Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waimatua
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 Waimatua, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 8 consents we hold in Waimatua, 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 Waimatua’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 Waimatua
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Waimatua sits in (Awarua Plains) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 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 Waimatua
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 8 from 1 Feb 2020 to 1 May 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 heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,500
- Alterations and additions2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,400
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · 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
- $25kInstall on-site wastewater system 10-16 Waimatua School Road
- $9,800Rbw bathrm & ensuite alterations 30-34 Waimatua School Road
- $5,000Install f/s maxen cargill 350-d solid fuel burner (replacement) 412 Kennington Waimatua Road
8 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen cargill 350-d solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
Install on-site wastewater system
- Alterations and additions$9,800
Rbw bathrm & ensuite alterations
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Bathrm alt to reline shower walls with tiles
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of freestanding wagner leon, replacing existing masport Akaroa, concrete block shielding to be reused with a factor of 0.8
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install f/s Masport Mackenzie R1000 solid fuel burning appliance
- Fires and heating$3,000
Installation of a yunca monte multi-fuel
- Multiple homes$270k
Rbw - new 4-bdrm transportable dwg with freestanding solid fuel burner, new dwg single/semi detached/additions
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Near Waimatua
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waimatua?
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.