Record year for new home consents in Wellington region

31 July 2018

The number of new homes consented in the Wellington region reached a record high in the year ended June 2018, Stats NZ said today.

There were 2,781 new homes consented in the region, up 29 percent from the previous year (2,155). Regional records began 28 years ago in 1991.
The annual number of new homes consented in the Wellington region has been generally rising since 2012.

“Wellington region consented a record number of new homes in the June 2018 year,” construction indicators manager Melissa McKenzie said. “This is 7.3 percent higher than the previous peak of 2,632 in the August 2003 year.”

In the year ended June 2018, 2,781 new homes were consented in the Wellington region, comprising:
• 1,535 stand-alone houses
• 565 apartments (461 in Wellington city)
• 451 townhouses, flats, units, and other dwellings (301 in Wellington city)
• 230 retirement village units.

About two-fifths of all new homes consented in the region in the June 2018 year were in Wellington city.

The number of new homes consented across the Wellington region in the year ended June 2018 were:

• 1,136 in Wellington city – up 31 percent compared with the June 2017 year
• 395 in Lower Hutt city – up 85 percent
• 323 in Upper Hutt city –up 81 percent
• 287 in Porirua city – up 0.7 percent
• 241 in Kapiti Coast district – down 17 percent
• 192 in Masterton district – up 63 percent
• 106 in Carterton district – up 7.1 percent
• 101 in South Wairarapa district – down 1.0 percent.

Wellington region consented the fourth-highest number of new homes in the year ended June 2018 (2,781).

Auckland consented the largest number of new homes (12,369), 19 percent more than in the year ended June 2017, but still 4.4 percent lower than the peak in the June 2004 year.

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For more information about these statistics:

• Visit Building consents issued: June 2018
• See Number of new homes consented in June drops from May’s high
• See CSV files for download

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