Bounce back in apartments drives August building approvals rise

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4/10/2022

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Building Approvals, Australia, August 2022

The total number of dwellings approved rose 28.1 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in August, following a 18.2 per cent decrease in July, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, head of construction statistics at the ABS, said: "Approvals for private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 99.1 per cent in August., with a sharp bounce back in apartment approvals driving the result. The strong upward movement in August follows a weak July result, which had the lowest number of other residential dwellings approved since January 2012."

"Approvals for private sector houses rose 4.1 per cent in August, following a 0.8 per cent increase in July."

Across Australia, the number of dwelling approvals rose in all states, in seasonally adjusted terms. Approvals rose in New South Wales (70.6 per cent), Victoria (19.4 per cent), Western Australia (13.6 per cent), Queensland (9.5 per cent), Tasmania (3.9 per cent) and South Australia (3.5 per cent).

The result in approvals for private sector houses varied across the states. Approvals rose in New South Wales (12.7 per cent), Western Australia (8.9 per cent), and Victoria (1.2 per cent). In contrast, approvals for private sector houses fell in South Australia (-4.5 per cent) and Queensland (-0.1 per cent).

The value of total building approved rose 23.5 per cent in August, following a 14.8 per cent decrease in July. The value of total residential building rose 28.5 per cent, comprising of a 32.6 per cent increase in new residential building and a 5.4 per cent increase in alterations and additions.

The value of non-residential building rose 15.1 per cent, after falling 21.5 per cent in July.

Further information is available in Building Approvals, Australia.

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Total dwellings (no.)	Private sector houses (no.)	Private sector dwellings excluding houses (no.)
Aug-07	13,002	8,800	3,797
Sep-07	14,026	9,166	4,389
Oct-07	14,159	9,090	4,785
Nov-07	14,663	9,441	4,888
Dec-07	14,287	9,178	4,677
Jan-08	14,339	9,322	4,630
Feb-08	13,698	9,261	4,093
Mar-08	12,491	8,835	3,468
Apr-08	13,677	9,068	4,301
May-08	13,099	8,745	3,986
Jun-08	13,471	8,751	4,237
Jul-08	13,171	8,307	4,426
Aug-08	12,393	8,121	3,914
Sep-08	11,712	7,680	3,678
Oct-08	11,521	7,572	3,689
Nov-08	10,322	7,185	2,813
Dec-08	10,203	6,996	2,558
Jan-09	9,418	7,205	2,015
Feb-09	10,712	7,403	3,074
Mar-09	10,833	7,610	2,907
Apr-09	11,491	7,945	3,085
May-09	10,852	8,236	1,989
Jun-09	12,015	8,772	2,518
Jul-09	13,218	8,912	3,572
Aug-09	12,798	9,402	2,671
Sep-09	14,064	9,514	3,901
Oct-09	13,628	9,925	2,942
Nov-09	14,891	9,892	3,488
Dec-09	15,317	9,982	3,829
Jan-10	14,974	9,989	3,199
Feb-10	15,418	9,985	3,429
Mar-10	17,051	9,955	4,814
Apr-10	15,856	9,463	4,746
May-10	14,941	9,293	4,343
Jun-10	14,654	9,114	4,757
Jul-10	15,391	8,896	5,451
Aug-10	15,047	8,689	5,316
Sep-10	13,865	8,480	4,648
Oct-10	15,313	8,568	6,074
Nov-10	14,102	8,391	5,099
Dec-10	15,096	8,466	5,915
Jan-11	13,127	8,336	4,458
Feb-11	12,881	8,296	4,244
Mar-11	14,209	8,192	5,548
Apr-11	13,834	8,169	5,411
May-11	12,764	8,015	4,459
Jun-11	12,822	7,996	4,455
Jul-11	13,093	7,649	4,919
Aug-11	14,906	7,766	6,721
Sep-11	12,301	7,773	4,282
Oct-11	11,351	7,274	3,877
Nov-11	11,847	7,613	4,022
Dec-11	11,727	7,692	3,898
Jan-12	11,225	7,806	3,205
Feb-12	11,796	7,353	4,287
Mar-12	11,736	7,509	4,048
Apr-12	10,845	6,832	3,913
May-12	14,210	7,299	6,780
Jun-12	14,875	7,276	7,383
Jul-12	11,756	7,675	3,829
Aug-12	13,415	7,697	5,585
Sep-12	15,221	7,924	7,128
Oct-12	14,276	7,826	5,983
Nov-12	13,872	7,720	5,906
Dec-12	13,875	7,761	5,904
Jan-13	12,755	7,810	4,755
Feb-13	13,677	7,776	5,246
Mar-13	13,293	7,958	5,098
Apr-13	14,980	8,158	6,515
May-13	14,415	8,371	5,554
Jun-13	13,770	8,265	5,119
Jul-13	15,274	8,529	6,408
Aug-13	14,901	8,415	6,296
Sep-13	18,359	8,675	9,410
Oct-13	17,648	8,721	8,664
Nov-13	17,250	9,241	7,716
Dec-13	16,968	9,074	7,638
Jan-14	17,794	10,199	7,289
Feb-14	16,712	9,751	6,745
Mar-14	15,979	9,370	6,351
Apr-14	16,473	9,749	6,368
May-14	16,786	9,787	6,772
Jun-14	16,617	9,666	6,620
Jul-14	17,107	9,773	7,091
Aug-14	18,603	9,694	8,654
Sep-14	16,410	9,546	6,630
Oct-14	18,194	9,861	8,144
Nov-14	20,099	9,842	10,038
Dec-14	20,326	9,719	10,161
Jan-15	19,922	9,930	9,667
Feb-15	19,462	9,718	9,398
Mar-15	20,778	9,629	10,828
Apr-15	19,075	9,598	9,159
May-15	20,885	9,562	11,033
Jun-15	19,387	9,910	9,134
Jul-15	19,825	9,744	9,179
Aug-15	19,404	10,079	9,167
Sep-15	20,402	9,808	10,322
Oct-15	21,594	9,742	11,616
Nov-15	18,628	9,657	8,891
Dec-15	20,249	10,275	9,808
Jan-16	18,902	9,819	8,792
Feb-16	19,582	9,814	9,414
Mar-16	20,696	10,241	10,249
Apr-16	20,757	9,985	10,571
May-16	20,291	10,053	9,929
Jun-16	18,712	9,684	8,829
Jul-16	21,506	9,593	11,656
Aug-16	22,004	9,673	11,935
Sep-16	19,320	9,810	9,339
Oct-16	16,556	9,536	6,712
Nov-16	18,322	9,626	8,448
Dec-16	18,352	9,407	8,804
Jan-17	17,069	9,181	7,691
Feb-17	18,686	9,436	9,015
Mar-17	16,525	9,282	7,019
Apr-17	18,207	9,485	8,507
May-17	16,991	9,802	7,028
Jun-17	18,756	10,002	8,541
Jul-17	19,267	10,195	8,605
Aug-17	19,529	10,263	9,086
Sep-17	19,838	10,100	9,485
Oct-17	19,669	10,130	9,217
Nov-17	22,955	10,075	12,720
Dec-17	17,932	10,187	7,590
Jan-18	19,548	9,814	9,463
Feb-18	18,828	10,258	8,261
Mar-18	19,705	10,474	9,076
Apr-18	18,295	10,558	7,537
May-18	18,152	10,002	7,990
Jun-18	19,603	10,256	9,020
Jul-18	18,518	10,153	8,101
Aug-18	16,494	9,944	6,402
Sep-18	16,985	9,651	7,009
Oct-18	17,188	9,978	7,035
Nov-18	14,971	9,390	5,454
Dec-18	14,233	9,061	5,045
Jan-19	14,686	9,336	5,154
Feb-19	16,174	8,894	7,174
Mar-19	15,100	8,529	6,354
Apr-19	14,352	8,540	5,675
May-19	14,544	8,811	5,512
Jun-19	15,086	8,965	5,740
Jul-19	13,488	8,640	4,545
Aug-19	13,940	8,537	5,283
Sep-19	14,598	8,607	5,837
Oct-19	14,430	8,203	6,019
Nov-19	14,591	8,476	5,939
Dec-19	15,777	8,597	7,003
Jan-20	13,407	8,576	4,689
Feb-20	15,913	8,642	7,095
Mar-20	15,257	8,549	6,479
Apr-20	15,040	8,779	5,877
May-20	13,355	8,845	4,218
Jun-20	12,884	8,452	4,000
Jul-20	15,176	9,326	5,529
Aug-20	14,393	9,652	4,564
Sep-20	16,220	10,531	5,293
Oct-20	17,464	11,157	5,971
Nov-20	17,376	11,602	5,444
Dec-20	19,373	13,411	5,726
Jan-21	16,917	12,066	4,515
Feb-21	19,713	13,942	5,370
Mar-21	23,292	14,128	8,660
Apr-21	20,347	13,646	6,442
May-21	20,769	13,806	6,710
Jun-21	20,007	12,674	6,922
Jul-21	18,349	12,113	5,949
Aug-21	19,324	12,214	6,849
Sep-21	19,096	10,548	8,337
Oct-21	16,120	10,572	5,237
Nov-21	15,945	10,388	5,340
Dec-21	17,373	10,070	7,064
Jan-22	13,161	8,661	4,270
Feb-22	18,237	10,033	6,922
Mar-22	15,463	9,948	5,219
Apr-22	15,277	9,880	5,244
May-22	16,657	9,755	6,578
Jun-22	16,700	9,967	6,270
Jul-22	13,662	10,048	3,398
Aug-22	17,497	10,459	6,766

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