Large fall in apartment approvals drives decline in July

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30/08/2022

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Building Approvals, Australia, July 2022

The total number of dwellings approved fell 17.2 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in July, following a 0.6 per cent decrease in June, 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 July was led by a sharp decline in approvals for private sector dwellings excluding houses, which dropped by 43.5 per cent. This was the lowest level recorded since January 2012 and was driven by a lack of approvals for large apartment developments."

"Approvals for private sector houses remained steady, rising 0.7 per cent in June, following a 1.6 per cent increase in June."

Western Australia had the largest drop in the number of dwelling approvals (-36.9 per cent), followed by Victoria (-17.4 per cent), New South Wales (-16.2 per cent), Tasmania (-14.5 per cent) and Queensland (-13.7 per cent). Dwelling approvals rose in South Australia 19.2 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Only two states recorded a decline in approvals for private sector houses, Western Australia (-8.7 per cent) and New South Wales (-6.3 per cent). In contrast, approvals for private sector houses rose in South Australia (18.6 per cent), Queensland (5.8 per cent) and Victoria (1.5 per cent).

The value of total building approved fell 12.9 per cent in July, following a 6.2 per cent decline in June. The value of total residential building fell 6.1 per cent, comprising of a 6.9 per cent decline in new residential building and a 1.3 per cent decrease in alterations and additions.

The value of non-residential building fell 22.6 per cent, driven by falls in both private and public sector approvals in July.

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-07	13,406	8,855	3,959
Aug-07	13,001	8,800	3,797
Sep-07	14,026	9,166	4,389
Oct-07	14,159	9,090	4,785
Nov-07	14,662	9,441	4,888
Dec-07	14,287	9,177	4,677
Jan-08	14,339	9,322	4,629
Feb-08	13,698	9,261	4,093
Mar-08	12,490	8,834	3,468
Apr-08	13,677	9,068	4,301
May-08	13,099	8,745	3,986
Jun-08	13,471	8,750	4,237
Jul-08	13,171	8,307	4,426
Aug-08	12,393	8,121	3,914
Sep-08	11,712	7,680	3,679
Oct-08	11,520	7,572	3,689
Nov-08	10,322	7,185	2,813
Dec-08	10,203	6,996	2,558
Jan-09	9,419	7,206	2,015
Feb-09	10,712	7,403	3,074
Mar-09	10,833	7,610	2,907
Apr-09	11,491	7,945	3,085
May-09	10,853	8,237	1,988
Jun-09	12,015	8,772	2,518
Jul-09	13,220	8,913	3,572
Aug-09	12,795	9,400	2,671
Sep-09	14,065	9,515	3,902
Oct-09	13,628	9,925	2,942
Nov-09	14,889	9,890	3,488
Dec-09	15,317	9,982	3,829
Jan-10	14,977	9,992	3,198
Feb-10	15,419	9,986	3,428
Mar-10	17,049	9,954	4,814
Apr-10	15,860	9,466	4,746
May-10	14,935	9,288	4,343
Jun-10	14,656	9,115	4,757
Jul-10	15,392	8,897	5,451
Aug-10	15,048	8,690	5,317
Sep-10	13,863	8,478	4,648
Oct-10	15,315	8,569	6,075
Nov-10	14,101	8,391	5,099
Dec-10	15,098	8,467	5,916
Jan-11	13,122	8,332	4,457
Feb-11	12,880	8,296	4,243
Mar-11	14,209	8,193	5,548
Apr-11	13,832	8,166	5,412
May-11	12,764	8,017	4,458
Jun-11	12,819	7,994	4,455
Jul-11	13,095	7,651	4,920
Aug-11	14,906	7,766	6,722
Sep-11	12,304	7,776	4,283
Oct-11	11,346	7,268	3,877
Nov-11	11,848	7,615	4,021
Dec-11	11,728	7,692	3,899
Jan-12	11,227	7,809	3,204
Feb-12	11,794	7,352	4,287
Mar-12	11,734	7,507	4,047
Apr-12	10,842	6,828	3,913
May-12	14,207	7,300	6,776
Jun-12	14,876	7,275	7,383
Jul-12	11,758	7,676	3,830
Aug-12	13,418	7,699	5,587
Sep-12	15,218	7,920	7,129
Oct-12	14,277	7,826	5,984
Nov-12	13,875	7,721	5,907
Dec-12	13,873	7,758	5,904
Jan-13	12,753	7,813	4,751
Feb-13	13,676	7,775	5,245
Mar-13	13,292	7,957	5,098
Apr-13	14,980	8,156	6,516
May-13	14,413	8,371	5,551
Jun-13	13,767	8,260	5,119
Jul-13	15,276	8,532	6,409
Aug-13	14,903	8,414	6,300
Sep-13	18,362	8,673	9,415
Oct-13	17,647	8,722	8,664
Nov-13	17,256	9,244	7,718
Dec-13	16,974	9,078	7,639
Jan-14	17,794	10,205	7,282
Feb-14	16,711	9,749	6,745
Mar-14	15,975	9,370	6,347
Apr-14	16,471	9,747	6,368
May-14	16,767	9,778	6,761
Jun-14	16,618	9,665	6,622
Jul-14	17,105	9,765	7,098
Aug-14	18,603	9,695	8,654
Sep-14	16,418	9,550	6,635
Oct-14	18,197	9,862	8,146
Nov-14	20,096	9,839	10,038
Dec-14	20,345	9,734	10,165
Jan-15	19,913	9,936	9,650
Feb-15	19,463	9,715	9,401
Mar-15	20,779	9,628	10,829
Apr-15	19,077	9,601	9,159
May-15	20,841	9,542	11,008
Jun-15	19,389	9,918	9,127
Jul-15	19,852	9,741	9,208
Aug-15	19,410	10,087	9,168
Sep-15	20,410	9,812	10,327
Oct-15	21,589	9,740	11,613
Nov-15	18,650	9,665	8,905
Dec-15	20,239	10,264	9,809
Jan-16	18,906	9,843	8,771
Feb-16	19,625	9,840	9,430
Mar-16	20,663	10,220	10,238
Apr-16	20,757	10,002	10,552
May-16	20,257	10,016	9,931
Jun-16	18,654	9,659	8,796
Jul-16	21,538	9,590	11,690
Aug-16	22,073	9,706	11,978
Sep-16	19,310	9,798	9,340
Oct-16	16,587	9,559	6,720
Nov-16	18,340	9,633	8,460
Dec-16	18,333	9,400	8,791
Jan-17	17,107	9,202	7,707
Feb-17	18,693	9,435	9,021
Mar-17	16,515	9,295	6,996
Apr-17	18,159	9,460	8,482
May-17	16,979	9,794	7,024
Jun-17	18,657	9,963	8,478
Jul-17	19,365	10,202	8,694
Aug-17	19,508	10,241	9,092
Sep-17	19,864	10,130	9,480
Oct-17	19,731	10,145	9,263
Nov-17	22,944	10,062	12,723
Dec-17	17,929	10,195	7,577
Jan-18	19,639	9,893	9,475
Feb-18	18,835	10,258	8,267
Mar-18	19,656	10,472	9,027
Apr-18	18,301	10,565	7,536
May-18	18,032	9,918	7,954
Jun-18	19,510	10,242	8,939
Jul-18	18,613	10,132	8,215
Aug-18	16,520	9,969	6,411
Sep-18	16,964	9,628	7,009
Oct-18	17,300	10,053	7,073
Nov-18	14,960	9,376	5,455
Dec-18	14,260	9,087	5,045
Jan-19	14,677	9,333	5,148
Feb-19	16,181	8,893	7,182
Mar-19	15,063	8,525	6,319
Apr-19	14,371	8,565	5,669
May-19	14,458	8,775	5,462
Jun-19	14,916	8,864	5,669
Jul-19	13,593	8,684	4,605
Aug-19	13,935	8,542	5,280
Sep-19	14,647	8,637	5,856
Oct-19	14,439	8,197	6,036
Nov-19	14,623	8,508	5,938
Dec-19	15,794	8,602	7,013
Jan-20	13,429	8,612	4,675
Feb-20	15,926	8,652	7,098
Mar-20	15,221	8,548	6,442
Apr-20	15,012	8,764	5,865
May-20	13,251	8,776	4,179
Jun-20	12,833	8,428	3,970
Jul-20	15,218	9,299	5,597
Aug-20	14,456	9,693	4,596
Sep-20	16,305	10,602	5,312
Oct-20	17,495	11,169	5,986
Nov-20	17,397	11,607	5,459
Dec-20	19,373	13,404	5,732
Jan-21	16,889	12,058	4,492
Feb-21	19,717	13,938	5,377
Mar-21	23,399	14,289	8,608
Apr-21	20,234	13,577	6,397
May-21	20,659	13,775	6,627
Jun-21	19,838	12,599	6,827
Jul-21	18,352	12,027	6,035
Aug-21	19,432	12,287	6,902
Sep-21	19,290	10,697	8,383
Oct-21	16,213	10,679	5,221
Nov-21	16,052	10,485	5,350
Dec-21	17,403	10,115	7,049
Jan-22	13,162	8,671	4,257
Feb-22	18,150	10,055	6,811
Mar-22	15,427	9,937	5,192
Apr-22	15,212	9,887	5,193
May-22	16,524	9,711	6,487
Jun-22	16,425	9,867	6,092
Jul-22	13,595	9,937	3,439

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

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