Building approvals fall in September

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2/11/2022

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Building Approvals, Australia, September 2022

The total number of dwellings approved fell 5.8 per cent in September, in seasonally adjusted terms, following a 23.1 per cent increase in August, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, Director of Construction Statistics at the ABS, said: "The fall in approvals was driven by private sector houses, which declined 7.8 per cent. Approvals for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 1.8 per cent."

Across Australia, total dwelling approvals fell in South Australia (-19.7 per cent), Tasmania (-10.8 per cent), Western Australia (-9.3 per cent), New South Wales (-8.8 per cent), and Queensland (-6.2 per cent). Victoria was the only state to record an increase, rising 3.4 per cent.

Approvals for private sector houses fell in all states: Western Australia (-11.4 per cent), Queensland (-8.6 per cent), New South Wales (-7.9 per cent), Victoria (-4.7 per cent), and South Australia (-4.3 per cent).

The value of total building approvals fell 6.9 per cent in September, following a 19.5 per cent rise in August. The value of total residential building approvals fell 12.7 per cent, comprising of a 14.0 per cent decline in new residential building and a 2.9 per cent decrease in alterations and additions.

The value of non-residential building approvals rose 3.7 per cent, after rising 11.5 per cent in August.

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
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	14,286	9,178	4,676
Jan-08	14,339	9,322	4,629
Feb-08	13,698	9,261	4,093
Mar-08	12,488	8,835	3,465
Apr-08	13,675	9,067	4,301
May-08	13,099	8,744	3,986
Jun-08	13,473	8,751	4,239
Jul-08	13,171	8,307	4,426
Aug-08	12,392	8,121	3,914
Sep-08	11,713	7,680	3,679
Oct-08	11,521	7,573	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	7,611	2,906
Apr-09	11,493	7,947	3,085
May-09	10,852	8,236	1,989
Jun-09	12,016	8,772	2,519
Jul-09	13,219	8,912	3,572
Aug-09	12,797	9,402	2,670
Sep-09	14,065	9,514	3,902
Oct-09	13,630	9,925	2,943
Nov-09	14,890	9,892	3,486
Dec-09	15,317	9,982	3,829
Jan-10	14,975	9,989	3,200
Feb-10	15,418	9,986	3,428
Mar-10	17,046	9,955	4,809
Apr-10	15,854	9,460	4,747
May-10	14,939	9,293	4,342
Jun-10	14,656	9,113	4,759
Jul-10	15,394	8,897	5,453
Aug-10	15,046	8,689	5,315
Sep-10	13,866	8,480	4,649
Oct-10	15,315	8,568	6,076
Nov-10	14,099	8,392	5,096
Dec-10	15,097	8,466	5,916
Jan-11	13,126	8,336	4,456
Feb-11	12,881	8,296	4,244
Mar-11	14,207	8,193	5,546
Apr-11	13,839	8,172	5,413
May-11	12,759	8,015	4,455
Jun-11	12,823	7,997	4,457
Jul-11	13,096	7,650	4,922
Aug-11	14,902	7,767	6,718
Sep-11	12,305	7,774	4,285
Oct-11	11,352	7,274	3,877
Nov-11	11,846	7,613	4,020
Dec-11	11,730	7,692	3,900
Jan-12	11,223	7,805	3,204
Feb-12	11,794	7,353	4,286
Mar-12	11,739	7,508	4,050
Apr-12	10,848	6,835	3,912
May-12	14,208	7,299	6,778
Jun-12	14,887	7,274	7,396
Jul-12	11,752	7,674	3,826
Aug-12	13,419	7,700	5,586
Sep-12	15,230	7,925	7,136
Oct-12	14,268	7,826	5,975
Nov-12	13,874	7,720	5,907
Dec-12	13,877	7,763	5,904
Jan-13	12,747	7,810	4,748
Feb-13	13,676	7,776	5,245
Mar-13	13,296	7,955	5,104
Apr-13	14,975	8,161	6,507
May-13	14,419	8,370	5,558
Jun-13	13,772	8,263	5,122
Jul-13	15,264	8,528	6,399
Aug-13	14,913	8,421	6,302
Sep-13	18,378	8,677	9,426
Oct-13	17,637	8,722	8,654
Nov-13	17,259	9,242	7,723
Dec-13	16,966	9,075	7,634
Jan-14	17,798	10,199	7,293
Feb-14	16,704	9,750	6,737
Mar-14	15,977	9,368	6,351
Apr-14	16,460	9,750	6,354
May-14	16,798	9,785	6,785
Jun-14	16,616	9,666	6,620
Jul-14	17,087	9,769	7,077
Aug-14	18,623	9,705	8,662
Sep-14	16,425	9,546	6,645
Oct-14	18,200	9,861	8,150
Nov-14	20,094	9,845	10,030
Dec-14	20,308	9,721	10,142
Jan-15	19,929	9,931	9,673
Feb-15	19,443	9,719	9,378
Mar-15	20,760	9,625	10,813
Apr-15	19,048	9,578	9,153
May-15	20,896	9,550	11,055
Jun-15	19,377	9,906	9,128
Jul-15	19,854	9,744	9,208
Aug-15	19,416	10,098	9,159
Sep-15	20,394	9,802	10,320
Oct-15	21,610	9,745	11,630
Nov-15	18,644	9,667	8,896
Dec-15	20,231	10,272	9,793
Jan-16	18,904	9,821	8,792
Feb-16	19,573	9,827	9,391
Mar-16	20,662	10,227	10,229
Apr-16	20,785	9,997	10,586
May-16	20,270	10,026	9,935
Jun-16	18,703	9,674	8,831
Jul-16	21,576	9,599	11,720
Aug-16	21,992	9,684	11,911
Sep-16	19,298	9,819	9,307
Oct-16	16,574	9,548	6,720
Nov-16	18,304	9,619	8,436
Dec-16	18,362	9,416	8,806
Jan-17	17,049	9,173	7,679
Feb-17	18,665	9,444	8,985
Mar-17	16,525	9,289	7,013
Apr-17	18,231	9,491	8,523
May-17	16,943	9,753	7,028
Jun-17	18,777	10,003	8,564
Jul-17	19,381	10,210	8,702
Aug-17	19,471	10,248	9,042
Sep-17	19,824	10,118	9,451
Oct-17	19,670	10,140	9,211
Nov-17	22,931	10,081	12,690
Dec-17	17,969	10,210	7,604
Jan-18	19,494	9,795	9,426
Feb-18	18,822	10,272	8,241
Mar-18	19,743	10,487	9,103
Apr-18	18,320	10,584	7,534
May-18	18,063	9,926	7,977
Jun-18	19,660	10,245	9,089
Jul-18	18,615	10,151	8,198
Aug-18	16,456	9,940	6,369
Sep-18	16,940	9,683	6,925
Oct-18	17,168	9,983	7,012
Nov-18	15,003	9,420	5,457
Dec-18	14,270	9,090	5,053
Jan-19	14,608	9,300	5,112
Feb-19	16,171	8,910	7,155
Mar-19	15,153	8,542	6,394
Apr-19	14,357	8,541	5,679
May-19	14,498	8,766	5,513
Jun-19	15,102	8,923	5,797
Jul-19	13,492	8,607	4,578
Aug-19	13,917	8,522	5,276
Sep-19	14,571	8,703	5,712
Oct-19	14,391	8,196	5,990
Nov-19	14,662	8,504	5,982
Dec-19	15,804	8,623	7,004
Jan-20	13,389	8,584	4,665
Feb-20	15,923	8,646	7,101
Mar-20	15,291	8,554	6,507
Apr-20	14,968	8,736	5,846
May-20	13,344	8,795	4,256
Jun-20	12,864	8,411	4,022
Jul-20	15,195	9,272	5,602
Aug-20	14,366	9,620	4,568
Sep-20	16,271	10,649	5,215
Oct-20	17,522	11,210	5,989
Nov-20	17,440	11,664	5,444
Dec-20	19,335	13,412	5,689
Jan-21	16,961	12,083	4,542
Feb-21	19,723	13,966	5,357
Mar-21	23,255	14,114	8,629
Apr-21	20,373	13,628	6,489
May-21	20,757	13,729	6,773
Jun-21	19,871	12,538	6,918
Jul-21	18,402	11,989	6,129
Aug-21	19,270	12,146	6,861
Sep-21	18,921	10,751	7,957
Oct-21	16,191	10,621	5,262
Nov-21	15,990	10,423	5,349
Dec-21	17,418	10,125	7,059
Jan-22	13,189	8,678	4,280
Feb-22	18,262	10,062	6,918
Mar-22	15,464	9,941	5,228
Apr-22	15,328	9,872	5,302
May-22	16,662	9,701	6,637
Jun-22	16,725	9,874	6,388
Jul-22	14,183	9,958	4,007
Aug-22	17,465	10,440	6,745
Sep-22	16,455	9,628	6,622

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