Building approvals slide further in November

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9/01/2023

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Building Approvals, Australia, November 2022

The total number of dwellings approved fell 9.0 per cent in November, in seasonally adjusted terms, following a 5.6 per cent decrease in October, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said: "The result was driven by private sector dwellings excluding houses, which decreased 22.7 per cent. Approvals for private sector houses fell by 2.5 per cent."

"The November result is the third consecutive month of declines for total dwelling approvals, having fallen 21.7 per cent since August.," Mr Rossi said.

Across Australia, total dwelling approvals fell in New South Wales (-18.4 per cent), Western Australia (-17.5 per cent), Victoria (-12.7 per cent), and Queensland (-5.6 per cent), while Tasmania (75.7 per cent) and South Australia (10.0 per cent) recorded increases.

Approvals for private sector houses fell across most states, with Victoria (-8.0 per cent), Western Australia (-6.1 per cent), South Australia (-2.6 per cent) and Queensland (-1.2 per cent) decreasing, while New South Wales rose 1.2 per cent in November.

The value of total building approvals fell 1.5 per cent in November, following a 0.4 per cent decrease in October. The value of total residential building approvals fell 4.0 per cent, comprising of a 3.1 per cent decrease in new residential building and a 9.2 per cent decrease in alterations and additions.

The value of non-residential building approved remained strong, increasing 2.0 per cent, following a 2.3 per cent rise in October.

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-07	14,662	9,441	4,888
Dec-07	14,288	9,178	4,678
Jan-08	14,339	9,322	4,630
Feb-08	13,699	9,261	4,093
Mar-08	12,490	8,835	3,467
Apr-08	13,675	9,068	4,298
May-08	13,100	8,745	3,987
Jun-08	13,472	8,750	4,238
Jul-08	13,171	8,307	4,426
Aug-08	12,391	8,121	3,913
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	2,559
Jan-09	9,419	7,205	2,016
Feb-09	10,712	7,403	3,074
Mar-09	10,833	7,610	2,907
Apr-09	11,490	7,946	3,083
May-09	10,853	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	14,064	9,514	3,901
Oct-09	13,629	9,925	2,942
Nov-09	14,890	9,892	3,487
Dec-09	15,318	9,981	3,830
Jan-10	14,976	9,989	3,200
Feb-10	15,419	9,985	3,429
Mar-10	17,048	9,955	4,811
Apr-10	15,857	9,463	4,746
May-10	14,942	9,292	4,345
Jun-10	14,653	9,113	4,757
Jul-10	15,394	8,897	5,452
Aug-10	15,046	8,689	5,316
Sep-10	13,864	8,480	4,647
Oct-10	15,316	8,568	6,076
Nov-10	14,100	8,392	5,098
Dec-10	15,097	8,465	5,916
Jan-11	13,128	8,336	4,459
Feb-11	12,880	8,296	4,244
Mar-11	14,205	8,191	5,545
Apr-11	13,835	8,168	5,412
May-11	12,765	8,015	4,460
Jun-11	12,819	7,996	4,453
Jul-11	13,097	7,651	4,923
Aug-11	14,896	7,767	6,712
Sep-11	12,305	7,774	4,285
Oct-11	11,352	7,274	3,878
Nov-11	11,844	7,613	4,019
Dec-11	11,731	7,691	3,902
Jan-12	11,224	7,806	3,204
Feb-12	11,790	7,352	4,282
Mar-12	11,737	7,507	4,049
Apr-12	10,845	6,831	3,913
May-12	14,209	7,298	6,780
Jun-12	14,883	7,274	7,392
Jul-12	11,757	7,676	3,829
Aug-12	13,416	7,700	5,583
Sep-12	15,226	7,924	7,133
Oct-12	14,266	7,827	5,973
Nov-12	13,878	7,720	5,911
Dec-12	13,878	7,761	5,907
Jan-13	12,745	7,809	4,746
Feb-13	13,675	7,775	5,245
Mar-13	13,298	7,956	5,105
Apr-13	14,974	8,158	6,509
May-13	14,419	8,369	5,560
Jun-13	13,770	8,262	5,121
Jul-13	15,262	8,529	6,397
Aug-13	14,912	8,421	6,300
Sep-13	18,375	8,676	9,424
Oct-13	17,633	8,721	8,650
Nov-13	17,262	9,243	7,726
Dec-13	16,973	9,075	7,641
Jan-14	17,797	10,199	7,292
Feb-14	16,706	9,749	6,740
Mar-14	15,978	9,369	6,351
Apr-14	16,455	9,743	6,355
May-14	16,798	9,781	6,789
Jun-14	16,616	9,667	6,618
Jul-14	17,084	9,763	7,079
Aug-14	18,619	9,711	8,653
Sep-14	16,422	9,547	6,641
Oct-14	18,195	9,861	8,144
Nov-14	20,103	9,845	10,039
Dec-14	20,316	9,721	10,150
Jan-15	19,929	9,930	9,673
Feb-15	19,447	9,716	9,384
Mar-15	20,776	9,629	10,826
Apr-15	19,059	9,593	9,149
May-15	20,887	9,549	11,048
Jun-15	19,386	9,909	9,134
Jul-15	19,842	9,740	9,200
Aug-15	19,414	10,102	9,155
Sep-15	20,396	9,802	10,321
Oct-15	21,600	9,748	11,616
Nov-15	18,655	9,673	8,902
Dec-15	20,227	10,261	9,800
Jan-16	18,919	9,827	8,801
Feb-16	19,612	9,837	9,421
Mar-16	20,652	10,216	10,230
Apr-16	20,757	10,001	10,554
May-16	20,292	10,019	9,964
Jun-16	18,678	9,657	8,822
Jul-16	21,554	9,599	11,699
Aug-16	22,040	9,698	11,946
Sep-16	19,260	9,810	9,277
Oct-16	16,611	9,571	6,731
Nov-16	18,318	9,621	8,449
Dec-16	18,338	9,406	8,792
Jan-17	17,088	9,165	7,727
Feb-17	18,691	9,442	9,014
Mar-17	16,524	9,305	6,995
Apr-17	18,203	9,475	8,514
May-17	16,985	9,773	7,052
Jun-17	18,696	9,972	8,510
Jul-17	19,376	10,200	8,708
Aug-17	19,440	10,240	9,020
Sep-17	19,773	10,120	9,397
Oct-17	19,769	10,170	9,275
Nov-17	22,944	10,067	12,719
Dec-17	17,961	10,211	7,596
Jan-18	19,624	9,826	9,527
Feb-18	18,851	10,271	8,272
Mar-18	19,657	10,468	9,034
Apr-18	18,367	10,587	7,580
May-18	18,017	9,909	7,949
Jun-18	19,567	10,237	9,003
Jul-18	18,611	10,130	8,216
Aug-18	16,435	9,973	6,314
Sep-18	16,864	9,633	6,902
Oct-18	17,348	10,072	7,100
Nov-18	14,969	9,377	5,466
Dec-18	14,296	9,088	5,083
Jan-19	14,607	9,280	5,132
Feb-19	16,211	8,917	7,189
Mar-19	15,121	8,546	6,357
Apr-19	14,417	8,555	5,726
May-19	14,456	8,783	5,453
Jun-19	14,995	8,871	5,741
Jul-19	13,569	8,666	4,600
Aug-19	13,802	8,509	5,172
Sep-19	14,529	8,644	5,731
Oct-19	14,492	8,227	6,055
Nov-19	14,680	8,495	6,009
Dec-19	15,843	8,613	7,055
Jan-20	13,382	8,593	4,649
Feb-20	15,957	8,661	7,120
Mar-20	15,313	8,547	6,535
Apr-20	14,993	8,763	5,847
May-20	13,301	8,799	4,210
Jun-20	12,842	8,398	4,012
Jul-20	15,163	9,298	5,546
Aug-20	14,368	9,643	4,547
Sep-20	16,262	10,624	5,242
Oct-20	17,479	11,195	5,940
Nov-20	17,499	11,612	5,558
Dec-20	19,364	13,400	5,732
Jan-21	16,938	12,070	4,532
Feb-21	19,793	14,010	5,384
Mar-21	23,522	14,275	8,749
Apr-21	20,193	13,574	6,359
May-21	20,755	13,747	6,753
Jun-21	19,941	12,603	6,927
Jul-21	18,196	11,967	5,943
Aug-21	19,273	12,156	6,842
Sep-21	18,758	10,613	7,934
Oct-21	16,285	10,643	5,324
Nov-21	16,376	10,559	5,601
Dec-21	17,348	10,069	7,048
Jan-22	13,126	8,581	4,314
Feb-22	18,094	9,844	6,968
Mar-22	15,247	9,742	5,210
Apr-22	15,285	9,731	5,402
May-22	16,537	9,548	6,665
Jun-22	16,466	9,706	6,297
Jul-22	13,947	9,771	3,961
Aug-22	17,754	10,409	7,070
Sep-22	16,177	9,481	6,480
Oct-22	15,279	9,380	5,719
Nov-22	13,898	9,142	4,423

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