Dwelling approvals decrease in March

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5/05/2022

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Building Approvals, Australia, March 2022

The total number of dwellings approved fell 18.5 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in March, following a 42.0 per cent rise in February, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS Director of Construction Statistics, said: "The fall in the total number of dwellings approved in March was driven by approvals for private sector dwellings excluding houses, which fell 29.9 per cent."

"Approvals for private sector houses also decreased, falling 3.0 per cent in March, following a 14.6 per cent rise in February."

Across Australia, the number of dwelling approvals fell in Victoria (-34.6 per cent), Tasmania (-27.3 per cent), New South Wales (-23.9 per cent), and South Australia (-23.5 per cent), in seasonally adjusted terms. Dwelling approvals increased in Queensland (12.4 per cent) and Western Australia (5.1 per cent).

Approvals for private sector houses rose in Queensland (5.8 per cent) and Western Australia (0.3 per cent) but fell in all other mainland states: New South Wales (-7.5 per cent), Victoria (-5.0 per cent), and South Australia (-2.2 per cent), in seasonally adjusted terms.

The value of total building approved fell 10.8 per cent in March, in seasonally adjusted terms. The value of total residential building decreased (-18.3 per cent), following a 37.7 per cent rise in February. The fall in total residential building value was driven by 20.7 per cent decrease in new residential building, while the result in alterations and additions was flat.

The value of non-residential building fell 0.8 per cent, after a sharp 130.1 per cent February increase. The March result was driven by a large number of public developments, with 11 projects valued over $30m approved, including four greater than $100m.

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Total dwellings	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
Mar-07	12,375	8,681	3,441
Apr-07	13,038	9,097	3,563
May-07	12,745	8,742	3,758
Jun-07	13,287	8,640	4,265
Jul-07	13,389	8,849	3,947
Aug-07	12,999	8,805	3,790
Sep-07	14,045	9,172	4,398
Oct-07	14,107	9,091	4,733
Nov-07	14,647	9,434	4,883
Dec-07	14,364	9,177	4,755
Jan-08	14,351	9,325	4,638
Feb-08	13,704	9,251	4,110
Mar-08	12,453	8,813	3,451
Apr-08	13,791	9,154	4,329
May-08	13,119	8,748	4,003
Jun-08	13,436	8,742	4,211
Jul-08	13,186	8,315	4,431
Aug-08	12,361	8,116	3,888
Sep-08	11,702	7,674	3,672
Oct-08	11,516	7,570	3,688
Nov-08	10,323	7,188	2,813
Dec-08	10,210	6,989	2,572
Jan-09	9,436	7,206	2,032
Feb-09	10,712	7,403	3,075
Mar-09	10,764	7,571	2,876
Apr-09	11,362	7,802	3,099
May-09	10,866	8,230	2,008
Jun-09	11,991	8,764	2,503
Jul-09	13,239	8,918	3,586
Aug-09	12,779	9,407	2,648
Sep-09	14,095	9,515	3,916
Oct-09	13,626	9,921	2,944
Nov-09	14,867	9,878	3,481
Dec-09	15,336	9,969	3,861
Jan-10	14,993	9,978	3,226
Feb-10	15,412	9,977	3,429
Mar-10	16,985	9,929	4,771
Apr-10	16,014	9,601	4,769
May-10	14,930	9,286	4,341
Jun-10	14,615	9,116	4,716
Jul-10	15,410	8,900	5,463
Aug-10	14,991	8,674	5,277
Sep-10	13,902	8,483	4,666
Oct-10	15,310	8,557	6,084
Nov-10	14,077	8,380	5,095
Dec-10	15,146	8,452	5,979
Jan-11	13,118	8,326	4,458
Feb-11	12,870	8,284	4,244
Mar-11	14,169	8,174	5,526
Apr-11	13,788	8,098	5,436
May-11	12,756	8,002	4,465
Jun-11	12,772	7,989	4,413
Jul-11	13,105	7,651	4,929
Aug-11	14,816	7,768	6,630
Sep-11	12,319	7,762	4,311
Oct-11	11,331	7,263	3,868
Nov-11	11,850	7,613	4,025
Dec-11	11,778	7,676	3,965
Jan-12	11,221	7,798	3,207
Feb-12	11,789	7,343	4,289
Mar-12	11,718	7,492	4,045
Apr-12	10,786	6,768	3,917
May-12	14,203	7,290	6,782
Jun-12	14,827	7,273	7,337
Jul-12	11,742	7,674	3,818
Aug-12	13,393	7,694	5,565
Sep-12	15,222	7,916	7,137
Oct-12	14,249	7,824	5,958
Nov-12	13,877	7,703	5,928
Dec-12	13,895	7,735	5,949
Jan-13	12,757	7,797	4,768
Feb-13	13,681	7,763	5,261
Mar-13	13,288	7,960	5,090
Apr-13	14,928	8,097	6,524
May-13	14,437	8,354	5,593
Jun-13	13,696	8,252	5,058
Jul-13	15,262	8,533	6,395
Aug-13	14,856	8,413	6,251
Sep-13	18,319	8,658	9,388
Oct-13	17,589	8,706	8,622
Nov-13	17,287	9,247	7,746
Dec-13	16,999	9,050	7,694
Jan-14	17,830	10,182	7,337
Feb-14	16,753	9,733	6,803
Mar-14	15,950	9,362	6,332
Apr-14	16,408	9,680	6,374
May-14	16,820	9,759	6,832
Jun-14	16,533	9,655	6,549
Jul-14	17,037	9,732	7,065
Aug-14	18,583	9,729	8,594
Sep-14	16,383	9,548	6,604
Oct-14	18,126	9,843	8,096
Nov-14	20,109	9,828	10,061
Dec-14	20,346	9,695	10,208
Jan-15	19,984	9,908	9,744
Feb-15	19,624	9,703	9,573
Mar-15	20,758	9,647	10,790
Apr-15	19,256	9,774	9,166
May-15	20,906	9,549	11,063
Jun-15	19,306	9,922	9,044
Jul-15	19,776	9,711	9,165
Aug-15	19,305	10,109	9,035
Sep-15	20,305	9,781	10,256
Oct-15	21,519	9,724	11,560
Nov-15	18,712	9,681	8,951
Dec-15	20,211	10,182	9,863
Jan-16	18,995	9,851	8,850
Feb-16	19,875	9,868	9,651
Mar-16	20,578	10,162	10,212
Apr-16	20,833	9,985	10,644
May-16	20,189	10,006	9,872
Jun-16	18,492	9,583	8,714
Jul-16	21,493	9,593	11,641
Aug-16	21,763	9,734	11,631
Sep-16	19,214	9,765	9,282
Oct-16	16,468	9,570	6,596
Nov-16	18,445	9,622	8,574
Dec-16	18,338	9,364	8,831
Jan-17	17,087	9,180	7,706
Feb-17	19,111	9,447	9,419
Mar-17	16,578	9,322	7,037
Apr-17	18,107	9,399	8,489
May-17	16,938	9,769	7,012
Jun-17	18,635	9,928	8,495
Jul-17	19,114	10,174	8,474
Aug-17	19,151	10,142	8,827
Sep-17	19,703	10,137	9,321
Oct-17	19,572	10,158	9,096
Nov-17	23,105	10,013	12,932
Dec-17	18,020	10,263	7,592
Jan-18	19,621	9,881	9,474
Feb-18	19,301	10,281	8,702
Mar-18	19,682	10,516	9,014
Apr-18	18,394	10,588	7,603
May-18	17,880	9,731	7,993
Jun-18	19,407	10,273	8,808
Jul-18	18,339	10,043	8,030
Aug-18	16,417	9,950	6,316
Sep-18	16,678	9,535	6,827
Oct-18	17,156	10,082	6,907
Nov-18	15,180	9,421	5,626
Dec-18	14,316	9,173	5,008
Jan-19	14,574	9,156	5,224
Feb-19	16,714	8,939	7,663
Mar-19	15,146	8,692	6,235
Apr-19	14,353	8,529	5,690
May-19	14,543	8,710	5,615
Jun-19	14,698	8,773	5,544
Jul-19	13,356	8,599	4,464
Aug-19	13,748	8,467	5,154
Sep-19	14,549	8,622	5,778
Oct-19	14,215	8,074	5,944
Nov-19	14,896	8,667	6,046
Dec-19	15,897	8,674	7,032
Jan-20	13,562	8,641	4,781
Feb-20	16,252	8,715	7,355
Mar-20	15,258	8,653	6,375
Apr-20	15,189	8,868	5,949
May-20	13,215	8,755	4,158
Jun-20	12,724	8,339	3,965
Jul-20	14,777	9,150	5,312
Aug-20	14,290	9,709	4,394
Sep-20	16,002	10,410	5,237
Oct-20	17,301	11,192	5,782
Nov-20	17,833	11,851	5,636
Dec-20	19,354	13,318	5,795
Jan-21	17,012	12,281	4,375
Feb-21	20,251	14,112	5,723
Mar-21	23,586	14,642	8,480
Apr-21	22,058	15,242	6,556
May-21	20,498	13,703	6,535
Jun-21	19,466	12,359	6,713
Jul-21	18,005	11,766	5,951
Aug-21	19,242	12,246	6,720
Sep-21	18,695	10,541	7,960
Oct-21	16,122	10,853	4,959
Nov-21	16,344	10,639	5,476
Dec-21	17,863	10,459	7,156
Jan-22	13,117	8,932	3,988
Feb-22	18,632	10,234	7,142
Mar-22	15,183	9,932	5,004

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

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