Building Approvals, Australia

Latest release

Provides the number of dwelling units and value of buildings approved

Reference period

August 2025

Released

30/09/2025

Release date and time

08/10/2025 11:30am AEDT

Key statistics

The August 2025 seasonally adjusted estimate:

Total dwellings approved fell 6.0% to 14,744.
Private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 8.1% to 5,408 and private sector houses fell 2.6%, to 9,027.
The value of total residential building fell 3.1%, to $9.17b.
The value of total non-residential building rose 26.1%, to $7.92b.

Dwellings approved

August key figures
		Aug 25 (no.)	Monthly change (%)	Yearly change (%)
Seasonally adjusted
	Total dwelling units approved	14,744	-6.0	3.0
	Private sector houses	9,027	-2.6	-3.5
	Private sector dwellings excluding houses	5,408	-8.1	16.3
Trend
	Total dwelling units approved	15,624	-1.0	5.8
	Private sector houses	9,156	-0.5	-1.9
	Private sector dwellings excluding houses	6,073	-2.0	20.5

Dwelling units approved (a)
	Seasonally adjusted (no.)	Trend (no.)
Aug-10	15,247	14,462
Sep-10	13,643	14,376
Oct-10	15,587	14,287
Nov-10	14,212	14,147
Dec-10	14,870	13,990
Jan-11	13,294	13,818
Feb-11	12,979	13,586
Mar-11	13,976	13,359
Apr-11	13,913	13,250
May-11	12,800	13,234
Jun-11	12,652	13,191
Jul-11	13,125	13,065
Aug-11	14,760	12,817
Sep-11	12,366	12,486
Oct-11	11,423	12,118
Nov-11	11,698	11,713
Dec-11	11,761	11,358
Jan-12	11,272	11,278
Feb-12	11,693	11,510
Mar-12	11,779	11,898
Apr-12	10,960	12,318
May-12	13,938	12,772
Jun-12	14,989	13,221
Jul-12	11,806	13,616
Aug-12	13,214	13,897
Sep-12	15,443	14,031
Oct-12	14,147	13,986
Nov-12	13,972	13,844
Dec-12	14,006	13,696
Jan-13	12,647	13,553
Feb-13	13,809	13,499
Mar-13	13,337	13,585
Apr-13	15,011	13,819
May-13	14,224	14,172
Jun-13	13,788	14,662
Jul-13	15,017	15,239
Aug-13	15,049	15,868
Sep-13	18,601	16,513
Oct-13	17,490	17,040
Nov-13	17,361	17,319
Dec-13	17,025	17,296
Jan-14	17,735	17,084
Feb-14	16,911	16,798
Mar-14	16,053	16,601
Apr-14	16,260	16,549
May-14	16,822	16,565
Jun-14	16,691	16,719
Jul-14	16,941	17,039
Aug-14	18,627	17,499
Sep-14	16,484	18,003
Oct-14	18,025	18,549
Nov-14	20,371	19,065
Dec-14	20,109	19,501
Jan-15	20,046	19,821
Feb-15	19,816	19,996
Mar-15	20,809	19,999
Apr-15	19,021	19,862
May-15	20,849	19,771
Jun-15	19,364	19,730
Jul-15	19,676	19,735
Aug-15	19,446	19,778
Sep-15	20,265	19,821
Oct-15	21,630	19,796
Nov-15	18,840	19,724
Dec-15	20,073	19,722
Jan-16	18,789	19,747
Feb-16	19,886	19,809
Mar-16	20,548	19,966
Apr-16	20,836	20,237
May-16	20,287	20,458
Jun-16	18,614	20,475
Jul-16	21,422	20,286
Aug-16	21,977	19,851
Sep-16	19,303	19,316
Oct-16	16,587	18,736
Nov-16	18,420	18,227
Dec-16	18,420	17,842
Jan-17	17,043	17,629
Feb-17	19,055	17,585
Mar-17	16,490	17,600
Apr-17	18,188	17,673
May-17	16,909	17,874
Jun-17	18,844	18,321
Jul-17	19,166	18,883
Aug-17	19,350	19,412
Sep-17	19,701	19,765
Oct-17	19,713	19,876
Nov-17	23,071	19,837
Dec-17	17,900	19,644
Jan-18	19,346	19,404
Feb-18	19,235	19,193
Mar-18	19,813	19,045
Apr-18	18,421	18,909
May-18	17,800	18,734
Jun-18	19,646	18,464
Jul-18	18,529	18,037
Aug-18	16,527	17,464
Sep-18	16,767	16,773
Oct-18	17,135	16,103
Nov-18	15,207	15,578
Dec-18	14,212	15,268
Jan-19	14,499	15,157
Feb-19	16,640	15,101
Mar-19	15,272	15,012
Apr-19	14,370	14,849
May-19	14,423	14,568
Jun-19	14,897	14,227
Jul-19	13,417	14,047
Aug-19	13,929	14,099
Sep-19	14,707	14,270
Oct-19	14,229	14,436
Nov-19	15,007	14,598
Dec-19	15,914	14,720
Jan-20	13,362	14,707
Feb-20	16,342	14,602
Mar-20	15,492	14,399
Apr-20	14,885	14,196
May-20	13,410	14,099
Jun-20	12,962	14,228
Jul-20	15,117	14,638
Aug-20	14,558	15,285
Sep-20	16,113	16,019
Oct-20	17,465	16,715
Nov-20	17,888	17,309
Dec-20	18,935	17,800
Jan-21	17,085	18,214
Feb-21	20,041	20,595
Mar-21	23,097	20,680
Apr-21	20,109	20,578
May-21	20,641	20,221
Jun-21	19,818	19,627
Jul-21	18,653	18,948
Aug-21	19,361	18,279
Sep-21	18,565	17,786
Oct-21	16,358	17,449
Nov-21	16,510	17,165
Dec-21	17,081	16,935
Jan-22	14,213	16,753
Feb-22	18,584	16,506
Mar-22	14,946	16,204
Apr-22	15,808	15,945
May-22	16,406	15,837
Jun-22	16,520	15,881
Jul-22	14,172	16,029
Aug-22	17,688	16,181
Sep-22	16,776	16,189
Oct-22	15,447	15,924
Nov-22	14,960	15,412
Dec-22	16,802	14,756
Jan-23	13,001	14,152
Feb-23	13,658	13,739
Mar-23	13,263	13,581
Apr-23	12,782	13,554
May-23	15,334	13,633
Jun-23	13,751	13,778
Jul-23	12,927	13,917
Aug-23	13,436	13,972
Sep-23	13,891	13,973
Oct-23	14,509	13,893
Nov-23	14,470	13,747
Dec-23	13,603	13,577
Jan-24	13,799	13,381
Feb-24	13,152	13,290
Mar-24	13,476	13,358
Apr-24	13,621	13,530
May-24	14,264	13,783
Jun-24	13,472	14,077
Jul-24	14,879	14,424
Aug-24	14,321	14,763
Sep-24	14,964	15,055
Oct-24	15,931	15,281
Nov-24	15,451	15,417
Dec-24	15,552	15,419
Jan-25	16,756	15,371
Feb-25	16,684	15,398
Mar-25	15,680	15,499
Apr-25	14,934	15,654
May-25	15,291	15,770
Jun-25	17,432	15,804
Jul-25	15,684	15,776
Aug-25	14,744	15,624


(a) A trend break has been applied to this series due to an abrupt and sustained change in the level of the series.

Dwelling units approved (a)

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Trend break added to 'Total dwelling units approved' trend series for February 2021

The seasonally adjusted estimate for the number of dwellings approved fell 6.0%, after falling 10.0% in July.

The trend estimate for total dwellings approved fell 1.0%, after a 0.2% July fall.

Dwellings approved, by building type (a)
	Seasonally adjusted - Private sector houses (no.)	Trend - Private sector houses (no.)	Seasonally adjusted - Private sector dwellings excluding houses (no.)	Trend - Private sector dwellings excluding houses (no.)
Aug-10	8,701	8,716	5,429	5,072
Sep-10	8,457	8,595	4,443	5,163
Oct-10	8,589	8,507	6,212	5,194
Nov-10	8,395	8,442	5,202	5,168
Dec-10	8,473	8,393	5,681	5,118
Jan-11	8,325	8,348	4,581	5,057
Feb-11	8,297	8,290	4,346	4,942
Mar-11	8,191	8,211	5,312	4,830
Apr-11	8,162	8,124	5,515	4,812
May-11	8,025	8,028	4,515	4,881
Jun-11	7,976	7,918	4,316	4,938
Jul-11	7,686	7,800	4,991	4,929
Aug-11	7,760	7,700	6,562	4,792
Sep-11	7,785	7,638	4,331	4,551
Oct-11	7,264	7,620	3,957	4,242
Nov-11	7,612	7,614	3,874	3,886
Dec-11	7,698	7,583	3,930	3,593
Jan-12	7,815	7,503	3,237	3,611
Feb-12	7,348	7,388	4,189	3,963
Mar-12	7,512	7,275	4,084	4,467
Apr-12	6,815	7,212	4,046	4,956
May-12	7,286	7,240	6,546	5,382
Jun-12	7,301	7,367	7,500	5,690
Jul-12	7,694	7,539	3,870	5,883
Aug-12	7,696	7,693	5,373	5,976
Sep-12	7,924	7,784	7,331	5,992
Oct-12	7,825	7,808	5,845	5,906
Nov-12	7,722	7,790	6,003	5,779
Dec-12	7,753	7,780	6,040	5,645
Jan-13	7,802	7,802	4,642	5,481
Feb-13	7,777	7,876	5,376	5,349
Mar-13	7,974	7,988	5,123	5,310
Apr-13	8,155	8,119	6,595	5,394
May-13	8,372	8,236	5,437	5,616
Jun-13	8,270	8,341	5,181	6,000
Jul-13	8,536	8,424	6,232	6,502
Aug-13	8,417	8,521	6,318	7,042
Sep-13	8,674	8,678	9,611	7,537
Oct-13	8,713	8,900	8,515	7,849
Nov-13	9,258	9,154	7,786	7,875
Dec-13	9,078	9,396	7,691	7,611
Jan-14	10,207	9,581	7,176	7,216
Feb-14	9,752	9,693	6,939	6,823
Mar-14	9,363	9,736	6,415	6,586
Apr-14	9,750	9,731	6,175	6,543
May-14	9,786	9,708	6,811	6,588
Jun-14	9,672	9,697	6,740	6,763
Jul-14	9,763	9,701	6,955	7,094
Aug-14	9,715	9,722	8,620	7,539
Sep-14	9,550	9,739	6,693	8,016
Oct-14	9,868	9,764	7,961	8,508
Nov-14	9,839	9,794	10,282	8,955
Dec-14	9,723	9,796	9,954	9,352
Jan-15	9,933	9,768	9,629	9,675
Feb-15	9,718	9,718	9,756	9,896
Mar-15	9,625	9,675	10,856	9,965
Apr-15	9,577	9,667	9,121	9,875
May-15	9,561	9,707	10,988	9,781
Jun-15	9,922	9,759	9,205	9,710
Jul-15	9,747	9,811	9,065	9,676
Aug-15	10,092	9,852	9,166	9,693
Sep-15	9,812	9,865	10,147	9,742
Oct-15	9,749	9,864	11,621	9,733
Nov-15	9,666	9,872	9,092	9,664
Dec-15	10,252	9,908	9,650	9,628
Jan-16	9,825	9,967	8,657	9,586
Feb-16	9,848	10,013	9,728	9,591
Mar-16	10,216	10,019	10,121	9,727
Apr-16	10,026	9,975	10,610	10,026
May-16	10,019	9,900	9,955	10,311
Jun-16	9,659	9,821	8,793	10,395
Jul-16	9,607	9,757	11,598	10,254
Aug-16	9,712	9,697	11,785	9,866
Sep-16	9,788	9,646	9,346	9,380
Oct-16	9,574	9,589	6,688	8,869
Nov-16	9,634	9,507	8,477	8,460
Dec-16	9,393	9,415	8,876	8,187
Jan-17	9,154	9,344	7,664	8,064
Feb-17	9,445	9,338	9,392	8,034
Mar-17	9,322	9,418	6,930	7,969
Apr-17	9,477	9,572	8,479	7,891
May-17	9,807	9,763	6,944	7,898
Jun-17	9,963	9,945	8,677	8,157
Jul-17	10,217	10,086	8,639	8,576
Aug-17	10,223	10,163	8,926	9,025
Sep-17	10,115	10,170	9,335	9,366
Oct-17	10,158	10,130	9,214	9,513
Nov-17	10,054	10,105	12,850	9,496
Dec-17	10,203	10,121	7,521	9,287
Jan-18	9,835	10,175	9,219	8,997
Feb-18	10,273	10,245	8,672	8,722
Mar-18	10,503	10,304	9,141	8,526
Apr-18	10,610	10,315	7,614	8,383
May-18	9,907	10,277	7,740	8,244
Jun-18	10,259	10,199	9,104	8,044
Jul-18	10,130	10,088	8,179	7,717
Aug-18	9,967	9,958	6,355	7,271
Sep-18	9,600	9,824	6,837	6,724
Oct-18	10,083	9,669	6,875	6,229
Nov-18	9,348	9,477	5,726	5,915
Dec-18	9,074	9,259	5,002	5,839
Jan-19	9,241	9,057	5,015	5,935
Feb-19	8,925	8,894	7,604	6,037
Mar-19	8,605	8,780	6,430	6,047
Apr-19	8,598	8,726	5,645	5,925
May-19	8,783	8,709	5,408	5,659
Jun-19	8,882	8,685	5,775	5,345
Jul-19	8,632	8,650	4,570	5,205
Aug-19	8,501	8,601	5,307	5,313
Sep-19	8,762	8,542	5,798	5,551
Oct-19	8,216	8,500	5,798	5,767
Nov-19	8,492	8,498	6,332	5,935
Dec-19	8,653	8,535	7,078	6,018
Jan-20	8,551	8,589	4,665	5,940
Feb-20	8,707	8,643	7,480	5,720
Mar-20	8,679	8,685	6,591	5,454
Apr-20	8,833	8,729	5,676	5,188
May-20	8,814	8,820	4,301	4,985
Jun-20	8,437	9,025	4,163	4,897
Jul-20	9,185	9,367	5,678	4,953
Aug-20	9,577	9,841	4,766	5,117
Sep-20	10,552	10,390	5,122	5,292
Oct-20	11,094	10,946	5,977	5,424
Nov-20	11,512	11,437	5,976	5,525
Dec-20	13,174	11,793	5,527	5,670
Jan-21	11,977	11,976	4,728	5,919
Feb-21	13,920	14,075	5,720	6,220
Mar-21	14,385	13,915	8,254	6,473
Apr-21	13,454	13,598	6,406	6,686
May-21	13,716	13,131	6,661	6,789
Jun-21	12,577	12,561	6,863	6,760
Jul-21	12,236	11,936	6,180	6,702
Aug-21	11,958	11,360	7,114	6,623
Sep-21	10,731	10,911	7,627	6,594
Oct-21	10,377	10,607	5,396	6,558
Nov-21	10,401	10,416	5,885	6,437
Dec-21	10,136	10,299	6,685	6,282
Jan-22	9,609	10,197	4,370	6,163
Feb-22	9,755	10,057	7,868	6,035
Mar-22	9,744	9,898	4,887	5,900
Apr-22	9,753	9,770	5,898	5,809
May-22	9,568	9,704	6,518	5,824
Jun-22	9,699	9,691	6,457	5,924
Jul-22	9,606	9,685	4,375	6,088
Aug-22	10,103	9,624	7,339	6,285
Sep-22	9,354	9,468	7,208	6,430
Oct-22	9,204	9,261	5,792	6,374
Nov-22	8,982	9,033	5,630	6,103
Dec-22	8,765	8,816	7,885	5,685
Jan-23	8,554	8,637	4,275	5,284
Feb-23	8,648	8,488	4,753	5,030
Mar-23	8,415	8,363	4,608	4,985
Apr-23	8,186	8,253	4,377	5,042
May-23	8,178	8,190	6,937	5,162
Jun-23	8,134	8,185	5,119	5,313
Jul-23	8,098	8,249	4,628	5,404
Aug-23	8,524	8,364	4,712	5,364
Sep-23	8,385	8,484	5,279	5,255
Oct-23	8,765	8,577	5,551	5,079
Nov-23	8,616	8,639	5,651	4,855
Dec-23	8,839	8,682	4,350	4,622
Jan-24	8,449	8,725	5,114	4,373
Feb-24	8,666	8,786	4,153	4,233
Mar-24	9,138	8,868	4,174	4,244
Apr-24	8,895	8,973	4,429	4,337
May-24	9,100	9,094	5,005	4,478
Jun-24	9,142	9,209	4,098	4,627
Jul-24	9,253	9,294	5,386	4,821
Aug-24	9,354	9,330	4,650	5,041
Sep-24	9,617	9,326	4,781	5,270
Oct-24	9,164	9,281	6,251	5,515
Nov-24	9,209	9,211	5,544	5,737
Dec-24	8,993	9,162	6,319	5,845
Jan-25	9,134	9,152	7,345	5,879
Feb-25	9,274	9,186	7,158	5,927
Mar-25	9,116	9,238	6,264	5,991
Apr-25	9,428	9,271	5,174	6,094
May-25	9,347	9,268	5,732	6,179
Jun-25	9,149	9,241	7,926	6,210
Jul-25	9,264	9,201	5,884	6,199
Aug-25	9,027	9,156	5,408	6,073


(a) A trend break has been applied to this series due to an abrupt and sustained change in the level of the series.

Dwellings approved, by building type (a)

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Trend break added to 'Private sector houses' trend series for February 2021

Private sector dwellings excluding houses approvals fell 8.1%, after a July decrease of 25.8%.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector house approvals fell 2.6%, after a 1.3% July rise.

The trend estimate for private sector house approvals fell 0.5% in August, following a 0.4% July decrease. Private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 2.0%, after a 0.2% July decrease.

Seasonally adjusted summary, by state

Approvals for total dwellings were down across most states: Victoria (-11.8%), New South Wales (-11.4%), South Australia (-10.0%), and Western Australia (-7.3%) fell. Tasmania (14.4%) and Queensland (3.7%) rose in August.

Private sector houses had mixed results at the state level: Victoria (-8.3%), New South Wales (-6.2%), and South Australia (-1.7%) fell. Queensland (2.9%) and Western Australia (1.7%) rose 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	1,752	-6.2	3,637	-11.4
Victoria	2,654	-8.3	3,857	-11.8
Queensland	2,065	2.9	3,663	3.7
South Australia	768	-1.7	1,126	-10.0
Western Australia	1,481	1.7	1,826	-7.3
Tasmania	na	na	214	14.4
Northern Territory	na	na	na	na
Australian Capital Territory	na	na	na	na
Australia	9,027	-2.6	14,744	-6.0

Trend summary, by state

In trend terms, approvals for total dwellings fell in Victoria (-3.4%), South Australia (-2.1%), New South Wales (-1.2%), Australian Capital Territory (-0.8%), and Western Australia (-0.1%). Meanwhile, Tasmania (3.7%) and Queensland (2.0%) rose. The August result in Northern Territory was flat.

Approvals for private sector houses fell in South Australia (-2.3%), New South Wales (-1.5%), and Western Australia (-0.9%). Approvals rose in Victoria (0.5%), while Queensland was flat, in trend terms.

Dwellings approved, states and territories, trend
	Private sector houses	Private sector houses	Total dwelling units approved	Total dwelling units approved
	(no.)	Monthly change (%)	(no.)	Monthly change (%)
New South Wales	1,804	-1.5	4,408	-1.2
Victoria	2,809	0.5	4,029	-3.4
Queensland	2,026	0.0	3,519	2.0
South Australia	790	-2.3	1,194	-2.1
Western Australia	1,456	-0.9	1,889	-0.1
Tasmania	na	na	196	3.7
Northern Territory	na	na	44	0.0
Australian Capital Territory	na	na	355	-0.8
Australia	9,156	-0.5	15,624	-1.0

Value of building approved

Value of building approved, by building type (a)
	Seasonally Adjusted - Residential ($m)	Trend - Residential ($m)	Seasonally adjusted - Non-residential ($m)	Trend - Non-residential ($m)
Aug-10	4,220	4,213.5	2,281.7	2,391.8
Sep-10	3,957.3	4,179.3	2,847.9	2,447.1
Oct-10	4,313.2	4,149.9	2,429.3	2,468.6
Nov-10	4,136	4,120.3	2,423.4	2,448.6
Dec-10	4,232.2	4,090.1	2,493.9	2,409
Jan-11	4,000.3	4,058.5	1,932.9	2,365.2
Feb-11	3,797.7	4,013.9	2,853.8	2,327.7
Mar-11	4,098.8	3,965.8	3,897.1	2,328.6
Apr-11	4,060.3	3,932.4	2,437.1	2,357.9
May-11	3,800.3	3,916	2,302.7	2,409.4
Jun-11	3,839.6	3,896.2	2,381.3	2,471.7
Jul-11	3,744.4	3,856.5	2,543	2,530.5
Aug-11	4,396.4	3,785	2,808.8	2,557
Sep-11	3,647.6	3,696.6	3,079.2	2,552.6
Oct-11	3,544.3	3,611.7	2,808.3	2,518.4
Nov-11	3,486.8	3,531	2,136.9	2,458.6
Dec-11	3,392.5	3,474	2,558.3	2,392.3
Jan-12	3,480.2	3,469.4	5,229.9	2,349.6
Feb-12	3,636.3	3,518.4	2,753	2,347.4
Mar-12	3,532.9	3,573.5	2,303.5	2,392
Apr-12	3,403.8	3,611.9	2,101.1	2,460.3
May-12	4,182.2	3,650	3,730.2	2,545.8
Jun-12	4,353.9	3,700.5	2,920.3	2,627.7
Jul-12	3,537.2	3,774.9	2,775.9	2,683
Aug-12	4,180.8	3,869	2,767.3	2,708
Sep-12	4,597.2	3,962.9	2,472.2	2,710.5
Oct-12	4,053.4	4,030.3	2,963.3	2,699.9
Nov-12	4,045	4,067.5	2,567.5	2,729.4
Dec-12	4,119.8	4,077.2	2,627.1	2,837.4
Jan-13	3,952.4	4,061.7	3,315.1	2,986.8
Feb-13	4,151	4,052.9	2,730.9	3,139.6
Mar-13	4,015.6	4,068.1	3,362.2	3,242.8
Apr-13	4,310.7	4,111.8	3,622.7	3,255.7
May-13	4,163	4,180.7	3,438.5	3,199.1
Jun-13	4,193.9	4,296.9	2,741.2	3,108.5
Jul-13	4,409.1	4,452.9	2,859.7	3,050.7
Aug-13	4,372.6	4,633.9	3,068.3	3,059.1
Sep-13	5,122.2	4,820.6	2,944.8	3,135.9
Oct-13	5,128.2	4,978.9	3,693	3,280.3
Nov-13	4,971.2	5,070.5	3,164	3,388.6
Dec-13	5,003	5,075	3,471.9	3,377.6
Jan-14	5,186.8	5,026.3	3,293.6	3,238.9
Feb-14	4,986.4	4,960.2	3,299.8	3,021.9
Mar-14	4,818.3	4,932	2,938.3	2,785.8
Apr-14	4,750.2	4,951	1,784.7	2,592.1
May-14	4,993.6	4,972.7	2,603.8	2,466.8
Jun-14	5,249.9	4,994.7	3,844.8	2,403.2
Jul-14	4,963.1	5,026.7	2,469.5	2,400.9
Aug-14	5,466.8	5,094.7	2,484.3	2,444.7
Sep-14	4,615.8	5,207.9	2,442	2,510
Oct-14	5,121.5	5,378	2,276.2	2,578.7
Nov-14	6,002.5	5,581	2,761.3	2,640.4
Dec-14	5,802.9	5,789.4	2,844.3	2,685.5
Jan-15	6,202	5,956.1	3,902.7	2,675.7
Feb-15	5,789.9	6,055.5	2,421.5	2,626.2
Mar-15	6,158.2	6,096.4	2,593.8	2,575.4
Apr-15	5,911.3	6,091.6	2,297.5	2,563.2
May-15	6,415.2	6,093	2,599.8	2,602.4
Jun-15	5,909.9	6,096.6	2,787.4	2,691.8
Jul-15	6,169.4	6,104.7	2,971.8	2,803.6
Aug-15	6,048.9	6,116.5	2,932.3	2,913.1
Sep-15	5,979.4	6,121.8	2,915.5	3,003.7
Oct-15	6,703.2	6,123	2,859.9	3,057
Nov-15	6,025.9	6,130.4	3,381.7	3,073.4
Dec-15	6,394.7	6,167.4	3,151.5	3,054.7
Jan-16	5,806.8	6,222.1	3,029.7	3,024
Feb-16	6,308.9	6,287	2,908.2	3,022.7
Mar-16	6,409.2	6,372.6	2,719.6	3,034.4
Apr-16	6,889.4	6,490.8	3,399.5	3,114.2
May-16	6,469.7	6,602.6	3,007.7	3,275.9
Jun-16	6,236.7	6,645.3	3,849.9	3,471.7
Jul-16	6,712	6,586	3,440.6	3,628.3
Aug-16	7,157.9	6,421.8	3,051.6	3,683.9
Sep-16	6,179.6	6,236.8	5,551.4	3,623.1
Oct-16	5,575.9	6,069.3	3,055.6	3,472.3
Nov-16	5,745	5,958.4	3,079	3,306.5
Dec-16	5,864.1	5,916	3,202	3,219.6
Jan-17	6,153.5	5,943.9	2,896.1	3,281.3
Feb-17	7,085.2	6,011.5	3,627.2	3,493
Mar-17	5,473.9	6,061.9	3,653.5	3,773
Apr-17	6,250.9	6,087.8	4,430.4	4,027.4
May-17	5,992.7	6,127.7	4,511.8	4,182.6
Jun-17	6,294.1	6,251.7	4,064.1	4,287.5
Jul-17	6,426.2	6,429.2	4,255.8	4,365.8
Aug-17	6,495.5	6,617.6	3,669.7	4,415.2
Sep-17	6,910.7	6,771.3	5,213.6	4,446.4
Oct-17	6,855.8	6,869.6	4,598.9	4,427.6
Nov-17	8,094.7	6,921.1	4,325.3	4,335.3
Dec-17	5,981.9	6,907	4,058.6	4,158.4
Jan-18	7,348.5	6,856.8	3,587.5	3,918.4
Feb-18	6,818.9	6,799.1	4,130	3,710.5
Mar-18	6,690.3	6,753.4	3,339.4	3,588.8
Apr-18	6,520.4	6,704.1	3,560.8	3,555.5
May-18	6,611.2	6,632.9	3,438.7	3,532.9
Jun-18	6,798	6,529.6	3,373.1	3,532.2
Jul-18	6,431.1	6,377.7	4,727	3,548.8
Aug-18	6,087	6,179.8	3,147.2	3,586.9
Sep-18	5,826.8	5,949.5	3,441.4	3,640.2
Oct-18	6,059.9	5,765.3	3,551.6	3,694.3
Nov-18	5,496.9	5,659.7	4,388.5	3,760.6
Dec-18	5,250.6	5,628.6	3,481.6	3,840.3
Jan-19	5,482.9	5,647.7	4,052.1	3,932.6
Feb-19	6,473.4	5,675.6	3,843.6	3,996.8
Mar-19	5,583.7	5,677.3	4,112.5	4,060
Apr-19	5,245.1	5,639.9	4,174	4,170.3
May-19	5,673.5	5,567.7	4,421.6	4,315.9
Jun-19	5,714	5,475.4	4,179	4,434.2
Jul-19	5,237.7	5,421	4,211.4	4,454.9
Aug-19	5,296.4	5,419.9	6,095.6	4,434.5
Sep-19	5,567	5,443.7	3,965.5	4,426.4
Oct-19	5,404.6	5,457.8	4,274	4,462
Nov-19	5,444.4	5,486.9	3,857.8	4,517.8
Dec-19	5,815.8	5,526	4,600.4	4,539.5
Jan-20	5,252.6	5,532.2	5,699.6	4,490.4
Feb-20	6,458.4	5,500.1	4,297.8	4,363
Mar-20	5,564.6	5,456.1	3,776.9	4,183.8
Apr-20	5,592.6	5,414.3	3,719.8	3,984.8
May-20	5,189.1	5,397.9	3,717.1	3,917.9
Jun-20	5,145.2	5,444.1	4,226.4	4,018.2
Jul-20	5,774.6	5,569.9	4,162.4	4,239.9
Aug-20	5,755	5,778.1	4,584.6	4,447.4
Sep-20	5,966.2	6,147.6	2,930.1	4,525.4
Oct-20	6,505.3	6,390.3	5,473.8	4,517.7
Nov-20	6,722.8	6,580.6	3,816	4,474.8
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Jan-21	6,816.4	6,768.5	4,207.3	4,442.5
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Mar-21	8,728.1	8,401	6,231.3	4,743.2
Apr-21	8,483.9	8,318.4	4,363.6	4,954.8
May-21	8,050.7	8,205.8	4,894.1	5,102.1
Jun-21	8,042.1	8,033.9	6,089.1	5,131.9
Jul-21	7,651.2	7,801.7	4,701.3	5,074.9
Aug-21	8,052.9	7,544.4	4,989.7	4,957.9
Sep-21	7,329.1	7,314.9	4,887.1	4,842.3
Oct-21	6,834	7,144.4	4,374.4	4,803.2
Nov-21	6,863.2	7,027.7	5,056.2	4,866.6
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Oct-22	7,412.6	7,790.9	5,292.4	5,328.9
Nov-22	7,552.7	7,678	5,904	5,417.4
Dec-22	8,158.3	7,515.3	5,830.3	5,496.4
Jan-23	6,968.2	7,369.1	4,472.6	5,558
Feb-23	7,418.7	7,286.8	6,118.1	5,631.3
Mar-23	6,916.6	7,266.3	5,348.2	5,778.3
Apr-23	6,927.1	7,247.7	6,347.5	5,953.1
May-23	8,101	7,243.5	6,509.8	6,117.3
Jun-23	7,240.3	7,259.7	9,018.5	6,224.1
Jul-23	6,933.1	7,295.6	6,801	6,219.2
Aug-23	7,160.3	7,322.9	6,102.4	6,119.8
Sep-23	7,233.2	7,328.5	5,643.4	5,935.3
Oct-23	7,705.2	7,301.4	6,304	5,662.4
Nov-23	7,506.4	7,268.1	5,122.5	5,382.2
Dec-23	7,345.1	7,246	4,996.3	5,183.2
Jan-24	8,061.3	7,237.4	5,146.8	5,122.5
Feb-24	7,110.3	7,298.5	4,466.2	5,194.2
Mar-24	7,859.7	7,452.7	5,733.6	5,298.5
Apr-24	7,762.8	7,663.9	5,810.8	5,391.1
May-24	7,887.7	7,880.9	5,876	5,419.2
Jun-24	7,839.4	8,053.4	4,752.1	5,338.5
Jul-24	8,367.9	8,171.7	5,184.3	5,283.7
Aug-24	8,325.8	8,266.7	5,325.5	5,383.5
Sep-24	8,235.5	8,407.2	5,690	5,609.7
Oct-24	8,680.7	8,600.8	5,372.6	5,839.5
Nov-24	8,637.9	8,816	6,070.3	6,036.6
Dec-24	8,878.9	9,019.6	7,897.2	6,201.3
Jan-25	9,410.7	9,183.1	5,865.7	6,381.2
Feb-25	9,744.1	9,297.2	4,669.9	6,577
Mar-25	9,087	9,345.4	6,875.6	6,766.6
Apr-25	9,097.4	9,352	9,054.6	6,942.6
May-25	9,321.5	9,346.4	6,400.4	7,105.1
Jun-25	9,573.7	9,347.7	7,279.5	7,224.3
Jul-25	9,464.1	9,347.3	6,278	7,313.6
Aug-25	9,172.8	9,342.9	7,916.5	7,373.3


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Value of building approved, by building type (a)

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Trend break added to 'Total residential' trend series for September 2020 and February 2021.

Value of building approved, seasonally adjusted

The value of total building work approved rose 8.6% to $17.09b, after a 6.6% July fall. The value of total residential building fell 3.1% (to $9.17b), comprised of a 2.0% fall in new residential value (to $8.03b) and a 9.9% fall in alterations and additions (to $1.14b).

The value of non-residential building increased 26.1% (to $7.92b), after a 13.8% July fall.

Value of building approved, trend

The trend estimate of the value of total building approved rose 0.3% to $16.72b, after a 0.5% rise in July. The value of total residential building was flat ($9.34b) for a third consecutive month. New residential building value was flat ($8.14b) and alterations and additions fell 0.5% (to $1.21b).

The value of non-residential building rose 0.8% (to $7.37b), following a 1.2% gain in July.

Value of building approved, by building type
	Seasonally adjusted	Seasonally adjusted	Trend	Trend
	($m)	Monthly change (%)	($m)	Monthly change (%)
New residential building	8,034	-2.0	8,137	0.0
Alterations and additions to residential building	1,139	-9.9	1,206	-0.5
Total residential building	9,173	-3.1	9,343	0.0
Non-residential building	7,917	26.1	7,373	0.8
Total building	17,089	8.6	16,716	0.3

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Table 01. Number of dwelling units approved, by sector, all series - New South Wales
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Table 30. Value of building approved - New South Wales
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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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Non-residential building approved

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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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Chain volume measures

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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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Demolitions

Data files

Table 87. Number of dwellings approved for demolition, original, states and territories
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Table 88. Number of dwellings approved for demolition, by Greater Capital City Statistical Area - original
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Small area datacubes

Data items

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

Data files

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NSW

Data files

NSW, SA2 excel data cube, 2024-2025
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NSW, SA2 excel data cube, 2025-2026 FYTD
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NSW, LGA excel data cube, 2024-2025
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Vic.

Data files

Vic., SA2 excel data cube, 2024-2025
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Vic., SA2 excel data cube, 2025-2026 FYTD
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Vic., LGA excel data cube, 2024-2025
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Vic., LGA excel data cube, 2025-2026 FYTD
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Qld

Data files

Qld, SA2 excel data cube, 2024-2025
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Qld, SA2 excel data cube, 2025-2026 FYTD
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Qld, LGA excel data cube, 2024-2025
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Qld, LGA excel data cube, 2025-2026 FYTD
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SA

Data files

SA, SA2 excel data cube, 2024-2025
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SA, SA2 excel data cube, 2025-2026 FYTD
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SA, LGA excel data cube, 2024-2025
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SA, LGA excel data cube, 2025-2026 FYTD
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WA

Data files

WA, SA2 excel data cube, 2024-2025
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WA, SA2 excel data cube, 2025-2026 FYTD
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WA, LGA excel data cube, 2024-2025
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WA, LGA excel data cube, 2025-2026 FYTD
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Tas.

Data files

Tas., SA2 excel data cube, 2024-2025
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Tas., SA2 excel data cube, 2025-2026 FYTD
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Tas., LGA excel data cube, 2024-2025
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NT

Data files

NT, SA2 excel data cube, 2024-2025
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NT, SA2 excel data cube, 2025-2026 FYTD
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NT, LGA excel data cube, 2024-2025
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ACT

Data files

ACT, SA2 excel data cube, 2024-2025
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ACT, SA2 excel data cube, 2025-2026 FYTD
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ACT, LGA excel data cube, 2024-2025
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ACT, LGA excel data cube, 2025-2026 FYTD
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Validation table

Building Approvals: Data cube validation table

Data files

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Small area approvals (.csv)

Statistical Area Level 2

Data files

Statistical Area Level 2: Australia, 2024-2025 (.csv)
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Statistical Area Level 2: Australia, 2025-2026 FYTD (.csv)
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Local Government Area

Data files

Local Government Area: Australia, 2024-2025 (.csv)
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Local Government Area: Australia, 2025-2026 FYTD (.csv)
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Demolition approvals (.csv)

Data files

Statistical Area Level 2: Dwellings approved for demolition, 2024 - 2025 (.csv)
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Local Government Area: Dwellings approved for demolition, 2024 - 2025 (.csv)
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Data Explorer datasets

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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 2016 - June 2021

Building Approvals by Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) and above - Number and value of approvals, monthly, July 2021 onwards

Building Approvals by Local Government Area (LGA 2024) - Number and value of approvals, monthly, 2024/25

Building Approvals by Local Government Area (LGA 2025) - Number and value of approvals, monthly, 2025/26

Dwellings revised by state

In this release, revisions are provided for the time period from July 2024 to July 2025. Further information about potential sources of revisions can be found here: "Revisions to Building Approval Statistics".

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

Dwellings revised
	2024-25	2025-26
New South Wales	-124	9
Victoria	-27	50
Queensland	134	101
South Australia	10	1
Western Australia	60	-3
Tasmania	-	-41
Northern Territory	-11	-
Australian Capital Territory	2	-
Total	44	117

Post release changes

08/10/2025 - As advertised in the ABS future releases calendar, this additional information release contains all Building Approvals small area data components. This is comprised of the small area excel data cubes, csv files and additional Data Explorer links for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 financial years.

16/10/2025 - Spreadsheet in the SA2 Demolition approvals, 2024-2025 (.zip) replaced.

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Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 8731.0.

Methodology

Scope

Approvals included:

construction of new buildings
alterations and additions to existing buildings
non-structural renovation and refurbishment
installation of integral building fixtures
full demolitions of existing dwellings.

Geography

Data available for:

Australia
States and territories
Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA)
Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4)
Local Government Areas.

Source

Administrative data collection from local government or other approving authorities.

Collection method

Statistics of building work approved are compiled from:

local government authorities and other principal certifying authorities
contracts authorised by government authorities
media reports and the Building Activity Survey.

Concepts, sources and methods

Buildings are classified according to the ABS Functional Classification of Buildings, January 2021.

History of changes

Concurrent seasonal adjustment was reinstated from the May 2022 release.

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Key statistics

Dwellings approved

Seasonally adjusted summary, by state

Trend summary, by state

Value of building approved

Value of building approved, seasonally adjusted

Value of building approved, trend

Data downloads

Dwellings approved

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

Value of building approved

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

Non-residential building approved

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