Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Johnsonville
824 new homes were consented in the Wellington City council area in the year to September 2026, up 66% on the year before. They also consented $377m of non-residential building work, down 45% on the year before. In Johnsonville itself, 136 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 389 consents we hold in Johnsonville, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Wellington City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Johnsonville’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Wellington 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 1,429 in 2019.
New homes in Johnsonville
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 4 statistical areas that make up most of it: Johnsonville North, Johnsonville South, Johnsonville West, Johnsonville Central. In the year to September 2026: 13 houses, 51 townhouses and units, 72 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 — Wellington 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$153m
8 buildings · 10,560 m² new floor area · $2,610/m² new · −55% on the year before
- Education$97.7m
9 buildings · 9,454 m² new floor area · $7,951/m² new · +174% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$48.9m
3 buildings · 511 m² new floor area · $27,789/m² new · −27% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$23.9m
1 building · −71% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$23.5m
+467% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$17.7m
1 building · 166 m² new floor area · $3,163/m² new · +60% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$7.1m
+44% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.4m
1 building · −98% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.1m
2 buildings · 545 m² new floor area · $1,734/m² new · +1488% on the year before
- Farm buildings$105k
1 building · 84 m² new floor area · $1,250/m² new · +5% on the year before
Consents on record in Johnsonville
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 389 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Sep 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 additions106
23 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Fires and heating32
8 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes30
8 in the last 12 months · typically $539k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening14
4 in the last 12 months · typically $43k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs12
1 in the last 12 months · typically $28k
- Garages, sheds and carports10
3 in the last 12 months · typically $79k
- Multiple homes8
3 in the last 12 months · typically $1.4m
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater8
typically $7,500
- Retaining walls7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Insulation6
typically $6,100
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $3mRbw - construction of five split-level three-storey townhouses, each with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, laundry, gge & deck areas including installation of inter-tenancy fire-rated walls between 8 Morpeth Street
- $1.9mR3 - stage 1 of 3 - demolition of existing properties - construction of 4x new dwgs with access to Chesterton St via R.O.W - consent granted subject to section 75 35-39 Sheridan Terrace
- $1.8mR3 - stage 2 - block a - new nine townhouses. 116 Johnsonville Road
- $1.6mR3 - x4 new townhouses. Consent granted subject to section 72. 70 Broderick Road
- $1.4mRbw - proposed additions & alterations, including new gge, driveway with internal access. Existing internal gge converted into a rumpus room, with new laundry, ensuite to the basement bdrm. 61 Bassett Road
389 consents
- Alterations and additions$5,000
R1 - minor works - single storey detached dwg. New tiled shower & toughened glass screen
- New homes$400k
R1 - new single storey detached dwg with removable deck.
- Alterations and additions$100k
R3 - alterations to three-storey detached dwg. Alterations to upper-level bathrm. Convert the basement into an additional living space with a kitchen & bathrm
- New homes$720k
R3 - three new two-storey detached dwg.
- Fires and heating$6,800
R1 - install maxen kinmont 350 woodstacker freestanding woodburner to living room.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$15k
R2 - re-clad lower section of living room north & east walls
- Fires and heating$3,500
R2 - installation of new freestanding solid fuel woodburner
- New homes$300k
Rbw - construction of two storey detached single household unit dwg adjacent to existing detached dwg. The proposal includes a 1 car gge with workshop & external deck on the ground lev
- Alterations and additions$50k
R3- change of use- convert single detached dwg to a multi-unit dwg.
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$10k
R2 - minor works - new deck off living room.
- Alterations and additions$10k
R1 - alterations to existing single-storey detached dwg.
- Fires and heating$5,000
New freestanding fireplace housing - detached
- Multiple homes$1.6m
R3 - x4 new townhouses. Consent granted subject to section 72.
- Alterations and additions$150k
R1 - alterations to existing one-storey detached dwg that includes partial re-clad.
- Alterations and additions$60k
R2 - alt to two-storey detached dwg. Replacement of foundation wall. Installation of ground water & foul water drain. Remove non-structural partition wall in gge.
- Alterations and additions$95k
R2 - internal alt to existing two-storey detached dwg. Removal of walls & reconfiguration of spaces.
- Alterations and additions$350k
R2- internal alterations to two storey detached dwg. Reconfiguration of walls & replacement of shower.
- Fires and heating$5,000
2 micro rad wood fires to be installed, both using eco 130 flue kit & dektite roof flashing
- Garages, sheds and carports$1.4m
Rbw - proposed additions & alterations, including new gge, driveway with internal access. Existing internal gge converted into a rumpus room, with new laundry, ensuite to the basement bdrm.
- Multiple homes$800k
R3 - stage 2 - block b - new three townhouses.
- Multiple homes$1.8m
R3 - stage 2 - block a - new nine townhouses.
- New homes$50k
R2 - new detached dwg.
- New homes$200k
R2 - new detached dwg.
- Garages, sheds and carports$96k
New kiwispan shed 10.000w x 13.500l
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$400k
Rbw - reclad - partial re-clad to existing three level dwg with new horizontal rusticated weatherboards over cavity, new corrugated longrun roofing, & dbl-glazed timber joinery refurbished/r
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Johnsonville?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 824 new homes consented in the Wellington City council area, with $394m of residential and $377m 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.