Dwellings approved fall in September

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1/11/2023

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Building Approvals, Australia, September 2023

The total number of dwellings approved fell 4.6 per cent in September, in seasonally adjusted terms, following an 8.1 per cent rise in August, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said: "Approvals for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell by 5.1 per cent, following a 10.1 per cent rise in August."

"Approvals for private sector houses dropped 4.6 per cent, following a 7.2 per cent bounce last month."

Total dwelling approvals were driven down by falls in Western Australia (-11.0 per cent), New South Wales (-10.5 per cent), and Victoria (-8.9 per cent). Rises were recorded in Queensland (+34.6 per cent), Tasmania (+18.3 per cent), and South Australia (+5.1 per cent).

Approvals for private sector houses fell in Western Australia (-12.7 per cent), Victoria (-9.0 per cent), and South Australia (-2.6 per cent). Rises in New South Wales (+1.1 per cent) and Queensland (+0.7 per cent), however, were not enough to offset the overall decrease.

The value of total building approvals fell 4.9 per cent, following a flat result in August. The value of total residential building fell 2.9 per cent, comprised of a 3.6 per cent fall in new residential building and a 0.7 per cent increase in alterations and additions.

The value of non-residential building approved fell 7.2 per cent in September, following a 2.5 per cent decline in August.

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
Sep-08	11,706	7,680	3,678
Oct-08	11,523	7,574	3,689
Nov-08	10,325	7,186	2,814
Dec-08	10,202	6,996	2,557
Jan-09	9,417	7,205	2,015
Feb-09	10,711	7,403	3,074
Mar-09	10,833	7,611	2,906
Apr-09	11,488	7,940	3,085
May-09	10,853	8,236	1,990
Jun-09	12,016	8,771	2,518
Jul-09	13,219	8,912	3,572
Aug-09	12,801	9,403	2,670
Sep-09	14,039	9,514	3,901
Oct-09	13,633	9,926	2,942
Nov-09	14,896	9,894	3,488
Dec-09	15,319	9,982	3,828
Jan-10	14,963	9,988	3,199
Feb-10	15,418	9,986	3,428
Mar-10	17,048	9,957	4,811
Apr-10	15,855	9,456	4,746
May-10	14,943	9,295	4,345
Jun-10	14,656	9,112	4,758
Jul-10	15,392	8,895	5,452
Aug-10	15,048	8,689	5,315
Sep-10	13,842	8,483	4,649
Oct-10	15,317	8,568	6,075
Nov-10	14,105	8,391	5,097
Dec-10	15,097	8,466	5,915
Jan-11	13,128	8,338	4,456
Feb-11	12,881	8,297	4,244
Mar-11	14,213	8,197	5,547
Apr-11	13,848	8,181	5,412
May-11	12,762	8,014	4,458
Jun-11	12,827	8,001	4,457
Jul-11	13,090	7,647	4,920
Aug-11	14,902	7,767	6,717
Sep-11	12,301	7,773	4,282
Oct-11	11,354	7,276	3,877
Nov-11	11,848	7,614	4,022
Dec-11	11,725	7,690	3,897
Jan-12	11,220	7,802	3,203
Feb-12	11,800	7,356	4,288
Mar-12	11,742	7,513	4,048
Apr-12	10,861	6,846	3,914
May-12	14,216	7,302	6,783
Jun-12	14,875	7,272	7,386
Jul-12	11,749	7,671	3,827
Aug-12	13,415	7,700	5,582
Sep-12	15,223	7,926	7,128
Oct-12	14,274	7,826	5,982
Nov-12	13,878	7,722	5,909
Dec-12	13,876	7,763	5,903
Jan-13	12,753	7,815	4,748
Feb-13	13,678	7,776	5,247
Mar-13	13,290	7,954	5,099
Apr-13	14,992	8,171	6,514
May-13	14,428	8,375	5,563
Jun-13	13,772	8,265	5,120
Jul-13	15,270	8,529	6,404
Aug-13	14,894	8,415	6,289
Sep-13	18,357	8,676	9,407
Oct-13	17,648	8,726	8,660
Nov-13	17,259	9,240	7,726
Dec-13	16,959	9,068	7,634
Jan-14	17,787	10,204	7,276
Feb-14	16,720	9,751	6,753
Mar-14	15,984	9,376	6,350
Apr-14	16,496	9,774	6,366
May-14	16,805	9,787	6,790
Jun-14	16,606	9,663	6,612
Jul-14	17,111	9,776	7,092
Aug-14	18,570	9,682	8,634
Sep-14	16,398	9,545	6,620
Oct-14	18,192	9,862	8,140
Nov-14	20,128	9,844	10,065
Dec-14	20,325	9,727	10,152
Jan-15	19,906	9,942	9,639
Feb-15	19,484	9,716	9,422
Mar-15	20,755	9,619	10,815
Apr-15	19,006	9,523	9,166
May-15	20,895	9,549	11,055
Jun-15	19,367	9,911	9,113
Jul-15	19,855	9,743	9,208
Aug-15	19,360	10,080	9,123
Sep-15	20,392	9,817	10,304
Oct-15	21,581	9,740	11,605
Nov-15	18,671	9,653	8,937
Dec-15	20,254	10,278	9,810
Jan-16	18,879	9,838	8,750
Feb-16	19,643	9,831	9,458
Mar-16	20,650	10,230	10,215
Apr-16	20,805	10,020	10,583
May-16	20,295	10,037	9,949
Jun-16	18,673	9,676	8,798
Jul-16	21,568	9,587	11,723
Aug-16	21,992	9,693	11,905
Sep-16	19,190	9,788	9,231
Oct-16	16,566	9,553	6,705
Nov-16	18,393	9,633	8,512
Dec-16	18,350	9,399	8,810
Jan-17	17,092	9,206	7,690
Feb-17	18,766	9,437	9,093
Mar-17	16,489	9,284	6,980
Apr-17	18,239	9,494	8,531
May-17	17,030	9,827	7,042
Jun-17	18,687	9,966	8,506
Jul-17	19,379	10,211	8,700
Aug-17	19,435	10,245	9,012
Sep-17	19,631	10,097	9,280
Oct-17	19,705	10,130	9,251
Nov-17	23,046	10,079	12,808
Dec-17	17,967	10,175	7,638
Jan-18	19,620	9,887	9,462
Feb-18	18,945	10,267	8,369
Mar-18	19,619	10,454	9,009
Apr-18	18,315	10,604	7,513
May-18	18,068	9,987	7,921
Jun-18	19,580	10,225	9,027
Jul-18	18,660	10,147	8,247
Aug-18	16,404	9,949	6,310
Sep-18	16,765	9,618	6,825
Oct-18	17,289	10,025	7,088
Nov-18	14,998	9,373	5,498
Dec-18	14,268	9,062	5,080
Jan-19	14,673	9,371	5,106
Feb-19	16,345	8,917	7,322
Mar-19	15,083	8,506	6,359
Apr-19	14,380	8,592	5,652
May-19	14,482	8,822	5,439
Jun-19	15,018	8,894	5,741
Jul-19	13,637	8,611	4,721
Aug-19	13,779	8,522	5,140
Sep-19	14,601	8,759	5,691
Oct-19	14,540	8,235	6,093
Nov-19	14,765	8,467	6,123
Dec-19	16,039	8,660	7,202
Jan-20	13,419	8,641	4,637
Feb-20	16,063	8,663	7,224
Mar-20	15,405	8,582	6,611
Apr-20	14,945	8,790	5,770
May-20	13,366	8,845	4,230
Jun-20	12,929	8,407	4,128
Jul-20	15,227	9,296	5,606
Aug-20	14,340	9,604	4,563
Sep-20	16,117	10,542	5,187
Oct-20	17,431	11,151	5,940
Nov-20	17,587	11,545	5,714
Dec-20	19,342	13,340	5,764
Jan-21	16,995	12,151	4,513
Feb-21	19,889	13,960	5,528
Mar-21	23,137	14,108	8,524
Apr-21	20,005	13,576	6,174
May-21	20,719	13,717	6,746
Jun-21	19,894	12,551	6,923
Jul-21	18,298	11,996	6,013
Aug-21	19,045	11,975	6,803
Sep-21	18,432	10,489	7,735
Oct-21	16,060	10,405	5,342
Nov-21	16,198	10,410	5,573
Dec-21	17,243	9,979	7,026
Jan-22	13,260	8,656	4,373
Feb-22	18,412	9,796	7,334
Mar-22	15,247	9,756	5,193
Apr-22	15,274	9,765	5,361
May-22	16,680	9,654	6,701
Jun-22	16,739	9,760	6,523
Jul-22	14,230	9,811	4,201
Aug-22	17,731	10,195	7,263
Sep-22	16,553	9,538	6,810
Oct-22	15,309	9,275	5,854
Nov-22	15,037	9,073	5,629
Dec-22	17,100	8,846	7,666
Jan-23	12,338	7,764	4,406
Feb-23	13,049	8,555	4,268
Mar-23	13,216	8,409	4,594
Apr-23	12,472	8,129	4,141
May-23	15,218	8,201	6,824
Jun-23	13,747	8,113	5,093
Jul-23	12,754	8,153	4,355
Aug-23	13,784	8,744	4,797
Sep-23	13,144	8,338	4,553

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

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