Private houses drive fall in January dwelling approvals

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4/03/2024

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Building Approvals, Australia, January 2024

The total number of dwellings approved fell 1.0 per cent in January (seasonally adjusted), after a 10.1 per cent fall in December, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said: "Approvals for private houses fell 9.9 per cent in January."

"In trend terms, private sector houses have fallen for four consecutive months."

"Meanwhile, approvals for private sector dwellings excluding houses, rose 19.5 per cent in January in seasonally adjusted terms, driven by a rise in apartment approvals in Queensland."

Total dwelling approvals fell in New South Wales (-14.9 per cent), Victoria (-9.8 per cent), and South Australia (-7.2 per cent). Meanwhile, rises were recorded in Queensland (31.8 per cent), Western Australia (11.4 per cent), and Tasmania (5.1 per cent).

Approvals for private sector houses fell in all states: Victoria (-16.7 per cent), New South Wales (-13.1 per cent), Western Australia (-7.3 per cent), Queensland (-1.7 per cent), and South Australia (-0.4 per cent).

The value of total building approved rose 14.7 per cent, following a 6.7 per cent drop in December. The value of total residential building rose 16.1 per cent, comprised of a 19.4 per cent increase in the value of new residential building and a 3.1 per cent fall in alterations and additions.

The value of non-residential building rose 12.4 per cent, after a 10.8 per cent fall in December.

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
Jan-09	9,416	7,205	2,015
Feb-09	10,711	7,403	3,074
Mar-09	10,832	7,612	2,904
Apr-09	11,497	7,946	3,089
May-09	10,853	8,236	1,989
Jun-09	12,016	8,771	2,517
Jul-09	13,218	8,912	3,571
Aug-09	12,802	9,403	2,671
Sep-09	14,039	9,514	3,901
Oct-09	13,634	9,925	2,943
Nov-09	14,895	9,894	3,488
Dec-09	15,317	9,981	3,827
Jan-10	14,964	9,988	3,200
Feb-10	15,418	9,986	3,429
Mar-10	17,045	9,958	4,808
Apr-10	15,855	9,456	4,747
May-10	14,945	9,294	4,346
Jun-10	14,656	9,113	4,757
Jul-10	15,390	8,896	5,451
Aug-10	15,050	8,689	5,317
Sep-10	13,841	8,482	4,648
Oct-10	15,321	8,568	6,078
Nov-10	14,105	8,391	5,097
Dec-10	15,093	8,466	5,912
Jan-11	13,133	8,337	4,462
Feb-11	12,881	8,297	4,244
Mar-11	14,210	8,197	5,544
Apr-11	13,845	8,178	5,413
May-11	12,767	8,015	4,462
Jun-11	12,825	7,999	4,455
Jul-11	13,092	7,648	4,921
Aug-11	14,902	7,767	6,717
Sep-11	12,299	7,773	4,280
Oct-11	11,357	7,275	3,881
Nov-11	11,848	7,613	4,022
Dec-11	11,720	7,690	3,892
Jan-12	11,221	7,803	3,204
Feb-12	11,797	7,355	4,286
Mar-12	11,739	7,514	4,045
Apr-12	10,862	6,842	3,919
May-12	14,214	7,302	6,780
Jun-12	14,873	7,273	7,383
Jul-12	11,754	7,672	3,830
Aug-12	13,410	7,698	5,579
Sep-12	15,228	7,925	7,134
Oct-12	14,274	7,825	5,982
Nov-12	13,878	7,722	5,910
Dec-12	13,877	7,762	5,906
Jan-13	12,746	7,814	4,742
Feb-13	13,679	7,775	5,248
Mar-13	13,291	7,958	5,096
Apr-13	14,991	8,168	6,516
May-13	14,426	8,375	5,560
Jun-13	13,771	8,264	5,121
Jul-13	15,272	8,531	6,404
Aug-13	14,886	8,411	6,286
Sep-13	18,368	8,675	9,419
Oct-13	17,648	8,725	8,661
Nov-13	17,264	9,241	7,730
Dec-13	16,965	9,069	7,639
Jan-14	17,771	10,203	7,261
Feb-14	16,722	9,749	6,757
Mar-14	15,981	9,378	6,345
Apr-14	16,490	9,769	6,364
May-14	16,801	9,789	6,784
Jun-14	16,608	9,661	6,617
Jul-14	17,120	9,781	7,097
Aug-14	18,556	9,673	8,628
Sep-14	16,416	9,549	6,634
Oct-14	18,190	9,862	8,139
Nov-14	20,136	9,842	10,075
Dec-14	20,332	9,729	10,156
Jan-15	19,871	9,941	9,606
Feb-15	19,494	9,713	9,435
Mar-15	20,768	9,623	10,823
Apr-15	19,016	9,547	9,152
May-15	20,880	9,548	11,042
Jun-15	19,387	9,914	9,130
Jul-15	19,852	9,746	9,203
Aug-15	19,340	10,068	9,115
Sep-15	20,415	9,819	10,325
Oct-15	21,568	9,742	11,590
Nov-15	18,687	9,651	8,956
Dec-15	20,287	10,288	9,832
Jan-16	18,801	9,811	8,699
Feb-16	19,676	9,835	9,487
Mar-16	20,682	10,240	10,235
Apr-16	20,729	10,002	10,526
May-16	20,314	10,052	9,954
Jun-16	18,705	9,684	8,822
Jul-16	21,524	9,571	11,696
Aug-16	21,997	9,685	11,917
Sep-16	19,187	9,795	9,222
Oct-16	16,551	9,548	6,697
Nov-16	18,417	9,633	8,534
Dec-16	18,371	9,412	8,817
Jan-17	17,061	9,199	7,667
Feb-17	18,800	9,439	9,125
Mar-17	16,485	9,269	6,991
Apr-17	18,178	9,476	8,488
May-17	17,059	9,853	7,045
Jun-17	18,697	9,970	8,514
Jul-17	19,363	10,210	8,684
Aug-17	19,458	10,246	9,034
Sep-17	19,586	10,088	9,247
Oct-17	19,686	10,130	9,234
Nov-17	23,122	10,089	12,872
Dec-17	17,964	10,159	7,648
Jan-18	19,586	9,885	9,430
Feb-18	18,993	10,275	8,409
Mar-18	19,611	10,442	9,016
Apr-18	18,287	10,589	7,500
May-18	18,134	10,035	7,940
Jun-18	19,544	10,211	9,007
Jul-18	18,630	10,162	8,203
Aug-18	16,404	9,911	6,347
Sep-18	16,734	9,613	6,797
Oct-18	17,243	10,024	7,044
Nov-18	15,039	9,372	5,540
Dec-18	14,307	9,063	5,113
Jan-19	14,674	9,369	5,110
Feb-19	16,372	8,931	7,336
Mar-19	15,045	8,470	6,358
Apr-19	14,354	8,619	5,601
May-19	14,547	8,843	5,483
Jun-19	14,968	8,872	5,713
Jul-19	13,645	8,639	4,701
Aug-19	13,759	8,482	5,161
Sep-19	14,601	8,770	5,679
Oct-19	14,412	8,229	5,973
Nov-19	14,807	8,443	6,189
Dec-19	16,062	8,666	7,215
Jan-20	13,501	8,634	4,724
Feb-20	16,070	8,697	7,197
Mar-20	15,363	8,580	6,574
Apr-20	14,995	8,809	5,799
May-20	13,359	8,847	4,220
Jun-20	12,927	8,450	4,093
Jul-20	15,430	9,253	5,850
Aug-20	14,298	9,475	4,648
Sep-20	16,264	10,566	5,308
Oct-20	17,320	11,089	5,898
Nov-20	17,662	11,441	5,886
Dec-20	19,400	13,218	5,936
Jan-21	17,030	12,092	4,607
Feb-21	19,862	13,971	5,489
Mar-21	23,158	14,097	8,609
Apr-21	19,983	13,520	6,212
May-21	20,676	13,689	6,730
Jun-21	19,935	12,557	6,960
Jul-21	18,324	12,011	6,029
Aug-21	18,854	11,779	6,813
Sep-21	18,487	10,480	7,796
Oct-21	15,890	10,318	5,259
Nov-21	16,288	10,270	5,806
Dec-21	17,341	9,884	7,199
Jan-22	13,244	8,649	4,363
Feb-22	18,512	9,867	7,365
Mar-22	15,254	9,768	5,192
Apr-22	15,184	9,778	5,260
May-22	16,581	9,745	6,504
Jun-22	16,850	9,728	6,666
Jul-22	14,285	9,814	4,253
Aug-22	17,646	10,079	7,294
Sep-22	16,581	9,558	6,837
Oct-22	15,056	9,129	5,748
Nov-22	15,164	8,978	5,847
Dec-22	17,082	8,716	7,771
Jan-23	12,264	7,827	4,273
Feb-23	13,380	8,708	4,447
Mar-23	13,294	8,409	4,671
Apr-23	12,631	8,144	4,288
May-23	15,304	8,218	6,884
Jun-23	13,815	8,123	5,164
Jul-23	12,936	8,179	4,521
Aug-23	13,629	8,609	4,799
Sep-23	13,253	8,385	4,619
Oct-23	14,462	8,818	5,491
Nov-23	14,439	8,428	5,834
Dec-23	12,979	8,277	4,382
Jan-24	12,850	7,461	5,238

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