Dwelling approvals fall in November

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Released

7/01/2025

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Building Approvals, Australia, November 2024

The total number of dwellings approved fell 3.6 per cent in November to 14,998, following a 5.2 per cent rise in October, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said: "The fall in dwellings approved in November was across all residential building types. Approvals for private sector houses fell 1.7 per cent, while private dwellings excluding houses dropped 10.8 per cent.

"Despite the fall, approvals for total dwellings remain 3.2 per cent higher than November 2023."

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Total dwellings	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
Nov-09	15,010	9,910	3,586
Dec-09	15,134	9,996	3,629
Jan-10	15,022	9,990	3,256
Feb-10	15,516	9,987	3,525
Mar-10	16,850	9,934	4,636
Apr-10	15,993	9,550	4,792
May-10	15,079	9,300	4,474
Jun-10	14,499	9,118	4,595
Jul-10	15,454	8,903	5,507
Aug-10	15,169	8,694	5,431
Sep-10	13,650	8,494	4,445
Oct-10	15,452	8,566	6,212
Nov-10	14,203	8,388	5,198
Dec-10	14,876	8,482	5,678
Jan-11	13,259	8,342	4,584
Feb-11	12,982	8,295	4,346
Mar-11	13,972	8,190	5,313
Apr-11	13,913	8,144	5,515
May-11	12,822	8,015	4,517
Jun-11	12,697	8,009	4,318
Jul-11	13,170	7,658	4,989
Aug-11	14,760	7,772	6,570
Sep-11	12,347	7,772	4,328
Oct-11	11,437	7,277	3,959
Nov-11	11,701	7,617	3,872
Dec-11	11,748	7,689	3,923
Jan-12	11,254	7,797	3,242
Feb-12	11,703	7,359	4,187
Mar-12	11,773	7,512	4,080
Apr-12	10,982	6,827	4,054
May-12	13,981	7,304	6,546
Jun-12	14,976	7,268	7,492
Jul-12	11,805	7,678	3,876
Aug-12	13,206	7,700	5,373
Sep-12	15,437	7,935	7,332
Oct-12	14,141	7,827	5,848
Nov-12	13,955	7,713	5,996
Dec-12	14,016	7,767	6,039
Jan-13	12,646	7,815	4,641
Feb-13	13,808	7,774	5,379
Mar-13	13,317	7,962	5,119
Apr-13	15,068	8,154	6,607
May-13	14,292	8,371	5,430
Jun-13	13,833	8,267	5,180
Jul-13	15,109	8,540	6,233
Aug-13	14,917	8,413	6,314
Sep-13	18,580	8,677	9,630
Oct-13	17,509	8,725	8,521
Nov-13	17,294	9,239	7,762
Dec-13	17,031	9,064	7,710
Jan-14	17,666	10,198	7,162
Feb-14	16,908	9,748	6,944
Mar-14	16,052	9,389	6,405
Apr-14	16,300	9,768	6,175
May-14	16,811	9,785	6,799
Jun-14	16,739	9,657	6,752
Jul-14	16,981	9,783	6,955
Aug-14	18,567	9,682	8,630
Sep-14	16,495	9,545	6,718
Oct-14	18,002	9,856	7,957
Nov-14	20,304	9,848	10,237
Dec-14	20,133	9,725	9,961
Jan-15	19,874	9,946	9,604
Feb-15	19,809	9,713	9,749
Mar-15	20,829	9,630	10,878
Apr-15	18,968	9,534	9,116
May-15	20,833	9,554	10,989
Jun-15	19,463	9,907	9,213
Jul-15	19,705	9,739	9,064
Aug-15	19,403	10,081	9,164
Sep-15	20,256	9,818	10,169
Oct-15	21,586	9,737	11,614
Nov-15	18,784	9,649	9,055
Dec-15	20,126	10,280	9,679
Jan-16	18,750	9,841	8,618
Feb-16	19,884	9,822	9,708
Mar-16	20,584	10,248	10,128
Apr-16	20,827	10,000	10,627
May-16	20,317	10,052	9,956
Jun-16	18,666	9,676	8,790
Jul-16	21,446	9,580	11,610
Aug-16	21,866	9,686	11,784
Sep-16	19,331	9,787	9,377
Oct-16	16,528	9,546	6,675
Nov-16	18,299	9,632	8,416
Dec-16	18,439	9,400	8,896
Jan-17	17,058	9,222	7,641
Feb-17	19,049	9,436	9,377
Mar-17	16,444	9,282	6,936
Apr-17	18,214	9,485	8,514
May-17	16,933	9,839	6,933
Jun-17	18,858	9,961	8,683
Jul-17	19,318	10,211	8,638
Aug-17	19,337	10,241	8,917
Sep-17	19,709	10,089	9,374
Oct-17	19,638	10,132	9,184
Nov-17	23,008	10,077	12,769
Dec-17	17,931	10,173	7,601
Jan-18	19,325	9,900	9,153
Feb-18	19,223	10,268	8,645
Mar-18	19,778	10,466	9,157
Apr-18	18,410	10,592	7,619
May-18	17,903	10,009	7,735
Jun-18	19,654	10,210	9,117
Jul-18	18,587	10,152	8,171
Aug-18	16,395	9,911	6,336
Sep-18	16,786	9,626	6,847
Oct-18	17,039	10,022	6,841
Nov-18	15,192	9,365	5,699
Dec-18	14,294	9,076	5,087
Jan-19	14,553	9,377	4,981
Feb-19	16,613	8,923	7,584
Mar-19	15,161	8,501	6,441
Apr-19	14,391	8,604	5,653
May-19	14,437	8,823	5,390
Jun-19	15,052	8,880	5,790
Jul-19	13,490	8,619	4,566
Aug-19	13,878	8,476	5,284
Sep-19	14,720	8,782	5,792
Oct-19	14,201	8,227	5,765
Nov-19	14,935	8,464	6,293
Dec-19	16,054	8,671	7,203
Jan-20	13,390	8,640	4,604
Feb-20	16,359	8,715	7,467
Mar-20	15,424	8,591	6,626
Apr-20	14,861	8,795	5,678
May-20	13,413	8,831	4,286
Jun-20	12,967	8,426	4,158
Jul-20	15,197	9,211	5,656
Aug-20	14,407	9,475	4,756
Sep-20	16,059	10,554	5,139
Oct-20	17,420	11,148	5,939
Nov-20	17,757	11,494	5,927
Dec-20	19,218	13,251	5,722
Jan-21	17,096	12,093	4,664
Feb-21	20,019	13,950	5,666
Mar-21	22,866	14,107	8,310
Apr-21	20,112	13,484	6,375
May-21	20,694	13,695	6,740
Jun-21	19,739	12,511	6,811
Jul-21	18,378	11,978	6,113
Aug-21	18,947	11,670	7,016
Sep-21	18,389	10,492	7,695
Oct-21	15,990	10,367	5,310
Nov-21	16,393	10,357	5,824
Dec-21	17,112	9,946	6,901
Jan-22	13,278	8,689	4,357
Feb-22	18,814	9,848	7,684
Mar-22	15,060	9,758	5,008
Apr-22	15,494	9,816	5,529
May-22	16,528	9,658	6,540
Jun-22	16,616	9,730	6,429
Jul-22	14,445	9,880	4,343
Aug-22	17,501	9,983	7,243
Sep-22	16,921	9,557	7,183
Oct-22	15,226	9,258	5,792
Nov-22	14,964	9,071	5,553
Dec-22	17,352	8,869	7,883
Jan-23	12,198	7,834	4,204
Feb-23	13,627	8,735	4,666
Mar-23	13,142	8,340	4,581
Apr-23	12,838	8,227	4,413
May-23	15,440	8,189	7,047
Jun-23	13,903	8,228	5,139
Jul-23	12,926	8,111	4,562
Aug-23	13,359	8,564	4,606
Sep-23	13,942	8,427	5,282
Oct-23	14,560	8,890	5,517
Nov-23	14,530	8,698	5,646
Dec-23	13,699	8,832	4,569
Jan-24	12,946	7,691	5,034
Feb-24	13,143	8,867	3,927
Mar-24	13,353	9,041	4,152
Apr-24	13,606	8,980	4,331
May-24	14,309	9,211	4,927
Jun-24	13,401	9,126	4,033
Jul-24	14,867	9,250	5,262
Aug-24	14,026	9,316	4,466
Sep-24	14,789	9,563	4,751
Oct-24	15,554	9,184	5,923
Nov-24	14,998	9,028	5,285

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Private house approvals fall across most states

The 1.7 per cent fall in private sector house approvals across Australia (to 9,028 dwellings), follows a 4.0 per cent fall in October. Despite this, approvals for private sector houses remain 3.8 per cent higher than one year ago.

Queensland was the only state to see growth in private sector house approvals in November, with a 4.3 per cent rise.

Private dwellings excluding houses pull back in November

Private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 10.8 per cent (to 5,285 dwellings), which was 6.4 per cent lower than one year ago.

The drop in November was driven by a large fall in apartment approvals in New South Wales and Victoria, following a strong October result.

Dwellings approved, by state, seasonally adjusted (a)
	Private sector houses	Total dwelling units approved
New South Wales	1,744	3,539
Victoria	2,567	4,644
Queensland	2,026	3,259
South Australia	895	1,104
Western Australia	1,518	2,085

Dwellings approved, by state, seasonally adjusted (a)

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(a) Seasonally adjusted estimates are not published for NT and ACT for all dwelling types. Private sector houses are not published for Tasmania.

Non-residential approvals rose in value

The value of total building approved rose 6.6 per cent (to $14.32 billion), following a 2.3 per cent fall in October.

The value of approved non-residential building rose 18.4 per cent (to $5.96 billion), following an 11.2 per cent fall in October.

Total residential building value fell 0.5 per cent (to $8.36 billion), made up of a 0.6 per cent fall in the value of new residential building approved ($7.21 billion) and a 0.3 per cent rise in alterations and additions ($1.15 billion), in seasonally adjusted terms.

More information is available in Building Approvals, Australia.

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