oscar solid fuel burner 136 Mokomoko Road
- $200kRenovation to existing & extension of the main dwg 97 Clark Road
- $90kRbw - roof extension into outdoor canopy over existing deck & replacing existing wooden joinery to install new aluminium joinery. 61 Clark Road
44 consents
- 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$200k
Renovation to existing & extension of the main dwg
- New homes$450k
Rbw construct 2 bdrm dwg & f/s yunca oscar solid fuel burner
- New homes$509k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm transportable dwg, install f/s yunca monte fuel burner & detached gge
- Fires and heating$7,500
Installed f/s yunca blenz multi-fuel burner (replacement)
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$20k
Rbw cladding, roofing, change to layout, drainage & install warmington studio 14 solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s wagner fairburn (wetback) solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$35k
Coa trussed roof, gable ends, framing & floor
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$75k
Rbw re-roof (fire damage)
- Alterations and additions$1
Rbw internal & bathrm layout changes with revised bracing / linings
- New homes$410k
Rbw construct 2 bdrm dwg with Woodsman Kanuka fuel burner
- New homes$315k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm dwg with woodsman serene fuel burner
- New homes$260k
Rbw construct 2 bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install yunca monte euro ca sub 1.0
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install f/standing fr300 woodburner
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$300k
Rbw - building alterations / extension incl. Bathrm, deck added & woodsmans solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install woodsman stag f/standing woodburner
- New homes$555k
rbw - (lot 101, sl45 - type a) new two storey dwg contains 4 bedrooms, kitchen, dining, living, laundry, bathrm & internal gge
- New homes$460k
rbw - (lot 102, sl45 - type b) new two storey dwg which contains 4 bedrooms, kitchen, dining, living, laundry, bathrm & internal gge (bco10288658 - master)
- New homes$460k
rbw - (lot 103, sl 45 - type c) new two storey dwg which contains 4 bedrooms, kitchen, dining, living, laundry, bathrm & internal gge (bco10288658 - master)
- New homes$460k
rbw - (lot 104, sl 45 - type b) new two storey dwg which contains 4 bedrooms, kitchen, dining, living, laundry, bathrm & internal gge (bco10288658 - master)
- New homes$460k
rbw - (lot 105, sl 45 - type b) new two storey dwg which contains 4 bedrooms, kitchen, dining, living, laundry, bathrm & internal gge (bco10288658 - master)
- New homes$460k
rbw - (lot 106, sl 45 - type c) new two storey dwg which contains 4 bedrooms, kitchen, dining, living, laundry, bathrm & internal gge (bco10288658 - master)
- New homes$460k
rbw - (lot 107, sl 45 - type b) new two storey dwg which contains 4 bedrooms, kitchen, dining, living, laundry, bathrm & internal gge (bco10288658 - master)
- New homes$460k
rbw - (lot 108, sl 45 - type b) new two storey dwg which contains 4 bedrooms, kitchen, dining, living, laundry, bathrm & internal gge (bco10288658 - master)
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Omaui?
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.