4.3 Dwelling approvals

 

Month 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Number (a) 
\
July 12 848 12 600 14 444 12 677 11 418
August 12 290 12 479 14 421 14 252 12 422
September 11 435 13 437 13 163 11 906 13 388
October 11 404 13 282 14 898 10 919  
November 10 304 14 552 14 021 11 829  
December 9 997 15 066 15 207 11 691  
January 9 513 15 365 13 761 12 074  
February 10 475 15 002 12 705 11 602  
March 10 475 16 680 13 740 11 578  
April 11 797 15 350 13 891 10 842  
May 10 642 14 182 12 490 13 660  
June 11 668 13 930 12 058 14 315  
Annual 133 560 171 514 164 435 147 646
           
Annual change (a) – per cent
July -2.1 -1.9 14.6 -12.2 -9.9
August -5.5 1.5 15.6 -1.2 -12.8
September -17.4 17.5 -2.0 -9.5 12.4
October -17.6 16.5 12.2 -26.7
November -30.2 41.2 -3.6 -15.6
December -29.2 50.7 0.9 -23.1
January -36.0 61.5 -10.4 -12.3
February -23.5 43.2 -15.3 -8.7
March -13.0 59.2 -17.6 -15.7
April -14.7 30.1 -9.5 -21.9
May -17.4 33.3 -11.9 9.4
June -12.2 19.4 -13.4 18.7
Annual -18.0 28.4 -4.1 -10.2
           

Source: ABS, Building approvals, Cat. no. 8731.0
Update 4 December 2012

Key points

Total dwelling approvals increased in the month of September 2012 by 7.8 per cent. There were increases New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and the Northern Territory but decreases in the other states and territories.

In annual terms, total approvals were up by 12.4 per cent on September 2011. There were increases in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory but decreases in the other states and territories.

What is measured

The ABS building approvals publication reports the number and value of dwelling units approved in Australia—where a dwelling unit is a self contained suite of rooms for residential use. The data are compiled from permits issued by various jurisdictions and show approvals for houses and other dwellings (units, flats and apartments), by sector of activity (public or private).

This bulletin covers seasonally adjusted total dwelling approvals for Australia, but approvals are published to the state/ territory level.

This series is subject to large and irregular fluctuations and care should be taken when interpreting movements in the series.

Related statistics in this bulletin

  • 5.2 Housing and cash interest rates
  • 5.3 Lending for housing
  • 5.4 Home loan affordability

Related publications

  • ABS, Engineering construction activity, Cat. no. 8762.0
  • ABS, Construction work done, Cat. no. 8755.0
  • ABS, Dwelling unit commencements, Cat. no. 8750.0
  • ABS, Building activity, Cat. no. 8752.0
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