Dwelling approvals continue to fall in July

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31/08/2021

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Building Approvals, Australia, July 2021

The number of dwellings approved fell 8.6 per cent in July (seasonally adjusted), declining for a fourth consecutive month to be 24.9 per cent lower than the peak recorded in March, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS Director of Construction Statistics, said: "The decline in the total number of dwellings approved in July was broad-based, with private sector houses falling 5.8 per cent and approvals in private sector dwellings excluding houses falling 12.3 per cent.

"Since the unwinding of stimulus measures and the return of lockdowns across parts of New South Wales and Victoria, approvals for private houses have fallen 24.4 per cent from the record high in April. Despite the fall, private house approvals remain at elevated levels and are 28.0 per cent higher than July 2020 and 36.0 per cent higher than July 2019," he said.

Across Australia, the number of dwelling approvals fell in South Australia (-17.9 per cent), Tasmania (-15.3 per cent), Western Australia (-11.3 per cent), Victoria (-11.0 per cent), and New South Wales (-9.9 per cent). Dwelling approvals rose in Queensland (9.0 per cent), in seasonally adjusted terms.

Approvals for private sector houses fell in South Australia (-23.9 per cent), Victoria (-7.3 per cent), Western Australia (-6.9 per cent) and New South Wales (-4.2 per cent). Private house approvals in Queensland rose 8.3 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms.

The value of total building fell 15.9 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms. The value of non-residential building approved fell 30.5 per cent, to be 47.0 per cent lower than the peak recorded in March.

The value of total residential building fell 6.6 per cent, comprising a 7.6 per cent fall in new residential building and a 0.1 per cent rise in residential alterations and additions.

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Total dwellings	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
Jul-06	14,117	8,970	4,884
Aug-06	12,812	8,931	3,596
Sep-06	13,062	9,085	3,685
Oct-06	12,304	8,463	3,583
Nov-06	12,752	8,957	3,493
Dec-06	12,549	8,836	3,365
Jan-07	12,627	8,617	3,716
Feb-07	13,743	8,542	4,836
Mar-07	12,375	8,681	3,441
Apr-07	13,038	9,097	3,563
May-07	12,745	8,742	3,758
Jun-07	13,287	8,640	4,265
Jul-07	13,389	8,849	3,947
Aug-07	12,999	8,805	3,790
Sep-07	14,045	9,172	4,398
Oct-07	14,107	9,091	4,733
Nov-07	14,647	9,434	4,883
Dec-07	14,364	9,177	4,755
Jan-08	14,351	9,325	4,638
Feb-08	13,704	9,251	4,110
Mar-08	12,453	8,813	3,451
Apr-08	13,791	9,154	4,329
May-08	13,119	8,748	4,004
Jun-08	13,436	8,742	4,211
Jul-08	13,186	8,315	4,431
Aug-08	12,361	8,116	3,888
Sep-08	11,702	7,674	3,671
Oct-08	11,516	7,570	3,688
Nov-08	10,323	7,188	2,813
Dec-08	10,210	6,989	2,572
Jan-09	9,436	7,206	2,032
Feb-09	10,712	7,403	3,075
Mar-09	10,764	7,571	2,876
Apr-09	11,362	7,802	3,099
May-09	10,866	8,230	2,009
Jun-09	11,991	8,764	2,503
Jul-09	13,239	8,918	3,586
Aug-09	12,778	9,407	2,648
Sep-09	14,095	9,515	3,916
Oct-09	13,626	9,921	2,944
Nov-09	14,867	9,878	3,481
Dec-09	15,336	9,969	3,861
Jan-10	14,993	9,978	3,226
Feb-10	15,412	9,977	3,429
Mar-10	16,985	9,929	4,771
Apr-10	16,014	9,601	4,769
May-10	14,930	9,286	4,341
Jun-10	14,615	9,116	4,716
Jul-10	15,410	8,900	5,464
Aug-10	14,991	8,674	5,277
Sep-10	13,902	8,483	4,666
Oct-10	15,310	8,557	6,084
Nov-10	14,077	8,380	5,095
Dec-10	15,146	8,452	5,979
Jan-11	13,118	8,326	4,458
Feb-11	12,870	8,284	4,244
Mar-11	14,169	8,174	5,526
Apr-11	13,788	8,098	5,436
May-11	12,756	8,002	4,465
Jun-11	12,772	7,989	4,413
Jul-11	13,105	7,651	4,929
Aug-11	14,816	7,768	6,630
Sep-11	12,319	7,762	4,311
Oct-11	11,331	7,263	3,868
Nov-11	11,850	7,613	4,025
Dec-11	11,778	7,676	3,965
Jan-12	11,221	7,798	3,207
Feb-12	11,789	7,343	4,289
Mar-12	11,718	7,492	4,045
Apr-12	10,786	6,768	3,917
May-12	14,204	7,290	6,782
Jun-12	14,827	7,273	7,337
Jul-12	11,742	7,674	3,818
Aug-12	13,393	7,694	5,565
Sep-12	15,222	7,916	7,137
Oct-12	14,249	7,824	5,958
Nov-12	13,877	7,703	5,928
Dec-12	13,895	7,735	5,949
Jan-13	12,757	7,797	4,768
Feb-13	13,681	7,763	5,261
Mar-13	13,288	7,960	5,090
Apr-13	14,929	8,097	6,525
May-13	14,436	8,354	5,592
Jun-13	13,696	8,252	5,058
Jul-13	15,263	8,533	6,395
Aug-13	14,855	8,413	6,250
Sep-13	18,319	8,658	9,388
Oct-13	17,589	8,706	8,622
Nov-13	17,286	9,247	7,746
Dec-13	17,000	9,050	7,694
Jan-14	17,829	10,182	7,336
Feb-14	16,753	9,733	6,803
Mar-14	15,951	9,362	6,332
Apr-14	16,409	9,680	6,374
May-14	16,819	9,759	6,831
Jun-14	16,533	9,655	6,549
Jul-14	17,037	9,732	7,065
Aug-14	18,583	9,729	8,593
Sep-14	16,385	9,548	6,606
Oct-14	18,124	9,843	8,093
Nov-14	20,109	9,828	10,061
Dec-14	20,348	9,695	10,210
Jan-15	19,980	9,908	9,741
Feb-15	19,624	9,703	9,573
Mar-15	20,763	9,647	10,795
Apr-15	19,254	9,774	9,164
May-15	20,905	9,549	11,062
Jun-15	19,308	9,922	9,046
Jul-15	19,774	9,711	9,163
Aug-15	19,306	10,109	9,035
Sep-15	20,306	9,781	10,258
Oct-15	21,516	9,724	11,557
Nov-15	18,714	9,681	8,952
Dec-15	20,211	10,182	9,863
Jan-16	18,992	9,851	8,847
Feb-16	19,877	9,868	9,654
Mar-16	20,581	10,162	10,216
Apr-16	20,830	9,985	10,642
May-16	20,192	10,006	9,874
Jun-16	18,492	9,583	8,715
Jul-16	21,487	9,589	11,639
Aug-16	21,763	9,732	11,633
Sep-16	19,210	9,763	9,280
Oct-16	16,468	9,569	6,597
Nov-16	18,444	9,620	8,576
Dec-16	18,334	9,362	8,827
Jan-17	17,089	9,178	7,710
Feb-17	19,105	9,443	9,417
Mar-17	16,546	9,309	7,018
Apr-17	18,105	9,383	8,502
May-17	16,928	9,749	7,023
Jun-17	18,900	9,917	8,772
Jul-17	19,118	10,192	8,459
Aug-17	19,154	10,142	8,830
Sep-17	19,630	10,133	9,252
Oct-17	19,569	10,157	9,094
Nov-17	23,119	10,022	12,937
Dec-17	18,015	10,252	7,599
Jan-18	19,626	9,882	9,477
Feb-18	19,282	10,254	8,711
Mar-18	19,671	10,514	9,005
Apr-18	18,387	10,585	7,600
May-18	17,886	9,718	8,011
Jun-18	19,393	10,270	8,797
Jul-18	18,339	10,029	8,045
Aug-18	16,404	9,938	6,316
Sep-18	16,663	9,534	6,813
Oct-18	17,150	9,998	6,985
Nov-18	15,148	9,402	5,612
Dec-18	14,290	9,149	5,006
Jan-19	14,549	9,145	5,209
Feb-19	16,681	8,919	7,650
Mar-19	15,107	8,668	6,219
Apr-19	14,330	8,496	5,700
May-19	14,512	8,655	5,638
Jun-19	14,668	8,745	5,539
Jul-19	13,339	8,579	4,465
Aug-19	13,714	8,458	5,130
Sep-19	14,539	8,602	5,786
Oct-19	14,219	8,040	5,978
Nov-19	14,838	8,656	5,999
Dec-19	15,877	8,668	7,018
Jan-20	13,554	8,635	4,776
Feb-20	16,202	8,704	7,315
Mar-20	15,245	8,639	6,376
Apr-20	15,239	8,850	6,018
May-20	13,192	8,741	4,148
Jun-20	12,703	8,341	3,936
Jul-20	14,487	9,119	5,053
Aug-20	14,262	9,697	4,378
Sep-20	16,026	10,524	5,139
Oct-20	17,271	11,197	5,748
Nov-20	17,812	11,854	5,612
Dec-20	19,129	13,272	5,615
Jan-21	16,983	12,276	4,352
Feb-21	20,149	14,095	5,637
Mar-21	23,427	14,580	8,382
Apr-21	22,252	15,443	6,527
May-21	20,383	13,774	6,382
Jun-21	19,264	12,387	6,477
Jul-21	17,601	11,671	5,679

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