Dwelling approvals increase in December

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3/02/2022

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Building Approvals, Australia, December 2021

The total number of dwellings approved rose 8.2 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in December, following a 2.6 per cent rise in November, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS Director of Construction Statistics, said: "The rise in the total number of dwellings approved in December was driven by an increase in approvals for private sector dwellings excluding houses, which rose 27.5 per cent.

"Private sector house approvals remained subdued, falling 1.8 per cent in December, following a 1.6 per cent decline in November. The series has fallen 31.5% since the April 2021 peak. While approvals for private houses have fallen from all-time highs, the series remains at historically elevated levels, with the December result 20.5 per cent higher than the pre-pandemic level in December 2019."

Across Australia, the number of dwelling approvals rose in New South Wales (32.1 per cent) driven by dwellings excluding houses and Victoria (2.5 per cent). Dwelling approvals fell in Queensland (-14.8 per cent), Western Australia (-7.7 per cent), Tasmania (-7.4 per cent), and South Australia (-0.3 per cent), in seasonally adjusted terms.

Approvals for private sector houses rose in Western Australia (0.8 per cent), but fell in all other mainland states: New South Wales (-7.9 per cent), South Australia (-7.1 per cent), Victoria (-1.5 per cent) and Queensland (-0.7 per cent), in seasonally adjusted terms.

The value of total building approved fell 2.1 per cent in December, in seasonally adjusted terms. The decrease was driven by a fall in the value of non-residential building approved (-16.3 per cent), following a 27.8 per cent rise in November.

The value of total residential building rose 7.8 per cent, comprised of an 8.3 per cent increase in the value of new residential building, and a 5.2 per cent rise in the value of alterations and additions.

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
Dec-06	12,549	8,836	3,365
Jan-07	12,628	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	5,463
Aug-10	14,991	8,674	5,276
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	14,203	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	14,928	8,097	6,524
May-13	14,437	8,354	5,592
Jun-13	13,696	8,252	5,058
Jul-13	15,263	8,533	6,395
Aug-13	14,856	8,413	6,251
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	7,337
Feb-14	16,753	9,733	6,803
Mar-14	15,951	9,362	6,332
Apr-14	16,408	9,680	6,374
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	8,593
Sep-14	16,384	9,548	6,605
Oct-14	18,125	9,843	8,095
Nov-14	20,109	9,828	10,061
Dec-14	20,347	9,695	10,209
Jan-15	19,982	9,908	9,743
Feb-15	19,624	9,703	9,573
Mar-15	20,760	9,647	10,791
Apr-15	19,255	9,774	9,165
May-15	20,905	9,549	11,062
Jun-15	19,307	9,922	9,045
Jul-15	19,775	9,711	9,165
Aug-15	19,306	10,109	9,035
Sep-15	20,304	9,781	10,255
Oct-15	21,518	9,724	11,558
Nov-15	18,713	9,681	8,952
Dec-15	20,210	10,182	9,862
Jan-16	18,993	9,851	8,848
Feb-16	19,877	9,868	9,654
Mar-16	20,580	10,162	10,214
Apr-16	20,831	9,985	10,643
May-16	20,190	10,006	9,872
Jun-16	18,493	9,583	8,715
Jul-16	21,488	9,589	11,640
Aug-16	21,762	9,732	11,632
Sep-16	19,212	9,763	9,282
Oct-16	16,468	9,569	6,596
Nov-16	18,443	9,620	8,574
Dec-16	18,336	9,362	8,829
Jan-17	17,086	9,178	7,707
Feb-17	19,105	9,443	9,417
Mar-17	16,551	9,309	7,023
Apr-17	18,105	9,383	8,502
May-17	16,923	9,749	7,018
Jun-17	18,904	9,917	8,776
Jul-17	19,118	10,192	8,459
Aug-17	19,152	10,142	8,828
Sep-17	19,633	10,133	9,255
Oct-17	19,565	10,157	9,090
Nov-17	23,121	10,022	12,939
Dec-17	18,017	10,252	7,600
Jan-18	19,622	9,882	9,474
Feb-18	19,282	10,254	8,711
Mar-18	19,675	10,514	9,008
Apr-18	18,387	10,585	7,599
May-18	17,877	9,718	8,003
Jun-18	19,399	10,270	8,803
Jul-18	18,337	10,029	8,043
Aug-18	16,407	9,938	6,318
Sep-18	16,663	9,534	6,813
Oct-18	17,147	9,998	6,981
Nov-18	15,152	9,402	5,617
Dec-18	14,291	9,149	5,006
Jan-19	14,546	9,145	5,206
Feb-19	16,681	8,919	7,650
Mar-19	15,111	8,668	6,223
Apr-19	14,326	8,496	5,696
May-19	14,514	8,655	5,640
Jun-19	14,671	8,745	5,541
Jul-19	13,331	8,579	4,458
Aug-19	13,720	8,458	5,135
Sep-19	14,538	8,602	5,785
Oct-19	14,214	8,040	5,972
Nov-19	14,848	8,656	6,008
Dec-19	15,872	8,668	7,012
Jan-20	13,555	8,635	4,776
Feb-20	16,207	8,704	7,320
Mar-20	15,240	8,639	6,371
Apr-20	15,238	8,850	6,017
May-20	13,195	8,741	4,151
Jun-20	12,700	8,341	3,933
Jul-20	14,500	9,110	5,076
Aug-20	14,280	9,713	4,379
Sep-20	16,031	10,463	5,214
Oct-20	17,307	11,213	5,767
Nov-20	17,833	11,855	5,632
Dec-20	19,136	13,265	5,629
Jan-21	16,981	12,273	4,352
Feb-21	20,237	14,097	5,723
Mar-21	23,542	14,652	8,425
Apr-21	22,063	15,257	6,547
May-21	20,503	13,720	6,523
Jun-21	19,448	12,339	6,715
Jul-21	17,751	11,646	5,815
Aug-21	19,079	12,140	6,660
Sep-21	18,441	10,391	7,855
Oct-21	15,949	10,811	4,844
Nov-21	16,363	10,639	5,495
Dec-21	17,698	10,444	7,008

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

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