Dwelling Approvals Up In May: Australia

The total number of dwellings approved rose 3.2 per cent in May to 15,212, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said: 'Private dwellings excluding houses rose 11.3 per cent in May, driving the overall increase in dwellings approved.'

'Private sector houses had a smaller increase, rising 0.5 per cent.'

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

	Total dwellings	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
May-10	14,982	9,287	4,474
Jun-10	14,485	9,129	4,594
Jul-10	15,269	8,910	5,509
Aug-10	15,244	8,698	5,429
Sep-10	13,647	8,461	4,443
Oct-10	15,582	8,584	6,212
Nov-10	14,212	8,395	5,202
Dec-10	14,863	8,466	5,682
Jan-11	13,299	8,330	4,581
Feb-11	12,978	8,297	4,345
Mar-11	13,986	8,201	5,313
Apr-11	13,913	8,162	5,515
May-11	12,797	8,023	4,515
Jun-11	12,655	7,979	4,316
Jul-11	13,123	7,685	4,991
Aug-11	14,766	7,764	6,563
Sep-11	12,356	7,776	4,331
Oct-11	11,426	7,267	3,957
Nov-11	11,704	7,618	3,874
Dec-11	11,755	7,692	3,930
Jan-12	11,274	7,811	3,241
Feb-12	11,694	7,352	4,185
Mar-12	11,779	7,515	4,082
Apr-12	10,968	6,819	4,050
May-12	13,940	7,290	6,545
Jun-12	14,976	7,294	7,494
Jul-12	11,810	7,693	3,874
Aug-12	13,209	7,694	5,371
Sep-12	15,448	7,932	7,328
Oct-12	14,146	7,825	5,844
Nov-12	13,966	7,715	6,005
Dec-12	14,010	7,758	6,039
Jan-13	12,647	7,802	4,642
Feb-13	13,808	7,776	5,376
Mar-13	13,340	7,974	5,125
Apr-13	15,024	8,160	6,603
May-13	14,217	8,370	5,432
Jun-13	13,788	8,272	5,179
Jul-13	15,018	8,539	6,230
Aug-13	15,047	8,418	6,314
Sep-13	18,613	8,677	9,620
Oct-13	17,487	8,713	8,512
Nov-13	17,353	9,255	7,781
Dec-13	17,036	9,073	7,707
Jan-14	17,727	10,202	7,173
Feb-14	16,913	9,751	6,941
Mar-14	16,056	9,368	6,413
Apr-14	16,268	9,757	6,177
May-14	16,815	9,787	6,802
Jun-14	16,699	9,673	6,747
Jul-14	16,944	9,766	6,957
Aug-14	18,632	9,718	8,622
Sep-14	16,495	9,549	6,706
Oct-14	18,008	9,865	7,948
Nov-14	20,369	9,844	10,274
Dec-14	20,104	9,716	9,956
Jan-15	20,042	9,929	9,629
Feb-15	19,824	9,718	9,764
Mar-15	20,823	9,625	10,869
Apr-15	18,996	9,559	9,114
May-15	20,841	9,568	10,973
Jun-15	19,365	9,916	9,212
Jul-15	19,670	9,747	9,058
Aug-15	19,457	10,097	9,172
Sep-15	20,259	9,808	10,145
Oct-15	21,619	9,750	11,610
Nov-15	18,833	9,668	9,083
Dec-15	20,078	10,252	9,656
Jan-16	18,769	9,815	8,646
Feb-16	19,899	9,843	9,746
Mar-16	20,555	10,218	10,126
Apr-16	20,827	10,028	10,598
May-16	20,295	10,032	9,949
Jun-16	18,623	9,661	8,801
Jul-16	21,396	9,608	11,570
Aug-16	22,001	9,704	11,817
Sep-16	19,284	9,795	9,321
Oct-16	16,589	9,572	6,692
Nov-16	18,422	9,629	8,483
Dec-16	18,410	9,396	8,864
Jan-17	17,024	9,141	7,658
Feb-17	19,074	9,446	9,410
Mar-17	16,474	9,319	6,918
Apr-17	18,193	9,490	8,470
May-17	16,941	9,811	6,973
Jun-17	18,811	9,970	8,638
Jul-17	19,181	10,220	8,651
Aug-17	19,363	10,220	8,943
Sep-17	19,691	10,111	9,330
Oct-17	19,699	10,159	9,196
Nov-17	23,108	10,063	12,878
Dec-17	17,854	10,204	7,475
Jan-18	19,411	9,803	9,316
Feb-18	19,260	10,278	8,691
Mar-18	19,756	10,484	9,104
Apr-18	18,409	10,624	7,587
May-18	17,857	9,934	7,771
Jun-18	19,618	10,252	9,085
Jul-18	18,559	10,149	8,188
Aug-18	16,485	9,946	6,335
Sep-18	16,758	9,611	6,816
Oct-18	17,192	10,068	6,946
Nov-18	15,169	9,367	5,670
Dec-18	14,209	9,070	5,002
Jan-19	14,513	9,237	5,032
Feb-19	16,668	8,934	7,624
Mar-19	15,188	8,578	6,373
Apr-19	14,408	8,599	5,681
May-19	14,421	8,804	5,384
Jun-19	14,874	8,900	5,734
Jul-19	13,460	8,624	4,621
Aug-19	13,860	8,475	5,264
Sep-19	14,727	8,769	5,811
Oct-19	14,260	8,232	5,813
Nov-19	14,975	8,491	6,302
Dec-19	15,911	8,662	7,064
Jan-20	13,340	8,539	4,657
Feb-20	16,376	8,698	7,523
Mar-20	15,472	8,648	6,600
Apr-20	14,862	8,819	5,670
May-20	13,403	8,854	4,251
Jun-20	12,988	8,429	4,195
Jul-20	15,145	9,214	5,678
Aug-20	14,465	9,504	4,749
Sep-20	16,172	10,542	5,193
Oct-20	17,469	11,133	5,940
Nov-20	17,892	11,527	5,965
Dec-20	18,958	13,198	5,527
Jan-21	17,068	11,986	4,701
Feb-21	20,079	13,935	5,743
Mar-21	22,946	14,196	8,295
Apr-21	20,159	13,512	6,396
May-21	20,567	13,699	6,601
Jun-21	19,837	12,569	6,894
Jul-21	18,742	12,321	6,181
Aug-21	19,281	11,913	7,083
Sep-21	18,661	10,725	7,729
Oct-21	16,377	10,432	5,353
Nov-21	16,539	10,398	5,915
Dec-21	17,052	10,129	6,668
Jan-22	14,126	9,539	4,351
Feb-22	18,639	9,772	7,907
Mar-22	14,927	9,718	4,890
Apr-22	15,790	9,761	5,873
May-22	16,445	9,633	6,487
Jun-22	16,492	9,679	6,465
Jul-22	14,246	9,687	4,367
Aug-22	17,434	9,957	7,236
Sep-22	16,954	9,404	7,333
Oct-22	15,413	9,182	5,766
Nov-22	14,960	8,990	5,620
Dec-22	16,787	8,784	7,849
Jan-23	13,018	8,561	4,283
Feb-23	13,698	8,664	4,776
Mar-23	13,197	8,352	4,600
Apr-23	12,805	8,249	4,339
May-23	15,203	8,142	6,838
Jun-23	13,824	8,158	5,173
Jul-23	12,927	8,107	4,616
Aug-23	13,363	8,518	4,652
Sep-23	13,894	8,343	5,324
Oct-23	14,561	8,816	5,549
Nov-23	14,501	8,632	5,664
Dec-23	13,586	8,845	4,317
Jan-24	13,692	8,340	5,112
Feb-24	13,309	8,759	4,209
Mar-24	13,392	9,104	4,126
Apr-24	13,643	8,926	4,421
May-24	14,289	9,146	4,979
Jun-24	13,423	9,112	4,086
Jul-24	14,804	9,192	5,364
Aug-24	14,223	9,324	4,594
Sep-24	15,082	9,552	4,960
Oct-24	15,786	9,237	6,078
Nov-24	15,411	9,184	5,526
Dec-24	15,560	9,018	6,297
Jan-25	16,749	9,169	7,296
Feb-25	16,543	9,206	7,084
Mar-25	15,365	8,884	6,180
Apr-25	14,736	9,408	5,005
May-25	15,212	9,454	5,571

Victoria drives private sector houses higher

The 0.5 per cent rise in private sector house approvals (to 9,454 dwellings) followed a 5.9 per cent rise in April. The May rise brought private house approvals up to the highest level since October 2024.

'Victoria had a strong month for private sector house approvals, with the state up 9.5 per cent.' Mr Rossi said.

'The rise in Victoria was mostly offset by a 7.6 per cent drop in Western Australia and a 5.4 per cent fall in New South Wales.'

Apartment approvals rise in May

The 11.3 per cent rise in private sector dwellings excluding houses (to 5,571 dwellings) followed a 19.0 per cent fall in April. The result is 11.9 per cent higher than one year ago.

In original terms, approvals for apartments rose 40.1 per cent, driving the overall rise in the series.

New South Wales had the largest increase in apartment approvals with 2,274 apartments approved in May, compared with 672 in April.

Dwellings approved, by state, seasonally adjusted (a)

	Private sector houses	Total dwelling units approved
New South Wales	1,874	4,167
Victoria	2,821	4,569
Queensland	2,138	3,018
South Australia	887	1,265
Western Australia	1,476	1,893

(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 drives fall in value

The value of total building approved fell 8.6 per cent in May to $15.45 billion, following an 6.1 per cent rise in April.

The overall drop in value was driven by a 22.4 per cent fall in non-residential building approved to $6.16b. This followed a rise of 14.7 per cent in April.

Despite the fall, the value of non-residential building approved is 5.8 per cent higher than May 2024. The second highest value for this series was last month in April.

The value of total residential building rose 3.6 per cent to $9.28 billion. This is the third highest value of total residential building recorded.

'The value of approved residential alterations and additions reached an all-time high in May, up 3.2 per cent to $1.22 billion.' Mr Rossi said.

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Victoria drives private sector houses higher

Apartment approvals rise in May

Non-residential approvals drives fall in value

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