Dwellings approved rise in October

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30/11/2023

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Building Approvals, Australia, October 2023

The total number of dwellings approved rose 7.5 per cent in October, in seasonally adjusted terms, following a 4.0 per cent decrease in September, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said: "Approvals for private sector dwellings excluding houses increased 19.5 per cent, following a 3.4 per cent fall in September."

"Approvals for private sector houses rose 2.2 per cent, following a 4.7 per cent September decrease."

"Despite the monthly increase, total dwellings approved have been low this financial year. In original terms, 55,029 dwellings were approved between July and October in 2023, compared with 65,599 over the same period in 2022."

Total dwelling approvals were driven by increases in Western Australia (+11.0 per cent), Queensland (+10.7 per cent), and New South Wales (+9.6 per cent). Falls were recorded in Tasmania (-14.4 per cent), South Australia (-7.2 per cent), and Victoria (-1.4 per cent).

Approvals for private sector houses rose in Western Australia (+11.7 per cent), Victoria (+6.5 per cent), and South Australia (+0.8 per cent). New South Wales (-4.9 per cent) and Queensland (-3.4 per cent) dropped in October.

The value of total building approvals rose 6.7 per cent, following a 5.3 per cent fall in September. The value of total residential building rose 7.0 per cent, made up of an 8.9 per cent increase in new residential building and a 3.2 per cent decrease in alterations and additions.

The value of non-residential building approved rose 6.2 per cent, following a 7.6 per cent September fall.

Further information is available in Building Approvals, Australia.

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Total dwellings	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
Oct-08	11,523	7,574	3,689
Nov-08	10,325	7,186	2,814
Dec-08	10,202	6,996	2,557
Jan-09	9,417	7,205	2,015
Feb-09	10,711	7,403	3,074
Mar-09	10,833	7,611	2,906
Apr-09	11,488	7,940	3,085
May-09	10,853	8,236	1,990
Jun-09	12,016	8,771	2,518
Jul-09	13,219	8,912	3,572
Aug-09	12,801	9,403	2,670
Sep-09	14,039	9,514	3,901
Oct-09	13,633	9,926	2,942
Nov-09	14,896	9,894	3,488
Dec-09	15,319	9,982	3,828
Jan-10	14,963	9,988	3,199
Feb-10	15,418	9,986	3,428
Mar-10	17,048	9,957	4,811
Apr-10	15,855	9,456	4,746
May-10	14,943	9,295	4,345
Jun-10	14,656	9,112	4,758
Jul-10	15,392	8,895	5,452
Aug-10	15,048	8,689	5,315
Sep-10	13,842	8,483	4,649
Oct-10	15,317	8,568	6,075
Nov-10	14,105	8,391	5,097
Dec-10	15,097	8,466	5,915
Jan-11	13,128	8,338	4,456
Feb-11	12,881	8,297	4,244
Mar-11	14,213	8,197	5,547
Apr-11	13,848	8,181	5,412
May-11	12,762	8,014	4,458
Jun-11	12,827	8,001	4,457
Jul-11	13,090	7,647	4,920
Aug-11	14,902	7,767	6,717
Sep-11	12,301	7,773	4,282
Oct-11	11,354	7,276	3,877
Nov-11	11,848	7,614	4,022
Dec-11	11,725	7,690	3,897
Jan-12	11,220	7,802	3,203
Feb-12	11,800	7,356	4,288
Mar-12	11,742	7,513	4,048
Apr-12	10,861	6,846	3,914
May-12	14,216	7,302	6,783
Jun-12	14,875	7,272	7,386
Jul-12	11,749	7,671	3,827
Aug-12	13,415	7,700	5,582
Sep-12	15,223	7,926	7,128
Oct-12	14,274	7,826	5,982
Nov-12	13,878	7,722	5,909
Dec-12	13,876	7,763	5,903
Jan-13	12,753	7,815	4,748
Feb-13	13,678	7,776	5,247
Mar-13	13,290	7,954	5,099
Apr-13	14,992	8,171	6,514
May-13	14,428	8,375	5,563
Jun-13	13,772	8,265	5,120
Jul-13	15,270	8,529	6,404
Aug-13	14,894	8,415	6,289
Sep-13	18,357	8,676	9,407
Oct-13	17,648	8,726	8,660
Nov-13	17,259	9,240	7,726
Dec-13	16,959	9,068	7,634
Jan-14	17,787	10,204	7,276
Feb-14	16,720	9,751	6,753
Mar-14	15,984	9,376	6,350
Apr-14	16,496	9,774	6,366
May-14	16,805	9,787	6,790
Jun-14	16,606	9,663	6,612
Jul-14	17,111	9,776	7,092
Aug-14	18,570	9,682	8,634
Sep-14	16,398	9,545	6,620
Oct-14	18,192	9,862	8,140
Nov-14	20,128	9,844	10,065
Dec-14	20,325	9,727	10,152
Jan-15	19,906	9,942	9,639
Feb-15	19,484	9,716	9,422
Mar-15	20,755	9,619	10,815
Apr-15	19,006	9,523	9,166
May-15	20,895	9,549	11,055
Jun-15	19,367	9,911	9,113
Jul-15	19,855	9,743	9,208
Aug-15	19,360	10,080	9,123
Sep-15	20,392	9,817	10,304
Oct-15	21,581	9,740	11,605
Nov-15	18,671	9,653	8,937
Dec-15	20,254	10,278	9,810
Jan-16	18,879	9,838	8,750
Feb-16	19,643	9,831	9,458
Mar-16	20,650	10,230	10,215
Apr-16	20,805	10,020	10,583
May-16	20,295	10,037	9,949
Jun-16	18,673	9,676	8,798
Jul-16	21,568	9,587	11,723
Aug-16	21,992	9,693	11,905
Sep-16	19,190	9,788	9,231
Oct-16	16,566	9,553	6,705
Nov-16	18,393	9,633	8,512
Dec-16	18,350	9,399	8,810
Jan-17	17,092	9,206	7,690
Feb-17	18,766	9,437	9,093
Mar-17	16,489	9,284	6,980
Apr-17	18,239	9,494	8,531
May-17	17,030	9,827	7,042
Jun-17	18,687	9,966	8,506
Jul-17	19,379	10,211	8,700
Aug-17	19,435	10,245	9,012
Sep-17	19,631	10,097	9,280
Oct-17	19,687	10,121	9,241
Nov-17	23,064	10,079	12,826
Dec-17	17,950	10,185	7,610
Jan-18	19,569	9,849	9,449
Feb-18	18,950	10,271	8,371
Mar-18	19,640	10,466	9,018
Apr-18	18,320	10,608	7,515
May-18	18,065	9,968	7,937
Jun-18	19,590	10,235	9,027
Jul-18	18,668	10,150	8,253
Aug-18	16,432	9,957	6,330
Sep-18	16,802	9,633	6,844
Oct-18	17,236	10,007	7,052
Nov-18	14,997	9,373	5,496
Dec-18	14,262	9,070	5,067
Jan-19	14,608	9,316	5,096
Feb-19	16,347	8,920	7,321
Mar-19	15,119	8,534	6,367
Apr-19	14,360	8,591	5,633
May-19	14,488	8,812	5,456
Jun-19	15,036	8,901	5,751
Jul-19	13,642	8,612	4,727
Aug-19	13,812	8,529	5,165
Sep-19	14,662	8,777	5,732
Oct-19	14,392	8,202	5,977
Nov-19	14,766	8,481	6,109
Dec-19	16,019	8,662	7,182
Jan-20	13,387	8,606	4,642
Feb-20	16,070	8,673	7,221
Mar-20	15,405	8,589	6,603
Apr-20	14,932	8,780	5,770
May-20	13,388	8,856	4,240
Jun-20	12,938	8,414	4,130
Jul-20	15,253	9,299	5,631
Aug-20	14,377	9,624	4,581
Sep-20	16,188	10,568	5,230
Oct-20	17,308	11,113	5,845
Nov-20	17,576	11,550	5,697
Dec-20	19,240	13,295	5,711
Jan-21	16,994	12,136	4,527
Feb-21	19,900	13,974	5,526
Mar-21	23,152	14,140	8,514
Apr-21	20,007	13,571	6,181
May-21	20,736	13,736	6,744
Jun-21	19,911	12,555	6,938
Jul-21	18,341	11,995	6,057
Aug-21	19,036	11,969	6,802
Sep-21	18,543	10,507	7,825
Oct-21	15,961	10,391	5,252
Nov-21	16,140	10,400	5,525
Dec-21	17,227	9,973	7,020
Jan-22	13,227	8,647	4,349
Feb-22	18,422	9,810	7,331
Mar-22	15,199	9,722	5,180
Apr-22	15,316	9,789	5,380
May-22	16,631	9,643	6,662
Jun-22	16,797	9,756	6,585
Jul-22	14,336	9,831	4,288
Aug-22	17,735	10,201	7,262
Sep-22	16,719	9,574	6,936
Oct-22	15,146	9,252	5,710
Nov-22	14,955	9,034	5,588
Dec-22	17,050	8,816	7,647
Jan-23	12,247	7,729	4,350
Feb-23	13,239	8,578	4,436
Mar-23	13,277	8,404	4,659
Apr-23	12,435	8,108	4,126
May-23	15,170	8,189	6,779
Jun-23	13,837	8,100	5,197
Jul-23	12,793	8,165	4,383
Aug-23	13,779	8,728	4,811
Sep-23	13,231	8,322	4,646
Oct-23	14,223	8,505	5,554

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

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