Apartment approvals drive December increase

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2/02/2023

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Building Approvals, Australia, December 2022

The total number of dwellings approved rose 18.5 per cent in December, in seasonally adjusted terms, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said this rise followed a 8.8 per cent decrease in November 2022.

"The increase in the total number of dwellings approved in December was led by a sharp rise in approvals for private sector dwellings excluding houses (+56.6 per cent). The result was driven by a number of large apartment developments approved in New South Wales and Victoria," Mr Rossi said.

"Approvals for private sector houses continued to track downwards, falling by 2.3 per cent."

Across Australia, total dwelling approvals rose in New South Wales (+48.4 per cent), Victoria (+20.7 per cent), Queensland (+8.3 per cent), and Western Australia (+6.4 per cent), while Tasmania (-49.7 per cent), South Australia (-24.6 per cent), recorded decreases.

Approvals for private sector houses were mixed, with increases in Western Australia (+8.2 per cent), Victoria (+0.3 per cent) and Queensland (+0.2 per cent), while South Australia (-7.4 per cent) and New South Wales (-4.2 per cent) fell.

The value of total building approvals rose 3.0 per cent in December, following a 0.6 per cent decrease in November. The value of total residential building approvals rose 6.6 per cent, comprised of a 7.2 per cent increase in new residential building and a 2.7 per cent increase in alterations and additions.

The value of non-residential building approved fell 1.7 per cent, following a 2.2 per cent rise in November.

Further information is available in Building Approvals, Australia.

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Total dwellings (no.)	Private sector houses (no.)	Private sector dwellings excluding houses (no.)
Dec-07	14,288	9,178	4,678
Jan-08	14,339	9,322	4,630
Feb-08	13,698	9,261	4,093
Mar-08	12,490	8,835	3,468
Apr-08	13,674	9,068	4,298
May-08	13,100	8,745	3,987
Jun-08	13,471	8,751	4,238
Jul-08	13,171	8,308	4,426
Aug-08	12,392	8,121	3,914
Sep-08	11,712	7,680	3,678
Oct-08	11,521	7,573	3,689
Nov-08	10,322	7,185	2,813
Dec-08	10,203	6,996	2,559
Jan-09	9,419	7,205	2,016
Feb-09	10,712	7,403	3,074
Mar-09	10,833	7,610	2,907
Apr-09	11,490	7,946	3,083
May-09	10,853	8,236	1,989
Jun-09	12,016	8,772	2,518
Jul-09	13,219	8,912	3,571
Aug-09	12,797	9,403	2,670
Sep-09	14,064	9,514	3,901
Oct-09	13,629	9,925	2,942
Nov-09	14,890	9,892	3,487
Dec-09	15,317	9,981	3,829
Jan-10	14,976	9,988	3,200
Feb-10	15,418	9,985	3,429
Mar-10	17,049	9,955	4,812
Apr-10	15,856	9,463	4,746
May-10	14,942	9,292	4,345
Jun-10	14,653	9,114	4,756
Jul-10	15,393	8,897	5,452
Aug-10	15,047	8,689	5,316
Sep-10	13,864	8,480	4,647
Oct-10	15,316	8,568	6,076
Nov-10	14,102	8,392	5,099
Dec-10	15,095	8,465	5,915
Jan-11	13,128	8,336	4,459
Feb-11	12,880	8,296	4,244
Mar-11	14,206	8,191	5,546
Apr-11	13,836	8,169	5,412
May-11	12,765	8,015	4,461
Jun-11	12,819	7,996	4,453
Jul-11	13,097	7,651	4,922
Aug-11	14,899	7,767	6,714
Sep-11	12,304	7,774	4,284
Oct-11	11,353	7,274	3,878
Nov-11	11,846	7,613	4,020
Dec-11	11,728	7,690	3,901
Jan-12	11,222	7,805	3,203
Feb-12	11,791	7,352	4,284
Mar-12	11,736	7,507	4,048
Apr-12	10,846	6,833	3,913
May-12	14,210	7,298	6,780
Jun-12	14,878	7,274	7,387
Jul-12	11,757	7,676	3,829
Aug-12	13,418	7,703	5,583
Sep-12	15,225	7,924	7,132
Oct-12	14,271	7,826	5,978
Nov-12	13,879	7,720	5,912
Dec-12	13,872	7,759	5,903
Jan-13	12,744	7,808	4,746
Feb-13	13,676	7,775	5,245
Mar-13	13,297	7,955	5,105
Apr-13	14,976	8,159	6,510
May-13	14,419	8,369	5,560
Jun-13	13,769	8,263	5,119
Jul-13	15,265	8,529	6,401
Aug-13	14,912	8,426	6,296
Sep-13	18,372	8,676	9,421
Oct-13	17,635	8,721	8,653
Nov-13	17,267	9,242	7,731
Dec-13	16,963	9,071	7,635
Jan-14	17,787	10,198	7,284
Feb-14	16,711	9,749	6,746
Mar-14	15,982	9,369	6,355
Apr-14	16,461	9,745	6,360
May-14	16,793	9,783	6,783
Jun-14	16,614	9,668	6,615
Jul-14	17,091	9,762	7,087
Aug-14	18,619	9,718	8,645
Sep-14	16,418	9,546	6,638
Oct-14	18,196	9,860	8,147
Nov-14	20,128	9,845	10,064
Dec-14	20,300	9,715	10,139
Jan-15	19,907	9,927	9,654
Feb-15	19,458	9,716	9,396
Mar-15	20,782	9,628	10,833
Apr-15	19,057	9,590	9,150
May-15	20,882	9,553	11,038
Jun-15	19,382	9,908	9,131
Jul-15	19,849	9,740	9,207
Aug-15	19,419	10,114	9,147
Sep-15	20,384	9,797	10,316
Oct-15	21,596	9,744	11,616
Nov-15	18,699	9,675	8,944
Dec-15	20,193	10,252	9,774
Jan-16	18,894	9,827	8,777
Feb-16	19,635	9,838	9,443
Mar-16	20,652	10,206	10,240
Apr-16	20,757	10,012	10,543
May-16	20,295	10,023	9,963
Jun-16	18,680	9,657	8,824
Jul-16	21,572	9,604	11,711
Aug-16	22,033	9,702	11,935
Sep-16	19,219	9,815	9,232
Oct-16	16,606	9,558	6,739
Nov-16	18,362	9,613	8,500
Dec-16	18,314	9,406	8,768
Jan-17	17,062	9,164	7,702
Feb-17	18,721	9,444	9,041
Mar-17	16,524	9,297	7,003
Apr-17	18,212	9,495	8,502
May-17	16,974	9,760	7,053
Jun-17	18,726	9,988	8,525
Jul-17	19,418	10,212	8,737
Aug-17	19,446	10,239	9,027
Sep-17	19,640	10,125	9,260
Oct-17	19,777	10,141	9,312
Nov-17	23,016	10,064	12,793
Dec-17	17,923	10,219	7,549
Jan-18	19,568	9,799	9,498
Feb-18	18,890	10,275	8,306
Mar-18	19,682	10,481	9,047
Apr-18	18,398	10,615	7,583
May-18	18,016	9,898	7,959
Jun-18	19,598	10,246	9,025
Jul-18	18,660	10,140	8,256
Aug-18	16,457	9,978	6,330
Sep-18	16,758	9,643	6,788
Oct-18	17,328	10,007	7,146
Nov-18	15,029	9,399	5,504
Dec-18	14,238	9,097	5,015
Jan-19	14,590	9,267	5,128
Feb-19	16,253	8,922	7,226
Mar-19	15,141	8,560	6,364
Apr-19	14,422	8,560	5,725
May-19	14,466	8,777	5,469
Jun-19	15,034	8,890	5,761
Jul-19	13,550	8,636	4,611
Aug-19	13,856	8,540	5,196
Sep-19	14,430	8,654	5,623
Oct-19	14,486	8,181	6,096
Nov-19	14,736	8,496	6,066
Dec-19	15,757	8,622	6,957
Jan-20	13,390	8,597	4,653
Feb-20	15,994	8,665	7,153
Mar-20	15,334	8,560	6,543
Apr-20	15,000	8,756	5,860
May-20	13,307	8,802	4,212
Jun-20	12,858	8,405	4,021
Jul-20	15,205	9,299	5,587
Aug-20	14,399	9,662	4,558
Sep-20	16,102	10,561	5,145
Oct-20	17,568	11,190	6,038
Nov-20	17,562	11,615	5,618
Dec-20	19,243	13,398	5,609
Jan-21	16,955	12,096	4,525
Feb-21	19,841	14,025	5,416
Mar-21	23,482	14,237	8,744
Apr-21	20,289	13,630	6,401
May-21	20,733	13,730	6,748
Jun-21	19,938	12,564	6,963
Jul-21	18,236	11,963	5,987
Aug-21	19,165	12,061	6,828
Sep-21	18,311	10,491	7,609
Oct-21	16,205	10,518	5,371
Nov-21	16,269	10,440	5,614
Dec-21	17,205	10,078	6,890
Jan-22	13,119	8,595	4,294
Feb-22	18,153	9,857	7,015
Mar-22	15,304	9,768	5,242
Apr-22	15,295	9,728	5,415
May-22	16,561	9,544	6,693
Jun-22	16,554	9,713	6,378
Jul-22	13,995	9,776	4,003
Aug-22	17,696	10,328	7,092
Sep-22	16,234	9,497	6,522
Oct-22	15,321	9,354	5,788
Nov-22	13,977	9,116	4,529
Dec-22	16,556	8,903	7,091

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