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Dwelling approvals rise in September

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Released

31/10/2024

Source

Building Approvals, Australia, September 2024

The total number of dwellings approved rose 4.4 per cent in September to 14,842, following a 3.9 per cent fall in August, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said: "The rise this month was driven by increases across all dwelling types. Private sector houses reached 9,745 approved in September, to be at the highest level since August 2022".

"Private dwellings excluding houses rose by 4.7 per cent, but remain at subdued levels following a 13.5 per cent fall in August."

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted
	Total dwellings	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
Sep-09	13,930	9,512	3,794
Oct-09	13,632	9,915	2,952
Nov-09	15,018	9,918	3,586
Dec-09	15,128	9,990	3,629
Jan-10	15,019	9,987	3,256
Feb-10	15,514	9,985	3,525
Mar-10	16,851	9,935	4,636
Apr-10	16,002	9,558	4,792
May-10	15,084	9,306	4,474
Jun-10	14,505	9,124	4,595
Jul-10	15,461	8,910	5,507
Aug-10	15,165	8,690	5,431
Sep-10	13,650	8,494	4,445
Oct-10	15,450	8,564	6,213
Nov-10	14,202	8,387	5,198
Dec-10	14,876	8,482	5,678
Jan-11	13,263	8,346	4,583
Feb-11	12,981	8,294	4,346
Mar-11	13,968	8,186	5,313
Apr-11	13,911	8,142	5,515
May-11	12,819	8,013	4,517
Jun-11	12,707	8,019	4,318
Jul-11	13,175	7,663	4,989
Aug-11	14,760	7,772	6,570
Sep-11	12,340	7,766	4,328
Oct-11	11,442	7,282	3,959
Nov-11	11,699	7,614	3,872
Dec-11	11,749	7,689	3,923
Jan-12	11,250	7,795	3,241
Feb-12	11,704	7,360	4,187
Mar-12	11,770	7,509	4,081
Apr-12	10,983	6,828	4,054
May-12	13,980	7,303	6,545
Jun-12	14,984	7,274	7,492
Jul-12	11,810	7,683	3,875
Aug-12	13,205	7,699	5,373
Sep-12	15,433	7,932	7,332
Oct-12	14,142	7,827	5,848
Nov-12	13,954	7,711	5,997
Dec-12	14,019	7,770	6,040
Jan-13	12,644	7,814	4,640
Feb-13	13,807	7,773	5,379
Mar-13	13,314	7,959	5,119
Apr-13	15,067	8,154	6,606
May-13	14,291	8,371	5,430
Jun-13	13,840	8,274	5,180
Jul-13	15,114	8,546	6,232
Aug-13	14,918	8,414	6,315
Sep-13	18,575	8,672	9,629
Oct-13	17,509	8,725	8,522
Nov-13	17,296	9,239	7,764
Dec-13	17,030	9,064	7,710
Jan-14	17,665	10,197	7,162
Feb-14	16,902	9,745	6,941
Mar-14	16,053	9,390	6,406
Apr-14	16,300	9,769	6,175
May-14	16,811	9,786	6,799
Jun-14	16,743	9,660	6,752
Jul-14	16,985	9,789	6,953
Aug-14	18,565	9,680	8,631
Sep-14	16,491	9,543	6,715
Oct-14	18,007	9,855	7,963
Nov-14	20,307	9,847	10,241
Dec-14	20,136	9,730	9,959
Jan-15	19,872	9,941	9,606
Feb-15	19,792	9,709	9,737
Mar-15	20,830	9,630	10,879
Apr-15	18,960	9,527	9,115
May-15	20,829	9,548	10,992
Jun-15	19,466	9,909	9,213
Jul-15	19,701	9,741	9,058
Aug-15	19,401	10,083	9,162
Sep-15	20,257	9,819	10,168
Oct-15	21,607	9,741	11,629
Nov-15	18,789	9,648	9,061
Dec-15	20,133	10,291	9,675
Jan-16	18,729	9,818	8,620
Feb-16	19,866	9,823	9,689
Mar-16	20,594	10,249	10,138
Apr-16	20,820	9,994	10,625
May-16	20,317	10,055	9,954
Jun-16	18,678	9,684	8,793
Jul-16	21,419	9,569	11,594
Aug-16	21,861	9,690	11,777
Sep-16	19,349	9,793	9,387
Oct-16	16,548	9,552	6,688
Nov-16	18,307	9,632	8,426
Dec-16	18,451	9,409	8,899
Jan-17	17,053	9,211	7,648
Feb-17	19,023	9,435	9,352
Mar-17	16,430	9,258	6,946
Apr-17	18,195	9,484	8,499
May-17	16,943	9,850	6,933
Jun-17	18,862	9,959	8,685
Jul-17	19,290	10,210	8,613
Aug-17	19,353	10,270	8,905
Sep-17	19,729	10,085	9,395
Oct-17	19,673	10,140	9,210
Nov-17	23,034	10,090	12,784
Dec-17	17,913	10,157	7,599
Jan-18	19,312	9,896	9,146
Feb-18	19,196	10,269	8,618
Mar-18	19,740	10,429	9,155
Apr-18	18,399	10,588	7,615
May-18	17,944	10,037	7,749
Jun-18	19,611	10,196	9,086
Jul-18	18,572	10,155	8,154
Aug-18	16,391	9,928	6,317
Sep-18	16,837	9,630	6,890
Oct-18	17,062	10,036	6,850
Nov-18	15,194	9,363	5,703
Dec-18	14,295	9,076	5,089
Jan-19	14,591	9,383	5,012
Feb-19	16,577	8,922	7,549
Mar-19	15,103	8,444	6,441
Apr-19	14,386	8,614	5,638
May-19	14,442	8,823	5,395
Jun-19	15,029	8,876	5,771
Jul-19	13,459	8,625	4,532
Aug-19	13,891	8,522	5,252
Sep-19	14,777	8,782	5,848
Oct-19	14,260	8,245	5,803
Nov-19	14,888	8,444	6,267
Dec-19	16,071	8,669	7,223
Jan-20	13,410	8,630	4,633
Feb-20	16,290	8,703	7,411
Mar-20	15,367	8,558	6,601
Apr-20	14,906	8,795	5,722
May-20	13,383	8,815	4,274
Jun-20	12,929	8,433	4,112
Jul-20	15,186	9,205	5,651
Aug-20	14,432	9,570	4,688
Sep-20	16,086	10,550	5,162
Oct-20	17,522	11,126	6,053
Nov-20	17,724	11,487	5,904
Dec-20	19,270	13,249	5,775
Jan-21	17,079	12,079	4,665
Feb-21	19,946	13,924	5,621
Mar-21	22,617	14,045	8,125
Apr-21	20,246	13,467	6,525
May-21	20,629	13,707	6,665
Jun-21	19,565	12,491	6,657
Jul-21	18,418	11,962	6,168
Aug-21	19,017	11,889	6,872
Sep-21	18,627	10,484	7,937
Oct-21	16,005	10,313	5,377
Nov-21	16,353	10,324	5,820
Dec-21	17,128	9,914	6,948
Jan-22	13,296	8,747	4,319
Feb-22	18,702	9,812	7,608
Mar-22	15,114	9,723	5,096
Apr-22	15,394	9,760	5,485
May-22	16,481	9,690	6,463
Jun-22	16,650	9,740	6,453
Jul-22	14,375	9,878	4,277
Aug-22	17,296	10,181	6,842
Sep-22	17,244	9,531	7,527
Oct-22	15,220	9,234	5,807
Nov-22	14,887	8,989	5,561
Dec-22	17,521	8,813	8,109
Jan-23	12,256	7,914	4,182
Feb-23	13,543	8,689	4,629
Mar-23	13,160	8,310	4,630
Apr-23	12,838	8,232	4,410
May-23	15,011	8,181	6,626
Jun-23	13,947	8,219	5,192
Jul-23	12,904	8,175	4,479
Aug-23	13,579	8,759	4,633
Sep-23	13,891	8,349	5,302
Oct-23	14,572	8,880	5,533
Nov-23	14,583	8,649	5,751
Dec-23	13,586	8,777	4,513
Jan-24	12,933	7,779	4,933
Feb-24	13,215	8,862	4,005
Mar-24	13,262	9,027	4,076
Apr-24	13,496	8,995	4,203
May-24	14,326	9,213	4,944
Jun-24	13,454	9,217	3,995
Jul-24	14,798	9,323	5,137
Aug-24	14,220	9,536	4,443
Sep-24	14,842	9,745	4,653

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Private house approvals mixed across the states

Despite mixed results across the states, private sector house approvals across Australia rose 2.2 per cent, to be 16.7 per cent higher than September 2023.

South Australia recorded the largest increase of the states at 10.3 per cent. Western Australia also continued to rise, approving 1,661 private sector houses, its highest number since May 2021.

Private dwellings excluding houses rise

Private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 4.7 per cent (4,653 dwellings), to be 12.2 per cent lower than one year ago.

The September result was driven by a rise in approvals for high-density apartments. There were 1,815 apartments approved in nine or more storey blocks in September, in original terms, compared to 1,201 in August.

Dwellings approved, by state, seasonally adjusted (a)
	Private sector houses	Total dwelling units approved
New South Wales	1,839	2,918
Victoria	2,890	4,914
Queensland	2,168	3,438
South Australia	899	1,123
Western Australia	1,661	2,000

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 drive rise in value

The value of total building approved rose 1.4 per cent ($13.61 billion), following a 1.1 per cent rise in August.

The value of approved non-residential building rose 3.6 per cent ($5.57 billion), following an 11.3 per cent August increase.

Total residential building value was flat ($8.04 billion), comprised of a 0.2 per cent rise in the value of new residential building approved ($6.88 billion) and a 1.3 per cent fall in alterations and additions ($1.16 billion), in seasonally adjusted terms.

More information is available in Building Approvals, Australia.

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