Total Approvals Fall In January: Australia

The total number of dwellings approved fell 7.2 per cent in January to 14,564, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Daniel Rossi, ABS head of construction statistics, said: 'The drop in total dwellings approved was driven by a 24.5 per cent fall in private dwellings excluding houses.

'This is the second consecutive fall in private dwellings excluding houses, following a 30.7 per cent drop in December.'

Dwelling units approved, by building type, seasonally adjusted

	Total dwellings	Private sector houses	Private sector dwellings excluding houses
Jan-11	13,294	8,326	4,580
Feb-11	12,980	8,298	4,346
Mar-11	13,981	8,196	5,314
Apr-11	13,912	8,161	5,515
May-11	12,800	8,025	4,515
Jun-11	12,656	7,980	4,316
Jul-11	13,121	7,682	4,990
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	3,870
Dec-11	11,761	7,697	3,931
Jan-12	11,278	7,815	3,241
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	6,546
Jun-12	14,979	7,295	7,496
Jul-12	11,809	7,694	3,873
Aug-12	13,216	7,699	5,373
Sep-12	15,438	7,923	7,327
Oct-12	14,143	7,822	5,843
Nov-12	13,970	7,723	6,000
Dec-12	14,007	7,755	6,039
Jan-13	12,650	7,804	4,644
Feb-13	13,810	7,777	5,377
Mar-13	13,340	7,972	5,128
Apr-13	15,022	8,159	6,602
May-13	14,219	8,371	5,433
Jun-13	13,786	8,269	5,180
Jul-13	15,012	8,536	6,227
Aug-13	15,053	8,421	6,317
Sep-13	18,608	8,675	9,617
Oct-13	17,485	8,712	8,511
Nov-13	17,341	9,254	7,770
Dec-13	17,041	9,080	7,705
Jan-14	17,741	10,206	7,183
Feb-14	16,917	9,752	6,945
Mar-14	16,058	9,364	6,419
Apr-14	16,255	9,751	6,169
May-14	16,816	9,786	6,804
Jun-14	16,706	9,673	6,753
Jul-14	16,929	9,762	6,944
Aug-14	18,648	9,722	8,634
Sep-14	16,486	9,549	6,696
Oct-14	18,010	9,864	7,950
Nov-14	20,344	9,840	10,255
Dec-14	20,097	9,721	9,944
Jan-15	20,070	9,933	9,654
Feb-15	19,822	9,718	9,762
Mar-15	20,840	9,627	10,885
Apr-15	18,995	9,568	9,104
May-15	20,860	9,562	10,999
Jun-15	19,361	9,919	9,204
Jul-15	19,660	9,743	9,052
Aug-15	19,472	10,105	9,179
Sep-15	20,228	9,807	10,115
Oct-15	21,615	9,746	11,610
Nov-15	18,846	9,669	9,095
Dec-15	20,043	10,250	9,623
Jan-16	18,848	9,826	8,714
Feb-16	19,913	9,847	9,756
Mar-16	20,521	10,214	10,096
Apr-16	20,846	10,027	10,619
May-16	20,297	10,018	9,966
Jun-16	18,601	9,662	8,776
Jul-16	21,429	9,609	11,603
Aug-16	21,977	9,716	11,774
Sep-16	19,300	9,788	9,344
Oct-16	16,590	9,572	6,693
Nov-16	18,368	9,629	8,429
Dec-16	18,409	9,394	8,865
Jan-17	17,063	9,151	7,688
Feb-17	19,067	9,444	9,405
Mar-17	16,490	9,317	6,934
Apr-17	18,225	9,494	8,500
May-17	16,897	9,797	6,942
Jun-17	18,841	9,958	8,678
Jul-17	19,214	10,237	8,668
Aug-17	19,328	10,234	8,893
Sep-17	19,641	10,114	9,277
Oct-17	19,687	10,137	9,209
Nov-17	23,037	10,063	12,807
Dec-17	17,910	10,203	7,532
Jan-18	19,383	9,827	9,264
Feb-18	19,251	10,273	8,687
Mar-18	19,835	10,502	9,164
Apr-18	18,482	10,633	7,654
May-18	17,785	9,890	7,742
Jun-18	19,646	10,261	9,106
Jul-18	18,535	10,125	8,190
Aug-18	16,516	9,985	6,323
Sep-18	16,737	9,616	6,788
Oct-18	17,096	10,051	6,868
Nov-18	15,185	9,348	5,704
Dec-18	14,275	9,097	5,041
Jan-19	14,510	9,231	5,038
Feb-19	16,657	8,927	7,619
Mar-19	15,290	8,599	6,454
Apr-19	14,392	8,595	5,672
May-19	14,400	8,775	5,394
Jun-19	14,950	8,902	5,807
Jul-19	13,398	8,615	4,567
Aug-19	13,946	8,537	5,290
Sep-19	14,642	8,775	5,719
Oct-19	14,162	8,184	5,763
Nov-19	14,988	8,496	6,311
Dec-19	15,935	8,646	7,107
Jan-20	13,380	8,550	4,683
Feb-20	16,410	8,715	7,542
Mar-20	15,508	8,659	6,626
Apr-20	14,893	8,844	5,676
May-20	13,434	8,820	4,322
Jun-20	12,942	8,421	4,164
Jul-20	15,074	9,168	5,651
Aug-20	14,638	9,648	4,776
Sep-20	16,097	10,526	5,029
Oct-20	17,457	11,071	6,004
Nov-20	17,855	11,533	5,930
Dec-20	18,905	13,159	5,514
Jan-21	17,222	11,976	4,837
Feb-21	20,054	13,918	5,736
Mar-21	23,059	14,325	8,275
Apr-21	20,150	13,470	6,434
May-21	20,706	13,743	6,703
Jun-21	19,805	12,558	6,871
Jul-21	18,649	12,194	6,213
Aug-21	19,426	12,061	7,078
Sep-21	18,267	10,733	7,314
Oct-21	16,416	10,350	5,476
Nov-21	16,462	10,386	5,853
Dec-21	17,045	10,117	6,666
Jan-22	14,341	9,608	4,498
Feb-22	18,609	9,746	7,903
Mar-22	15,033	9,758	4,948
Apr-22	15,847	9,743	5,948
May-22	16,435	9,596	6,523
Jun-22	16,507	9,731	6,421
Jul-22	14,236	9,615	4,430
Aug-22	17,660	10,139	7,281
Sep-22	16,309	9,314	6,828
Oct-22	15,624	9,206	5,919
Nov-22	14,951	8,950	5,660
Dec-22	16,857	8,749	7,955
Jan-23	13,192	8,523	4,537
Feb-23	13,661	8,618	4,790
Mar-23	13,352	8,424	4,636
Apr-23	12,920	8,218	4,473
May-23	15,227	8,174	6,840
Jun-23	13,895	8,170	5,230
Jul-23	12,895	8,099	4,591
Aug-23	13,707	8,751	4,758
Sep-23	13,634	8,299	5,103
Oct-23	14,600	8,760	5,647
Nov-23	14,470	8,671	5,602
Dec-23	13,808	8,880	4,427
Jan-24	13,965	8,438	5,273
Feb-24	13,220	8,706	4,190
Mar-24	13,659	9,259	4,236
Apr-24	13,625	8,889	4,436
May-24	14,338	9,148	5,031
Jun-24	13,495	9,213	4,061
Jul-24	15,193	9,446	5,503
Aug-24	14,565	9,484	4,762
Sep-24	14,824	9,556	4,668
Oct-24	16,160	9,194	6,454
Nov-24	15,304	9,174	5,427
Dec-24	15,527	8,975	6,289
Jan-25	17,268	9,110	7,866
Feb-25	16,748	9,276	7,258
Mar-25	15,788	9,097	6,370
Apr-25	14,977	9,441	5,217
May-25	15,443	9,335	5,865
Jun-25	17,608	9,149	8,067
Jul-25	15,950	9,372	5,951
Aug-25	15,257	9,233	5,681
Sep-25	17,114	9,443	7,348
Oct-25	15,901	9,402	6,161
Nov-25	18,435	9,531	8,405
Dec-25	15,693	9,649	5,822
Jan-26	14,564	9,753	4,393

Private sector house approvals mixed across the states

Private sector house approvals rose 1.1 per cent to 9,753 dwellings. This is 7.1 per cent higher than one year ago.

'Western Australia had recorded the largest rise in January, up 11.5 per cent, to reach the highest level since May 2021,' Mr Rossi said.

'In contrast, South Australia had the largest fall, down 8.9 per cent.'

Apartment and townhouse approvals fall in January

In original terms, apartment approvals fell by almost half to 1,819 dwellings. This is a larger fall than in December and 60.1 per cent lower than a year earlier.

Townhouse approvals also fell in January, down 39.2 per cent (to 1,684 dwellings), after a 3.5 per cent fall in December. This is 11.0 per cent lower than a year earlier.

'We often see a drop in approvals in January with many people on holiday or taking annual leave,' Mr Rossi said.

'This is evident in original numbers which do not account for seasonal effects.'

Dwellings approved, by state, seasonally adjusted (a)

	Private sector houses	Total dwelling units approved
New South Wales	1,900	3,907
Victoria	2,626	3,200
Queensland	2,172	3,489
South Australia	826	1,162
Western Australia	1,896	2,410

(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 building drives rise in approved value

The value of total building approved rose 7.3 per cent in January to $17.71 billion, after a 11.4 per cent fall last month.

Driving the overall value rise was non-residential building which was up 19.1 per cent to $8.24b after a 5.2 per cent fall in December.

Total residential building fell 1.2 per cent (to $9.48 billion). The result was comprised of a 1.6 per cent fall in new residential building (to $8.21 billion) and a 1.6 per cent rise in alterations and additions (to $1.27 billion).

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Private sector house approvals mixed across the states

Apartment and townhouse approvals fall in January

Non-residential building drives rise in approved value

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