Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Mangamahu
190 new homes were consented in the Whanganui District council area in the year to September 2026, up 40% on the year before. They also consented $72.5m of non-residential building work, down 27% on the year before. In the statistical area around Mangamahu, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 9 consents we hold in Mangamahu, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Whanganui District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Mangamahu’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Whanganui District, 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 199 in 2021.
New homes in Mangamahu
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Mangamahu sits in (Upper Whanganui) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 — Whanganui District, 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$29.5m
5 buildings · 2,618 m² new floor area · $10,680/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$14.2m
5 buildings · 1,509 m² new floor area · $4,109/m² new · +385% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$6m
+761% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4m
2 buildings · 699 m² new floor area · $5,182/m² new · +44% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.9m
1 building · 540 m² new floor area · $7,070/m² new · +805% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$3.9m
1 building · 262 m² new floor area · $3,817/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Education$3.8m
2 buildings · 296 m² new floor area · $4,459/m² new · +215% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.2m
20 buildings · 5,128 m² new floor area · $324/m² new · −11% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.1m
2 buildings · 1,164 m² new floor area · $1,503/m² new · −78% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$2m
1 building · 422 m² new floor area · $4,739/m² new · +4344% on the year before
Consents on record in Mangamahu
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 9 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Mar 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.
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $50k
- Fires and heating1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions1
typically $50k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $5,000Free standing solid fuel heater.Install metro wee rad leg freestanding fire in lounge with foley industries flue system 7 Naumai Crescent
9 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free standing solid fuel heater.Install metro wee rad leg freestanding fire in lounge with foley industries flue system
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Outbuilding - new gge to front of property
- Garages, sheds and carports$160k
Construct 24 x 12 pole shed
- Alterations and additions$50k
Internal alterations. Upgrade existing bathrm & create new bathrm in laundry
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
New detached gge
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install a salamander hobbit freestanding wood burner into the lounge
- Fires and heating$7,095
Install a firenzo contessa urban freestanding woodburner into lounge
- Alterations and additions$26k
Extend bdrm
- Fires and heating$4,995
Install a metro eco smart insert wood burner into existing cavity into living area
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Mangamahu?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 190 new homes consented in the Whanganui District council area, with $113m of residential and $72.5m 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.