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Dwellings approved continue to fall in July

Media Release

Released

30/08/2023

Source

Building Approvals, Australia, July 2023

Release date and time

30/08/2023 11:30am AEST

The total number of dwellings approved fell 8.1 per cent in July, in seasonally adjusted terms, following a 7.9 per cent decrease in June, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said: "The fall in total number of dwellings approved was driven by a decrease in private sector dwellings excluding houses, which fell 15.8 per cent, following a 21.9 per cent fall in June."

"Approvals for private sector houses remained flat, following a 1.0 per cent fall in June."

Total dwelling approvals fell in most states: Victoria (-18.3 per cent), Queensland (-5.5 per cent), Western Australia (-5.2 per cent), New South Wales (-4.7 per cent), and South Australia (-2.6 per cent). Tasmania rose 39.5 per cent after falling 36.6 per cent in June.

Approvals for private sector houses were mixed across the states, with rises in Western Australia (+6.0 per cent) and Queensland (+5.0 per cent). South Australia (-9.1 per cent), Victoria (-4.0 per cent), and New South Wales (-3.0 per cent) fell in July.

The value of total building approvals fell 16.9 per cent, after a 7.2 per cent June increase. The value of total residential building fell 4.4 per cent, comprised of a 5.1 per cent fall in new residential building and a 0.4 per cent decrease in alterations and additions.

The value of non-residential building approved fell 27.8 per cent in July, following a 28.6 per cent increase in June.

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
Jul-08	13,173	8,310	4,426
Aug-08	12,389	8,117	3,914
Sep-08	11,702	7,675	3,678
Oct-08	11,525	7,576	3,689
Nov-08	10,327	7,188	2,814
Dec-08	10,200	6,994	2,557
Jan-09	9,417	7,206	2,015
Feb-09	10,712	7,404	3,074
Mar-09	10,820	7,598	2,906
Apr-09	11,414	7,866	3,086
May-09	10,847	8,230	1,990
Jun-09	12,009	8,764	2,518
Jul-09	13,218	8,911	3,572
Aug-09	12,807	9,409	2,670
Sep-09	14,037	9,512	3,901
Oct-09	13,635	9,928	2,942
Nov-09	14,896	9,894	3,488
Dec-09	15,320	9,983	3,827
Jan-10	14,955	9,980	3,199
Feb-10	15,416	9,985	3,428
Mar-10	17,040	9,949	4,811
Apr-10	15,890	9,491	4,747
May-10	14,948	9,299	4,345
Jun-10	14,653	9,109	4,758
Jul-10	15,389	8,893	5,452
Aug-10	15,040	8,682	5,314
Sep-10	13,853	8,493	4,649
Oct-10	15,313	8,563	6,075
Nov-10	14,100	8,387	5,097
Dec-10	15,096	8,465	5,915
Jan-11	13,131	8,342	4,456
Feb-11	12,880	8,296	4,244
Mar-11	14,213	8,197	5,547
Apr-11	13,854	8,186	5,414
May-11	12,756	8,008	4,459
Jun-11	12,834	8,008	4,456
Jul-11	13,084	7,641	4,920
Aug-11	14,901	7,767	6,716
Sep-11	12,297	7,769	4,282
Oct-11	11,359	7,281	3,877
Nov-11	11,849	7,615	4,022
Dec-11	11,723	7,688	3,897
Jan-12	11,212	7,796	3,202
Feb-12	11,803	7,359	4,288
Mar-12	11,741	7,513	4,047
Apr-12	10,866	6,849	3,916
May-12	14,218	7,305	6,782
Jun-12	14,870	7,267	7,385
Jul-12	11,743	7,664	3,827
Aug-12	13,413	7,700	5,581
Sep-12	15,228	7,930	7,129
Oct-12	14,276	7,825	5,984
Nov-12	13,874	7,719	5,909
Dec-12	13,877	7,764	5,903
Jan-13	12,751	7,815	4,747
Feb-13	13,677	7,776	5,246
Mar-13	13,294	7,958	5,099
Apr-13	14,992	8,166	6,519
May-13	14,427	8,375	5,561
Jun-13	13,773	8,268	5,119
Jul-13	15,268	8,526	6,406
Aug-13	14,887	8,414	6,284
Sep-13	18,360	8,677	9,408
Oct-13	17,650	8,728	8,661
Nov-13	17,258	9,238	7,726
Dec-13	16,955	9,063	7,635
Jan-14	17,779	10,201	7,272
Feb-14	16,719	9,751	6,752
Mar-14	15,989	9,382	6,350
Apr-14	16,498	9,770	6,372
May-14	16,798	9,789	6,781
Jun-14	16,605	9,660	6,614
Jul-14	17,120	9,781	7,097
Aug-14	18,553	9,679	8,621
Sep-14	16,401	9,543	6,624
Oct-14	18,191	9,861	8,141
Nov-14	20,135	9,849	10,066
Dec-14	20,320	9,718	10,156
Jan-15	19,891	9,942	9,624
Feb-15	19,484	9,717	9,421
Mar-15	20,776	9,628	10,827
Apr-15	19,035	9,545	9,173
May-15	20,885	9,553	11,041
Jun-15	19,368	9,904	9,122
Jul-15	19,858	9,742	9,213
Aug-15	19,335	10,071	9,107
Sep-15	20,401	9,817	10,312
Oct-15	21,574	9,743	11,594
Nov-15	18,683	9,648	8,954
Dec-15	20,256	10,285	9,804
Jan-16	18,855	9,833	8,731
Feb-16	19,639	9,816	9,468
Mar-16	20,698	10,254	10,238
Apr-16	20,765	10,000	10,564
May-16	20,314	10,047	9,959
Jun-16	18,697	9,682	8,817
Jul-16	21,552	9,585	11,709
Aug-16	21,960	9,676	11,891
Sep-16	19,184	9,789	9,222
Oct-16	16,571	9,552	6,710
Nov-16	18,410	9,632	8,529
Dec-16	18,328	9,400	8,786
Jan-17	17,089	9,207	7,685
Feb-17	18,764	9,435	9,093
Mar-17	16,502	9,287	6,991
Apr-17	18,242	9,494	8,535
May-17	17,039	9,824	7,053
Jun-17	18,689	9,964	8,513
Jul-17	19,383	10,202	8,712
Aug-17	19,451	10,260	9,013
Sep-17	19,545	10,082	9,206
Oct-17	19,728	10,142	9,261
Nov-17	23,093	10,084	12,850
Dec-17	17,929	10,169	7,604
Jan-18	19,593	9,876	9,446
Feb-18	18,942	10,263	8,371
Mar-18	19,648	10,469	9,025
Apr-18	18,301	10,570	7,535
May-18	18,143	10,016	7,967
Jun-18	19,558	10,214	9,018
Jul-18	18,685	10,145	8,274
Aug-18	16,387	9,945	6,297
Sep-18	16,705	9,618	6,756
Oct-18	17,292	10,029	7,086
Nov-18	15,013	9,374	5,512
Dec-18	14,248	9,050	5,070
Jan-19	14,723	9,395	5,132
Feb-19	16,345	8,912	7,328
Mar-19	15,087	8,522	6,348
Apr-19	14,353	8,558	5,659
May-19	14,508	8,825	5,462
Jun-19	15,047	8,905	5,762
Jul-19	13,650	8,593	4,753
Aug-19	13,792	8,540	5,135
Sep-19	14,478	8,718	5,605
Oct-19	14,559	8,270	6,077
Nov-19	14,769	8,474	6,120
Dec-19	16,017	8,652	7,186
Jan-20	13,437	8,647	4,649
Feb-20	16,084	8,675	7,233
Mar-20	15,395	8,576	6,609
Apr-20	14,994	8,796	5,816
May-20	13,362	8,855	4,215
Jun-20	12,907	8,372	4,146
Jul-20	15,270	9,284	5,662
Aug-20	14,336	9,613	4,550
Sep-20	16,044	10,534	5,103
Oct-20	17,500	11,207	5,949
Nov-20	17,585	11,517	5,740
Dec-20	19,385	13,381	5,764
Jan-21	16,992	12,179	4,482
Feb-21	19,912	13,974	5,538
Mar-21	23,057	14,051	8,500
Apr-21	20,081	13,574	6,254
May-21	20,682	13,660	6,768
Jun-21	19,882	12,544	6,921
Jul-21	18,404	11,992	6,125
Aug-21	19,058	12,029	6,763
Sep-21	18,252	10,466	7,570
Oct-21	16,088	10,475	5,298
Nov-21	16,182	10,394	5,573
Dec-21	17,246	9,980	7,023
Jan-22	13,247	8,630	4,389
Feb-22	18,451	9,817	7,353
Mar-22	15,319	9,782	5,241
Apr-22	15,239	9,740	5,351
May-22	16,641	9,611	6,706
Jun-22	16,823	9,737	6,634
Jul-22	14,164	9,723	4,225
Aug-22	17,688	10,238	7,173
Sep-22	16,343	9,487	6,644
Oct-22	15,336	9,321	5,836
Nov-22	15,007	9,119	5,550
Dec-22	17,209	8,907	7,713
Jan-23	12,338	7,763	4,407
Feb-23	13,059	8,591	4,244
Mar-23	13,163	8,348	4,602
Apr-23	12,471	8,116	4,159
May-23	14,979	8,153	6,634
Jun-23	13,790	8,075	5,184
Jul-23	12,668	8,084	4,367

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