Dwelling Approvals Fall In October: Australia

The total number of dwellings approved fell 6.4 per cent in October to 15,832, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said: 'The October fall in dwellings was driven by a 13.1 per cent drop in approvals for private dwellings excluding houses. This result follows a 25.0 per cent rise in this series in September.

'Private sector houses also fell 2.1 per cent, to 9,251 dwellings, after a 3.2 per cent rise in September.'

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

	Total dwellings	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
Oct-10	15,583	8,584	6,212
Nov-10	14,210	8,396	5,199
Dec-10	14,868	8,470	5,682
Jan-11	13,294	8,326	4,580
Feb-11	12,980	8,298	4,346
Mar-11	13,981	8,196	5,313
Apr-11	13,912	8,161	5,515
May-11	12,800	8,025	4,515
Jun-11	12,655	7,980	4,316
Jul-11	13,121	7,683	4,991
Aug-11	14,762	7,760	6,563
Sep-11	12,367	7,786	4,332
Oct-11	11,421	7,262	3,957
Nov-11	11,695	7,612	3,871
Dec-11	11,760	7,697	3,931
Jan-12	11,277	7,815	3,240
Feb-12	11,689	7,347	4,185
Mar-12	11,780	7,514	4,084
Apr-12	10,968	6,819	4,050
May-12	13,940	7,289	6,545
Jun-12	14,978	7,295	7,494
Jul-12	11,810	7,694	3,874
Aug-12	13,216	7,699	5,373
Sep-12	15,441	7,923	7,330
Oct-12	14,144	7,822	5,844
Nov-12	13,970	7,723	6,000
Dec-12	14,008	7,754	6,040
Jan-13	12,646	7,803	4,640
Feb-13	13,810	7,777	5,377
Mar-13	13,339	7,972	5,127
Apr-13	15,022	8,159	6,602
May-13	14,220	8,371	5,434
Jun-13	13,785	8,269	5,179
Jul-13	15,013	8,536	6,228
Aug-13	15,051	8,421	6,315
Sep-13	18,615	8,675	9,624
Oct-13	17,486	8,712	8,513
Nov-13	17,341	9,254	7,770
Dec-13	17,044	9,079	7,708
Jan-14	17,726	10,205	7,169
Feb-14	16,919	9,752	6,947
Mar-14	16,057	9,365	6,418
Apr-14	16,256	9,751	6,170
May-14	16,817	9,785	6,806
Jun-14	16,704	9,674	6,751
Jul-14	16,930	9,762	6,946
Aug-14	18,644	9,723	8,629
Sep-14	16,496	9,549	6,706
Oct-14	18,011	9,864	7,952
Nov-14	20,348	9,839	10,259
Dec-14	20,101	9,720	9,949
Jan-15	20,038	9,931	9,623
Feb-15	19,822	9,718	9,762
Mar-15	20,844	9,628	10,888
Apr-15	18,998	9,574	9,101
May-15	20,860	9,560	11,001
Jun-15	19,360	9,919	9,204
Jul-15	19,660	9,742	9,053
Aug-15	19,466	10,105	9,173
Sep-15	20,239	9,807	10,127
Oct-15	21,616	9,746	11,612
Nov-15	18,864	9,669	9,114
Dec-15	20,053	10,247	9,635
Jan-16	18,795	9,827	8,661
Feb-16	19,906	9,847	9,749
Mar-16	20,532	10,214	10,107
Apr-16	20,844	10,037	10,606
May-16	20,296	10,014	9,969
Jun-16	18,600	9,661	8,776
Jul-16	21,421	9,606	11,598
Aug-16	21,970	9,717	11,773
Sep-16	19,302	9,789	9,346
Oct-16	16,588	9,571	6,692
Nov-16	18,394	9,628	8,457
Dec-16	18,412	9,391	8,871
Jan-17	17,038	9,152	7,662
Feb-17	19,060	9,444	9,398
Mar-17	16,490	9,318	6,934
Apr-17	18,226	9,505	8,488
May-17	16,904	9,798	6,949
Jun-17	18,833	9,957	8,672
Jul-17	19,202	10,230	8,662
Aug-17	19,338	10,228	8,910
Sep-17	19,638	10,119	9,270
Oct-17	19,695	10,138	9,217
Nov-17	23,070	10,056	12,846
Dec-17	17,910	10,201	7,533
Jan-18	19,351	9,841	9,217
Feb-18	19,244	10,272	8,681
Mar-18	19,826	10,502	9,155
Apr-18	18,477	10,653	7,626
May-18	17,784	9,876	7,755
Jun-18	19,654	10,268	9,103
Jul-18	18,521	10,114	8,185
Aug-18	16,518	9,978	6,336
Sep-18	16,722	9,614	6,779
Oct-18	17,121	10,066	6,879
Nov-18	15,190	9,335	5,722
Dec-18	14,273	9,100	5,036
Jan-19	14,473	9,210	5,020
Feb-19	16,653	8,924	7,618
Mar-19	15,294	8,612	6,445
Apr-19	14,397	8,616	5,654
May-19	14,399	8,771	5,397
Jun-19	14,950	8,889	5,820
Jul-19	13,418	8,631	4,572
Aug-19	13,938	8,512	5,305
Sep-19	14,622	8,791	5,685
Oct-19	14,192	8,167	5,811
Nov-19	15,034	8,499	6,353
Dec-19	15,934	8,647	7,104
Jan-20	13,351	8,556	4,649
Feb-20	16,407	8,709	7,542
Mar-20	15,507	8,677	6,608
Apr-20	14,901	8,838	5,684
May-20	13,425	8,814	4,319
Jun-20	12,960	8,436	4,161
Jul-20	15,094	9,178	5,661
Aug-20	14,618	9,630	4,776
Sep-20	15,992	10,530	5,026
Oct-20	17,484	11,055	6,036
Nov-20	17,929	11,544	5,985
Dec-20	18,924	13,125	5,566
Jan-21	17,129	11,989	4,760
Feb-21	20,053	13,920	5,730
Mar-21	23,135	14,402	8,275
Apr-21	20,133	13,462	6,418
May-21	20,715	13,763	6,691
Jun-21	19,825	12,554	6,896
Jul-21	18,639	12,198	6,201
Aug-21	19,347	11,985	7,078
Sep-21	18,195	10,709	7,279
Oct-21	16,452	10,365	5,495
Nov-21	16,485	10,384	5,878
Dec-21	17,131	10,151	6,721
Jan-22	14,247	9,636	4,377
Feb-22	18,603	9,757	7,885
Mar-22	14,944	9,718	4,911
Apr-22	15,879	9,772	5,948
May-22	16,387	9,574	6,493
Jun-22	16,568	9,727	6,476
Jul-22	14,188	9,593	4,402
Aug-22	17,664	10,138	7,284
Sep-22	16,341	9,292	6,830
Oct-22	15,559	9,222	5,865
Nov-22	14,962	8,954	5,660
Dec-22	16,892	8,762	7,977
Jan-23	12,970	8,540	4,257
Feb-23	13,663	8,650	4,755
Mar-23	13,342	8,436	4,667
Apr-23	12,844	8,219	4,403
May-23	15,311	8,192	6,912
Jun-23	13,805	8,158	5,152
Jul-23	12,909	8,105	4,601
Aug-23	13,434	8,541	4,700
Sep-23	13,587	8,273	5,088
Oct-23	14,575	8,754	5,627
Nov-23	14,535	8,638	5,697
Dec-23	13,665	8,854	4,402
Jan-24	13,778	8,428	5,115
Feb-24	13,175	8,680	4,168
Mar-24	13,531	9,149	4,218
Apr-24	13,602	8,894	4,401
May-24	14,403	9,162	5,081
Jun-24	13,498	9,181	4,087
Jul-24	15,172	9,435	5,493
Aug-24	14,483	9,398	4,783
Sep-24	14,714	9,492	4,637
Oct-24	16,121	9,134	6,469
Nov-24	15,481	9,198	5,585
Dec-24	15,525	8,977	6,309
Jan-25	17,006	9,139	7,604
Feb-25	16,670	9,263	7,156
Mar-25	15,697	9,128	6,266
Apr-25	14,979	9,438	5,202
May-25	15,402	9,314	5,844
Jun-25	17,589	9,186	8,053
Jul-25	15,794	9,254	5,922
Aug-25	15,217	9,156	5,758
Sep-25	16,911	9,446	7,196
Oct-25	15,832	9,251	6,253

Victoria leads fall in private sector house approvals

'Private sector house approvals fell in most states. Victoria had the largest fall, down 6.6 per cent, after a 4.7 per cent rise in September.' Mr Rossi said.

'The exception was Queensland, where private sector house approvals rose 2.7 per cent.'

Despite October's fall, house approvals are 1.3 per cent higher than in October 2024.

Apartment approvals fall after strong September

Private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 13.1 per cent (to 6,253 dwellings) in October, after a 25.0 per cent September gain. The result is 3.3 per cent lower than one year ago.

In original terms, approved apartments fell 39.2 per cent (to 3,397 dwellings), following a rise in September (5,589 dwellings). This is 13.8 per cent lower than the average of the past twelve months.

Townhouse approvals rose in October, up 16.4 per cent (to 3,075 dwellings) in original terms, after a 5.6 per cent rise last month, to be 13.7 per cent higher than the average over the past twelve months.

Dwellings approved, by state, seasonally adjusted (a)

	Private sector houses	Total dwelling units approved
New South Wales	1,872	3,705
Victoria	2,638	4,212
Queensland	1,985	3,335
South Australia	837	1,256
Western Australia	1,621	2,390

(a) Seasonally adjusted estimates are not published for NT and ACT for all dwelling types. Private sector houses are not published for Tasmania.

Residential building value drives total value fall

The value of total building approved fell 2.8 per cent in October to $16.16 billion, after a drop of 3.7 per cent last month.

Driving the fall was total residential building which fell 11.8 per cent (to $9.03 billion) from an all-time high in September. The result was comprised of a 13.7 per cent decrease in new residential building (to $7.85 billion) and a 3.5 per cent rise in alterations and additions (to $1.18 billion).

In contrast, the value of non-residential building rose 11.6 per cent (to $7.13 billion), after a 19.2 per cent fall in September. The result is 32.4 per cent higher than one year ago.

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Victoria leads fall in private sector house approvals

Apartment approvals fall after strong September

Residential building value drives total value fall

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