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Building Approvals, Australia

Provides the number of dwelling units and value of buildings approved

Reference period

June 2021

Released

3/08/2021

Key statistics

The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved fell 6.7% in June.
Private sector houses fell 11.8%, while private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 0.8%.
The value of non-residential building approved fell 3.0%.

Dwellings approved

June key figures
		Jun-21	Monthly change	Yearly change
		no.	%	%
Seasonally adjusted
	Total dwelling units approved	18,911	-6.7	48.9
	Private sector houses	12,037	-11.8	44.3
	Private sector dwellings excluding houses	6,440	0.8	63.7

Dwelling units approved
	Seasonally adjusted
Jun-06	13,410
Jul-06	14,117
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	14,203
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	14,856
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	15,952
Apr-14	16,408
May-14	16,819
Jun-14	16,534
Jul-14	17,037
Aug-14	18,582
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	20,761
Apr-15	19,255
May-15	20,905
Jun-15	19,307
Jul-15	19,774
Aug-15	19,306
Sep-15	20,302
Oct-15	21,516
Nov-15	18,715
Dec-15	20,210
Jan-16	18,992
Feb-16	19,878
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	16,469
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	18,900
Jul-17	19,119
Aug-17	19,154
Sep-17	19,630
Oct-17	19,567
Nov-17	23,121
Dec-17	18,015
Jan-18	19,624
Feb-18	19,282
Mar-18	19,672
Apr-18	18,387
May-18	17,883
Jun-18	19,395
Jul-18	18,338
Aug-18	16,403
Sep-18	16,665
Oct-18	17,149
Nov-18	15,149
Dec-18	14,292
Jan-19	14,547
Feb-19	16,681
Mar-19	15,108
Apr-19	14,328
May-19	14,512
Jun-19	14,671
Jul-19	13,336
Aug-19	13,717
Sep-19	14,539
Oct-19	14,217
Nov-19	14,841
Dec-19	15,875
Jan-20	13,554
Feb-20	16,205
Mar-20	15,242
Apr-20	15,239
May-20	13,193
Jun-20	12,701
Jul-20	14,476
Aug-20	14,256
Sep-20	16,004
Oct-20	17,252
Nov-20	17,763
Dec-20	19,127
Jan-21	16,720
Feb-21	19,914
Mar-21	23,099
Apr-21	21,935
May-21	20,263
Jun-21	18,911

["","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Dwellings approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
Jun-06	8,643	4,449
Jul-06	8,970	4,884
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	4,399
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	3,671
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	5,463
Aug-10	8,674	5,276
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	6,333
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	9,036
Sep-15	9,781	10,254
Oct-15	9,724	11,557
Nov-15	9,681	8,953
Dec-15	10,182	9,862
Jan-16	9,851	8,847
Feb-16	9,868	9,655
Mar-16	10,162	10,216
Apr-16	9,985	10,642
May-16	10,006	9,873
Jun-16	9,583	8,716
Jul-16	9,589	11,639
Aug-16	9,732	11,632
Sep-16	9,763	9,280
Oct-16	9,569	6,598
Nov-16	9,620	8,576
Dec-16	9,362	8,828
Jan-17	9,178	7,708
Feb-17	9,443	9,417
Mar-17	9,309	7,020
Apr-17	9,383	8,504
May-17	9,749	7,021
Jun-17	9,917	8,772
Jul-17	10,192	8,461
Aug-17	10,142	8,830
Sep-17	10,133	9,252
Oct-17	10,157	9,093
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	8,009
Jun-18	10,270	8,799
Jul-18	10,029	8,044
Aug-18	9,938	6,314
Sep-18	9,534	6,815
Oct-18	9,998	6,984
Nov-18	9,402	5,613
Dec-18	9,149	5,008
Jan-19	9,145	5,208
Feb-19	8,919	7,650
Mar-19	8,668	6,220
Apr-19	8,496	5,698
May-19	8,655	5,638
Jun-19	8,745	5,541
Jul-19	8,579	4,463
Aug-19	8,458	5,133
Sep-19	8,602	5,786
Oct-19	8,040	5,975
Nov-19	8,656	6,002
Dec-19	8,668	7,015
Jan-20	8,635	4,775
Feb-20	8,704	7,318
Mar-20	8,639	6,374
Apr-20	8,850	6,018
May-20	8,741	4,149
Jun-20	8,341	3,934
Jul-20	9,108	5,054
Aug-20	9,691	4,378
Sep-20	10,512	5,130
Oct-20	11,183	5,742
Nov-20	11,843	5,573
Dec-20	13,359	5,527
Jan-21	12,094	4,271
Feb-21	13,932	5,563
Mar-21	14,339	8,296
Apr-21	15,212	6,438
May-21	13,642	6,391
Jun-21	12,037	6,440

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The number of dwellings approved in Australia fell 6.7% in June, in seasonally adjusted terms. This follows a 7.6% decrease in May.

Private sector house approvals fell 11.8% in June, to 12,037, following a 10.3% fall in May, after reaching a record high In April. Private sector dwellings excluding houses increased 0.8% in June.

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	2482	-14.5	5169	-12.7
Victoria	4307	-2.3	6785	12.8
Queensland	2015	-25.2	2996	-18.4
South Australia	1234	14.8	1414	8.6
Western Australia	1595	-21.1	1847	-30.5
Tasmania	na	na	342	-14.9
Northern Territory	na	na	na	na
Australian Capital Territory	na	na	na	na
Australia	12037	-11.8	18911	-6.7

By state, the number of dwelling approvals fell in Western Australia (-30.5%), Queensland (-18.4%), Tasmania (-14.9%) and New South Wales (-12.7%). Dwelling approvals rose in Victoria (12.8%) and South Australia (8.6%), in seasonally adjusted terms.

Approvals for private sector houses fell in Queensland (-25.2%), Western Australia (-21.1%), New South Wales (-14.5%) and Victoria (-2.3%). Private house approvals in South Australia rose 14.8%, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Value of building approved

Value of building approved, by building type
	Seasonally adjusted
	$m	Monthly % change
New residential building	6734.4	-2.9
Alterations and additions to residential building	983.3	2.0
Total residential building	7717.7	-2.3
Non-residential building	4933.7	-3.0
Total building	12651.4	-2.6

Value of building approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Residential ($m)	Non-residential ($m)
Jun-06	3,400.4	2,684.7
Jul-06	3,330.4	2,344.4
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	5,577.2	3,646.4
Aug-20	5,757.9	4,303.7
Sep-20	5,943.8	2,986.6
Oct-20	6,412.3	4,646.6
Nov-20	6,731.4	3,729.3
Dec-20	7,019.9	4,003.1
Jan-21	6,369.6	3,734.1
Feb-21	7,570.7	4,176.6
Mar-21	8,499.5	6,435
Apr-21	8,518.1	3,996.1
May-21	7,901.6	5,085.8
Jun-21	7,717.7	4,933.7

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The value of total building fell 2.6% (to $12.65b), in seasonally adjusted terms. The value of total residential building fell 2.3% (to $7.72b), comprising a 2.9% fall in new residential building and a 2.0% rise in residential alterations and additions.

The value of non-residential building fell 3.0% (to $4.93b), following a 27.3% rise in May, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Financial year analysis

Total dwelling approvals in the 2020-21 financial year were 27.3% higher than in the 2019-20 financial year, in seasonally adjusted terms. This was driven by private sector house approvals which were 42.8% higher in 2020-21 than 2019-20. Public sector dwellings also showed a large rise, up 41.3% in 2020-21 from 2019-20.

By state, dwelling approvals increased in 2020-21 compared to 2019-20, in Western Australia (88.7%), Queensland (36.7%), Tasmania (33.9%), South Australia (24.2%), New South Wales (23.6%) and Victoria (13.0%), in seasonally adjusted terms.

Private sector house approvals more than doubled in Western Australia in 2020-21 from 2019-20, up 107.4%. Large increases were also recorded in South Australia (55.1%), Queensland (43.5%), Victoria (31.9%) and New South Wales (26.4%), in seasonally adjusted terms.

		2019-20	2020-21	2019-20 to 2020-21
		no.	no.	%
Seasonally adjusted
Total dwellings
	New South Wales	48,065	59,399	23.6
	Victoria	59,989	67,767	13.0
	Queensland	30,017	41,040	36.7
	South Australia	11,687	14,514	24.2
	Western Australia	14,241	26,866	88.7
	Tasmania	3,162	4,234	33.9
	Northern Territory	na	na	na
	Australian Capital Territory	na	na	na
	Australia	172,659	219,720	27.3
Private sector houses
	New South Wales	23,978	30,300	26.4
	Victoria	35,850	47,293	31.9
	Queensland	19,986	28,676	43.5
	South Australia	7,838	12,154	55.1
	Western Australia	10,863	22,527	107.4
	Tasmania	na	na	na
	Northern Territory	na	na	na
	Australian Capital Territory	na	na	na
	Australia	102,913	146,952	42.8

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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 38. Value of Building Approved - Australia

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

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

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

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

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

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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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Series ID Concordance

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Private residential alterations and additions, July 2016 - June 2021 - States and Territories

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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 3 August 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 2019 to May 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	2019-20	2020-21
New South Wales	1	47
Victoria	-	106
Queensland	4	180
South Australia	-22	74
Western Australia	-	35
Tasmania	-	-
Northern Territory	-	-
Australian Capital Territory	-	167
Total	-17	609

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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.

Building Approvals, Australia

Key statistics

Dwellings approved

Value of building approved

Financial year analysis

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