Australian Dwelling Approvals Rise 5.1% in September

The total number of dwellings approved rose 5.1 per cent in September to 17,948, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said, "Approvals for private dwellings excluding houses rose 16.6 per cent in September, after a 21.7 per cent fall in August.

"Private sector house approvals fell 5.3 per cent to 10,432 dwellings, following a 5.4 per cent rise in August."

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

	Total dwellings	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
Sep-11	12,601	7,786	4,566
Oct-11	11,663	7,261	4,199
Nov-11	11,899	7,610	4,077
Dec-11	11,954	7,697	4,125
Jan-12	10,858	7,818	2,818
Feb-12	11,534	7,344	4,033
Mar-12	11,791	7,513	4,096
Apr-12	10,925	6,800	4,026
May-12	13,967	7,286	6,576
Jun-12	14,832	7,302	7,342
Jul-12	11,809	7,695	3,873
Aug-12	13,027	7,694	5,189
Sep-12	15,751	7,920	7,643
Oct-12	14,600	7,825	6,298
Nov-12	14,249	7,721	6,281
Dec-12	14,371	7,749	6,408
Jan-13	12,047	7,802	4,043
Feb-13	13,550	7,776	5,118
Mar-13	13,337	7,976	5,121
Apr-13	14,922	8,143	6,517
May-13	14,333	8,369	5,549
Jun-13	13,624	8,266	5,020
Jul-13	15,052	8,540	6,263
Aug-13	14,746	8,415	6,015
Sep-13	19,041	8,670	10,055
Oct-13	17,867	8,709	8,895
Nov-13	17,697	9,262	8,119
Dec-13	17,360	9,078	8,026
Jan-14	16,842	10,205	6,285
Feb-14	16,661	9,751	6,689
Mar-14	16,010	9,363	6,372
Apr-14	16,201	9,731	6,136
May-14	16,975	9,781	6,968
Jun-14	16,577	9,671	6,628
Jul-14	17,031	9,756	7,053
Aug-14	18,310	9,721	8,298
Sep-14	16,729	9,557	6,931
Oct-14	18,307	9,863	8,249
Nov-14	20,556	9,835	10,471
Dec-14	20,383	9,724	10,227
Jan-15	19,128	9,930	8,715
Feb-15	19,522	9,717	9,463
Mar-15	20,698	9,635	10,734
Apr-15	19,190	9,642	9,224
May-15	21,123	9,560	11,263
Jun-15	19,284	9,936	9,111
Jul-15	19,867	9,738	9,264
Aug-15	19,111	10,096	8,827
Sep-15	20,543	9,814	10,423
Oct-15	22,043	9,743	12,042
Nov-15	19,220	9,669	9,470
Dec-15	20,212	10,234	9,808
Jan-16	17,824	9,837	7,681
Feb-16	19,770	9,856	9,604
Mar-16	20,364	10,208	9,946
Apr-16	21,183	10,008	10,975
May-16	20,403	10,018	10,072
Jun-16	18,380	9,647	8,571
Jul-16	21,736	9,608	11,911
Aug-16	21,404	9,727	11,190
Sep-16	19,580	9,776	9,635
Oct-16	16,806	9,575	6,908
Nov-16	18,609	9,641	8,656
Dec-16	18,377	9,380	8,846
Jan-17	16,378	9,170	6,984
Feb-17	19,074	9,443	9,412
Mar-17	16,374	9,314	6,822
Apr-17	18,567	9,450	8,885
May-17	17,072	9,809	7,106
Jun-17	18,507	9,955	8,348
Jul-17	19,536	10,227	9,000
Aug-17	18,931	10,215	8,514
Sep-17	20,012	10,127	9,634
Oct-17	19,900	10,149	9,412
Nov-17	23,232	10,046	13,018
Dec-17	17,795	10,203	7,417
Jan-18	18,407	9,866	8,250
Feb-18	19,331	10,273	8,766
Mar-18	19,696	10,497	9,030
Apr-18	18,765	10,587	7,983
May-18	17,972	9,875	7,945
Jun-18	19,285	10,282	8,725
Jul-18	18,894	10,113	8,560
Aug-18	16,279	9,969	6,094
Sep-18	16,992	9,608	7,049
Oct-18	17,198	10,077	6,945
Nov-18	15,319	9,339	5,846
Dec-18	14,130	9,101	4,891
Jan-19	13,885	9,239	4,405
Feb-19	16,887	8,927	7,848
Mar-19	15,131	8,600	6,293
Apr-19	14,723	8,570	6,028
May-19	14,614	8,768	5,613
Jun-19	14,648	8,896	5,512
Jul-19	13,593	8,621	4,756
Aug-19	13,724	8,518	5,086
Sep-19	14,927	8,781	5,997
Oct-19	14,080	8,177	5,690
Nov-19	15,163	8,510	6,471
Dec-19	15,821	8,654	6,984
Jan-20	12,763	8,570	4,047
Feb-20	16,566	8,722	7,692
Mar-20	15,288	8,660	6,404
Apr-20	15,270	8,894	6,008
May-20	13,609	8,815	4,502
Jun-20	12,777	8,441	3,980
Jul-20	15,226	9,144	5,827
Aug-20	14,491	9,644	4,626
Sep-20	16,432	10,546	5,336
Oct-20	17,516	11,067	6,079
Nov-20	18,008	11,536	6,077
Dec-20	18,665	13,149	5,282
Jan-21	16,466	12,031	4,029
Feb-21	20,210	13,922	5,889
Mar-21	22,855	14,343	8,048
Apr-21	20,864	13,545	7,073
May-21	21,248	13,751	7,234
Jun-21	19,357	12,568	6,414
Jul-21	18,807	12,145	6,422
Aug-21	19,145	12,040	6,817
Sep-21	19,048	10,744	8,082
Oct-21	16,401	10,362	5,477
Nov-21	16,536	10,396	5,916
Dec-21	17,007	10,137	6,608
Jan-22	13,577	9,677	3,674
Feb-22	18,630	9,749	7,919
Mar-22	14,937	9,714	4,887
Apr-22	16,136	9,705	6,282
May-22	16,710	9,568	6,823
Jun-22	16,198	9,728	6,106
Jul-22	14,309	9,588	4,531
Aug-22	17,122	10,155	6,723
Sep-22	17,083	9,314	7,600
Oct-22	15,601	9,233	5,923
Nov-22	15,150	8,967	5,844
Dec-22	16,971	8,764	8,054
Jan-23	12,348	8,570	3,651
Feb-23	13,582	8,610	4,727
Mar-23	13,327	8,395	4,619
Apr-23	13,277	8,192	4,857
May-23	15,808	8,166	7,429
Jun-23	13,626	8,124	5,007
Jul-23	12,915	8,093	4,615
Aug-23	13,361	8,744	4,421
Sep-23	14,129	8,321	5,578
Oct-23	14,513	8,760	5,568
Nov-23	14,730	8,715	5,824
Dec-23	13,855	8,918	4,468
Jan-24	13,190	8,547	4,415
Feb-24	13,092	8,660	4,146
Mar-24	13,542	9,185	4,186
Apr-24	13,789	8,850	4,656
May-24	14,786	9,116	5,509
Jun-24	13,187	9,162	3,812
Jul-24	15,165	9,521	5,379
Aug-24	14,388	9,430	4,638
Sep-24	15,222	9,669	4,925
Oct-24	16,301	9,199	6,579
Nov-24	15,536	9,198	5,610
Dec-24	15,520	8,958	6,288
Jan-25	15,635	9,223	6,115
Feb-25	16,778	9,250	7,304
Mar-25	15,616	9,068	6,171
Apr-25	15,520	9,459	5,636
May-25	16,159	9,255	6,653
Jun-25	16,736	9,145	7,196
Jul-25	16,298	9,645	5,977
Aug-25	15,231	9,084	5,796
Sep-25	18,085	9,517	8,272
Oct-25	16,391	9,501	6,574
Nov-25	18,908	9,609	8,835
Dec-25	15,973	9,838	5,900
Jan-26	13,817	10,038	3,412
Feb-26	19,923	10,284	9,355
Mar-26	17,217	10,334	6,393
Apr-26	17,461	10,337	6,863
May-26	17,239	10,615	6,175
Jun-26	18,336	10,662	7,112
Jul-26	18,025	10,453	7,210
Aug-26	17,080	11,013	5,644
Sep-26	17,948	10,432	6,579

Private sector houses approvals fall across Australia

Private sector house approvals were lower across all states, falling 5.3 per cent to 10,432 dwellings.

Private sector house approvals remain 9.6 per cent higher than a year ago.

"The September fall in private sector house approvals is the largest since August 2025," said Mr Rossi.

"Despite this drop, it is the ninth consecutive month where more than 10,000 private sector houses have been approved across Australia."

Higher apartment approvals drive rise in dwellings excluding houses

Private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 16.6 per cent, to 6,579 dwellings, 20.5 per cent lower than September last year.

In original terms, apartment approvals rose 25.6 per cent to 4,129 dwellings, slightly above the average of 4,106 dwellings over the past twelve months.

"New South Wales had the biggest rise in apartment approvals in September, with 1,995 apartments approved compared to 901 in August," said Mr Rossi.

Approvals for townhouses rose 8.3 per cent to 2,792 dwellings in original terms, after a 19.4 per cent August fall.

Townhouse approvals are 2.5 per cent lower than the average of 2,864 dwellings over the past twelve months.

Dwellings approved, by state, seasonally adjusted (a)

	Private sector houses	Total dwelling units approved
New South Wales	2,035	5,322
Victoria	2,895	3,694
Queensland	2,407	4,382
South Australia	955	1,646
Western Australia	1,832	2,206

(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 13.0 per cent to $19.02 billion, driven by a rise in non-residential approvals.

Approved non-residential building rose 45.9 per cent to $7.96 billion. This follows a 45.5 per cent fall in August.

The value of total residential building value fell 2.8 per cent to $11.06 billion. This was driven by a 3.3 per cent fall in new residential building to $9.74 billion, and a 0.8 per cent rise in alterations and additions to $1.32 billion.

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Private sector houses approvals fall across Australia

Higher apartment approvals drive rise in dwellings excluding houses

Non-residential approvals drive rise in value

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