Dwelling approvals decrease in April

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31/05/2022

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Building Approvals, Australia, April 2022

The total number of dwellings approved fell 2.4 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in April, following a 19.2 per cent fall in March, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS Director of Construction Statistics, said: "The fall in the total number of dwellings approved in April was driven by approvals for private sector dwellings excluding houses, which fell 6.1 per cent."

"Approvals for private sector houses stabilised in April, rising 0.5 per cent, following a 3.9 per cent fall in March."

Across Australia, the number of dwelling approvals fell in New South Wales (-6.8 per cent), Queensland (-4.5 per cent) and Western Australia (-0.3 per cent), in seasonally adjusted terms. Dwelling approvals increased in South Australia (50.3 per cent), Tasmania (10.6 per cent) and Victoria (7.8 per cent).

Approvals for private sector houses rose in South Australia (7.7 per cent) and Queensland (6.2 per cent), but fell in New South Wales (-3.6 per cent), Victoria (-0.9 per cent) and Western Australia (-0.2 per cent).

The value of total building approved fell 12.0 per cent in April. The value of total residential building increased by 4.7 per cent, following a 18.7 per cent fall in March. The rise in total residential building was comprised of a 6.6 per cent rise in alterations and additions and a 4.4 per cent increase in the value of new residential building approved.

The value of non-residential building fell 30.0 per cent, following a 2.7 per cent increase in March. The fall in April follows a strong March result which was the second highest month recorded for non-residential value approved.

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Total dwellings	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
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	4,399
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	4,003
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	3,672
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	14,094	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	14,994	9,978	3,227
Feb-10	15,412	9,977	3,429
Mar-10	16,985	9,929	4,771
Apr-10	16,015	9,601	4,769
May-10	14,929	9,286	4,340
Jun-10	14,614	9,116	4,716
Jul-10	15,411	8,900	5,464
Aug-10	14,991	8,674	5,276
Sep-10	13,902	8,483	4,666
Oct-10	15,311	8,557	6,085
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	13,789	8,098	5,437
May-11	12,756	8,002	4,465
Jun-11	12,771	7,989	4,412
Jul-11	13,106	7,651	4,931
Aug-11	14,815	7,768	6,630
Sep-11	12,320	7,762	4,313
Oct-11	11,330	7,263	3,867
Nov-11	11,850	7,613	4,025
Dec-11	11,779	7,676	3,966
Jan-12	11,221	7,798	3,207
Feb-12	11,788	7,343	4,289
Mar-12	11,718	7,492	4,046
Apr-12	10,786	6,768	3,917
May-12	14,203	7,290	6,782
Jun-12	14,828	7,273	7,338
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	14,248	7,824	5,957
Nov-12	13,878	7,703	5,929
Dec-12	13,894	7,735	5,949
Jan-13	12,757	7,797	4,767
Feb-13	13,681	7,763	5,261
Mar-13	13,288	7,960	5,091
Apr-13	14,928	8,097	6,524
May-13	14,437	8,354	5,593
Jun-13	13,696	8,252	5,058
Jul-13	15,262	8,533	6,394
Aug-13	14,856	8,413	6,251
Sep-13	18,318	8,658	9,388
Oct-13	17,588	8,706	8,622
Nov-13	17,288	9,247	7,747
Dec-13	16,999	9,050	7,694
Jan-14	17,830	10,182	7,337
Feb-14	16,753	9,733	6,803
Mar-14	15,950	9,362	6,332
Apr-14	16,408	9,680	6,373
May-14	16,820	9,759	6,832
Jun-14	16,533	9,655	6,549
Jul-14	17,037	9,732	7,065
Aug-14	18,583	9,729	8,594
Sep-14	16,384	9,548	6,605
Oct-14	18,126	9,843	8,096
Nov-14	20,109	9,828	10,061
Dec-14	20,346	9,695	10,208
Jan-15	19,984	9,908	9,745
Feb-15	19,624	9,703	9,573
Mar-15	20,759	9,647	10,791
Apr-15	19,255	9,774	9,165
May-15	20,906	9,549	11,063
Jun-15	19,306	9,922	9,044
Jul-15	19,775	9,711	9,165
Aug-15	19,305	10,109	9,034
Sep-15	20,304	9,781	10,256
Oct-15	21,519	9,724	11,560
Nov-15	18,712	9,681	8,951
Dec-15	20,211	10,182	9,863
Jan-16	18,995	9,851	8,850
Feb-16	19,875	9,868	9,651
Mar-16	20,578	10,162	10,213
Apr-16	20,832	9,985	10,644
May-16	20,189	10,006	9,872
Jun-16	18,491	9,583	8,714
Jul-16	21,493	9,593	11,641
Aug-16	21,763	9,734	11,631
Sep-16	19,214	9,765	9,282
Oct-16	16,468	9,570	6,596
Nov-16	18,446	9,622	8,574
Dec-16	18,338	9,364	8,830
Jan-17	17,087	9,180	7,706
Feb-17	19,111	9,447	9,419
Mar-17	16,579	9,322	7,037
Apr-17	18,107	9,399	8,488
May-17	16,938	9,769	7,012
Jun-17	18,635	9,928	8,495
Jul-17	19,114	10,174	8,474
Aug-17	19,151	10,142	8,827
Sep-17	19,702	10,137	9,320
Oct-17	19,573	10,158	9,097
Nov-17	23,105	10,013	12,931
Dec-17	18,020	10,263	7,592
Jan-18	19,622	9,881	9,475
Feb-18	19,301	10,281	8,702
Mar-18	19,681	10,516	9,013
Apr-18	18,394	10,588	7,603
May-18	17,883	9,731	7,995
Jun-18	19,405	10,273	8,806
Jul-18	18,339	10,043	8,031
Aug-18	16,417	9,950	6,316
Sep-18	16,677	9,535	6,826
Oct-18	17,157	10,082	6,908
Nov-18	15,180	9,421	5,626
Dec-18	14,315	9,173	5,007
Jan-19	14,575	9,156	5,224
Feb-19	16,714	8,939	7,663
Mar-19	15,144	8,692	6,233
Apr-19	14,354	8,529	5,691
May-19	14,544	8,710	5,615
Jun-19	14,696	8,773	5,542
Jul-19	13,359	8,599	4,467
Aug-19	13,746	8,467	5,153
Sep-19	14,550	8,622	5,779
Oct-19	14,216	8,074	5,945
Nov-19	14,892	8,667	6,042
Dec-19	15,898	8,674	7,033
Jan-20	13,562	8,641	4,782
Feb-20	16,249	8,715	7,352
Mar-20	15,259	8,653	6,376
Apr-20	15,192	8,868	5,952
May-20	13,212	8,755	4,154
Jun-20	12,726	8,339	3,966
Jul-20	15,023	9,174	5,534
Aug-20	14,292	9,690	4,415
Sep-20	16,003	10,400	5,249
Oct-20	17,301	11,185	5,789
Nov-20	17,836	11,851	5,639
Dec-20	19,351	13,300	5,810
Jan-21	17,002	12,254	4,393
Feb-21	20,250	14,095	5,738
Mar-21	23,589	14,648	8,477
Apr-21	22,050	15,199	6,592
May-21	20,496	13,683	6,552
Jun-21	19,482	12,325	6,764
Jul-21	18,005	11,752	5,964
Aug-21	19,243	12,205	6,761
Sep-21	18,909	10,518	8,197
Oct-21	16,150	10,858	4,981
Nov-21	16,316	10,588	5,502
Dec-21	17,736	10,316	7,170
Jan-22	13,378	9,020	4,160
Feb-22	18,922	10,438	7,216
Mar-22	15,281	10,029	5,006
Apr-22	14,908	10,077	4,701

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

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