Dwelling approvals fall in July

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1/09/2025
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Building Approvals, Australia, July 2025
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01/09/2025 11:30am AEST

The total number of dwellings approved fell 8.2 per cent in July to 15,769, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said: 'The drop in total dwellings was driven by a 22.3 per cent fall in private dwellings excluding houses, which rose 33.5 per cent in the previous month.’ 

‘The less volatile private sector houses rose 1.1 per cent.’

Private sector houses rise in July

Private sector house approvals rose 1.1 per cent (to 9,288 dwellings), after a 1.9 per cent fall in June. The result is 0.3 per cent higher than one year ago.

‘New South Wales and Western Australia had the strongest rise in private sector house approvals, with both states up 3.0 per cent.' Mr Rossi said. 

'Victoria gained 1.3 per cent and has risen for a fourth consecutive month. South Australia was the only state to record a fall, down 6.1 per cent.' 

Private sector dwellings excluding houses fall

Private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 22.3 per cent (to 5,943 dwellings). This followed a 33.5 per cent rise in June, which was the highest result since December 2022.

(a) Seasonally adjusted estimates are not published for NT and ACT for all dwelling types. Private sector houses are not published for Tasmania.

Non-residential approvals drives fall in value 

The value of total building approved fell 7.3 per cent in July to $15.52 billion, following a 7.1 per cent rise in June.

The overall drop in value was driven by a 14.9 per cent fall in non-residential building approved to $6.09 billion. This followed a rise of 13.5 per cent in June.

The value of total residential building fell 1.6 per cent to $9.43 billion, driven by a 2.1 per cent fall in new residential building to $8.18 billion.

The value of approved residential alterations and additions reached a new all-time high in July, up 1.9 per cent to $1.25 billion.

'In chain volume terms, the value of total building work approved was $44.9 billion in the June quarter, the highest level since the June quarter of 2021.' Mr Rossi said.


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Media notes

  • Chain volume estimates measure changes in value after the direct effects of price changes have been removed. See chain volume measures for more details.
  • "Private sector dwellings excluding houses" includes semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses and apartments.
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