Dwelling approvals rise in November

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10/01/2022

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Building Approvals, Australia, November 2021

The total number of dwellings approved rose 3.6 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in November, following a 13.6 per cent fall in October, 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 November was driven by an increase in approvals for private sector dwellings excluding houses, which rose 9.7 per cent.

"Private sector houses continue to level off, up 1.4 per cent in November, following a 3.5 per cent rise in October. The series has been at historically elevated levels over the past year, largely driven by Government stimulus and record low interest rates. While private house approvals are no longer at record highs, the November result remains 25.8 per cent higher than the pre-pandemic level in November 2019, indicating on-going strength in the detached housing market."

Across Australia, the number of dwelling approvals rose in Tasmania (40.8 per cent), Queensland (20.0 per cent), South Australia (14.5 per cent) and Victoria (8.9 per cent). New South Wales (-18.4 per cent) and Western Australia (-1.1 per cent) fell, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Approvals for private sector houses rose in Queensland (7.4 per cent), South Australia (6.4 per cent) and New South Wales (5.4 per cent). Falls were recorded in Western Australia (-12.1 per cent) and Victoria (-0.8 per cent), in seasonally adjusted terms.

The value of total building approved rose 14.8 per cent in November, in seasonally adjusted terms. The increase was driven by a rise in the value of non-residential building (28.3 per cent), coming off a 20.0 per cent fall in October.

The value of total residential building rose 7.1 per cent, comprised of an 8.5 per cent increase in the value of new residential building, and a 0.8 per cent fall in alterations and additions.

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Total dwellings	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
Nov-06	12,752	8,957	3,493
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	4,399
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	4,004
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	3,672
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	14,095	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	5,277
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	13,287	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	8,623
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	16,409	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	16,384	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	9,742
Feb-15	19,624	9,703	9,573
Mar-15	20,760	9,647	10,792
Apr-15	19,255	9,774	9,165
May-15	20,905	9,549	11,062
Jun-15	19,306	9,922	9,044
Jul-15	19,775	9,711	9,165
Aug-15	19,306	10,109	9,035
Sep-15	20,304	9,781	10,256
Oct-15	21,518	9,724	11,558
Nov-15	18,714	9,681	8,952
Dec-15	20,210	10,182	9,862
Jan-16	18,994	9,851	8,849
Feb-16	19,877	9,868	9,654
Mar-16	20,578	10,162	10,213
Apr-16	20,832	9,985	10,643
May-16	20,189	10,006	9,872
Jun-16	18,494	9,583	8,716
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	6,597
Nov-16	18,442	9,620	8,573
Dec-16	18,336	9,362	8,829
Jan-17	17,085	9,178	7,706
Feb-17	19,105	9,443	9,417
Mar-17	16,551	9,309	7,024
Apr-17	18,105	9,383	8,502
May-17	16,922	9,749	7,017
Jun-17	18,905	9,917	8,777
Jul-17	19,118	10,192	8,459
Aug-17	19,150	10,142	8,827
Sep-17	19,635	10,133	9,257
Oct-17	19,563	10,157	9,088
Nov-17	23,121	10,022	12,938
Dec-17	18,018	10,252	7,601
Jan-18	19,622	9,882	9,473
Feb-18	19,282	10,254	8,711
Mar-18	19,676	10,514	9,010
Apr-18	18,388	10,585	7,600
May-18	17,872	9,718	7,998
Jun-18	19,402	10,270	8,806
Jul-18	18,335	10,029	8,041
Aug-18	16,410	9,938	6,322
Sep-18	16,662	9,534	6,812
Oct-18	17,145	9,998	6,980
Nov-18	15,153	9,402	5,618
Dec-18	14,291	9,149	5,006
Jan-19	14,544	9,145	5,205
Feb-19	16,681	8,919	7,650
Mar-19	15,113	8,668	6,225
Apr-19	14,324	8,496	5,694
May-19	14,516	8,655	5,642
Jun-19	14,670	8,745	5,541
Jul-19	13,329	8,579	4,456
Aug-19	13,720	8,458	5,136
Sep-19	14,539	8,602	5,786
Oct-19	14,211	8,040	5,969
Nov-19	14,850	8,656	6,010
Dec-19	15,870	8,668	7,011
Jan-20	13,556	8,635	4,777
Feb-20	16,206	8,704	7,320
Mar-20	15,238	8,639	6,370
Apr-20	15,239	8,850	6,018
May-20	13,196	8,741	4,152
Jun-20	12,698	8,341	3,931
Jul-20	14,499	9,124	5,060
Aug-20	14,279	9,712	4,380
Sep-20	16,028	10,463	5,211
Oct-20	17,307	11,213	5,768
Nov-20	17,825	11,855	5,624
Dec-20	19,132	13,272	5,619
Jan-21	16,983	12,273	4,354
Feb-21	20,235	14,104	5,714
Mar-21	23,539	14,662	8,414
Apr-21	22,070	15,276	6,535
May-21	20,507	13,724	6,522
Jun-21	19,433	12,342	6,695
Jul-21	17,749	11,636	5,823
Aug-21	19,064	12,180	6,609
Sep-21	18,385	10,380	7,808
Oct-21	15,884	10,746	4,846
Nov-21	16,448	10,892	5,315

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

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