Dwelling Approvals Rise In February: Australia

The total number of dwellings approved rose 29.7 per cent in February to 19,022, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said: 'The rise in total dwellings approved was driven by a 101.2 per cent rise in private dwellings excluding houses. This follows a 25.0 per cent fall in private dwellings excluding houses in January and a 29.7 per cent fall in December.

'There have been a total of 195,434 dwellings approved, in original terms, over the past 12 months. This is a 9.0 per cent increase on the 12 months prior to that.'

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

	Total dwellings	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
Feb-11	12,980	8,298	4,346
Mar-11	13,982	8,196	5,313
Apr-11	13,912	8,161	5,516
May-11	12,799	8,025	4,514
Jun-11	12,656	7,979	4,317
Jul-11	13,121	7,683	4,991
Aug-11	14,762	7,760	6,563
Sep-11	12,367	7,786	4,333
Oct-11	11,421	7,262	3,957
Nov-11	11,694	7,612	3,870
Dec-11	11,760	7,696	3,932
Jan-12	11,277	7,815	3,241
Feb-12	11,689	7,347	4,185
Mar-12	11,781	7,515	4,085
Apr-12	10,967	6,818	4,050
May-12	13,939	7,289	6,545
Jun-12	14,980	7,295	7,496
Jul-12	11,809	7,694	3,873
Aug-12	13,216	7,699	5,373
Sep-12	15,441	7,923	7,330
Oct-12	14,143	7,822	5,843
Nov-12	13,970	7,723	6,000
Dec-12	14,007	7,754	6,040
Jan-13	12,647	7,803	4,641
Feb-13	13,809	7,777	5,377
Mar-13	13,342	7,973	5,129
Apr-13	15,021	8,158	6,601
May-13	14,219	8,371	5,433
Jun-13	13,786	8,269	5,180
Jul-13	15,011	8,536	6,226
Aug-13	15,053	8,421	6,317
Sep-13	18,614	8,675	9,623
Oct-13	17,484	8,712	8,510
Nov-13	17,341	9,254	7,770
Dec-13	17,040	9,079	7,706
Jan-14	17,732	10,205	7,174
Feb-14	16,920	9,751	6,948
Mar-14	16,059	9,365	6,419
Apr-14	16,253	9,751	6,168
May-14	16,817	9,786	6,805
Jun-14	16,705	9,673	6,752
Jul-14	16,925	9,762	6,941
Aug-14	18,648	9,722	8,634
Sep-14	16,494	9,549	6,704
Oct-14	18,011	9,864	7,952
Nov-14	20,341	9,840	10,252
Dec-14	20,096	9,719	9,945
Jan-15	20,051	9,931	9,636
Feb-15	19,831	9,718	9,771
Mar-15	20,836	9,628	10,880
Apr-15	19,003	9,572	9,108
May-15	20,857	9,562	10,996
Jun-15	19,359	9,919	9,202
Jul-15	19,659	9,743	9,051
Aug-15	19,470	10,105	9,177
Sep-15	20,238	9,807	10,125
Oct-15	21,615	9,746	11,611
Nov-15	18,844	9,669	9,093
Dec-15	20,053	10,249	9,634
Jan-16	18,808	9,824	8,677
Feb-16	19,926	9,847	9,769
Mar-16	20,524	10,214	10,099
Apr-16	20,847	10,030	10,617
May-16	20,291	10,017	9,960
Jun-16	18,605	9,662	8,780
Jul-16	21,413	9,609	11,587
Aug-16	21,979	9,715	11,778
Sep-16	19,297	9,788	9,341
Oct-16	16,590	9,571	6,695
Nov-16	18,370	9,629	8,431
Dec-16	18,415	9,393	8,871
Jan-17	17,031	9,148	7,659
Feb-17	19,084	9,444	9,421
Mar-17	16,483	9,316	6,929
Apr-17	18,233	9,498	8,504
May-17	16,903	9,797	6,949
Jun-17	18,825	9,961	8,660
Jul-17	19,207	10,234	8,663
Aug-17	19,341	10,232	8,907
Sep-17	19,666	10,115	9,301
Oct-17	19,667	10,136	9,191
Nov-17	23,059	10,063	12,829
Dec-17	17,907	10,203	7,529
Jan-18	19,358	9,824	9,242
Feb-18	19,271	10,274	8,706
Mar-18	19,833	10,500	9,164
Apr-18	18,461	10,638	7,628
May-18	17,801	9,890	7,757
Jun-18	19,647	10,266	9,102
Jul-18	18,510	10,120	8,169
Aug-18	16,513	9,981	6,320
Sep-18	16,752	9,618	6,800
Oct-18	17,101	10,049	6,876
Nov-18	15,172	9,349	5,690
Dec-18	14,283	9,098	5,048
Jan-19	14,497	9,228	5,028
Feb-19	16,678	8,927	7,639
Mar-19	15,279	8,597	6,444
Apr-19	14,389	8,598	5,665
May-19	14,398	8,775	5,392
Jun-19	14,957	8,908	5,808
Jul-19	13,392	8,609	4,567
Aug-19	13,944	8,532	5,292
Sep-19	14,626	8,778	5,700
Oct-19	14,181	8,183	5,785
Nov-19	15,004	8,499	6,324
Dec-19	15,923	8,647	7,093
Jan-20	13,351	8,548	4,657
Feb-20	16,452	8,716	7,582
Mar-20	15,482	8,657	6,601
Apr-20	14,903	8,846	5,684
May-20	13,432	8,824	4,315
Jun-20	12,941	8,424	4,158
Jul-20	15,065	9,160	5,650
Aug-20	14,639	9,643	4,778
Sep-20	16,128	10,529	5,062
Oct-20	17,460	11,072	6,011
Nov-20	17,847	11,538	5,915
Dec-20	18,941	13,160	5,550
Jan-21	17,190	11,984	4,801
Feb-21	20,059	13,921	5,736
Mar-21	23,040	14,308	8,272
Apr-21	20,164	13,477	6,439
May-21	20,705	13,744	6,699
Jun-21	19,796	12,558	6,863
Jul-21	18,647	12,184	6,219
Aug-21	19,400	12,056	7,055
Sep-21	18,319	10,741	7,360
Oct-21	16,422	10,360	5,478
Nov-21	16,449	10,389	5,837
Dec-21	17,086	10,117	6,707
Jan-22	14,285	9,605	4,450
Feb-22	18,631	9,748	7,920
Mar-22	15,024	9,753	4,944
Apr-22	15,855	9,742	5,958
May-22	16,410	9,600	6,491
Jun-22	16,527	9,724	6,442
Jul-22	14,229	9,605	4,433
Aug-22	17,634	10,123	7,274
Sep-22	16,347	9,336	6,844
Oct-22	15,640	9,210	5,934
Nov-22	14,912	8,952	5,620
Dec-22	16,922	8,761	8,007
Jan-23	13,058	8,517	4,413
Feb-23	13,639	8,617	4,757
Mar-23	13,375	8,419	4,661
Apr-23	12,932	8,223	4,481
May-23	15,185	8,164	6,808
Jun-23	13,905	8,170	5,241
Jul-23	12,873	8,071	4,597
Aug-23	13,702	8,753	4,753
Sep-23	13,677	8,326	5,123
Oct-23	14,586	8,767	5,628
Nov-23	14,466	8,673	5,605
Dec-23	13,875	8,903	4,466
Jan-24	13,862	8,420	5,206
Feb-24	13,249	8,699	4,186
Mar-24	13,673	9,271	4,237
Apr-24	13,597	8,876	4,423
May-24	14,360	9,151	5,048
Jun-24	13,496	9,215	4,060
Jul-24	15,182	9,423	5,499
Aug-24	14,649	9,499	4,796
Sep-24	14,915	9,651	4,642
Oct-24	16,182	9,176	6,484
Nov-24	15,360	9,172	5,453
Dec-24	15,579	8,957	6,351
Jan-25	17,290	9,103	7,889
Feb-25	16,690	9,279	7,160
Mar-25	15,798	9,083	6,377
Apr-25	14,986	9,433	5,220
May-25	15,481	9,312	5,925
Jun-25	17,589	9,142	8,044
Jul-25	16,090	9,456	6,005
Aug-25	15,394	9,177	5,865
Sep-25	17,200	9,456	7,396
Oct-25	16,039	9,409	6,286
Nov-25	18,423	9,547	8,410
Dec-25	15,800	9,665	5,913
Jan-26	14,669	9,831	4,434
Feb-26	19,022	9,847	8,922

Private sector house approvals mixed across the states

Private sector house approvals rose 0.2 per cent to 9,847 dwellings. This is 6.1 per cent higher than one year ago.

'New South Wales recorded the largest rise in private sector house approvals, up 13.7 per cent to the highest level since December 2023,' Mr Rossi said. 'In contrast, Queensland had the largest fall in February, down 13.4 per cent.'

Apartment and townhouse approvals rise in February

Private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 101.2 per cent to 8,922 dwellings in February.

In original terms, apartment approvals rose 191.2 per cent to 5,398 dwellings. This is 29.8 per cent higher than one year ago.

Townhouse approvals also rose in February, up 73.8 per cent to 2,981 dwellings, after a 38.7 per cent fall in January.

Dwellings approved, by state (a), seasonally adjusted

	Private sector houses	Total dwelling units approved
New South Wales	2,165	4,332
Victoria	2,894	6,087
Queensland	1,849	3,890
South Australia	872	1,306
Western Australia	1,801	2,563

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

Residential building drives rise in approved value

The value of total building approved rose 14.4 per cent in February to $20.43 billion, after a 7.8 per cent rise last month.

Residential buildings drove the overall rise in building value, rising by 30.8 per cent (to $12.50b) to reach a new record high. The result was comprised of a 35.9 per cent rise in new residential building (to $11.21 billion) and a 1.2 per cent fall in alterations and additions (to $1.29 billion).

The value of non-residential building fell 4.4 per cent to $7.93 billion, after a 19.5 per cent rise in January.

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Private sector house approvals mixed across the states

Apartment and townhouse approvals rise in February

Residential building drives rise in approved value

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