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Building Approvals, Australia

Provides the number of dwelling units and value of buildings approved

Reference period

November 2021

Released

10/01/2022

Key statistics

The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved rose 3.6% in November.
Private sector houses rose 1.4%, while private sector dwellings excluding houses increased 9.7%.
The value of non-residential building approved rose 28.3%.

Dwellings approved

November key figures, seasonally adjusted
	Nov-21	Monthly change	Yearly change
	no.	%	%
Total dwelling units approved	16,448	3.6	-7.7
Private sector houses	10,892	1.4	-8.1
Private sector dwellings excluding houses	5,315	9.7	-5.5

Dwelling units approved, seasonally adjusted
	Total dwellings
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	13,287
Apr-13	14,928
May-13	14,437
Jun-13	13,696
Jul-13	15,263
Aug-13	14,856
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	16,384
Oct-14	18,125
Nov-14	20,109
Dec-14	20,347
Jan-15	19,982
Feb-15	19,624
Mar-15	20,760
Apr-15	19,255
May-15	20,905
Jun-15	19,306
Jul-15	19,775
Aug-15	19,306
Sep-15	20,304
Oct-15	21,518
Nov-15	18,714
Dec-15	20,210
Jan-16	18,994
Feb-16	19,877
Mar-16	20,578
Apr-16	20,832
May-16	20,189
Jun-16	18,494
Jul-16	21,488
Aug-16	21,762
Sep-16	19,212
Oct-16	16,468
Nov-16	18,442
Dec-16	18,336
Jan-17	17,085
Feb-17	19,105
Mar-17	16,551
Apr-17	18,105
May-17	16,922
Jun-17	18,905
Jul-17	19,118
Aug-17	19,150
Sep-17	19,635
Oct-17	19,563
Nov-17	23,121
Dec-17	18,018
Jan-18	19,622
Feb-18	19,282
Mar-18	19,676
Apr-18	18,388
May-18	17,872
Jun-18	19,402
Jul-18	18,335
Aug-18	16,410
Sep-18	16,662
Oct-18	17,145
Nov-18	15,153
Dec-18	14,291
Jan-19	14,544
Feb-19	16,681
Mar-19	15,113
Apr-19	14,324
May-19	14,516
Jun-19	14,670
Jul-19	13,329
Aug-19	13,720
Sep-19	14,539
Oct-19	14,211
Nov-19	14,850
Dec-19	15,870
Jan-20	13,556
Feb-20	16,206
Mar-20	15,238
Apr-20	15,239
May-20	13,196
Jun-20	12,698
Jul-20	14,499
Aug-20	14,279
Sep-20	16,028
Oct-20	17,307
Nov-20	17,825
Dec-20	19,132
Jan-21	16,983
Feb-21	20,235
Mar-21	23,539
Apr-21	22,070
May-21	20,507
Jun-21	19,433
Jul-21	17,749
Aug-21	19,064
Sep-21	18,385
Oct-21	15,884
Nov-21	16,448

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Dwellings approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
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	4,399
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	3,672
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	5,463
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	6,524
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	8,623
Nov-13	9,247	7,746
Dec-13	9,050	7,694
Jan-14	10,182	7,337
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	6,605
Oct-14	9,843	8,095
Nov-14	9,828	10,061
Dec-14	9,695	10,209
Jan-15	9,908	9,742
Feb-15	9,703	9,573
Mar-15	9,647	10,792
Apr-15	9,774	9,165
May-15	9,549	11,062
Jun-15	9,922	9,044
Jul-15	9,711	9,165
Aug-15	10,109	9,035
Sep-15	9,781	10,256
Oct-15	9,724	11,558
Nov-15	9,681	8,952
Dec-15	10,182	9,862
Jan-16	9,851	8,849
Feb-16	9,868	9,654
Mar-16	10,162	10,213
Apr-16	9,985	10,643
May-16	10,006	9,872
Jun-16	9,583	8,716
Jul-16	9,589	11,640
Aug-16	9,732	11,632
Sep-16	9,763	9,282
Oct-16	9,569	6,597
Nov-16	9,620	8,573
Dec-16	9,362	8,829
Jan-17	9,178	7,706
Feb-17	9,443	9,417
Mar-17	9,309	7,024
Apr-17	9,383	8,502
May-17	9,749	7,017
Jun-17	9,917	8,777
Jul-17	10,192	8,459
Aug-17	10,142	8,827
Sep-17	10,133	9,257
Oct-17	10,157	9,088
Nov-17	10,022	12,938
Dec-17	10,252	7,601
Jan-18	9,882	9,473
Feb-18	10,254	8,711
Mar-18	10,514	9,010
Apr-18	10,585	7,600
May-18	9,718	7,998
Jun-18	10,270	8,806
Jul-18	10,029	8,041
Aug-18	9,938	6,322
Sep-18	9,534	6,812
Oct-18	9,998	6,980
Nov-18	9,402	5,618
Dec-18	9,149	5,006
Jan-19	9,145	5,205
Feb-19	8,919	7,650
Mar-19	8,668	6,225
Apr-19	8,496	5,694
May-19	8,655	5,642
Jun-19	8,745	5,541
Jul-19	8,579	4,456
Aug-19	8,458	5,136
Sep-19	8,602	5,786
Oct-19	8,040	5,969
Nov-19	8,656	6,010
Dec-19	8,668	7,011
Jan-20	8,635	4,777
Feb-20	8,704	7,320
Mar-20	8,639	6,370
Apr-20	8,850	6,018
May-20	8,741	4,152
Jun-20	8,341	3,931
Jul-20	9,124	5,060
Aug-20	9,712	4,380
Sep-20	10,463	5,211
Oct-20	11,213	5,768
Nov-20	11,855	5,624
Dec-20	13,272	5,619
Jan-21	12,273	4,354
Feb-21	14,104	5,714
Mar-21	14,662	8,414
Apr-21	15,276	6,535
May-21	13,724	6,522
Jun-21	12,342	6,695
Jul-21	11,636	5,823
Aug-21	12,180	6,609
Sep-21	10,380	7,808
Oct-21	10,746	4,846
Nov-21	10,892	5,315

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The number of dwellings approved in Australia rose 3.6% in November, in seasonally adjusted terms. This follows a 13.6% decline in October.

Private sector house approvals rose 1.4% in November, to 10,892, following a 3.5% rise in October. Private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 9.7%, following a 37.9% fall in October.

Dwellings approved, states and territories, seasonally adjusted
	Private sector houses	Private sector houses	Total dwelling unit approvals	Total dwelling unit approvals
	no.	Monthly % change	no.	Monthly % change
New South Wales	2518	5.4	3526	-18.4
Victoria	3588	-0.8	5851	8.9
Queensland	2198	7.4	3581	20.0
South Australia	926	6.4	1153	14.5
Western Australia	1286	-12.1	1574	-1.1
Tasmania	na	na	300	40.8
Northern Territory	na	na	na	na
Australian Capital Territory	na	na	na	na
Australia	10892	1.4	16448	3.6

By state, the number of dwelling approvals rose in Tasmania (40.8 per cent), Queensland (20.0 per cent), South Australia (14.5 per cent) and Victoria (8.9 per cent). New South Wales (-18.4 per cent) and Western Australia (-1.1 per cent) fell, in seasonally adjusted terms

Approvals for private sector houses rose in Queensland (7.4 per cent), South Australia (6.4 per cent) and New South Wales (5.4 per cent). Falls were recorded in Western Australia (-12.1 per cent) and Victoria (-0.8 per cent), in seasonally adjusted terms.

Value of building approved

Value of building approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	$m	Monthly % change
New residential building	5934.1	8.5
Alterations and additions to residential building	973.2	-0.8
Total residential building	6907.3	7.1
Non-residential building	4785.1	28.3
Total building	11692.4	14.8

Value of building approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
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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	5,590.1	3,788.8
Aug-20	5,772.8	4,310
Sep-20	5,957.4	3,012.1
Oct-20	6,436.1	4,919.3
Nov-20	6,758.1	3,741.7
Dec-20	7,040.4	4,268.3
Jan-21	6,457.9	3,771.5
Feb-21	7,720	4,346.8
Mar-21	8,675.6	6,572.8
Apr-21	8,604.9	4,075
May-21	8,058.8	5,262
Jun-21	7,934.7	5,031.1
Jul-21	7,403.2	3,615.2
Aug-21	8,174.3	5,193.7
Sep-21	7,307.7	4,663.6
Oct-21	6,452	3,730.8
Nov-21	6,907.3	4,785.1

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The value of total building approved rose 14.8 per cent in November, in seasonally adjusted terms. The increase was driven by a rise in the value of non-residential building (28.3 per cent), bouncing off a 20.0 per cent fall in October.

The value of total residential building rose 7.1 per cent, comprised of a 8.5 per cent increase in the value of new residential building, and a 0.8 per cent fall in alterations and additions.

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

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

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

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

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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 - November 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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Statistical Area Level 2: Dwellings approved for demolition, 2016-2022 (.CSV)

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Local Government Area: Dwellings approved for demolition, 2016-2022 (.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.

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.

Help for: Data Explorer 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 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 - November 2021, GeoPackage.zip

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Building Approvals by LGA, July 2020 - November 2021, GeoPackage.zip

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Data notes

This publication provides the number of dwelling units and value of buildings approved released in Building Approvals, Australia on 10 January 2022.

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 October 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	24	11
Victoria	-2	26
Queensland	66	263
South Australia	-15	-3
Western Australia	15	22
Tasmania	-	-
Northern Territory	-	-
Australian Capital Territory	-	-
Total	88	319

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.

Post release changes

17/01/2022 - As advertised in the main release of this publication on 10 January 2022, this additional information release contains the small area Excel datacubes and CSV files for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 financial years.

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

Small Area Dwelling Stock Removals, September 2021

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.

Methodology