April dwelling approvals fall

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30/05/2024

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Building Approvals, Australia, April 2024

The total number of dwellings approved fell 0.3 per cent in April, after a 2.7 per cent rise in March, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said: "Approvals for private houses fell 1.6 per cent."

"Approvals for private sector dwellings excluding houses also fell 1.1 per cent in April in seasonally adjusted terms."

Total dwelling approvals fell in Tasmania (-16.1 per cent), New South Wales (-4.5 per cent) and Western Australia (-0.9 per cent). Rises were recorded in South Australia (13.9 per cent) and Queensland (5.0 per cent). Victoria was flat in April.

Meanwhile, approvals for private sector houses decreased in New South Wales (-5.0 per cent), Victoria (-2.0 per cent), Queensland (-0.2 per cent), and South Australia (-0.1 per cent), but rose in Western Australia (3.5 per cent).

The value of total building approved fell 3.8 per cent, following a 13.8 per cent rise in March. The value of total residential building fell 3.2 per cent, comprised of a 3.8 per cent drop in new residential building and a 0.4 per cent rise in alterations and additions.

The value of non-residential building approved fell 4.6 per cent, after a 21.7 per cent March rise.

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
Apr-09	10,440	6,889	3,089
May-09	10,860	8,243	1,989
Jun-09	12,043	8,798	2,517
Jul-09	13,249	8,943	3,571
Aug-09	12,797	9,398	2,671
Sep-09	14,060	9,534	3,901
Oct-09	13,631	9,923	2,943
Nov-09	14,884	9,882	3,488
Dec-09	15,349	10,013	3,827
Jan-10	14,968	9,992	3,200
Feb-10	15,413	9,982	3,428
Mar-10	17,031	9,944	4,808
Apr-10	15,986	9,587	4,747
May-10	14,940	9,290	4,346
Jun-10	14,698	9,154	4,757
Jul-10	15,410	8,916	5,451
Aug-10	15,045	8,684	5,317
Sep-10	13,844	8,485	4,648
Oct-10	15,325	8,572	6,078
Nov-10	14,099	8,386	5,097
Dec-10	15,114	8,487	5,911
Jan-11	13,125	8,330	4,462
Feb-11	12,877	8,293	4,244
Mar-11	14,200	8,186	5,544
Apr-11	13,813	8,146	5,413
May-11	12,758	8,006	4,462
Jun-11	12,846	8,020	4,456
Jul-11	13,122	7,678	4,921
Aug-11	14,910	7,774	6,718
Sep-11	12,288	7,762	4,280
Oct-11	11,353	7,271	3,881
Nov-11	11,862	7,628	4,022
Dec-11	11,720	7,691	3,892
Jan-12	11,204	7,786	3,203
Feb-12	11,807	7,364	4,286
Mar-12	11,732	7,506	4,045
Apr-12	10,840	6,820	3,920
May-12	14,212	7,300	6,780
Jun-12	14,889	7,288	7,383
Jul-12	11,761	7,680	3,830
Aug-12	13,418	7,704	5,581
Sep-12	15,241	7,939	7,134
Oct-12	14,270	7,822	5,982
Nov-12	13,865	7,710	5,909
Dec-12	13,883	7,767	5,906
Jan-13	12,737	7,807	4,740
Feb-13	13,677	7,774	5,248
Mar-13	13,295	7,962	5,096
Apr-13	14,970	8,147	6,517
May-13	14,425	8,375	5,559
Jun-13	13,791	8,281	5,122
Jul-13	15,285	8,543	6,405
Aug-13	14,895	8,418	6,289
Sep-13	18,364	8,672	9,418
Oct-13	17,642	8,719	8,661
Nov-13	17,265	9,244	7,728
Dec-13	16,955	9,060	7,638
Jan-14	17,757	10,196	7,254
Feb-14	16,721	9,748	6,756
Mar-14	15,987	9,383	6,347
Apr-14	16,494	9,770	6,367
May-14	16,795	9,788	6,781
Jun-14	16,613	9,662	6,619
Jul-14	17,126	9,785	7,098
Aug-14	18,580	9,693	8,633
Sep-14	16,399	9,536	6,630
Oct-14	18,183	9,856	8,138
Nov-14	20,145	9,852	10,073
Dec-14	20,324	9,721	10,156
Jan-15	19,865	9,949	9,590
Feb-15	19,491	9,714	9,431
Mar-15	20,767	9,624	10,822
Apr-15	19,007	9,526	9,164
May-15	20,872	9,546	11,035
Jun-15	19,379	9,903	9,131
Jul-15	19,848	9,740	9,205
Aug-15	19,371	10,087	9,127
Sep-15	20,406	9,813	10,322
Oct-15	21,566	9,741	11,588
Nov-15	18,683	9,647	8,956
Dec-15	20,270	10,285	9,819
Jan-16	18,808	9,848	8,669
Feb-16	19,661	9,822	9,485
Mar-16	20,684	10,245	10,233
Apr-16	20,763	10,009	10,553
May-16	20,294	10,036	9,950
Jun-16	18,704	9,682	8,822
Jul-16	21,533	9,575	11,702
Aug-16	22,008	9,687	11,927
Sep-16	19,187	9,798	9,218
Oct-16	16,553	9,545	6,700
Nov-16	18,405	9,623	8,533
Dec-16	18,348	9,403	8,802
Jan-17	17,102	9,244	7,662
Feb-17	18,794	9,437	9,122
Mar-17	16,482	9,268	6,988
Apr-17	18,239	9,503	8,526
May-17	17,019	9,817	7,042
Jun-17	18,690	9,962	8,510
Jul-17	19,371	10,211	8,693
Aug-17	19,466	10,247	9,040
Sep-17	19,589	10,098	9,238
Oct-17	19,689	10,131	9,235
Nov-17	23,104	10,079	12,864
Dec-17	17,946	10,159	7,629
Jan-18	19,596	9,936	9,390
Feb-18	18,992	10,271	8,412
Mar-18	19,613	10,438	9,019
Apr-18	18,338	10,615	7,532
May-18	18,079	9,987	7,934
Jun-18	19,546	10,208	9,009
Jul-18	18,637	10,159	8,216
Aug-18	16,405	9,905	6,353
Sep-18	16,763	9,645	6,795
Oct-18	17,237	10,023	7,039
Nov-18	15,025	9,365	5,531
Dec-18	14,293	9,067	5,096
Jan-19	14,709	9,410	5,103
Feb-19	16,366	8,926	7,334
Mar-19	15,056	8,483	6,355
Apr-19	14,399	8,625	5,643
May-19	14,487	8,804	5,461
Jun-19	14,974	8,872	5,718
Jul-19	13,642	8,629	4,713
Aug-19	13,742	8,459	5,166
Sep-19	14,638	8,809	5,677
Oct-19	14,384	8,232	5,941
Nov-19	14,803	8,456	6,170
Dec-19	16,066	8,680	7,205
Jan-20	13,512	8,686	4,681
Feb-20	16,047	8,659	7,212
Mar-20	15,384	8,587	6,586
Apr-20	14,986	8,768	5,839
May-20	13,319	8,829	4,199
Jun-20	12,917	8,431	4,100
Jul-20	15,416	9,245	5,845
Aug-20	14,270	9,435	4,660
Sep-20	16,298	10,610	5,302
Oct-20	17,337	11,122	5,871
Nov-20	17,689	11,489	5,865
Dec-20	19,390	13,262	5,883
Jan-21	17,088	12,187	4,564
Feb-21	19,815	13,892	5,520
Mar-21	23,126	14,019	8,656
Apr-21	20,024	13,489	6,289
May-21	20,586	13,614	6,716
Jun-21	19,904	12,523	6,964
Jul-21	18,318	11,999	6,035
Aug-21	18,853	11,754	6,839
Sep-21	18,520	10,524	7,782
Oct-21	15,918	10,384	5,217
Nov-21	16,311	10,324	5,777
Dec-21	17,357	9,968	7,127
Jan-22	13,260	8,728	4,296
Feb-22	18,461	9,761	7,418
Mar-22	15,257	9,712	5,249
Apr-22	15,173	9,722	5,311
May-22	16,554	9,738	6,489
Jun-22	16,815	9,701	6,656
Jul-22	14,285	9,801	4,265
Aug-22	17,609	10,010	7,328
Sep-22	16,649	9,625	6,836
Oct-22	15,091	9,173	5,735
Nov-22	15,124	9,024	5,764
Dec-22	17,127	8,830	7,699
Jan-23	12,321	7,958	4,201
Feb-23	13,361	8,604	4,532
Mar-23	13,262	8,313	4,728
Apr-23	12,636	8,093	4,352
May-23	15,678	8,192	7,287
Jun-23	13,842	8,131	5,180
Jul-23	12,931	8,172	4,522
Aug-23	13,570	8,596	4,799
Sep-23	13,290	8,372	4,664
Oct-23	14,553	8,927	5,474
Nov-23	14,678	8,610	5,887
Dec-23	13,141	8,500	4,343
Jan-24	12,836	7,642	5,041
Feb-24	12,774	8,616	3,808
Mar-24	13,122	8,961	4,024
Apr-24	13,078	8,822	3,981

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