Building approvals continue to fall in October

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30/11/2022

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Building Approvals, Australia, October 2022

The total number of dwellings approved fell 6.0 per cent in October, in seasonally adjusted terms, following a 8.1 per cent decrease in September, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, Director of Construction Statistics at the ABS, said: "The result was driven by private sector dwellings excluding houses, which decreased 11.3 per cent. Approvals for private sector houses fell 2.2 per cent."

Across Australia, total dwelling approvals fell in New South Wales (-18.8 per cent), Queensland (-18.7 per cent), and Tasmania (-10.5 per cent), while South Australia (17.6 per cent), Victoria (5.8 per cent), and Western Australia (5.7 per cent) recorded increases.

Approvals for private sector houses were mixed, with Queensland (-13.8 per cent) and Western Australia (-0.4 per cent) decreasing, while Victoria (1.1 per cent), New South Wales (0.2 per cent), and South Australia (0.2 per cent) rose in October.

The value of total building approvals fell 0.2 per cent in October, following a 7.1 per cent decrease in September. The value of total residential building approvals fell 2.1 per cent, comprising of a 2.7 per cent decrease in new residential building and a 1.4 per cent increase in alterations and additions.

The value of non-residential building approvals rose 2.6 per cent, after rising 6.9 per cent in September.

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
Oct-07	14,158	9,089	4,785
Nov-07	14,665	9,444	4,888
Dec-07	14,284	9,173	4,678
Jan-08	14,336	9,319	4,630
Feb-08	13,705	9,268	4,093
Mar-08	12,492	8,838	3,466
Apr-08	13,647	9,040	4,298
May-08	13,102	8,748	3,986
Jun-08	13,473	8,750	4,240
Jul-08	13,170	8,307	4,426
Aug-08	12,395	8,124	3,913
Sep-08	11,715	7,683	3,678
Oct-08	11,519	7,571	3,689
Nov-08	10,320	7,183	2,813
Dec-08	10,203	6,995	2,559
Jan-09	9,418	7,205	2,016
Feb-09	10,711	7,403	3,074
Mar-09	10,844	7,621	2,906
Apr-09	11,556	8,011	3,083
May-09	10,859	8,243	1,989
Jun-09	12,020	8,776	2,519
Jul-09	13,221	8,914	3,572
Aug-09	12,792	9,397	2,670
Sep-09	14,066	9,516	3,902
Oct-09	13,628	9,924	2,943
Nov-09	14,888	9,891	3,486
Dec-09	15,314	9,978	3,830
Jan-10	14,983	9,996	3,201
Feb-10	15,418	9,986	3,428
Mar-10	17,053	9,962	4,808
Apr-10	15,828	9,434	4,746
May-10	14,935	9,288	4,342
Jun-10	14,658	9,116	4,758
Jul-10	15,399	8,901	5,453
Aug-10	15,050	8,693	5,315
Sep-10	13,857	8,472	4,648
Oct-10	15,320	8,572	6,077
Nov-10	14,101	8,394	5,096
Dec-10	15,097	8,465	5,917
Jan-11	13,124	8,333	4,458
Feb-11	12,881	8,296	4,244
Mar-11	14,207	8,194	5,544
Apr-11	13,831	8,163	5,413
May-11	12,764	8,018	4,456
Jun-11	12,815	7,990	4,455
Jul-11	13,106	7,658	4,924
Aug-11	14,895	7,765	6,712
Sep-11	12,309	7,777	4,286
Oct-11	11,347	7,270	3,877
Nov-11	11,843	7,612	4,019
Dec-11	11,733	7,693	3,903
Jan-12	11,229	7,809	3,206
Feb-12	11,788	7,350	4,283
Mar-12	11,741	7,510	4,051
Apr-12	10,839	6,827	3,912
May-12	14,200	7,296	6,773
Jun-12	14,896	7,278	7,400
Jul-12	11,759	7,681	3,827
Aug-12	13,416	7,699	5,584
Sep-12	15,227	7,921	7,137
Oct-12	14,264	7,825	5,972
Nov-12	13,877	7,722	5,909
Dec-12	13,876	7,759	5,906
Jan-13	12,747	7,810	4,748
Feb-13	13,675	7,775	5,245
Mar-13	13,303	7,958	5,108
Apr-13	14,971	8,158	6,506
May-13	14,415	8,369	5,555
Jun-13	13,772	8,262	5,124
Jul-13	15,263	8,531	6,396
Aug-13	14,910	8,418	6,303
Sep-13	18,379	8,676	9,429
Oct-13	17,632	8,720	8,650
Nov-13	17,263	9,244	7,726
Dec-13	16,974	9,079	7,638
Jan-14	17,808	10,204	7,298
Feb-14	16,702	9,749	6,737
Mar-14	15,976	9,368	6,350
Apr-14	16,455	9,745	6,353
May-14	16,789	9,781	6,782
Jun-14	16,617	9,668	6,619
Jul-14	17,079	9,764	7,072
Aug-14	18,621	9,704	8,663
Sep-14	16,429	9,549	6,646
Oct-14	18,210	9,863	8,158
Nov-14	20,085	9,840	10,026
Dec-14	20,310	9,727	10,137
Jan-15	19,942	9,934	9,683
Feb-15	19,438	9,715	9,376
Mar-15	20,757	9,627	10,810
Apr-15	19,059	9,587	9,154
May-15	20,884	9,546	11,048
Jun-15	19,377	9,913	9,121
Jul-15	19,852	9,743	9,207
Aug-15	19,407	10,095	9,154
Sep-15	20,391	9,806	10,312
Oct-15	21,652	9,745	11,671
Nov-15	18,638	9,670	8,888
Dec-15	20,218	10,262	9,790
Jan-16	18,924	9,833	8,800
Feb-16	19,579	9,842	9,384
Mar-16	20,647	10,214	10,227
Apr-16	20,801	10,004	10,596
May-16	20,242	10,014	9,919
Jun-16	18,684	9,661	8,824
Jul-16	21,570	9,594	11,720
Aug-16	22,002	9,705	11,901
Sep-16	19,246	9,804	9,270
Oct-16	16,650	9,567	6,774
Nov-16	18,306	9,627	8,430
Dec-16	18,350	9,403	8,807
Jan-17	17,063	9,180	7,686
Feb-17	18,652	9,440	8,977
Mar-17	16,537	9,300	7,013
Apr-17	18,219	9,467	8,537
May-17	16,957	9,782	7,014
Jun-17	18,731	9,968	8,551
Jul-17	19,371	10,207	8,697
Aug-17	19,446	10,237	9,029
Sep-17	19,757	10,128	9,375
Oct-17	19,820	10,156	9,339
Nov-17	22,916	10,068	12,689
Dec-17	17,960	10,204	7,602
Jan-18	19,559	9,855	9,432
Feb-18	18,808	10,268	8,232
Mar-18	19,724	10,471	9,098
Apr-18	18,344	10,585	7,559
May-18	18,015	9,902	7,954
Jun-18	19,616	10,237	9,053
Jul-18	18,582	10,129	8,189
Aug-18	16,464	9,965	6,352
Sep-18	16,842	9,649	6,866
Oct-18	17,384	10,061	7,146
Nov-18	14,960	9,374	5,459
Dec-18	14,285	9,099	5,060
Jan-19	14,598	9,290	5,112
Feb-19	16,164	8,912	7,146
Mar-19	15,129	8,533	6,379
Apr-19	14,399	8,562	5,700
May-19	14,469	8,767	5,482
Jun-19	15,011	8,866	5,764
Jul-19	13,525	8,656	4,566
Aug-19	13,923	8,519	5,286
Sep-19	14,523	8,696	5,674
Oct-19	14,551	8,203	6,136
Nov-19	14,634	8,492	5,967
Dec-19	15,794	8,609	7,009
Jan-20	13,396	8,600	4,655
Feb-20	15,926	8,661	7,089
Mar-20	15,293	8,558	6,506
Apr-20	15,000	8,755	5,862
May-20	13,283	8,765	4,226
Jun-20	12,850	8,410	4,009
Jul-20	15,177	9,277	5,581
Aug-20	14,406	9,663	4,566
Sep-20	16,205	10,640	5,168
Oct-20	17,744	11,217	6,183
Nov-20	17,427	11,638	5,458
Dec-20	19,276	13,358	5,685
Jan-21	16,911	12,056	4,520
Feb-21	19,730	13,985	5,345
Mar-21	23,414	14,286	8,624
Apr-21	20,349	13,590	6,502
May-21	20,789	13,777	6,758
Jun-21	19,773	12,509	6,853
Jul-21	18,332	11,948	6,099
Aug-21	19,237	12,129	6,849
Sep-21	18,789	10,708	7,871
Oct-21	16,433	10,636	5,478
Nov-21	16,270	10,579	5,474
Dec-21	17,403	10,123	7,048
Jan-22	13,213	8,668	4,313
Feb-22	18,132	9,921	6,929
Mar-22	15,342	9,840	5,207
Apr-22	15,348	9,774	5,422
May-22	16,621	9,668	6,630
Jun-22	16,641	9,824	6,355
Jul-22	14,132	9,926	3,991
Aug-22	17,811	10,530	7,005
Sep-22	16,365	9,640	6,520
Oct-22	15,382	9,430	5,781

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

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