Apartment approvals drive November increase

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9/01/2024

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Building Approvals, Australia, November 2023

The total number of dwellings approved rose 1.6 per cent in November, in seasonally adjusted terms, following a 7.2 per cent increase in October, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said: "Approvals for private sector dwellings excluding houses increased 6.7 per cent, following a 17.4 per cent rise in October.

"Approvals for private sector houses fell 1.7 per cent, following a 2.9 per cent October increase.

Despite the monthly increase, total dwellings approved have been lower this financial year. In original terms, 70,900 dwellings were approved between July and November in 2023, compared with 81,954 over the same period in 2022."

Total dwelling approvals increased in Victoria (+7.8 per cent) and South Australia (+6.0 per cent). Falls were recorded in Tasmania (-22.6 per cent), Queensland (-14.6 per cent), New South Wales (-6.9 per cent), and Western Australia (-5.5 per cent).

Approvals for private sector houses were driven lower by Western Australia (-2.8 per cent), Victoria (-2.3 per cent), and Queensland (-0.4 per cent). South Australia (+0.8 per cent) and New South Wales (+0.6 per cent) rose in November.

The value of total building approvals fell 9.2 per cent, following an 8.1 per cent rise in October. The value of total residential building fell 2.1 per cent, made up of a 2.0 per cent decrease in new residential building and a 2.4 per cent fall in alterations and additions.

The value of non-residential building approved fell 18.0 per cent, after an 8.7 per cent October increase.

Further information is available in Building Approvals, Australia.

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Total dwellings	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
Nov-08	10,325	7,186	2,814
Dec-08	10,202	6,996	2,557
Jan-09	9,417	7,205	2,015
Feb-09	10,711	7,403	3,074
Mar-09	10,833	7,611	2,906
Apr-09	11,488	7,940	3,085
May-09	10,853	8,236	1,990
Jun-09	12,016	8,771	2,518
Jul-09	13,219	8,912	3,572
Aug-09	12,802	9,403	2,670
Sep-09	14,039	9,514	3,901
Oct-09	13,633	9,926	2,942
Nov-09	14,896	9,894	3,488
Dec-09	15,318	9,982	3,828
Jan-10	14,963	9,988	3,200
Feb-10	15,418	9,986	3,428
Mar-10	17,048	9,957	4,811
Apr-10	15,855	9,457	4,746
May-10	14,944	9,295	4,345
Jun-10	14,656	9,112	4,758
Jul-10	15,391	8,895	5,452
Aug-10	15,048	8,689	5,315
Sep-10	13,842	8,483	4,648
Oct-10	15,318	8,568	6,076
Nov-10	14,105	8,391	5,097
Dec-10	15,097	8,466	5,915
Jan-11	13,128	8,338	4,457
Feb-11	12,881	8,297	4,244
Mar-11	14,213	8,197	5,547
Apr-11	13,848	8,181	5,413
May-11	12,763	8,014	4,459
Jun-11	12,827	8,000	4,456
Jul-11	13,090	7,647	4,920
Aug-11	14,902	7,767	6,717
Sep-11	12,301	7,773	4,282
Oct-11	11,355	7,276	3,878
Nov-11	11,848	7,614	4,022
Dec-11	11,726	7,691	3,898
Jan-12	11,218	7,802	3,202
Feb-12	11,799	7,355	4,288
Mar-12	11,741	7,513	4,047
Apr-12	10,861	6,845	3,915
May-12	14,217	7,302	6,783
Jun-12	14,873	7,272	7,384
Jul-12	11,750	7,671	3,827
Aug-12	13,415	7,700	5,582
Sep-12	15,224	7,926	7,129
Oct-12	14,275	7,826	5,983
Nov-12	13,877	7,722	5,909
Dec-12	13,878	7,763	5,905
Jan-13	12,750	7,815	4,745
Feb-13	13,677	7,776	5,246
Mar-13	13,290	7,954	5,098
Apr-13	14,993	8,170	6,516
May-13	14,427	8,375	5,561
Jun-13	13,771	8,265	5,119
Jul-13	15,271	8,529	6,405
Aug-13	14,892	8,416	6,287
Sep-13	18,358	8,676	9,408
Oct-13	17,650	8,726	8,662
Nov-13	17,260	9,239	7,728
Dec-13	16,963	9,069	7,638
Jan-14	17,779	10,203	7,269
Feb-14	16,718	9,750	6,752
Mar-14	15,985	9,376	6,352
Apr-14	16,496	9,772	6,367
May-14	16,797	9,787	6,782
Jun-14	16,609	9,663	6,615
Jul-14	17,114	9,777	7,095
Aug-14	18,563	9,683	8,626
Sep-14	16,402	9,546	6,623
Oct-14	18,186	9,862	8,135
Nov-14	20,142	9,844	10,080
Dec-14	20,334	9,727	10,160
Jan-15	19,890	9,941	9,624
Feb-15	19,479	9,715	9,418
Mar-15	20,772	9,619	10,832
Apr-15	19,000	9,525	9,157
May-15	20,878	9,551	11,037
Jun-15	19,381	9,912	9,126
Jul-15	19,847	9,743	9,200
Aug-15	19,359	10,083	9,119
Sep-15	20,401	9,817	10,313
Oct-15	21,559	9,738	11,584
Nov-15	18,724	9,655	8,989
Dec-15	20,257	10,279	9,811
Jan-16	18,852	9,828	8,732
Feb-16	19,649	9,831	9,464
Mar-16	20,674	10,233	10,236
Apr-16	20,753	10,014	10,537
May-16	20,308	10,040	9,959
Jun-16	18,685	9,676	8,809
Jul-16	21,540	9,588	11,695
Aug-16	22,005	9,695	11,918
Sep-16	19,190	9,792	9,227
Oct-16	16,553	9,549	6,695
Nov-16	18,448	9,633	8,566
Dec-16	18,335	9,402	8,792
Jan-17	17,069	9,189	7,683
Feb-17	18,761	9,438	9,087
Mar-17	16,506	9,290	6,991
Apr-17	18,196	9,488	8,494
May-17	17,036	9,830	7,045
Jun-17	18,691	9,967	8,507
Jul-17	19,364	10,213	8,683
Aug-17	19,443	10,242	9,024
Sep-17	19,615	10,108	9,254
Oct-17	19,688	10,124	9,239
Nov-17	23,136	10,079	12,898
Dec-17	17,947	10,180	7,611
Jan-18	19,572	9,858	9,443
Feb-18	18,942	10,269	8,364
Mar-18	19,654	10,471	9,028
Apr-18	18,291	10,598	7,497
May-18	18,083	9,985	7,938
Jun-18	19,568	10,233	9,006
Jul-18	18,629	10,144	8,221
Aug-18	16,413	9,940	6,329
Sep-18	16,788	9,639	6,824
Oct-18	17,239	10,016	7,047
Nov-18	15,060	9,369	5,561
Dec-18	14,261	9,069	5,066
Jan-19	14,620	9,327	5,096
Feb-19	16,338	8,918	7,314
Mar-19	15,116	8,523	6,375
Apr-19	14,330	8,586	5,609
May-19	14,510	8,829	5,460
Jun-19	15,016	8,898	5,734
Jul-19	13,622	8,616	4,705
Aug-19	13,779	8,505	5,159
Sep-19	14,655	8,793	5,709
Oct-19	14,400	8,214	5,974
Nov-19	14,884	8,469	6,237
Dec-19	16,006	8,653	7,177
Jan-20	13,407	8,616	4,650
Feb-20	16,065	8,678	7,211
Mar-20	15,398	8,582	6,605
Apr-20	14,942	8,788	5,769
May-20	13,381	8,856	4,233
Jun-20	12,920	8,419	4,110
Jul-20	15,242	9,313	5,607
Aug-20	14,311	9,566	4,574
Sep-20	16,180	10,599	5,192
Oct-20	17,320	11,137	5,838
Nov-20	17,725	11,527	5,861
Dec-20	19,249	13,298	5,714
Jan-21	16,980	12,118	4,531
Feb-21	19,890	13,970	5,520
Mar-21	23,178	14,154	8,524
Apr-21	19,978	13,562	6,162
May-21	20,757	13,778	6,721
Jun-21	19,899	12,561	6,920
Jul-21	18,325	12,030	6,010
Aug-21	18,859	11,836	6,764
Sep-21	18,563	10,577	7,774
Oct-21	15,942	10,382	5,245
Nov-21	16,235	10,378	5,638
Dec-21	17,256	9,978	7,039
Jan-22	13,232	8,662	4,337
Feb-22	18,407	9,807	7,319
Mar-22	15,204	9,725	5,181
Apr-22	15,303	9,779	5,378
May-22	16,594	9,647	6,623
Jun-22	16,815	9,803	6,555
Jul-22	14,309	9,840	4,255
Aug-22	17,594	10,079	7,245
Sep-22	16,702	9,615	6,880
Oct-22	15,134	9,247	5,705
Nov-22	15,223	9,071	5,811
Dec-22	17,039	8,803	7,649
Jan-23	12,185	7,721	4,298
Feb-23	13,234	8,575	4,434
Mar-23	13,254	8,427	4,615
Apr-23	12,656	8,153	4,304
May-23	15,200	8,215	6,781
Jun-23	13,831	8,123	5,171
Jul-23	12,921	8,203	4,470
Aug-23	13,645	8,602	4,806
Sep-23	13,338	8,406	4,674
Oct-23	14,295	8,649	5,486
Nov-23	14,529	8,506	5,856

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