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Building Approvals, Australia

Provides the number of dwelling units and value of buildings approved

Reference period

December 2020

Released

3/02/2021

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Key statistics

The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved rose 10.9% in December.
Private sector houses rose 15.8%, in seasonally adjusted terms, while private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 2.3%.
The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of non-residential building approved rose 10.1%.

Dwellings approved

December key figures
		Dec 20	Nov 20 to Dec 20	Dec 19 to Dec 20
		no.	%	%
Seasonally adjusted
	Total dwelling units approved	19537	10.9	22.8
	Private sector houses	13638	15.8	55.6
	Private sector dwellings excluding houses	5625	2.3	-19.3

Dwelling units approved
	Seasonally adjusted
Dec-05	12,695
Jan-06	12,763
Feb-06	12,733
Mar-06	13,049
Apr-06	12,648
May-06	13,418
Jun-06	13,415
Jul-06	14,113
Aug-06	12,813
Sep-06	13,054
Oct-06	12,302
Nov-06	12,757
Dec-06	12,562
Jan-07	12,617
Feb-07	13,737
Mar-07	12,385
Apr-07	13,042
May-07	12,739
Jun-07	13,295
Jul-07	13,368
Aug-07	13,003
Sep-07	14,031
Oct-07	14,105
Nov-07	14,649
Dec-07	14,374
Jan-08	14,341
Feb-08	13,706
Mar-08	12,460
Apr-08	13,783
May-08	13,117
Jun-08	13,445
Jul-08	13,178
Aug-08	12,364
Sep-08	11,690
Oct-08	11,519
Nov-08	10,319
Dec-08	10,207
Jan-09	9,431
Feb-09	10,714
Mar-09	10,768
Apr-09	11,333
May-09	10,867
Jun-09	11,995
Jul-09	13,232
Aug-09	12,794
Sep-09	14,039
Oct-09	13,630
Nov-09	14,838
Dec-09	15,282
Jan-10	14,939
Feb-10	15,404
Mar-10	17,066
Apr-10	16,020
May-10	14,951
Jun-10	14,622
Jul-10	15,395
Aug-10	14,992
Sep-10	13,848
Oct-10	15,306
Nov-10	14,077
Dec-10	15,148
Jan-11	13,100
Feb-11	12,868
Mar-11	14,189
Apr-11	13,793
May-11	12,755
Jun-11	12,782
Jul-11	13,072
Aug-11	14,807
Sep-11	12,329
Oct-11	11,330
Nov-11	11,844
Dec-11	11,787
Jan-12	11,202
Feb-12	11,793
Mar-12	11,742
Apr-12	10,792
May-12	14,207
Jun-12	14,829
Jul-12	11,719
Aug-12	13,376
Sep-12	15,250
Oct-12	14,239
Nov-12	13,875
Dec-12	13,924
Jan-13	12,724
Feb-13	13,690
Mar-13	13,331
Apr-13	14,922
May-13	14,433
Jun-13	13,700
Jul-13	15,229
Aug-13	14,826
Sep-13	18,373
Oct-13	17,601
Nov-13	17,274
Dec-13	17,050
Jan-14	17,723
Feb-14	16,765
Mar-14	16,017
Apr-14	16,408
May-14	16,832
Jun-14	16,508
Jul-14	17,030
Aug-14	18,498
Sep-14	16,432
Oct-14	18,141
Nov-14	20,115
Dec-14	20,430
Jan-15	19,833
Feb-15	19,625
Mar-15	20,903
Apr-15	19,198
May-15	20,927
Jun-15	19,228
Jul-15	19,688
Aug-15	19,176
Sep-15	20,418
Oct-15	21,600
Nov-15	18,765
Dec-15	20,462
Jan-16	18,684
Feb-16	19,757
Mar-16	20,913
Apr-16	20,724
May-16	20,224
Jun-16	18,441
Jul-16	21,269
Aug-16	21,553
Sep-16	19,331
Oct-16	16,482
Nov-16	18,558
Dec-16	18,550
Jan-17	16,870
Feb-17	19,014
Mar-17	16,872
Apr-17	18,124
May-17	16,888
Jun-17	18,726
Jul-17	18,759
Aug-17	19,231
Sep-17	19,781
Oct-17	19,703
Nov-17	23,354
Dec-17	18,293
Jan-18	19,363
Feb-18	19,174
Mar-18	19,987
Apr-18	18,352
May-18	17,967
Jun-18	19,028
Jul-18	18,055
Aug-18	16,164
Sep-18	16,805
Oct-18	17,075
Nov-18	15,264
Dec-18	14,474
Jan-19	14,513
Feb-19	16,561
Mar-19	15,277
Apr-19	14,363
May-19	14,425
Jun-19	14,505
Jul-19	13,034
Aug-19	13,629
Sep-19	14,527
Oct-19	14,509
Nov-19	14,968
Dec-19	15,914
Jan-20	13,385
Feb-20	16,159
Mar-20	15,717
Apr-20	15,429
May-20	13,053
Jun-20	12,476
Jul-20	14,073
Aug-20	13,904
Sep-20	16,243
Oct-20	17,040
Nov-20	17,614
Dec-20	19,537

["","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Dwellings approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
Dec-05	8,715	3,771
Jan-06	8,791	3,630
Feb-06	9,018	3,548
Mar-06	8,677	4,086
Apr-06	8,862	3,458
May-06	9,088	4,127
Jun-06	8,643	4,451
Jul-06	8,971	4,879
Aug-06	8,932	3,594
Sep-06	9,085	3,686
Oct-06	8,462	3,583
Nov-06	8,959	3,492
Dec-06	8,836	3,366
Jan-07	8,618	3,711
Feb-07	8,542	4,837
Mar-07	8,681	3,446
Apr-07	9,106	3,562
May-07	8,741	3,754
Jun-07	8,638	4,270
Jul-07	8,847	3,945
Aug-07	8,806	3,788
Sep-07	9,173	4,399
Oct-07	9,091	4,730
Nov-07	9,433	4,887
Dec-07	9,179	4,752
Jan-08	9,327	4,631
Feb-08	9,248	4,116
Mar-08	8,813	3,453
Apr-08	9,165	4,327
May-08	8,746	4,002
Jun-08	8,742	4,213
Jul-08	8,313	4,428
Aug-08	8,114	3,889
Sep-08	7,673	3,673
Oct-08	7,571	3,689
Nov-08	7,189	2,813
Dec-08	6,991	2,571
Jan-09	7,206	2,031
Feb-09	7,404	3,077
Mar-09	7,568	2,878
Apr-09	7,774	3,098
May-09	8,227	2,008
Jun-09	8,761	2,505
Jul-09	8,912	3,586
Aug-09	9,409	2,646
Sep-09	9,515	3,919
Oct-09	9,921	2,946
Nov-09	9,879	3,479
Dec-09	9,974	3,861
Jan-10	9,972	3,219
Feb-10	9,979	3,431
Mar-10	9,931	4,773
Apr-10	9,614	4,772
May-10	9,288	4,337
Jun-10	9,112	4,718
Jul-10	8,889	5,464
Aug-10	8,672	5,276
Sep-10	8,490	4,669
Oct-10	8,549	6,087
Nov-10	8,379	5,092
Dec-10	8,458	5,982
Jan-11	8,325	4,445
Feb-11	8,286	4,243
Mar-11	8,193	5,526
Apr-11	8,100	5,439
May-11	7,999	4,464
Jun-11	7,994	4,416
Jul-11	7,632	4,929
Aug-11	7,767	6,622
Sep-11	7,761	4,323
Oct-11	7,259	3,871
Nov-11	7,614	4,021
Dec-11	7,681	3,972
Jan-12	7,793	3,192
Feb-12	7,347	4,288
Mar-12	7,512	4,051
Apr-12	6,773	3,918
May-12	7,302	6,773
Jun-12	7,260	7,353
Jul-12	7,660	3,813
Aug-12	7,682	5,562
Sep-12	7,921	7,161
Oct-12	7,815	5,958
Nov-12	7,700	5,929
Dec-12	7,750	5,964
Jan-13	7,811	4,718
Feb-13	7,764	5,265
Mar-13	7,987	5,107
Apr-13	8,100	6,517
May-13	8,346	5,595
Jun-13	8,255	5,060
Jul-13	8,517	6,379
Aug-13	8,392	6,245
Sep-13	8,647	9,453
Oct-13	8,719	8,619
Nov-13	9,223	7,756
Dec-13	9,075	7,720
Jan-14	10,165	7,240
Feb-14	9,738	6,808
Mar-14	9,411	6,350
Apr-14	9,694	6,359
May-14	9,758	6,843
Jun-14	9,629	6,552
Jul-14	9,769	7,025
Aug-14	9,663	8,579
Sep-14	9,536	6,664
Oct-14	9,826	8,124
Nov-14	9,830	10,065
Dec-14	9,719	10,265
Jan-15	9,916	9,580
Feb-15	9,711	9,563
Mar-15	9,739	10,844
Apr-15	9,755	9,129
May-15	9,522	11,110
Jun-15	9,887	9,003
Jul-15	9,701	9,096
Aug-15	10,015	9,005
Sep-15	9,788	10,358
Oct-15	9,714	11,646
Nov-15	9,639	9,046
Dec-15	10,311	9,983
Jan-16	9,832	8,556
Feb-16	9,809	9,593
Mar-16	10,366	10,342
Apr-16	9,921	10,604
May-16	10,005	9,906
Jun-16	9,607	8,642
Jul-16	9,549	11,473
Aug-16	9,596	11,566
Sep-16	9,786	9,372
Oct-16	9,488	6,682
Nov-16	9,632	8,673
Dec-16	9,454	8,949
Jan-17	9,218	7,446
Feb-17	9,478	9,292
Mar-17	9,404	7,243
Apr-17	9,454	8,458
May-17	9,660	7,069
Jun-17	9,878	8,641
Jul-17	10,064	8,244
Aug-17	10,152	8,902
Sep-17	10,019	9,504
Oct-17	10,117	9,256
Nov-17	10,098	13,093
Dec-17	10,283	7,844
Jan-18	9,885	9,203
Feb-18	10,336	8,523
Mar-18	10,653	9,175
Apr-18	10,521	7,642
May-18	9,809	8,000
Jun-18	10,066	8,638
Jul-18	9,948	7,851
Aug-18	9,744	6,276
Sep-18	9,562	6,904
Oct-18	9,744	7,157
Nov-18	9,426	5,702
Dec-18	9,177	5,162
Jan-19	9,400	4,911
Feb-19	9,038	7,414
Mar-19	8,747	6,302
Apr-19	8,523	5,710
May-19	8,556	5,649
Jun-19	8,677	5,443
Jul-19	8,390	4,365
Aug-19	8,300	5,165
Sep-19	8,482	5,886
Oct-19	8,122	6,179
Nov-19	8,601	6,182
Dec-19	8,764	6,973
Jan-20	8,786	4,447
Feb-20	8,870	7,109
Mar-20	8,769	6,722
Apr-20	8,996	6,068
May-20	8,631	4,129
Jun-20	8,208	3,896
Jul-20	8,945	4,824
Aug-20	9,371	4,358
Sep-20	10,510	5,334
Oct-20	11,044	5,646
Nov-20	11,775	5,497
Dec-20	13,638	5,625

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The number of dwellings approved in Australia rose 10.9% in December, in seasonally adjusted terms. Private sector houses increased by 15.8% in December, to a record high. Approvals for private houses were strong across the country, with Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia all reaching record highs in seasonally adjusted terms. New South Wales recorded its highest private house approval figure since March 2000 and it was Queensland's highest since September 1994. Approvals for private sector dwellings excluding houses remained at subdued levels in December, rising 2.3%, but remaining 19.3% lower than December 2019.

Dwellings approved, states and territories
		Seasonally adjusted
	Private sector houses	Private sector houses	Total dwelling units approved	Total dwelling units approved
	no.	Monthly % change	no.	Monthly % change
New South Wales	2708	16.2	5022	1.8
Victoria	4133	17.2	5330	8.6
Queensland	2867	7.5	4325	24.0
South Australia	1125	33.6	1312	16.7
Western Australia	2093	5.3	2473	7.8
Tasmania	na	na	463	66.5
Northern Territory	na	na	na	na
Australian Capital Territory	na	na	na	na
Australia	13638	15.8	19537	10.9

Dwelling approvals rose in Tasmania (66.5%), Queensland (24.0%), South Australia (16.7%), Victoria (8.6%), Western Australia (7.8%) and New South Wales (1.8%).

Approvals for private sector houses rose in South Australia (33.6%), Victoria (17.2%), New South Wales (16.2%), Queensland (7.5%) and Western Australia (5.3%).

Value of building approved

Value of building approved, by building type
	Seasonally adjusted
	$m	Monthly % change
New residential building	6039.3	1.4
Alterations and additions to residential building	941.6	8.1
Total residential building	6981.0	2.3
Non-residential building	3771.4	10.1
Total building	10752.4	4.9

Value of building approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
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Dec-05	2,958.1	2,172.4
Jan-06	3,104.7	1,646
Feb-06	3,129.3	2,033.7
Mar-06	3,111.6	2,247.9
Apr-06	2,885.2	2,330.5
May-06	3,213.7	2,299.2
Jun-06	3,400.1	2,684.5
Jul-06	3,329.8	2,344.5
Aug-06	3,292.2	1,876
Sep-06	3,352.1	2,300.2
Oct-06	3,202.3	2,260.9
Nov-06	3,349	2,381.7
Dec-06	3,277.3	2,458.4
Jan-07	3,317.4	2,644
Feb-07	3,567.2	2,484.8
Mar-07	3,311.4	2,699.9
Apr-07	3,383.5	2,315.1
May-07	3,430.4	2,365.8
Jun-07	3,543.9	2,563.6
Jul-07	3,528.3	2,882.3
Aug-07	3,549.3	2,215.4
Sep-07	3,805.3	2,821.3
Oct-07	3,928.8	3,855.2
Nov-07	4,015.8	3,305.6
Dec-07	3,970.3	3,016.7
Jan-08	4,249.5	3,738.2
Feb-08	3,714.6	2,885.8
Mar-08	3,558.7	2,888.9
Apr-08	3,795.3	2,960.8
May-08	3,924.4	3,524
Jun-08	3,841	3,352
Jul-08	3,707.4	3,901
Aug-08	3,676.1	3,728.7
Sep-08	3,391.9	3,194.8
Oct-08	3,630.8	2,083.3
Nov-08	3,051.8	2,384.2
Dec-08	2,984.7	1,758.1
Jan-09	2,802.6	2,203.8
Feb-09	3,093.9	2,445.3
Mar-09	3,016.5	2,303.8
Apr-09	3,092.6	2,141.1
May-09	2,975.1	1,864.5
Jun-09	3,248.9	3,257.6
Jul-09	3,477.4	3,302.9
Aug-09	3,634.4	5,772.7
Sep-09	3,733.4	4,959.5
Oct-09	3,791	3,355.1
Nov-09	4,027.6	5,048.8
Dec-09	4,129	4,088.4
Jan-10	4,156.9	2,906.8
Feb-10	4,170.7	2,253.9
Mar-10	4,467.3	2,473.4
Apr-10	4,448.9	2,096.7
May-10	4,325.7	2,047.3
Jun-10	4,236.8	2,459
Jul-10	4,384.5	2,034.7
Aug-10	4,235.8	2,279.2
Sep-10	3,939.5	2,855.6
Oct-10	4,318.3	2,426.3
Nov-10	4,137.7	2,419.7
Dec-10	4,234.8	2,497.2
Jan-11	3,999.2	1,927.8
Feb-11	3,800.3	2,853.6
Mar-11	4,096.7	3,901.2
Apr-11	4,059.2	2,426.9
May-11	3,794.5	2,300
Jun-11	3,836.7	2,394
Jul-11	3,749	2,547.6
Aug-11	4,408.9	2,806.1
Sep-11	3,639.4	3,085
Oct-11	3,543.6	2,802.4
Nov-11	3,481.7	2,136.8
Dec-11	3,394.7	2,562.3
Jan-12	3,482.9	5,209.5
Feb-12	3,633.5	2,754.1
Mar-12	3,539.3	2,314.2
Apr-12	3,405	2,090.9
May-12	4,167.2	3,729.2
Jun-12	4,357.7	2,944.6
Jul-12	3,538.4	2,771.8
Aug-12	4,196.7	2,774.6
Sep-12	4,584.8	2,479.1
Oct-12	4,042.9	2,953
Nov-12	4,048.5	2,569.3
Dec-12	4,119.7	2,630.5
Jan-13	3,948	3,257.6
Feb-13	4,158.6	2,729.5
Mar-13	4,035.7	3,392
Apr-13	4,303.6	3,595
May-13	4,153.7	3,454.5
Jun-13	4,200.8	2,781
Jul-13	4,391.7	2,835.5
Aug-13	4,388.3	3,096.1
Sep-13	5,113.3	2,949.7
Oct-13	5,107.4	3,673.2
Nov-13	4,977.3	3,169.2
Dec-13	5,013.3	3,462.5
Jan-14	5,199.9	3,238.7
Feb-14	4,983.4	3,296.5
Mar-14	4,820.7	2,974.3
Apr-14	4,755.1	1,774.6
May-14	4,978	2,629.4
Jun-14	5,231	3,878.8
Jul-14	4,959.5	2,429.4
Aug-14	5,491	2,530.5
Sep-14	4,616.6	2,428.5
Oct-14	5,099.7	2,280.8
Nov-14	6,032.8	2,756.7
Dec-14	5,788	2,841.6
Jan-15	6,200.6	3,818
Feb-15	5,767.8	2,414.7
Mar-15	6,235.6	2,603.2
Apr-15	5,921.8	2,315.2
May-15	6,426.7	2,626.9
Jun-15	5,865.6	2,795.4
Jul-15	6,197.3	2,935
Aug-15	5,934.5	3,032.4
Sep-15	6,054.2	2,922.1
Oct-15	6,646.8	2,856.8
Nov-15	6,061.1	3,340.5
Dec-15	6,440.7	3,140.6
Jan-16	5,826.3	2,876.9
Feb-16	6,158.6	2,902.2
Mar-16	6,581	2,815.4
Apr-16	6,874.5	3,418.8
May-16	6,401.1	2,986.4
Jun-16	6,217	3,948.3
Jul-16	6,724.8	3,329.9
Aug-16	7,019	3,203.8
Sep-16	6,313.9	5,716
Oct-16	5,464.5	3,050
Nov-16	5,861	3,022.6
Dec-16	5,931.9	3,210.1
Jan-17	6,112.6	2,649.4
Feb-17	6,895.5	3,614.7
Mar-17	5,745.7	3,847.7
Apr-17	6,199.1	4,515.7
May-17	5,883.3	4,579.7
Jun-17	6,365	4,044.3
Jul-17	6,323.4	4,189.4
Aug-17	6,458.6	3,944.6
Sep-17	6,448.7	5,278.9
Oct-17	6,820.8	4,528.5
Nov-17	8,249.3	4,287.9
Dec-17	6,122.5	3,977
Jan-18	7,260.2	3,262.8
Feb-18	6,467.7	4,292.5
Mar-18	7,005.6	3,670.3
Apr-18	6,604.1	3,526.1
May-18	6,517.3	3,541.9
Jun-18	6,588.6	3,394.8
Jul-18	6,337.1	4,488.6
Aug-18	6,126.4	3,327.7
Sep-18	5,737.9	3,578.8
Oct-18	6,059.4	3,576.6
Nov-18	5,734.7	4,078.6
Dec-18	5,343	3,509.3
Jan-19	5,441.1	3,731.3
Feb-19	6,038	3,821.7
Mar-19	5,565.3	4,161.1
Apr-19	5,267.9	4,241.3
May-19	5,706	4,140
Jun-19	5,454.8	4,356.7
Jul-19	5,103.8	3,904.7
Aug-19	5,260.6	6,564.9
Sep-19	5,606.6	3,997.4
Oct-19	5,377.7	4,187.6
Nov-19	5,499.8	3,662
Dec-19	5,850.4	4,557.6
Jan-20	5,251.8	4,684.3
Feb-20	5,878.1	4,461.9
Mar-20	5,730.4	4,289.1
Apr-20	5,941.3	3,800.6
May-20	4,947	3,473
Jun-20	4,956.3	4,223.9
Jul-20	5,531.5	3,448.1
Aug-20	5,749.4	4,571
Sep-20	5,797.7	2,954.6
Oct-20	6,408.2	4,736.3
Nov-20	6,825.1	3,426.2
Dec-20	6,981	3,771.4

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The value of total building approved rose 4.9% in December, in seasonally adjusted terms. The value of non-residential building rose 10.1%, having fallen 27.7% in November.

The value of total residential building approved rose in December, by 2.3%. The value of new residential building rose 1.4%, while the value of residential alterations and additions rose 8.1%. The value of residential alterations and additions reached a record high in December ($941.6m).

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TABLE 01. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, by Sector, all series - New South Wales

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TABLE 10. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, By Greater Capital City Statistical Area - Original

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TABLE 11. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, By Sector, Original - Australia

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TABLE 20. Number of Dwelling Units Approved in New Residential Buildings, Original - Australia

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TABLE 21. Value of Dwelling Units Approved in New Residential Buildings, Original, Australia

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TABLE 22. Dwelling Units Approved in New Residential Buildings, Number and Value, Original - New South Wales

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TABLE 30. Value of Building Approved - New South Wales

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TABLE 39. Value of Total Building Approved - States and Territories

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TABLE 40. Value of Residential Building Approved - States and Territories

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TABLE 42. Value of Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Australia

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TABLE 51. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Australia

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TABLE 52. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, By Sector, Original - New South Wales

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TABLE 59. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Australian Capital Territory

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TABLE 60. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - New South Wales

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TABLE 61. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - Victoria

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TABLE 62. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - Queensland

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TABLE 63. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - South Australia

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TABLE 64. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - Western Australia

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TABLE 65. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - Tasmania

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TABLE 66. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - Northern Territory

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TABLE 67. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - Australian Capital Territory

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TABLE 68. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - Australia

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TABLE 69. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, by Value Range, Original - New South Wales

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TABLE 70. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, by Value Range, Original - Victoria

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TABLE 71. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, by Value Range, Original - Queensland

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TABLE 72. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, by Value Range, Original - South Australia

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TABLE 73. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, by Value Range, Original - Western Australia

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TABLE 74. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, by Value Range, Original - Tasmania

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TABLE 75. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, by Value Range, Original - Northern Territory

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TABLE 76. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, by Value Range, Original - Australian Capital Territory

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TABLE 77. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, by Value Range, Original - Australia

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TABLE 78. Value of Building Approved, Chain Volume Measures - Australia

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TABLE 79. Value of Building Approved, Chain Volume Measures, Original - New South Wales

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TABLE 80. Value of Building Approved, Chain Volume Measures, Original - Victoria

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TABLE 81. Value of Building Approved, Chain Volume Measures, Original - Queensland

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TABLE 82. Value of Building Approved, Chain Volume Measures, Original - South Australia

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TABLE 83. Value of Building Approved, Chain Volume Measures, Original - Western Australia

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TABLE 84. Value of Building Approved, Chain Volume Measures, Original - Tasmania

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TABLE 85. Value of Building Approved, Chain Volume Measures, Original - Northern Territory

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TABLE 86. Value of Building Approved, Chain Volume Measures, Original - Australian Capital Territory

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Datacubes

Series ID Concordance

Data files

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Private residential alterations and additions, July 2016 - December 2020 - States and Territories

Data files

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I-note

Information about Building Approvals small area data cubes

The following files contain data for small geographic areas in Excel and CSV (contained within .zip files) formats. Excel files contain data for a financial year whereas CSV files contain data for individual months.

Please note that Building Approvals data are subject to revision. Data cubes are re-released each month including data for the latest month and revisions to data for previous months.

CSV files

Statistical Area 2s: Australia, Year are CSV files containing Statistical Area 2, Statistical Area 3, Statistical Area 4, Greater Capital City Statistical Area and State data for Australia for each month in the relevant year.

Classifications

State/Territories	Statistical Area (SA), State and Australia
Reference Month	Monthly (yyyy refers to the financial year)
Sector of Ownership	Private, Public, Total
Type of Building	Houses, Other Residential, Residential, Non-residential, Non-house and Total building
Type of Work	New, Alterations & additions (incl. conversions and refurbishments), Total work
Data Items	Value of approval ($m), Number of dwelling units (no.)

Local Government Areas: State, Year are CSV files containing Local Government Area and State data for Australia for each month in the relevant year.

Classifications

Geographic Classification	Local Government Area (LGA), State and Australia
Reference Month	Monthly (yyyy refers to the financial year)
Sector of Ownership	Private, Public, Total
Type of Building	Houses, Other residential, Residential, Non-residential, Total building
Type of Work	New, Alterations & additions (incl. conversions and refurbishments), Total work
Data Items	Value of approval ($000's), Number of dwelling units (no.), Selected value and dwelling ranges

Excel spreadsheets

Statistical Area 2s: State, Year are Excel spreadsheets containing Statistical Area 2 data for that state/territory for the relevant year.

Information available

Geographic Classification	Statistical Area 2 (SA2), Statistical Area 3 (SA3), Statistical Area 4 (SA4), Greater Capital City Statistical Area and State
Time period	Total year, or year to date for the current financial year
Data items	New houses (number and value) New other residential building (number and value) Total dwellings (number) Alterations and additions to residential buildings (value) Total residential building (value) Non-residential building (value) Total building (value)

Local Government Areas: State, Year are Excel spreadsheets containing Local Government Area data for that state/territory for the relevant year.

Information available

Geographic Classification	Local Government Area (LGA) and State
Time period	Total year, or year to date for the current financial year
Data items	New houses (number and value) New other residential building (number and value) Total dwellings (number) Alterations and additions to residential buildings (value) Total residential building (value) Non-residential building (value) Total building (value)

Volatility of Local Government Area and Statistical Area Level 2 data

Note that the estimates for small areas vary from month to month and caution should be used in drawing conclusions from monthly movements.

Previous financial year Statistical Area 2 (SA2) CSV data cubes

For SA2 data cubes for financial years 2016-17 to 2017-18, see the January 2020 issue of Building Approvals, Australia.

For SA2 data cubes for financial years 2018-19, see the June 2020 issue of Building Approvals, Australia.

Previous financial year Statistical Area 2 (SA2) SuperTABLE data cubes

For SA2 data cubes for financial years 2001-02 to 2010-11, see the January 2014 issue of Building Approvals, Australia.

For SA2 data cubes for financial years 2011-12 to 2014-15, see the January 2017 issue of Building Approvals, Australia.

For SA2 data cubes for financial year 2015-16, see the January 2019 issue of Building Approvals, Australia.

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Small area datacubes

Data files

Building approvals: Data items available by Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS)

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NSW, SA2 Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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NSW, SA2 Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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NSW, LGA Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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NSW, LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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Vic., SA2 Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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Vic., SA2 Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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Vic., LGA Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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Vic., LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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Qld, SA2 Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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Qld, SA2 Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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Qld, LGA Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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Qld, LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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SA, SA2 Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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SA, SA2 Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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SA, LGA Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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SA, LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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WA, SA2 Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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WA, SA2 Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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WA, LGA Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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WA, LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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Tas., SA2 Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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Tas., SA2 Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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Tas., LGA Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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Tas., LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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NT, SA2 Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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NT, SA2 Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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NT, LGA Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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NT, LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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ACT, SA2 Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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ACT, SA2 Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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ACT, LGA Excel datacube, 2019-2020

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ACT, LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021 FYTD

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Building approvals: Datacubes validation table

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Statistical Area Level 2: Australia, 2019-2020 (.CSV)

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Statistical Area Level 2: Australia, 2020-2021 (.CSV)

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Local Government Area: Australia, 2019-2020 (.CSV)

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Local Government Area: Australia, 2020-2021 (.CSV)

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ABS.Stat datasets

Help for: ABS.Stat Datasets

Building Approvals by Greater Capital Cities Statistical Area (GCCSA) and above - Number and value of approvals, monthly, July 2001 onwards

Building Approvals by Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) and above - Number and value of approvals, monthly, July 2011 onwards

Building Approvals by Local Government Area (LGA 2019) - Number and value of approvals, monthly, 2019/20

Building Approvals by Local Government Area (LGA 2020) - Number and value of approvals, monthly, 2020/21

Interactive map

To view the interactive map, click here.

Note that the interactive map will be offline soon after this publication release and will be refreshed with the current month's data within 24 hours.

How to use

Navigating topics: maps can be selected via the drop-down menu (mobile devices) or the tabs (larger screens).
Search: the search icon opens the search function. It is set to look for locations such as addresses, suburbs and postcodes contained within an SA2 or LGA.
Data: on each map, an SA2 or LGA region can be selected to view the underlying data. Data for all SA2s and LGAs can be found in the Download section of this publication.
If the maps do not load successfully, please try refreshing this page.

Notes

Classification update

An update to the ABS' Functional Classification of Buildings (FCB) was published on 21 January 2021. The updated classification will be adopted in the next release (January 2021) of Building Approvals. There will be no impact on headline series, such as the number of houses, other residential dwellings or total dwellings approved.

The changes will affect the series identifiers in the following time series spreadsheets: 10 to 29 and 42 to 77 inclusive. A concordance from the new to old series identifiers is provided in the Data downloads section.

The updated classification splits "Flats, units or apartments - In a block of four or more storeys" into two categories: "Apartments - In a four to eight storey block" and "Apartments - In a nine or more storey block". Data for the "four or more storeys" category will continue to be reported in the time series spreadsheets. Data will be available for the two new categories from the July 2016 month onwards. In addition to the time series spreadsheets, these categories will be included in the small-area CSV files and ABS.Stat.

Data notes

This publication provides the number of dwelling units and value of buildings approved released in Building Approvals, Australia on 3 February 2021.

Small area data cubes and CSV files will be made available in an “Additional Information” release five business days after the main publication. These will be for Statistical Area Level 2 and Local Government Areas. Release dates are published under the “Forthcoming Issues” section of the publication and in ABS Release Advice.

A number of time series spreadsheets contain ‘np’ (not available for publication) annotations. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.

Suspension of trend series

The trend series attempts to measure underlying behaviour in building approval activity. In the short term, this measurement will be significantly affected by changes to regular patterns in approval activity during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, as potential home builders face on-going uncertainty. If the trend estimates in this publication were to be calculated without fully accounting for this irregular event, they would likely provide a misleading view of underlying approval activity.

The Building Approvals monthly trend series have therefore been suspended starting from May 2020, while the quarterly series have been suspended from the June 2020 quarter. The trend series will be reinstated when more certainty emerges in the underlying trend.

Update to seasonal adjustment methods

Building Approvals uses the concurrent seasonal adjustment method, meaning that seasonal factors are re-estimated each time a new data point becomes available. If not appropriately accounted for, unusual real-world events, such as COVID-19, can distort estimates calculated using this method. From May 2020, seasonal factors are being calculated using data up to and including April 2020, then projected from May 2020 onwards. This approach, known as the forward factor method, ensures that the seasonal factors are not distorted by COVID-19 impacts.

Revisions this month

In this release, revisions are provided for the time period from July 2019 to November 2020. Further information about potential sources of revisions can be found in the feature article released with the January 2016 Building Approvals publication - "Revisions to Building Approval Statistics".

Revisions to the total number of dwelling units approved in this issue are:

Dwellings	2019-20	2020-21
NSW	34	154
Vic.	3	142
Qld	-15	447
SA	-15	5
WA	-	1
Tas.	-	-
NT	-	-
ACT	-	24
Total	7	773

Inquiries

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070. The ABS Privacy Policy outlines how the ABS will handle any personal information that you provide to us.

History of changes

10/02/2021 - As advertised in the main release of this publication on 3 February 2021, this additional information release contains the small area Excel datacubes and CSV files for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years.

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 8731.0.

Article archive

Previous feature articles

Residential Construction and the Finance Process, September 2020

Small area demolition approvals, August 2020

Australians building houses on smaller blocks, July 2020

Characteristics of apartment approvals, September 2019

Growth in approvals, December 2018

Change in composition of dwelling approvals, July 2016

Implementation of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard in ABS Building Approvals collection, April 2011

Average floor area of new residential dwellings, February 2010

Average quarterly completion times for new houses, July 2008

Changes in the mix of dwelling types, April 2008

Average floor area of new residential dwellings, February 2008

Are we building on smaller blocks?, July 2004

Focus on the South Australian Construction Industry, June 2004

Focus on the Tasmanian Construction Industry, June 2004

Focus on the Queensland Construction Industry, May 2004

Focus on the Victorian Construction Industry, April 2004

Engineering Construction, March 2004

Focus on the New South Wales Construction Industry, February 2004

Average floor area of new dwellings, December 2003

Work done on housing jobs each quarter, March 2003

Inner city development, December 2002

Functional classification of buildings, August 2002

Building activity in Sydney and Melbourne, July 2002

Changes in the mix of dwelling types, May 2002

Construction Industry information, April 2002

Average value of new houses, March 2002

Largest and fastest growing areas in Australia, November 2001

Functional classification of buildings, August 2001

Average floor area of new dwellings, July 2001

Identifying growth areas, May 2001

Additional Building and Construction feature articles can be found in Feature Articles by Catalogue Number.

Building Approvals, Australia

Key statistics

Dwellings approved

Value of building approved

Data downloads

Time series spreadsheets

TABLE 01. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, by Sector, all series - New South Wales

TABLE 02. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, by Sector, all series - Victoria

TABLE 03. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, by Sector, all series - Queensland

TABLE 04. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, by Sector, all series - South Australia

TABLE 05. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, by Sector, all series - Western Australia

TABLE 06. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, by Sector, all series - Australia

TABLE 07. Total Number of Dwelling Units Approved - States and Territories

TABLE 08. Number of Private Sector Houses Approved - States and Territories

TABLE 09. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, Original, States and Territories

TABLE 10. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, By Greater Capital City Statistical Area - Original

TABLE 11. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, By Sector, Original - Australia

TABLE 12. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, By Sector, Original - New South Wales

TABLE 13. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, By Sector, Original - Victoria

TABLE 14. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, By Sector, Original - Queensland

TABLE 15. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, By Sector, Original - South Australia

TABLE 16. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, By Sector, Original - Western Australia

TABLE 17. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, By Sector, Original - Tasmania

TABLE 18. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, By Sector, Original - Northern Territory

TABLE 19. Number of Dwelling Units Approved, By Sector, Original - Australian Capital Territory

TABLE 20. Number of Dwelling Units Approved in New Residential Buildings, Original - Australia

TABLE 21. Value of Dwelling Units Approved in New Residential Buildings, Original, Australia

TABLE 22. Dwelling Units Approved in New Residential Buildings, Number and Value, Original - New South Wales

TABLE 23. Dwelling Units Approved in New Residential Buildings, Number and Value, Original - Victoria

TABLE 24. Dwelling Units Approved in New Residential Buildings, Number and Value, Original - Queensland

TABLE 25. Dwelling Units Approved in New Residential Buildings, Number and Value, Original - South Australia

TABLE 26. Dwelling Units Approved in New Residential Buildings, Number and Value, Original - Western Australia

TABLE 27. Dwelling Units Approved in New Residential Buildings, Number and Value, Original - Tasmania

TABLE 28. Dwelling Units Approved in New Residential Buildings, Number and Value, Original - Northern Territory

TABLE 29. Dwelling Units Approved in New Residential Buildings, Number and Value, Original - Australian Capital Territory

TABLE 30. Value of Building Approved - New South Wales

TABLE 31. Value of Building Approved - Victoria

TABLE 32. Value of Building Approved - Queensland

TABLE 33. Value of Building Approved - South Australia

TABLE 34. Value of Building Approved - Western Australia

TABLE 35. Value of Building Approved - Tasmania

TABLE 36. Value of Building Approved - Northern Territory

TABLE 37. Value of Building Approved - Australian Capital Territory

TABLE 38. Value of Building Approved - Australia

TABLE 39. Value of Total Building Approved - States and Territories

TABLE 40. Value of Residential Building Approved - States and Territories

TABLE 41. Value of Non-residential Building Approved - States and Territories

TABLE 42. Value of Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Australia

TABLE 43. Value of Building Approved, By Sector, Original - New South Wales

TABLE 44. Value of Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Victoria

TABLE 45. Value of Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Queensland

TABLE 46. Value of Building Approved, By Sector, Original - South Australia

TABLE 47. Value of Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Western Australia

TABLE 48. Value of Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Tasmania

TABLE 49. Value of Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Northern Territory

TABLE 50. Value of Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Australian Capital Territory

TABLE 51. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Australia

TABLE 52. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, By Sector, Original - New South Wales

TABLE 53. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Victoria

TABLE 54. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Queensland

TABLE 55. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, By Sector, Original - South Australia

TABLE 56. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Western Australia

TABLE 57. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Tasmania

TABLE 58. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Northern Territory

TABLE 59. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, By Sector, Original - Australian Capital Territory

TABLE 60. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - New South Wales

TABLE 61. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - Victoria

TABLE 62. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - Queensland

TABLE 63. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - South Australia

TABLE 64. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - Western Australia

TABLE 65. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - Tasmania

TABLE 66. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - Northern Territory

TABLE 67. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - Australian Capital Territory

TABLE 68. Number of Non-residential Building Jobs Approved, by Value Range, Original - Australia

TABLE 69. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, by Value Range, Original - New South Wales

TABLE 70. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, by Value Range, Original - Victoria

TABLE 71. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, by Value Range, Original - Queensland

TABLE 72. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, by Value Range, Original - South Australia

TABLE 73. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, by Value Range, Original - Western Australia

TABLE 74. Value of Non-residential Building Approved, by Value Range, Original - Tasmania