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Building Approvals, Australia

Provides the number of dwelling units and value of buildings approved

Reference period

August 2021

Released

30/09/2021

Key statistics

The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved rose 6.8% in August.
Private sector houses rose 3.5%, while private sector dwellings excluding houses increased 13.7%.
The value of non-residential building approved rose 43.8%.

Dwellings approved

August key figures
		Aug-21	Monthly change	Yearly change
		no.	%	%
Seasonally adjusted
	Total dwelling units approved	18,716	6.8	31.2
	Private sector houses	12,009	3.5	23.8
	Private sector dwellings excluding houses	6,453	13.7	47.4

Dwelling units approved
	Seasonally adjusted
Aug-06	12,812
Sep-06	13,062
Oct-06	12,304
Nov-06	12,752
Dec-06	12,549
Jan-07	12,628
Feb-07	13,743
Mar-07	12,375
Apr-07	13,038
May-07	12,745
Jun-07	13,287
Jul-07	13,389
Aug-07	12,999
Sep-07	14,045
Oct-07	14,107
Nov-07	14,647
Dec-07	14,364
Jan-08	14,351
Feb-08	13,704
Mar-08	12,453
Apr-08	13,791
May-08	13,119
Jun-08	13,436
Jul-08	13,186
Aug-08	12,361
Sep-08	11,702
Oct-08	11,516
Nov-08	10,323
Dec-08	10,210
Jan-09	9,436
Feb-09	10,712
Mar-09	10,764
Apr-09	11,362
May-09	10,866
Jun-09	11,991
Jul-09	13,239
Aug-09	12,778
Sep-09	14,095
Oct-09	13,626
Nov-09	14,867
Dec-09	15,336
Jan-10	14,993
Feb-10	15,412
Mar-10	16,985
Apr-10	16,014
May-10	14,930
Jun-10	14,615
Jul-10	15,410
Aug-10	14,991
Sep-10	13,902
Oct-10	15,310
Nov-10	14,077
Dec-10	15,146
Jan-11	13,118
Feb-11	12,870
Mar-11	14,169
Apr-11	13,788
May-11	12,756
Jun-11	12,772
Jul-11	13,105
Aug-11	14,816
Sep-11	12,319
Oct-11	11,331
Nov-11	11,850
Dec-11	11,778
Jan-12	11,221
Feb-12	11,789
Mar-12	11,718
Apr-12	10,786
May-12	14,204
Jun-12	14,827
Jul-12	11,742
Aug-12	13,393
Sep-12	15,222
Oct-12	14,249
Nov-12	13,877
Dec-12	13,895
Jan-13	12,757
Feb-13	13,681
Mar-13	13,288
Apr-13	14,929
May-13	14,436
Jun-13	13,696
Jul-13	15,263
Aug-13	14,855
Sep-13	18,319
Oct-13	17,589
Nov-13	17,286
Dec-13	17,000
Jan-14	17,829
Feb-14	16,753
Mar-14	15,951
Apr-14	16,409
May-14	16,819
Jun-14	16,533
Jul-14	17,037
Aug-14	18,583
Sep-14	16,385
Oct-14	18,124
Nov-14	20,109
Dec-14	20,347
Jan-15	19,981
Feb-15	19,624
Mar-15	20,762
Apr-15	19,255
May-15	20,905
Jun-15	19,307
Jul-15	19,774
Aug-15	19,306
Sep-15	20,304
Oct-15	21,517
Nov-15	18,714
Dec-15	20,211
Jan-16	18,992
Feb-16	19,877
Mar-16	20,581
Apr-16	20,830
May-16	20,191
Jun-16	18,493
Jul-16	21,487
Aug-16	21,762
Sep-16	19,210
Oct-16	16,468
Nov-16	18,444
Dec-16	18,335
Jan-17	17,087
Feb-17	19,105
Mar-17	16,548
Apr-17	18,106
May-17	16,926
Jun-17	18,901
Jul-17	19,119
Aug-17	19,153
Sep-17	19,631
Oct-17	19,567
Nov-17	23,121
Dec-17	18,016
Jan-18	19,624
Feb-18	19,282
Mar-18	19,673
Apr-18	18,387
May-18	17,881
Jun-18	19,396
Jul-18	18,338
Aug-18	16,404
Sep-18	16,664
Oct-18	17,148
Nov-18	15,149
Dec-18	14,291
Jan-19	14,547
Feb-19	16,681
Mar-19	15,109
Apr-19	14,328
May-19	14,513
Jun-19	14,670
Jul-19	13,335
Aug-19	13,717
Sep-19	14,539
Oct-19	14,216
Nov-19	14,842
Dec-19	15,874
Jan-20	13,555
Feb-20	16,204
Mar-20	15,242
Apr-20	15,239
May-20	13,193
Jun-20	12,701
Jul-20	14,489
Aug-20	14,264
Sep-20	16,027
Oct-20	17,286
Nov-20	17,808
Dec-20	19,119
Jan-21	16,983
Feb-21	20,166
Mar-21	23,445
Apr-21	22,258
May-21	20,505
Jun-21	19,190
Jul-21	17,532
Aug-21	18,716

["","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Dwellings approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
Aug-06	8,931	3,596
Sep-06	9,085	3,685
Oct-06	8,463	3,583
Nov-06	8,957	3,493
Dec-06	8,836	3,365
Jan-07	8,617	3,716
Feb-07	8,542	4,836
Mar-07	8,681	3,441
Apr-07	9,097	3,563
May-07	8,742	3,758
Jun-07	8,640	4,265
Jul-07	8,849	3,947
Aug-07	8,805	3,790
Sep-07	9,172	4,398
Oct-07	9,091	4,733
Nov-07	9,434	4,883
Dec-07	9,177	4,755
Jan-08	9,325	4,638
Feb-08	9,251	4,110
Mar-08	8,813	3,451
Apr-08	9,154	4,329
May-08	8,748	4,004
Jun-08	8,742	4,211
Jul-08	8,315	4,431
Aug-08	8,116	3,888
Sep-08	7,674	3,671
Oct-08	7,570	3,688
Nov-08	7,188	2,813
Dec-08	6,989	2,572
Jan-09	7,206	2,032
Feb-09	7,403	3,075
Mar-09	7,571	2,876
Apr-09	7,802	3,099
May-09	8,230	2,009
Jun-09	8,764	2,503
Jul-09	8,918	3,586
Aug-09	9,407	2,648
Sep-09	9,515	3,916
Oct-09	9,921	2,944
Nov-09	9,878	3,481
Dec-09	9,969	3,861
Jan-10	9,978	3,226
Feb-10	9,977	3,429
Mar-10	9,929	4,771
Apr-10	9,601	4,769
May-10	9,286	4,341
Jun-10	9,116	4,716
Jul-10	8,900	5,464
Aug-10	8,674	5,277
Sep-10	8,483	4,666
Oct-10	8,557	6,084
Nov-10	8,380	5,095
Dec-10	8,452	5,979
Jan-11	8,326	4,458
Feb-11	8,284	4,244
Mar-11	8,174	5,526
Apr-11	8,098	5,436
May-11	8,002	4,465
Jun-11	7,989	4,413
Jul-11	7,651	4,929
Aug-11	7,768	6,630
Sep-11	7,762	4,311
Oct-11	7,263	3,868
Nov-11	7,613	4,025
Dec-11	7,676	3,965
Jan-12	7,798	3,207
Feb-12	7,343	4,289
Mar-12	7,492	4,045
Apr-12	6,768	3,917
May-12	7,290	6,782
Jun-12	7,273	7,337
Jul-12	7,674	3,818
Aug-12	7,694	5,565
Sep-12	7,916	7,137
Oct-12	7,824	5,958
Nov-12	7,703	5,928
Dec-12	7,735	5,949
Jan-13	7,797	4,768
Feb-13	7,763	5,261
Mar-13	7,960	5,090
Apr-13	8,097	6,525
May-13	8,354	5,592
Jun-13	8,252	5,058
Jul-13	8,533	6,395
Aug-13	8,413	6,251
Sep-13	8,658	9,388
Oct-13	8,706	8,622
Nov-13	9,247	7,746
Dec-13	9,050	7,694
Jan-14	10,182	7,336
Feb-14	9,733	6,803
Mar-14	9,362	6,332
Apr-14	9,680	6,374
May-14	9,759	6,831
Jun-14	9,655	6,549
Jul-14	9,732	7,065
Aug-14	9,729	8,593
Sep-14	9,548	6,606
Oct-14	9,843	8,094
Nov-14	9,828	10,061
Dec-14	9,695	10,209
Jan-15	9,908	9,741
Feb-15	9,703	9,573
Mar-15	9,647	10,793
Apr-15	9,774	9,165
May-15	9,549	11,062
Jun-15	9,922	9,045
Jul-15	9,711	9,164
Aug-15	10,109	9,035
Sep-15	9,781	10,256
Oct-15	9,724	11,557
Nov-15	9,681	8,952
Dec-15	10,182	9,863
Jan-16	9,851	8,847
Feb-16	9,868	9,654
Mar-16	10,162	10,216
Apr-16	9,985	10,642
May-16	10,006	9,873
Jun-16	9,583	8,715
Jul-16	9,589	11,639
Aug-16	9,732	11,632
Sep-16	9,763	9,280
Oct-16	9,569	6,597
Nov-16	9,620	8,575
Dec-16	9,362	8,828
Jan-17	9,178	7,708
Feb-17	9,443	9,417
Mar-17	9,309	7,021
Apr-17	9,383	8,503
May-17	9,749	7,020
Jun-17	9,917	8,773
Jul-17	10,192	8,460
Aug-17	10,142	8,830
Sep-17	10,133	9,253
Oct-17	10,157	9,092
Nov-17	10,022	12,939
Dec-17	10,252	7,599
Jan-18	9,882	9,475
Feb-18	10,254	8,711
Mar-18	10,514	9,006
Apr-18	10,585	7,600
May-18	9,718	8,007
Jun-18	10,270	8,800
Jul-18	10,029	8,044
Aug-18	9,938	6,316
Sep-18	9,534	6,814
Oct-18	9,998	6,983
Nov-18	9,402	5,614
Dec-18	9,149	5,006
Jan-19	9,145	5,208
Feb-19	8,919	7,650
Mar-19	8,668	6,221
Apr-19	8,496	5,698
May-19	8,655	5,639
Jun-19	8,745	5,541
Jul-19	8,579	4,462
Aug-19	8,458	5,132
Sep-19	8,602	5,786
Oct-19	8,040	5,975
Nov-19	8,656	6,003
Dec-19	8,668	7,015
Jan-20	8,635	4,776
Feb-20	8,704	7,317
Mar-20	8,639	6,373
Apr-20	8,850	6,018
May-20	8,741	4,149
Jun-20	8,341	3,934
Jul-20	9,120	5,054
Aug-20	9,698	4,379
Sep-20	10,528	5,137
Oct-20	11,197	5,763
Nov-20	11,851	5,611
Dec-20	13,266	5,611
Jan-21	12,277	4,351
Feb-21	14,113	5,637
Mar-21	14,596	8,385
Apr-21	15,451	6,524
May-21	13,853	6,400
Jun-21	12,282	6,488
Jul-21	11,604	5,676
Aug-21	12,009	6,453

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The number of dwellings approved in Australia rose 6.8% in August, in seasonally adjusted terms. This follows a 8.6% decrease in July.

Private sector house approvals rose 3.5% in August, to 12,009, following a 5.5% fall in July. Private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 13.7% in August.

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	2769	7.0	4805	-2.3
Victoria	4160	8.1	6519	10.5
Queensland	2234	-5.2	3516	4.0
South Australia	1095	16.6	1294	11.8
Western Australia	1406	-7.3	1999	21.0
Tasmania	na	na	245	-18.9
Northern Territory	na	na	na	na
Australian Capital Territory	na	na	na	na
Australia	12009	3.5	18716	6.8

By state, total dwelling approvals increased in Western Australia (21.0%), South Australia (11.8%), Victoria (10.5%), Queensland (4.0%) in seasonally adjusted terms. Tasmania (-18.9%) and New South Wales (-2.3%) recorded declines in August.

Approvals for private sector houses rose in South Australia (16.6%), Victoria (8.1%), New South Wales (7.0%), while Western Australia (-7.3%) and Queensland (-5.2%) fell in seasonally adjusted terms.

Value of building approved

Value of building approved, by building type
	Seasonally adjusted
	$m	Monthly % change
New residential building	6890.2	9.0
Alterations and additions to residential building	1112.3	10.0
Total residential building	8002.4	9.2
Non-residential building	5022.8	43.8
Total building	13025.2	20.3

Value of building approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Residential ($m)	Non-residential ($m)
Aug-06	3,293	1,876.4
Sep-06	3,351.7	2,299.4
Oct-06	3,202.3	2,262.2
Nov-06	3,350.6	2,381.8
Dec-06	3,276.2	2,457.7
Jan-07	3,318.7	2,643.1
Feb-07	3,565.5	2,484.2
Mar-07	3,310.6	2,700
Apr-07	3,386.6	2,316.2
May-07	3,432	2,365.9
Jun-07	3,542.2	2,563.7
Jul-07	3,526.5	2,881.7
Aug-07	3,549.4	2,215.9
Sep-07	3,810	2,820
Oct-07	3,929.1	3,856.6
Nov-07	4,013.5	3,305.9
Dec-07	3,971.3	3,015.7
Jan-08	4,255.3	3,736.7
Feb-08	3,706	2,884.7
Mar-08	3,560.3	2,888.8
Apr-08	3,799.5	2,964.4
May-08	3,925.1	3,524.5
Jun-08	3,840.4	3,352.1
Jul-08	3,710.1	3,899.8
Aug-08	3,672.1	3,729.3
Sep-08	3,395.1	3,193.2
Oct-08	3,629.6	2,084.2
Nov-08	3,053.7	2,384.4
Dec-08	2,983.6	1,757.1
Jan-09	2,804.9	2,203
Feb-09	3,091.4	2,444.3
Mar-09	3,013.2	2,303.8
Apr-09	3,079.4	2,145.9
May-09	2,972.7	1,864.9
Jun-09	3,246.4	3,257.3
Jul-09	3,473.8	3,301.5
Aug-09	3,636.7	5,773.3
Sep-09	3,741.7	4,957.9
Oct-09	3,790.8	3,355.8
Nov-09	4,025.1	5,049.4
Dec-09	4,132.9	4,087
Jan-10	4,155.7	2,906.5
Feb-10	4,166.7	2,252.8
Mar-10	4,465.3	2,472.7
Apr-10	4,450.7	2,103.5
May-10	4,332.3	2,047.9
Jun-10	4,236.4	2,457.3
Jul-10	4,382.5	2,033.1
Aug-10	4,229.1	2,280.2
Sep-10	3,955.6	2,851.2
Oct-10	4,312.7	2,427.3
Nov-10	4,133.5	2,420.5
Dec-10	4,232.9	2,494.6
Jan-11	4,001.3	1,928.6
Feb-11	3,796.8	2,853.4
Mar-11	4,098.3	3,900.5
Apr-11	4,062.3	2,436.5
May-11	3,795.2	2,302
Jun-11	3,841.6	2,387.1
Jul-11	3,743	2,545.4
Aug-11	4,408	2,807.8
Sep-11	3,647.3	3,080.6
Oct-11	3,543.2	2,804.7
Nov-11	3,479	2,136.4
Dec-11	3,395.4	2,559.4
Jan-12	3,479.2	5,214.4
Feb-12	3,634.1	2,754.6
Mar-12	3,537.1	2,310.8
Apr-12	3,405.7	2,100.7
May-12	4,174	3,733.7
Jun-12	4,360.8	2,929.7
Jul-12	3,532.8	2,773.5
Aug-12	4,196.9	2,773.7
Sep-12	4,595.7	2,472.3
Oct-12	4,044.5	2,958.5
Nov-12	4,036.6	2,565.9
Dec-12	4,120	2,625.2
Jan-13	3,949.3	3,276.1
Feb-13	4,154.3	2,732.5
Mar-13	4,032.2	3,382.4
Apr-13	4,307.3	3,623.8
May-13	4,160.7	3,447.4
Jun-13	4,204.5	2,758.2
Jul-13	4,392.9	2,849.9
Aug-13	4,394.8	3,087.9
Sep-13	5,116.9	2,939.8
Oct-13	5,108.4	3,683
Nov-13	4,959.4	3,158.5
Dec-13	5,010	3,462.9
Jan-14	5,200.2	3,245.1
Feb-14	4,987.2	3,302.9
Mar-14	4,803.9	2,966.6
Apr-14	4,767.3	1,788.9
May-14	4,986.5	2,620.4
Jun-14	5,236.7	3,857
Jul-14	4,960.7	2,453.8
Aug-14	5,512.4	2,513.8
Sep-14	4,620.1	2,430
Oct-14	5,100.2	2,272.7
Nov-14	5,978.4	2,749.3
Dec-14	5,795.2	2,835.3
Jan-15	6,199.7	3,845.3
Feb-15	5,785.7	2,421.4
Mar-15	6,194.2	2,609.2
Apr-15	5,887.5	2,314.6
May-15	6,440	2,630.3
Jun-15	5,890.3	2,780.5
Jul-15	6,202.2	2,965
Aug-15	5,978.9	2,990.6
Sep-15	6,063	2,907.7
Oct-15	6,640.8	2,841.7
Nov-15	5,968	3,338.1
Dec-15	6,428.3	3,136.4
Jan-16	5,826.6	2,948.2
Feb-16	6,244	2,891.5
Mar-16	6,483	2,794.6
Apr-16	6,941	3,426.6
May-16	6,418.2	3,037.1
Jun-16	6,205.6	3,865.3
Jul-16	6,755.1	3,426.2
Aug-16	7,123.4	3,133.7
Sep-16	6,310.1	5,480.4
Oct-16	5,439.2	3,018.7
Nov-16	5,756.6	3,043.8
Dec-16	5,930.8	3,183.2
Jan-17	6,095.8	2,770
Feb-17	7,028.4	3,623.9
Mar-17	5,594.6	3,774
Apr-17	6,180.1	4,542.9
May-17	5,969.3	4,642.3
Jun-17	6,398.1	3,959.6
Jul-17	6,344.4	4,261.9
Aug-17	6,457.8	3,821
Sep-17	6,553.1	5,185.4
Oct-17	6,752.6	4,418.7
Nov-17	8,034.4	4,270.9
Dec-17	6,106.1	4,008.3
Jan-18	7,344.9	3,482
Feb-18	6,691.3	4,136.9
Mar-18	6,759.8	3,521
Apr-18	6,537.3	3,564.5
May-18	6,573	3,595.4
Jun-18	6,776.6	3,316.2
Jul-18	6,394	4,639.1
Aug-18	6,184.2	3,193.6
Sep-18	5,770.1	3,517.3
Oct-18	6,034.1	3,537.1
Nov-18	5,557	4,099
Dec-18	5,319.8	3,497.1
Jan-19	5,432.4	3,924
Feb-19	6,297.9	3,848.7
Mar-19	5,331.6	4,109
Apr-19	5,325.8	4,249.6
May-19	5,739.2	4,230.5
Jun-19	5,524	4,237.4
Jul-19	5,192.4	4,053.4
Aug-19	5,336.8	6,216.2
Sep-19	5,615.9	3,929.3
Oct-19	5,271.9	4,126.9
Nov-19	5,420.4	3,693.8
Dec-19	5,940.9	4,592
Jan-20	5,257.5	5,014.8
Feb-20	6,159.8	4,425.4
Mar-20	5,413.9	4,172.3
Apr-20	5,674.8	3,789.7
May-20	5,049.5	3,712.3
Jun-20	5,152.3	4,133.3
Jul-20	5,586.6	3,744.8
Aug-20	5,763.2	4,310
Sep-20	5,954.6	3,012
Oct-20	6,430.2	4,799
Nov-20	6,751.8	3,741.7
Dec-20	7,038.7	4,022
Jan-21	6,458.5	3,771
Feb-21	7,651.5	4,250.8
Mar-21	8,644.8	6,552.2
Apr-21	8,647.4	4,053.8
May-21	8,011.8	5,212.9
Jun-21	7,864.2	5,036.4
Jul-21	7,331.5	3,493
Aug-21	8,002.4	5,022.8

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The value of total building approved rose 20.3% in August, in seasonally adjusted terms. The value of non-residential building drove the result, rising 43.8%. The value of total residential building rose 9.2%, comprising a 9.0% increase in new residential building, and a 10.0% rise in alterations and additions.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 - August 2021 - States and Territories

Data files

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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, 2020-2021

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NSW, SA2 Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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NSW, LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021

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NSW, LGA Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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Vic., SA2 Excel datacube, 2020-2021

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Vic., SA2 Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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Vic., LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021

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Vic., LGA Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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Qld, SA2 Excel datacube, 2020-2021

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Qld, SA2 Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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Qld, LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021

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Qld, LGA Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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SA, SA2 Excel datacube, 2020-2021

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SA, SA2 Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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SA, LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021

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SA, LGA Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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WA, SA2 Excel datacube, 2020-2021

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WA, SA2 Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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WA, LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021

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WA, LGA Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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Tas., SA2 Excel datacube, 2020-2021

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Tas., SA2 Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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Tas., LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021

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Tas., LGA Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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NT, SA2 Excel datacube, 2020-2021

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NT, SA2 Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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NT, LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021

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NT, LGA Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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ACT, SA2 Excel datacube, 2020-2021

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ACT, SA2 Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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ACT, LGA Excel datacube, 2020-2021

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ACT, LGA Excel datacube, 2021-2022 FYTD

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Building approvals: Datacubes validation table

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

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Statistical Area Level 2: Australia, 2021-2022 FYTD (.CSV)

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

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Local Government Area: Australia, 2021-2022 FYTD (.CSV)

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I-note

Information about Building Approvals small area data cubes

The datacube files above 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.

ABS.Stat datasets

Caution: Data in ABS.Stat is currently released after the 11:30am release on the ABS website. Please check the time period when using ABS.Stat.

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 2020) - Number and value of approvals, monthly, 2020/21

Building Approvals by Local Government Area (LGA 2021) - Number and value of approvals, monthly, 2021/22

ABS.Stat is updating and the above datasets are now available in 'Data Explorer'.

The data available in Data Explorer is the same as ABS.Stat but with a new interface and added functionality.

For more information about Data Explorer and to see what's changed, see the Data Explorer user guide.
The current version of ABS.Stat will be removed at the end of 2021.

Data Explorer datasets

Caution: Data in the Data Explorer is currently released after the 11:30am release on the ABS website. Please check the time period when using Data Explorer.

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 2020) - Number and value of approvals, monthly, 2020/21

Building Approvals by Local Government Area (LGA 2021) - Number and value of approvals, monthly, 2021/22

GeoPackages

Data files

Building Approvals by SA2, July 2020 - August 2021, GeoPackage

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Building Approvals by LGA, July 2020 - August 2021, GeoPackage

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Notes

Data notes

This publication provides the number of dwelling units and value of buildings approved released in Building Approvals, Australia on 30 September 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 Areas Level 2 and Local Government Areas. Release dates are published under the “Forthcoming Issues” section of the publication and in the ABS Release Calendar.

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

Revisions this month

In this release, revisions are provided for the time period from July 2020 to July 2021. 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:

	Financial year
Dwellings	2020-21	2021-22
New South Wales	54	26
Victoria	-135	-161
Queensland	135	54
South Australia	-4	-5
Western Australia	49	7
Tasmania	1	-
Northern Territory	-	-
Australian Capital Territory	-	-
Total	100	-79

Inquiries

For inquiries about these and related statistics, contact the Customer Assistance Service via the ABS website Contact Us page. The ABS Privacy Policy outlines how the ABS will handle any personal information that you provide to us.

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 8731.0.

Related information

Building Activity, Australia

Construction Work Done, Australia, Preliminary

Construction Activity: Chain Volume Measures, Australia

Functional Classification of Buildings

Lending indicators, Australia

Residential Property Price Indexes: Eight Capital Cities

Producer Price Indexes, Australia

Article archive

Previous feature articles

National, state & territory level dwelling demolition approvals, June 2021

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.

Post release changes

08/10/2021 - As advertised in the main release of this publication on 30 September 2021, this additional information release contains the small area Excel datacubes and CSV files for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 financial years.

Building Approvals, Australia

Key statistics

Dwellings approved

Value of building approved

Interactive map

How to use

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