Dwelling approvals slightly decrease in June

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2/08/2022

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Building Approvals, Australia, June 2022

The total number of dwellings approved fell 0.7 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in June, following a 11.2 per cent rise in May, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, head of construction statistics at the ABS, said "the decrease in the total number of dwellings approved in June was driven by a fall in approvals for private sector dwellings excluding houses, which dropped 5.7 per cent."

"Approvals for private sector houses rose 1.2 per cent in June, following a 2.1 per cent fall in May.

"The average approval value for new houses continues to rise year on year, since passing $400,000 in April 2022. The average approval value for a new house in June was $408,782, roughly $67,500 higher than the year before and $78,500 higher than June 2019”. This reflects a year-on-year rise of 19.8 per cent for June 2022, following weaker rises of 2.6 per cent for June 2021 and 0.7 per cent for June 2020.

Across Australia, the number of dwelling approvals rose in Victoria (6.3 per cent), Western Australia (1.7 per cent), New South Wales (1.5 per cent) and Tasmania (1.0 per cent), in seasonally adjusted terms. Dwelling approvals decreased in South Australia (-10.1 per cent) and Queensland (-2.0 per cent).

Approvals for private sector houses rose in New South Wales (9.2 per cent) and Victoria (4.2 per cent), while declines were recorded in Queensland (-7.8 per cent), Western Australia (-2.9 per cent) and South Australia (-0.9 per cent), in seasonally adjusted terms.

The value of total building approved fell 4.7 per cent in June, following a 10.8 per cent rise in May. The value of total residential building fell by 3.7 per cent, comprised of a 3.9 per cent fall in the value of new residential building approved and a 2.2 per cent decrease in the value of alterations and additions.

The value of non-residential building fell 6.1 per cent, following a 17.0 per cent increase in May.

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
Jun-07	13,318	8,644	4,290
Jul-07	13,406	8,855	3,959
Aug-07	13,002	8,800	3,797
Sep-07	14,026	9,166	4,389
Oct-07	14,159	9,090	4,785
Nov-07	14,663	9,442	4,888
Dec-07	14,286	9,177	4,677
Jan-08	14,340	9,323	4,630
Feb-08	13,700	9,263	4,093
Mar-08	12,486	8,830	3,468
Apr-08	13,679	9,070	4,301
May-08	13,100	8,746	3,986
Jun-08	13,469	8,750	4,237
Jul-08	13,172	8,308	4,426
Aug-08	12,394	8,122	3,914
Sep-08	11,712	7,680	3,678
Oct-08	11,521	7,573	3,689
Nov-08	10,322	7,185	2,813
Dec-08	10,202	6,995	2,558
Jan-09	9,419	7,206	2,015
Feb-09	10,712	7,403	3,074
Mar-09	10,832	7,609	2,907
Apr-09	11,489	7,943	3,085
May-09	10,855	8,239	1,988
Jun-09	12,016	8,772	2,518
Jul-09	13,221	8,914	3,572
Aug-09	12,791	9,396	2,670
Sep-09	14,067	9,517	3,901
Oct-09	13,628	9,924	2,942
Nov-09	14,887	9,888	3,487
Dec-09	15,318	9,983	3,829
Jan-10	14,980	9,995	3,199
Feb-10	15,419	9,986	3,429
Mar-10	17,047	9,951	4,813
Apr-10	15,864	9,470	4,746
May-10	14,929	9,282	4,342
Jun-10	14,659	9,119	4,757
Jul-10	15,392	8,896	5,451
Aug-10	15,050	8,693	5,316
Sep-10	13,861	8,475	4,648
Oct-10	15,316	8,570	6,075
Nov-10	14,101	8,391	5,099
Dec-10	15,100	8,469	5,916
Jan-11	13,119	8,328	4,457
Feb-11	12,881	8,296	4,244
Mar-11	14,210	8,193	5,548
Apr-11	13,831	8,165	5,411
May-11	12,767	8,019	4,459
Jun-11	12,817	7,992	4,455
Jul-11	13,096	7,653	4,919
Aug-11	14,905	7,766	6,721
Sep-11	12,306	7,777	4,282
Oct-11	11,341	7,264	3,877
Nov-11	11,850	7,616	4,022
Dec-11	11,728	7,691	3,899
Jan-12	11,230	7,811	3,204
Feb-12	11,794	7,351	4,287
Mar-12	11,735	7,506	4,048
Apr-12	10,838	6,825	3,912
May-12	14,209	7,301	6,777
Jun-12	14,876	7,276	7,383
Jul-12	11,758	7,677	3,829
Aug-12	13,418	7,700	5,586
Sep-12	15,213	7,919	7,124
Oct-12	14,277	7,826	5,984
Nov-12	13,876	7,722	5,908
Dec-12	13,871	7,756	5,905
Jan-13	12,756	7,814	4,753
Feb-13	13,678	7,775	5,247
Mar-13	13,293	7,956	5,099
Apr-13	14,976	8,155	6,514
May-13	14,414	8,371	5,553
Jun-13	13,766	8,260	5,120
Jul-13	15,276	8,532	6,408
Aug-13	14,899	8,414	6,297
Sep-13	18,351	8,673	9,404
Oct-13	17,647	8,722	8,664
Nov-13	17,256	9,244	7,719
Dec-13	16,976	9,078	7,640
Jan-14	17,797	10,205	7,285
Feb-14	16,712	9,749	6,747
Mar-14	15,983	9,369	6,356
Apr-14	16,470	9,745	6,368
May-14	16,774	9,778	6,768
Jun-14	16,619	9,665	6,624
Jul-14	17,093	9,765	7,086
Aug-14	18,601	9,695	8,652
Sep-14	16,406	9,551	6,621
Oct-14	18,199	9,862	8,148
Nov-14	20,102	9,838	10,045
Dec-14	20,348	9,735	10,168
Jan-15	19,914	9,930	9,658
Feb-15	19,465	9,716	9,402
Mar-15	20,788	9,629	10,837
Apr-15	19,085	9,608	9,159
May-15	20,861	9,542	11,028
Jun-15	19,390	9,920	9,128
Jul-15	19,804	9,742	9,160
Aug-15	19,409	10,086	9,166
Sep-15	20,400	9,813	10,315
Oct-15	21,604	9,739	11,629
Nov-15	18,652	9,665	8,907
Dec-15	20,242	10,265	9,811
Jan-16	18,898	9,831	8,776
Feb-16	19,618	9,842	9,422
Mar-16	20,690	10,221	10,263
Apr-16	20,764	10,002	10,559
May-16	20,259	10,015	9,934
Jun-16	18,672	9,659	8,815
Jul-16	21,471	9,592	11,622
Aug-16	22,034	9,708	11,935
Sep-16	19,303	9,798	9,333
Oct-16	16,601	9,557	6,737
Nov-16	18,344	9,634	8,461
Dec-16	18,345	9,401	8,803
Jan-17	17,070	9,184	7,688
Feb-17	18,695	9,437	9,021
Mar-17	16,552	9,300	7,028
Apr-17	18,181	9,461	8,503
May-17	16,992	9,792	7,038
Jun-17	18,685	9,964	8,509
Jul-17	19,240	10,204	8,566
Aug-17	19,497	10,240	9,081
Sep-17	19,856	10,132	9,470
Oct-17	19,708	10,141	9,245
Nov-17	22,966	10,061	12,745
Dec-17	17,945	10,200	7,589
Jan-18	19,594	9,870	9,453
Feb-18	18,837	10,260	8,267
Mar-18	19,726	10,481	9,090
Apr-18	18,315	10,567	7,545
May-18	18,081	9,909	8,013
Jun-18	19,554	10,249	8,978
Jul-18	18,419	10,133	8,019
Aug-18	16,532	9,975	6,417
Sep-18	16,972	9,627	7,015
Oct-18	17,279	10,048	7,058
Nov-18	14,966	9,376	5,462
Dec-18	14,274	9,091	5,054
Jan-19	14,678	9,299	5,183
Feb-19	16,187	8,895	7,186
Mar-19	15,103	8,549	6,335
Apr-19	14,371	8,557	5,677
May-19	14,515	8,773	5,522
Jun-19	14,975	8,872	5,720
Jul-19	13,460	8,684	4,469
Aug-19	13,943	8,543	5,287
Sep-19	14,634	8,635	5,844
Oct-19	14,463	8,182	6,075
Nov-19	14,619	8,515	5,927
Dec-19	15,785	8,604	7,002
Jan-20	13,435	8,601	4,694
Feb-20	15,939	8,653	7,110
Mar-20	15,251	8,561	6,457
Apr-20	15,066	8,759	5,924
May-20	13,277	8,783	4,198
Jun-20	12,847	8,425	3,990
Jul-20	15,082	9,305	5,453
Aug-20	14,460	9,702	4,589
Sep-20	16,269	10,588	5,285
Oct-20	17,520	11,159	6,028
Nov-20	17,399	11,614	5,452
Dec-20	19,409	13,388	5,785
Jan-21	16,891	12,069	4,483
Feb-21	19,741	13,946	5,393
Mar-21	23,445	14,322	8,617
Apr-21	20,336	13,573	6,506
May-21	20,726	13,764	6,705
Jun-21	19,871	12,603	6,857
Jul-21	18,303	12,022	5,994
Aug-21	19,409	12,285	6,878
Sep-21	19,309	10,678	8,419
Oct-21	16,216	10,699	5,205
Nov-21	16,051	10,486	5,346
Dec-21	17,377	10,135	7,005
Jan-22	13,170	8,677	4,258
Feb-22	18,161	10,069	6,808
Mar-22	15,488	9,956	5,236
Apr-22	14,916	9,925	4,859
May-22	16,581	9,716	6,539
Jun-22	16,461	9,834	6,165

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

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Year on Year (%) movement in average value of new house approvals
	Average value of new house approvals (%)
Jun-17	3.1
Jul-17	3.3
Aug-17	2.2
Sep-17	2.8
Oct-17	3.4
Nov-17	3.9
Dec-17	4.6
Jan-18	1.9
Feb-18	3.9
Mar-18	3.5
Apr-18	3
May-18	5.6
Jun-18	2.9
Jul-18	5.9
Aug-18	5.6
Sep-18	6.9
Oct-18	2.1
Nov-18	3.3
Dec-18	5.8
Jan-19	5.4
Feb-19	3
Mar-19	3.7
Apr-19	4.1
May-19	2.7
Jun-19	4.6
Jul-19	1.5
Aug-19	0.9
Sep-19	0.8
Oct-19	3.5
Nov-19	2.6
Dec-19	-1.7
Jan-20	-0.4
Feb-20	1.1
Mar-20	1.4
Apr-20	-0.4
May-20	0.3
Jun-20	0.7
Jul-20	1.7
Aug-20	0.8
Sep-20	-2.2
Oct-20	-3.2
Nov-20	-3.4
Dec-20	-2.9
Jan-21	-3.2
Feb-21	-4
Mar-21	-2.4
Apr-21	0.5
May-21	0.2
Jun-21	2.6
Jul-21	4.4
Aug-21	8.8
Sep-21	11.3
Oct-21	14.1
Nov-21	16.8
Dec-21	17.5
Jan-22	19.8
Feb-22	22.5
Mar-22	21.3
Apr-22	24.3
May-22	23.4
Jun-22	19.8

Year on Year (%) movement in average value of new house approvals

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