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Wellington residential building consent analysis tables

Interest.co.nz’s Residential Building Consent Tables (below) provide a quarterly analysis of building consent trends by dwelling type and location.

They provide data on the number of new dwellings consented and their total value each quarter, as well as the average value of new dwelling consents, the average size of new dwellings consented and their average value per square metre.

This information is provided for each of the main dwelling types - standalone houses, townhouses and home units, apartments and retirement village units

The figures are available nationally and for each the main centres of residential construction activity – Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago.

The tables with the Wellington consent figures are below, the national data is here, and the other regional data tables are available by clicking on the following links: Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury and Otago.

The core data for these tables is sourced from Statistics NZ.

Quarterly New Dwelling Consent Analysis
By Dwelling Type
Wellington Region
Q1 2010 - Q3 2024
All Dwelling Types - Wellington Region
Quarter Total number consented Total value of work consented Total floor area consented SQM Average value of work per consent Average floor area per dwelling SQM Average value of work per SQM
2010Q1 320 $90,364,357 64,870 $282,389 203 $1,393
2010Q2 414 $105,975,338 73,317 $255,979 177 $1,445
2010Q3 338 $111,129,273 60,527 $328,785 179 $1,836
2010Q4 362 $98,591,473 70,605 $272,352 195 $1,396
2011Q1 260 $72,980,551 47,446 $280,694 182 $1,538
2011Q2 222 $67,952,577 41,188 $306,093 186 $1,650
2011Q3 285 $77,130,176 50,913 $270,632 179 $1,515
2011Q4 361 $111,370,570 73,135 $308,506 203 $1,523
2012Q1 296 $73,748,861 53,960 $249,152 182 $1,367
2012Q2 302 $71,844,697 52,456 $237,896 174 $1,370
2012Q3 339 $132,614,473 58,020 $391,193 171 $2,286
2012Q4 298 $91,577,845 63,571 $307,308 213 $1,441
2013Q1 264 $75,343,043 49,287 $285,390 187 $1,529
2013Q2 441 $147,725,484 74,012 $334,978 168 $1,996
2013Q3 380 $117,258,794 65,222 $308,576 172 $1,798
2013Q4 488 $114,503,071 68,774 $234,637 141 $1,665
2014Q1 349 $116,400,122 61,579 $333,525 176 $1,890
2014Q2 390 $95,015,265 63,691 $243,629 163 $1,492
2014Q3 430 $114,307,748 68,086 $265,832 158 $1,679
2014Q4 383 $106,377,397 62,412 $277,748 163 $1,704
2015Q1 423 $116,408,989 66,804 $275,199 158 $1,743
2015Q2 358 $105,826,823 54,937 $295,606 153 $1,926
2015Q3 380 $114,752,552 59,462 $301,980 156 $1,930
2015Q4 560 $130,198,741 66,980 $232,498 120 $1,944
2016Q1 316 $110,509,301 50,392 $349,713 159 $2,193
2016Q2 545 $139,369,682 85,197 $255,724 156 $1,636
2016Q3 581 $169,127,956 89,890 $291,098 155 $1,881
2016Q4 550 $166,576,931 86,437 $302,867 157 $1,927
2017Q1 400 $136,747,727 66,749 $341,869 167 $2,049
2017Q2 624 $204,366,368 93,617 $327,510 150 $2,183
2017Q3 731 $220,898,765 101,809 $302,187 139 $2,170
2017Q4 539 $187,652,987 83,831 $348,150 156 $2,238
2018Q1 664 $247,851,071 100,411 $373,270 151 $2,468
2018Q2 847 $235,681,021 108,302 $278,254 128 $2,176
2018Q3 554 $195,589,222 91,807 $353,049 166 $2,130
2018Q4 666 $228,350,361 101,157 $342,868 152 $2,257
2019Q1 641 $215,550,424 95,185 $336,272 148 $2,265
2019Q2 794 $252,992,417 100,694 $318,630 127 $2,512
2019Q3 796 $271,285,905 107,508 $340,811 135 $2,523
2019Q4 989 $336,441,789 117,218 $340,184 119 $2,870
2020Q1 725 $227,120,567 96,826 $313,270 134 $2,346
2020Q2 663 $223,383,162 88,688 $336,928 134 $2,519
2020Q3 676 $266,624,258 96,271 $394,415 142 $2,770
2020Q4 993 $350,269,774 126,929 $352,739 128 $2,760
2021Q1 705 $282,965,901 103,488 $401,370 147 $2,734
2021Q2 831 $335,360,390 115,014 $403,562 138 $2,916
2021Q3 934 $331,866,814 120,378 $355,318 129 $2,757
2021Q4 1,186 $406,594,106 145,360 $342,828 123 $2,797
2022Q1 885 $367,141,492 116,704 $414,849 132 $3,146
2022Q2 887 $353,941,121 105,856 $399,032 119 $3,344
2022Q3 861 $344,679,349 112,645 $400,324 131 $3,060
2022Q4 1,238 $365,355,634 130,630 $295,118 106 $2,797
2023Q1 621 $263,715,562 80,466 $424,663 130 $3,277
2023Q2 636 $312,648,976 87,414 $491,586 137 $3,577
2023Q3 626 $255,472,841 78,789 $408,104 126 $3,242
2023Q4 544 $215,402,075 67,790 $395,960 125 $3,177
2024Q1 552 $240,629,439 64,268 $435,923 116 $3,744
2024Q2 411 $188,504,766 53,244 $458,649 130 $3,540
2024Q3 376 $185,140,495 49,749 $492,395 132 $3,721
Stand Alone Houses - Wellington Region
Quarter Total number consented Total value of work consented Total floor area consented SQM Average value of work per consent Average floor area per dwelling SQM Average value of work per SQM
2010Q1 267 $80,113,209 58,241 $300,049 218 $1,376
2010Q2 294 $86,700,138 61,349 $294,898 209 $1,413
2010Q3 255 $86,796,445 55,130 $340,378 216 $1,574
2010Q4 235 $76,234,789 51,795 $324,403 220 $1,472
2011Q1 172 $51,738,551 35,327 $300,806 205 $1,465
2011Q2 187 $55,157,741 38,157 $294,961 204 $1,446
2011Q3 222 $68,123,376 45,036 $306,862 203 $1,513
2011Q4 210 $66,212,570 43,771 $315,298 208 $1,513
2012Q1 226 $66,500,861 45,664 $294,252 202 $1,456
2012Q2 189 $57,560,397 39,061 $304,552 207 $1,474
2012Q3 228 $70,418,349 46,409 $308,852 204 $1,517
2012Q4 195 $64,626,145 42,265 $331,416 217 $1,529
2013Q1 218 $68,252,443 44,521 $313,085 204 $1,533
2013Q2 216 $69,287,292 44,186 $320,775 205 $1,568
2013Q3 234 $75,695,158 47,708 $323,484 204 $1,587
2013Q4 229 $78,358,251 47,610 $342,176 208 $1,646
2014Q1 233 $81,101,327 50,227 $348,074 216 $1,615
2014Q2 258 $79,684,396 49,334 $308,854 191 $1,615
2014Q3 243 $83,517,320 48,988 $343,693 202 $1,705
2014Q4 243 $81,380,275 47,623 $334,898 196 $1,709
2015Q1 236 $82,441,463 44,767 $349,328 190 $1,842
2015Q2 256 $81,907,868 46,086 $319,953 180 $1,777
2015Q3 236 $79,269,552 43,234 $335,888 183 $1,834
2015Q4 254 $90,390,536 48,475 $355,868 191 $1,865
2016Q1 230 $80,089,526 42,415 $348,215 184 $1,888
2016Q2 297 $99,333,660 52,449 $334,457 177 $1,894
2016Q3 364 $136,829,196 69,728 $375,904 192 $1,962
2016Q4 342 $130,918,283 64,551 $382,802 189 $2,028
2017Q1 314 $114,109,461 57,335 $363,406 183 $1,990
2017Q2 369 $138,614,331 67,800 $375,649 184 $2,044
2017Q3 388 $147,640,009 71,176 $380,515 183 $2,074
2017Q4 361 $139,683,000 66,922 $386,934 185 $2,087
2018Q1 385 $157,483,443 72,405 $409,048 188 $2,175
2018Q2 401 $160,892,834 75,067 $401,229 187 $2,143
2018Q3 387 $152,382,551 69,802 $393,753 180 $2,183
2018Q4 422 $177,782,137 77,210 $421,285 183 $2,303
2019Q1 363 $151,689,765 62,552 $417,878 172 $2,425
2019Q2 376 $150,792,893 62,886 $401,045 167 $2,398
2019Q3 385 $173,926,192 69,741 $451,756 181 $2,494
2019Q4 416 $180,948,834 71,509 $434,973 172 $2,530
2020Q1 377 $160,934,129 64,008 $426,881 170 $2,514
2020Q2 332 $140,723,138 57,791 $423,865 174 $2,435
2020Q3 388 $172,984,652 68,892 $445,837 178 $2,511
2020Q4 390 $179,474,750 69,858 $460,192 179 $2,569
2021Q1 394 $186,990,425 70,354 $474,595 179 $2,658
2021Q2 431 $210,421,287 78,819 $488,216 183 $2,670
2021Q3 380 $198,718,434 69,191 $522,943 182 $2,872
2021Q4 360 $195,059,646 65,489 $541,832 182 $2,979
2022Q1 362 $193,678,708 65,225 $535,024 180 $2,969
2022Q2 308 $165,510,093 52,952 $537,370 172 $3,126
2022Q3 345 $201,718,622 62,309 $584,692 181 $3,237
2022Q4 265 $143,423,195 45,600 $541,220 172 $3,145
2023Q1 227 $141,137,609 40,280 $621,752 177 $3,504
2023Q2 256 $135,075,850 42,248 $527,640 165 $3,197
2023Q3 202 $115,783,507 34,886 $573,186 173 $3,319
2023Q4 213 $111,406,145 33,774 $523,034 159 $3,299
2024Q1 203 $112,660,554 32,162 $554,978 158 $3,503
2024Q2 184 $111,934,466 31,391 $608,339 171 $3,566
2024Q3 184 $104,106,780 30,545 $565,798 166 $3,408
Apartments - Wellington Region
Quarter Total number consented Total value of work consented Total floor area consented SQM Average value of work per consent Average floor area per dwelling SQM Average value of work per SQM
2010Q1 3 $1,836,698 891 $612,233 297 $2,061
2010Q2 45 $6,400,000 2,525 $142,222 56 $2,535
2010Q3 31 $16,620,000 667 $536,129 22 $24,918
2010Q4 93 $15,433,384 14,310 $165,950 154 $1,079
2011Q1 34 $13,150,000 6,869 $386,765 202 $1,914
2011Q2 2 $8,091,836 119 $4,045,918 60 $67,999
2011Q3 4 $500,000 358 $125,000 90 $1,397
2011Q4 110 $38,350,000 25,084 $348,636 228 $1,529
2012Q1 42 $1,930,000 4,813 $45,952 115 $401
2012Q2 78 $9,615,000 10,006 $123,269 128 $961
2012Q3 34 $50,650,000 2,556 $1,489,706 75 $19,816
2012Q4 47 $19,300,000 15,798 $410,638 336 $1,222
2013Q1 5 $409,000 276 $81,800 55 $1,482
2013Q2 85 $51,941,000 9,212 $611,071 108 $5,638
2013Q3 20 $15,975,000 2,067 $798,750 103 $7,729
2013Q4 165 $19,106,000 9,804 $115,794 59 $1,949
2014Q1 11 $16,366,000 1,812 $1,487,818 165 $9,032
2014Q2 47 $4,000,000 5,152 $85,106 110 $776
2014Q3 79 $10,870,000 6,837 $137,595 87 $1,590
2014Q4 34 $6,887,000 4,352 $202,559 128 $1,582
2015Q1 30 $9,176,346 4,606 $305,878 154 $1,992
2015Q2 1 $11,000,000 97 $11,000,000 97 $113,402
2015Q3 50 $8,340,000 5,782 $166,800 116 $1,442
2015Q4 135 $8,082,000 6,600 $59,867 49 $1,225
2016Q1 15 $3,900,000 1,244 $260,000 83 $3,135
2016Q2 25 $3,603,096 2,137 $144,124 85 $1,686
2016Q3 134 $17,500,000 10,923 $130,597 82 $1,602
2016Q4 142 $21,950,000 15,096 $154,577 106 $1,454
2017Q1 5 $5,640,000 600 $1,128,000 120 $9,400
2017Q2 81 $20,400,000 6,406 $251,852 79 $3,185
2017Q3 137 $22,526,400 9,208 $164,426 67 $2,446
2017Q4 52 $18,816,299 3,623 $361,852 70 $5,194
2018Q1 70 $25,645,000 6,866 $366,357 98 $3,735
2018Q2 306 $35,210,000 14,718 $115,065 48 $2,392
2018Q3 41 $10,580,000 4,565 $258,049 111 $2,318
2018Q4 28 $4,987,000 1,936 $178,107 69 $2,576
2019Q1 6 $3,850,000 1,016 $641,667 169 $3,789
2019Q2 210 $44,540,200 14,446 $212,096 69 $3,083
2019Q3 209 $44,280,000 17,554 $211,866 84 $2,523
2019Q4 146 $48,488,822 8,432 $332,115 58 $5,751
2020Q1 155 $15,200,361 10,943 $98,067 71 $1,389
2020Q2 129 $27,450,000 9,207 $212,791 71 $2,981
2020Q3 82 $41,575,000 4,295 $507,012 52 $9,680
2020Q4 317 $97,555,000 28,868 $307,744 91 $3,379
2021Q1 71 $29,020,000 8,028 $408,732 113 $3,615
2021Q2 117 $51,852,291 8,780 $443,182 75 $5,906
2021Q3 147 $39,095,000 12,995 $265,952 88 $3,008
2021Q4 235 $39,325,000 19,696 $167,340 84 $1,997
2022Q1 73 $35,889,799 4,951 $491,641 68 $7,249
2022Q2 70 $41,296,000 6,034 $589,943 86 $6,844
2022Q3 142 $23,635,720 9,967 $166,449 70 $2,371
2022Q4 435 $69,446,850 31,326 $159,648 72 $2,217
2023Q1 78 $22,210,000 6,545 $284,744 84 $3,393
2023Q2 108 $83,309,000 17,933 $771,380 166 $4,646
2023Q3 26 $10,437,334 2,782 $401,436 107 $3,752
2023Q4 0 $9,000,000 0 $0 0 $0
2024Q1 80 $34,470,193 6,327 $430,877 79 $5,448
2024Q2 14 $5,133,450 1,848 $366,675 132 $2,778
2024Q3 16 $7,395,000 1,254 $462,188 78 $5,897
Retirement village units - Wellington Region
Quarter Total number consented Total value of work consented Total floor area consented SQM Average value of work per consent Average floor area per dwelling SQM Average value of work per SQM
2010Q1 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
2010Q2 12 $2,302,200 2,158 $191,850 180 $1,067
2010Q3 25 $3,680,000 1,894 $147,200 76 $1,943
2010Q4 1 $198,000 138 $198,000 138 $1,435
2011Q1 14 $2,150,000 1,475 $153,571 105 $1,458
2011Q2 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
2011Q3 29 $4,500,000 2,674 $155,172 92 $1,683
2011Q4 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
2012Q1 16 $3,288,000 2,033 $205,500 127 $1,617
2012Q2 8 $1,506,800 1,119 $188,350 140 $1,347
2012Q3 18 $2,276,000 2,035 $126,444 113 $1,118
2012Q4 25 $3,455,200 2,825 $138,208 113 $1,223
2013Q1 18 $1,936,600 1,844 $107,589 102 $1,050
2013Q2 99 $18,630,192 15,903 $188,184 161 $1,171
2013Q3 87 $17,730,090 10,998 $203,794 126 $1,612
2013Q4 43 $6,449,400 5,046 $149,986 117 $1,278
2014Q1 69 $13,388,492 6,336 $194,036 92 $2,113
2014Q2 53 $5,862,200 5,614 $110,608 106 $1,044
2014Q3 47 $7,993,000 5,611 $170,064 119 $1,425
2014Q4 32 $5,573,497 3,730 $174,172 117 $1,494
2015Q1 91 $13,178,800 10,830 $144,822 119 $1,217
2015Q2 51 $5,216,550 4,415 $102,285 87 $1,182
2015Q3 26 $12,955,000 3,198 $498,269 123 $4,051
2015Q4 90 $19,535,590 4,497 $217,062 50 $4,344
2016Q1 34 $20,640,275 2,856 $607,067 84 $7,227
2016Q2 173 $28,103,426 25,801 $162,448 149 $1,089
2016Q3 6 $1,001,600 630 $166,933 105 $1,590
2016Q4 10 $1,941,648 1,165 $194,165 117 $1,667
2017Q1 7 $1,141,648 408 $163,093 58 $2,798
2017Q2 26 $15,663,495 3,158 $602,442 121 $4,960
2017Q3 83 $23,839,756 9,410 $287,226 113 $2,533
2017Q4 50 $12,537,150 5,594 $250,743 112 $2,241
2018Q1 50 $27,874,924 4,953 $557,498 99 $5,628
2018Q2 47 $10,878,649 8,484 $231,461 181 $1,282
2018Q3 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
2018Q4 21 $4,741,470 1,890 $225,784 90 $2,509
2019Q1 83 $13,369,960 10,678 $161,084 129 $1,252
2019Q2 37 $14,000,000 5,297 $378,378 143 $2,643
2019Q3 4 $1,580,000 466 $395,000 117 $3,391
2019Q4 29 $6,996,000 2,580 $241,241 89 $2,712
2020Q1 64 $15,160,400 8,378 $236,881 131 $1,810
2020Q2 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
2020Q3 12 $2,419,200 1,344 $201,600 112 $1,800
2020Q4 18 $4,032,600 1,822 $224,033 101 $2,213
2021Q1 36 $9,756,950 4,342 $271,026 121 $2,247
2021Q2 21 $7,447,764 2,000 $354,655 95 $3,724
2021Q3 49 $7,347,500 6,335 $149,949 129 $1,160
2021Q4 63 $14,798,740 6,810 $234,901 108 $2,173
2022Q1 9 $2,253,000 749 $250,333 83 $3,008
2022Q2 56 $12,994,400 4,397 $232,043 79 $2,955
2022Q3 48 $14,408,860 5,749 $300,185 120 $2,506
2022Q4 93 $29,193,584 10,715 $313,910 115 $2,725
2023Q1 70 $22,339,084 7,860 $319,130 112 $2,842
2023Q2 1 $300,000 158 $300,000 158 $1,899
2023Q3 34 $10,200,000 3,643 $300,000 107 $2,800
2023Q4 93 $32,700,500 12,053 $351,618 130 $2,713
2024Q1 69 $13,967,742 3,758 $202,431 54 $3,717
2024Q2 8 $3,600,000 1,083 $450,000 135 $3,324
2024Q3 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
Townhouses & Home Units - Wellington Region
Quarter Total number consented Total value of work consented Total floor area consented SQM Average value of work per consent Average floor area per dwelling SQM Average value of work per SQM
2010Q1 50 $8,414,450 5,738 $168,289 115 $1,466
2010Q2 63 $10,573,000 7,285 $167,825 116 $1,451
2010Q3 27 $4,032,828 2,836 $149,364 105 $1,422
2010Q4 33 $6,725,300 4,362 $203,797 132 $1,542
2011Q1 40 $5,942,000 3,775 $148,550 94 $1,574
2011Q2 33 $4,703,000 2,912 $142,515 88 $1,615
2011Q3 30 $4,006,800 2,845 $133,560 95 $1,408
2011Q4 41 $6,808,000 4,280 $166,049 104 $1,591
2012Q1 12 $2,030,000 1,450 $169,167 121 $1,400
2012Q2 27 $3,162,500 2,270 $117,130 84 $1,393
2012Q3 59 $9,270,124 7,020 $157,121 119 $1,321
2012Q4 31 $4,196,500 2,683 $135,371 87 $1,564
2013Q1 23 $4,745,000 2,646 $206,304 115 $1,793
2013Q2 41 $7,867,000 4,711 $191,878 115 $1,670
2013Q3 39 $7,858,546 4,449 $201,501 114 $1,766
2013Q4 51 $10,589,420 6,314 $207,636 124 $1,677
2014Q1 36 $5,544,303 3,204 $154,008 89 $1,730
2014Q2 32 $5,468,669 3,591 $170,896 112 $1,523
2014Q3 61 $11,927,428 6,650 $195,532 109 $1,794
2014Q4 74 $12,536,625 6,707 $169,414 91 $1,869
2015Q1 66 $11,612,380 6,601 $175,945 100 $1,759
2015Q2 50 $7,702,405 4,339 $154,048 87 $1,775
2015Q3 68 $14,188,000 7,248 $208,647 107 $1,958
2015Q4 81 $12,190,615 7,408 $150,501 91 $1,646
2016Q1 37 $5,879,500 3,877 $158,905 105 $1,517
2016Q2 50 $8,329,500 4,810 $166,590 96 $1,732
2016Q3 77 $13,797,160 8,609 $179,184 112 $1,603
2016Q4 56 $11,767,000 5,625 $210,125 100 $2,092
2017Q1 74 $15,856,618 8,406 $214,279 114 $1,886
2017Q2 148 $29,688,542 16,253 $200,598 110 $1,827
2017Q3 123 $26,892,600 12,015 $218,639 98 $2,238
2017Q4 76 $16,616,538 7,692 $218,639 101 $2,160
2018Q1 159 $36,847,704 16,187 $231,747 102 $2,276
2018Q2 93 $28,699,538 10,033 $308,597 108 $2,861
2018Q3 126 $32,626,671 17,440 $258,942 138 $1,871
2018Q4 195 $40,839,754 20,121 $209,435 103 $2,030
2019Q1 189 $46,640,699 20,939 $246,776 111 $2,227
2019Q2 171 $43,659,324 18,065 $255,318 106 $2,417
2019Q3 198 $51,499,713 19,747 $260,100 100 $2,608
2019Q4 398 $100,008,133 34,697 $251,277 87 $2,882
2020Q1 129 $35,825,677 13,497 $277,718 105 $2,654
2020Q2 202 $55,210,024 21,690 $273,317 107 $2,545
2020Q3 194 $49,645,406 21,740 $255,904 112 $2,284
2020Q4 268 $69,207,424 26,381 $258,237 98 $2,623
2021Q1 204 $57,198,526 20,764 $280,385 102 $2,755
2021Q2 262 $65,639,048 25,415 $250,531 97 $2,583
2021Q3 358 $86,705,880 31,857 $242,195 89 $2,722
2021Q4 528 $157,410,720 53,365 $298,126 101 $2,950
2022Q1 441 $135,319,985 45,779 $306,848 104 $2,956
2022Q2 453 $134,140,628 42,473 $296,116 94 $3,158
2022Q3 326 $104,916,147 34,620 $321,829 106 $3,031
2022Q4 445 $123,292,005 42,989 $277,061 97 $2,868
2023Q1 246 $78,028,869 25,781 $317,191 105 $3,027
2023Q2 271 $93,964,126 27,075 $346,731 100 $3,471
2023Q3 364 $119,052,000 37,478 $327,066 103 $3,177
2023Q4 238 $62,295,430 21,963 $261,746 92 $2,836
2024Q1 200 $79,530,950 22,021 $397,655 110 $3,612
2024Q2 205 $67,836,850 18,922 $330,911 92 $3,585
2024Q3 176 $73,638,715 17,950 $418,402 102 $4,102
Note: All calculations based on Statistics NZ building consent data.