Dwelling approvals record large rise in February

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31/03/2022

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Building Approvals, Australia, February 2022

The total number of dwellings approved rose 43.5 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in February, following a 27.1 per cent fall in January, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS Director of Construction Statistics, said: "The large rise in the total number of dwellings approved in February was recorded across all dwelling types.

"Private sector dwellings excluding houses, rose 78.3 per cent, following a 43.3 per cent fall in January. The rise in February was driven by a large increase in apartment approvals in New South Wales and Victoria. Private house approvals also rose in February (16.5 per cent), following a 16.3 per cent decline in January."

Across Australia, the number of dwelling approvals rose in Victoria (91.0 per cent), New South Wales (48.8 per cent), South Australia (35.9 per cent), Tasmania (12.2 per cent), and Western Australia (8.0 percent), in seasonally adjusted terms. Queensland fell 14.6 per cent, having been the only state to record a rise in January.

Approvals for private sector houses rose in all mainland states: New South Wales (27.2 per cent), Victoria (20.1 per cent), Western Australia (11.5 per cent), South Australia (7.6 per cent) and Queensland (6.4 per cent), in seasonally adjusted terms.

The value of total building approved rose 67.5 per cent in February, in seasonally adjusted terms. The value of non-residential building increased sharply (132 per cent), following a 37.2 per cent fall in January. The February result was the second highest recorded (behind March 2021) and was driven by a large number of public developments, with 14 projects valued over $30m approved.

The value of total residential building rose 38.7 per cent, comprised of a 47.7 per cent increase in the value of new residential building, and a 6.4 per cent fall in alterations and additions.

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
Feb-07	13,743	8,542	4,836
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	4,399
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	5,091
Apr-13	14,928	8,097	6,524
May-13	14,437	8,354	5,592
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	17,588	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	16,407	9,680	6,373
May-14	16,821	9,759	6,833
Jun-14	16,533	9,655	6,549
Jul-14	17,037	9,732	7,065
Aug-14	18,584	9,729	8,594
Sep-14	16,384	9,548	6,604
Oct-14	18,126	9,843	8,096
Nov-14	20,109	9,828	10,061
Dec-14	20,345	9,695	10,207
Jan-15	19,987	9,908	9,748
Feb-15	19,624	9,703	9,573
Mar-15	20,758	9,647	10,790
Apr-15	19,255	9,774	9,165
May-15	20,907	9,549	11,064
Jun-15	19,306	9,922	9,044
Jul-15	19,776	9,711	9,165
Aug-15	19,305	10,109	9,034
Sep-15	20,303	9,781	10,254
Oct-15	21,523	9,724	11,563
Nov-15	18,712	9,681	8,951
Dec-15	20,209	10,182	9,861
Jan-16	18,999	9,851	8,854
Feb-16	19,875	9,868	9,651
Mar-16	20,572	10,162	10,206
Apr-16	20,837	9,985	10,649
May-16	20,188	10,006	9,871
Jun-16	18,487	9,583	8,709
Jul-16	21,495	9,593	11,644
Aug-16	21,761	9,734	11,629
Sep-16	19,217	9,765	9,285
Oct-16	16,468	9,570	6,596
Nov-16	18,440	9,622	8,569
Dec-16	18,341	9,364	8,834
Jan-17	17,084	9,180	7,704
Feb-17	19,111	9,447	9,419
Mar-17	16,579	9,322	7,038
Apr-17	18,107	9,399	8,489
May-17	16,930	9,769	7,005
Jun-17	18,640	9,928	8,501
Jul-17	19,115	10,174	8,474
Aug-17	19,146	10,142	8,822
Sep-17	19,713	10,137	9,331
Oct-17	19,568	10,158	9,093
Nov-17	23,101	10,013	12,928
Dec-17	18,024	10,263	7,596
Jan-18	19,618	9,881	9,471
Feb-18	19,301	10,281	8,702
Mar-18	19,691	10,516	9,022
Apr-18	18,391	10,588	7,600
May-18	17,866	9,731	7,978
Jun-18	19,422	10,273	8,823
Jul-18	18,335	10,043	8,027
Aug-18	16,418	9,950	6,317
Sep-18	16,679	9,535	6,828
Oct-18	17,151	10,082	6,902
Nov-18	15,183	9,421	5,629
Dec-18	14,317	9,173	5,009
Jan-19	14,570	9,156	5,219
Feb-19	16,714	8,939	7,663
Mar-19	15,153	8,692	6,242
Apr-19	14,351	8,529	5,687
May-19	14,544	8,710	5,615
Jun-19	14,699	8,773	5,546
Jul-19	13,346	8,599	4,455
Aug-19	13,754	8,467	5,161
Sep-19	14,546	8,622	5,776
Oct-19	14,206	8,074	5,935
Nov-19	14,913	8,667	6,063
Dec-19	15,892	8,674	7,027
Jan-20	13,562	8,641	4,781
Feb-20	16,258	8,715	7,361
Mar-20	15,253	8,653	6,370
Apr-20	15,183	8,868	5,944
May-20	13,222	8,755	4,164
Jun-20	12,722	8,339	3,962
Jul-20	14,519	9,124	5,079
Aug-20	14,291	9,707	4,397
Sep-20	15,992	10,425	5,213
Oct-20	17,303	11,201	5,775
Nov-20	17,830	11,855	5,629
Dec-20	19,136	13,279	5,616
Jan-21	17,021	12,282	4,383
Feb-21	20,248	14,106	5,725
Mar-21	23,577	14,663	8,449
Apr-21	22,062	15,254	6,548
May-21	20,508	13,713	6,534
Jun-21	19,457	12,360	6,703
Jul-21	17,936	11,702	5,946
Aug-21	19,212	12,250	6,686
Sep-21	18,645	10,548	7,904
Oct-21	16,095	10,855	4,930
Nov-21	16,281	10,585	5,466
Dec-21	17,848	10,495	7,104
Jan-22	13,015	8,788	4,029
Feb-22	18,675	10,240	7,183

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

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