Living and dining room dimensions
Every New Zealand regulation's sizes for a living or dining room, side by side. Millimetres unless marked.
- G5/AS1First Edition Amendment 210 Oct 2011
- NZS 4121:2001
- G7/AS1Second Edition29 Nov 2021
- G4/AS1Fifth Edition28 Jul 2025
- Kāinga Ora v2.1
- ADM Standalone housing
- ADM Terraced housing
- ADM Apartments
- ADM Mixed use
| Building Code and standards | Client and council | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G5/AS1 | NZS 4121 | G7/AS1 | G4/AS1 | Kāinga Ora | Auckland DM | ||
| Floor area | |||||||
| Kitchen, dining and living | |||||||
| studio | ≥19 m² | ||||||
| one bedroom | ≥24 m² | ≥30.8 m² | |||||
| two bedrooms | ≥32 m² | ≥37.2 m² | |||||
| three bedrooms | ≥41 m² | ||||||
| four bedrooms | ≥47 m² | ||||||
| five bedrooms | ≥55 m² | ||||||
| six bedrooms | ≥60 m² | ||||||
| Living room | |||||||
| accessible unit | ≥12.96 m² | ||||||
| add a play or work area | 3.6 m² | ||||||
| old people's home, up to 3 | ≥10 m² | ||||||
| each resident past 3 | 1 m² | ||||||
| Dining room | |||||||
| accessible unit | ≥9 m² | ||||||
| old people's home, up to 3 | ≥8 m² | ||||||
| each resident past 3 | 1 m² | ||||||
| Width | |||||||
| A | Kitchen, dining and living | ≥3800 | |||||
| B | Living room | ≥3800 | |||||
| accessible unit | ≥3600 | ||||||
| old people's home | ≥2750 | ||||||
| C | Dining room | ≥3800 | |||||
| accessible unit | ≥3000 | ||||||
| old people's home | ≥2750 | ||||||
| Around the furniture | |||||||
| Round the dining table | ≥900 | ||||||
| D | to a wall | ≥1000 | |||||
| E | to a circulation route | ≥600 | |||||
| F | Clear around furniture | ≥900 | ≥800 | ||||
| G | Turning circle | ≥1500 | |||||
| Light and air | |||||||
| Glazing, of floor area | ≥10% | ||||||
| Openable, of floor area | ≥5% | ||||||