Dwelling approvals rise in May

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3/07/2024

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Building Approvals, Australia, May 2024

The total number of dwellings approved rose 5.5 per cent in May, after a 1.9 per cent rise in April, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said: "The rise in approvals in May was driven by private sector dwellings excluding houses which rose 16.3 per cent."

"Private sector house approvals also rose by 2.1 per cent."

Total dwelling approvals rose in all states, with Western Australia leading the rise, up 19.6 per cent. This was followed by Victoria (8.9 per cent), Queensland (6.3 per cent), South Australia (4.1 per cent), Tasmania (3.8 per cent) and New South Wales (2.9 per cent).

Meanwhile, approvals for private sector houses increased in Western Australia (8.4 per cent), New South Wales (5.9 per cent) and Queensland (3.7 per cent) but fell in Victoria (-3.4 per cent) and South Australia (-1.9 per cent).

The value of total building approved rose 0.6 per cent (to $13.0b). This followed a 0.7 per cent fall in April. The value of total residential building rose 2.3 per cent (to $7.6b). This was made up of a 4.4 per cent rise in new residential building and a 9.3 per cent fall in alterations and additions.

The value of non-residential building approved fell 1.6 per cent (to $5.4b), after a 0.7 per cent rise in April.

More 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
May-09	10,892	8,243	2,021
Jun-09	12,096	8,790	2,579
Jul-09	13,090	8,940	3,415
Aug-09	12,870	9,401	2,741
Sep-09	13,945	9,527	3,793
Oct-09	13,636	9,919	2,953
Nov-09	14,993	9,894	3,586
Dec-09	15,147	10,009	3,629
Jan-10	15,028	9,993	3,258
Feb-10	15,512	9,983	3,525
Mar-10	16,857	9,943	4,635
Apr-10	16,019	9,576	4,791
May-10	15,072	9,293	4,475
Jun-10	14,519	9,139	4,594
Jul-10	15,465	8,913	5,508
Aug-10	15,164	8,690	5,430
Sep-10	13,639	8,485	4,443
Oct-10	15,460	8,571	6,215
Nov-10	14,202	8,388	5,198
Dec-10	14,879	8,485	5,678
Jan-11	13,253	8,334	4,586
Feb-11	12,980	8,294	4,346
Mar-11	13,968	8,188	5,311
Apr-11	13,915	8,145	5,515
May-11	12,818	8,011	4,518
Jun-11	12,700	8,014	4,316
Jul-11	13,187	7,673	4,991
Aug-11	14,755	7,773	6,564
Sep-11	12,341	7,765	4,330
Oct-11	11,433	7,272	3,960
Nov-11	11,706	7,624	3,870
Dec-11	11,754	7,692	3,925
Jan-12	11,249	7,791	3,243
Feb-12	11,702	7,362	4,184
Mar-12	11,768	7,507	4,081
Apr-12	10,976	6,821	4,054
May-12	13,974	7,301	6,541
Jun-12	14,997	7,284	7,496
Jul-12	11,809	7,681	3,876
Aug-12	13,206	7,702	5,371
Sep-12	15,439	7,935	7,335
Oct-12	14,135	7,824	5,844
Nov-12	13,956	7,711	5,999
Dec-12	14,018	7,767	6,041
Jan-13	12,641	7,811	4,640
Feb-13	13,808	7,773	5,380
Mar-13	13,317	7,958	5,122
Apr-13	15,061	8,150	6,604
May-13	14,292	8,374	5,428
Jun-13	13,845	8,277	5,183
Jul-13	15,113	8,547	6,229
Aug-13	14,924	8,416	6,318
Sep-13	18,579	8,672	9,633
Oct-13	17,500	8,721	8,517
Nov-13	17,303	9,244	7,766
Dec-13	17,030	9,062	7,712
Jan-14	17,670	10,197	7,166
Feb-14	16,903	9,745	6,942
Mar-14	16,046	9,382	6,407
Apr-14	16,298	9,770	6,171
May-14	16,812	9,786	6,799
Jun-14	16,743	9,661	6,752
Jul-14	16,985	9,788	6,955
Aug-14	18,579	9,688	8,636
Sep-14	16,494	9,544	6,717
Oct-14	18,006	9,856	7,960
Nov-14	20,308	9,848	10,242
Dec-14	20,129	9,729	9,953
Jan-15	19,887	9,943	9,619
Feb-15	19,795	9,708	9,741
Mar-15	20,806	9,621	10,863
Apr-15	18,956	9,529	9,110
May-15	20,819	9,541	10,987
Jun-15	19,465	9,913	9,209
Jul-15	19,715	9,742	9,070
Aug-15	19,422	10,091	9,174
Sep-15	20,254	9,820	10,163
Oct-15	21,625	9,742	11,648
Nov-15	18,776	9,651	9,045
Dec-15	20,118	10,287	9,664
Jan-16	18,733	9,814	8,627
Feb-16	19,884	9,833	9,698
Mar-16	20,566	10,235	10,125
Apr-16	20,835	10,000	10,633
May-16	20,291	10,044	9,939
Jun-16	18,671	9,684	8,787
Jul-16	21,452	9,566	11,630
Aug-16	21,877	9,702	11,781
Sep-16	19,321	9,802	9,350
Oct-16	16,576	9,557	6,711
Nov-16	18,294	9,629	8,415
Dec-16	18,451	9,407	8,902
Jan-17	17,054	9,204	7,654
Feb-17	19,031	9,434	9,360
Mar-17	16,393	9,255	6,912
Apr-17	18,224	9,480	8,531
May-17	16,951	9,847	6,943
Jun-17	18,815	9,958	8,644
Jul-17	19,380	10,220	8,691
Aug-17	19,365	10,258	8,927
Sep-17	19,673	10,110	9,312
Oct-17	19,683	10,136	9,225
Nov-17	23,040	10,086	12,793
Dec-17	17,880	10,152	7,570
Jan-18	19,397	9,899	9,227
Feb-18	19,214	10,270	8,635
Mar-18	19,667	10,421	9,091
Apr-18	18,445	10,612	7,636
May-18	17,927	9,997	7,771
Jun-18	19,601	10,205	9,069
Jul-18	18,629	10,150	8,215
Aug-18	16,379	9,930	6,303
Sep-18	16,783	9,647	6,812
Oct-18	17,143	10,049	6,918
Nov-18	15,136	9,355	5,653
Dec-18	14,331	9,093	5,108
Jan-19	14,567	9,347	5,025
Feb-19	16,602	8,924	7,574
Mar-19	15,024	8,440	6,366
Apr-19	14,448	8,629	5,686
May-19	14,397	8,803	5,371
Jun-19	15,005	8,867	5,756
Jul-19	13,571	8,635	4,633
Aug-19	13,816	8,509	5,190
Sep-19	14,751	8,835	5,764
Oct-19	14,251	8,224	5,817
Nov-19	14,851	8,446	6,229
Dec-19	16,118	8,679	7,259
Jan-20	13,362	8,606	4,613
Feb-20	16,238	8,706	7,357
Mar-20	15,419	8,564	6,645
Apr-20	14,928	8,793	5,749
May-20	13,291	8,792	4,203
Jun-20	12,982	8,441	4,158
Jul-20	15,243	9,197	5,720
Aug-20	14,447	9,577	4,695
Sep-20	16,149	10,578	5,183
Oct-20	17,358	11,122	5,901
Nov-20	17,834	11,532	5,968
Dec-20	19,257	13,229	5,783
Jan-21	16,954	12,032	4,590
Feb-21	19,987	13,933	5,653
Mar-21	22,983	14,063	8,464
Apr-21	20,054	13,457	6,347
May-21	20,678	13,720	6,697
Jun-21	19,692	12,442	6,833
Jul-21	18,277	11,944	6,051
Aug-21	19,052	11,845	6,947
Sep-21	18,434	10,560	7,662
Oct-21	15,925	10,321	5,291
Nov-21	16,479	10,361	5,908
Dec-21	17,161	9,926	6,974
Jan-22	13,280	8,724	4,324
Feb-22	18,762	9,818	7,664
Mar-22	15,094	9,690	5,108
Apr-22	15,285	9,749	5,390
May-22	16,541	9,671	6,535
Jun-22	16,676	9,708	6,511
Jul-22	14,379	9,853	4,308
Aug-22	17,592	10,144	7,175
Sep-22	16,717	9,576	6,951
Oct-22	15,293	9,291	5,823
Nov-22	15,006	9,003	5,666
Dec-22	17,179	8,818	7,765
Jan-23	12,244	7,847	4,236
Feb-23	13,566	8,689	4,653
Mar-23	13,144	8,319	4,606
Apr-23	12,792	8,190	4,404
May-23	15,500	8,184	7,111
Jun-23	13,746	8,171	5,042
Jul-23	13,042	8,211	4,595
Aug-23	13,479	8,671	4,633
Sep-23	13,750	8,457	5,042
Oct-23	14,707	8,937	5,611
Nov-23	14,632	8,696	5,757
Dec-23	13,527	8,792	4,439
Jan-24	12,968	7,701	5,047
Feb-24	13,101	8,843	3,911
Mar-24	13,190	8,998	4,052
Apr-24	13,442	8,973	4,178
May-24	14,175	9,163	4,858

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

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