The total number of residential building approvals in the private sector in Australia reached around 15,620 in February 2025. Among all building approvals for dwellings that month, approximately 9,135 were for houses.

Private House Approvals in Australia decreased to -2.10 percent in October from 3.20 percent in September of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Australia Private House Approvals.

Building Permits MoM in Australia decreased to -6.40 percent in October from 12 percent in September of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Australia Dwelling Approvals MoM.

This dataset presents number of dwelling units and value of buildings approved annually from 2014–15 to 2022–23 by Local Government Areas (LGA), 2022.

The monthly Building Approvals (BAPS) collection collects data relating to residential and non-residential building work above certain value limits that have been approved within the reference month. Data from this collection is an important leading economic indicator of future building activity. It also provides the sampling framework for the quarterly Building Activity Survey, which is a major contributor to the quarterly National Accounts estimates.

Building Approval statistics are used extensively by both public and private sector organisations to monitor economic activity, employment and investment.

Please note, the Building Approvals data from financial years 2014-15 to 2015-16 was originally published using the 2011 version of the ASGS boundaries. A small number of buildings approved during this period had lower quality address information. This may result in minor deviations from previously published state totals.

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Data and geography references Source data publication: Building Approvals, Australia Geographic boundary information: Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3 Further information: Building Approvals, Australia methodology Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

Provides the number and value of dwelling units approved by sector (public/private) and by state, number and value of new houses, new other residential dwelling units approved by type of building, and the number and value of non-residential building jobs approved by type of building (i.e. by function such as 'retail and wholesale trade', 'offices') and value ranges. State data includes the number of private sector houses approved; number and value of new other residential dwellings by type of building such as flats, units or apartments in a building of one or two storeys; number and value of non-residential building jobs by type of building and sector; and for Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, the total number of dwelling units approved broken down by Houses, Dwellings Excluding Houses and Total Dwelling Units. Seasonally adjusted and trend estimates by state are included for the number of dwelling units and value of building approved. The quarterly value of building approved is shown in chain volume measure terms. Small geographic area data cubes are presented for Statistical Areas Level 2 and Local Government Areas. Small area data cubes will be released in an "Additional information" release five business days after the main publication.

In February 2025, the number of building approvals for dwelling units excluding houses in the private sector in Australia amounted to around 6,485. The number of building approvals increased from about 3,950 in the same period last year. Meanwhile, the number of building approvals for houses in February 2025 was around 9,135.

This dataset presents details of buildings works approved in Australia for the 2020-2021 financial year. The data has been aggregated and presented by Local Government Areas (LGA) 2020 boundaries.

Statistics of building work approved are compiled from: permits issued by local government authorities and other principal certifying authorities; contracts let or day labour work authorised by commonwealth, state, semi-government and local government authorities; and major building approvals in areas not subject to normal administrative approval e.g. building on remote mine sites.

The scope of the collection comprises the following: construction of new buildings; alterations and additions to existing buildings; approved non-structural renovation and refurbishment work; and approved installation of integral building fixtures. The statistics include all approved residential building valued at $10,000 or more and all approved non-residential building valued at $50,000 or more.

For more information please visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Explanatory Notes.

• AURIN has spatially enabled the original data from the ABS.

• The data has been sourced from the Jan 2022 release.

Building Permits in Australia decreased to 15832 Units in October from 16911 Units in September of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Australia Building Permits - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Australia Dwelling Units Approved: Residential: Alterations & Additions data was reported at 55.000 Unit in Oct 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 35.000 Unit for Sep 2025. Australia Dwelling Units Approved: Residential: Alterations & Additions data is updated monthly, averaging 44.000 Unit from Jul 1991 (Median) to Oct 2025, with 412 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 784.000 Unit in Sep 1994 and a record low of 8.000 Unit in Apr 2011. Australia Dwelling Units Approved: Residential: Alterations & Additions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.EA: Dwelling Units Approved: Volume: by Type of Work.

This dataset presents details of buildings works approved in Australia for the 2019-2020 financial year. The data has been aggregated and presented by Local Government Areas (LGA) 2019 boundaries. Statistics of building work approved are compiled from: permits issued by local government authorities and other principal certifying authorities; contracts let or day labour work authorised by commonwealth, state, semi-government and local government authorities; and major building approvals in areas not subject to normal administrative approval e.g. building on remote mine sites. The scope of the collection comprises the following: construction of new buildings; alterations and additions to existing buildings; approved non-structural renovation and refurbishment work; and approved installation of integral building fixtures. The statistics include all approved residential building valued at $10,000 or more and all approved non-residential building valued at $50,000 or more. For more information please visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Explanatory Notes. AURIN has spatially enabled the original data from the ABS. The data has been sourced from the July 2020 release.

Australia Dwelling Units Approved: New Residential Buildings: Apartments: In a Four or More Storey Block data was reported at 4,077.000 Unit in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4,395.000 Unit for Jan 2025. Australia Dwelling Units Approved: New Residential Buildings: Apartments: In a Four or More Storey Block data is updated monthly, averaging 1,782.500 Unit from Jul 1991 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 404 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9,300.000 Unit in Jul 2016 and a record low of 11.000 Unit in Oct 1992. Australia Dwelling Units Approved: New Residential Buildings: Apartments: In a Four or More Storey Block data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.EA027: Dwelling Units Approved: Volume: by Sector.

Australia Dwelling Units Approved: New Residential Buildings: Apartments: In a Three Storey Block data was reported at 133.000 Unit in Oct 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 96.000 Unit for Sep 2025. Australia Dwelling Units Approved: New Residential Buildings: Apartments: In a Three Storey Block data is updated monthly, averaging 266.000 Unit from Jul 1991 (Median) to Oct 2025, with 412 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 870.000 Unit in Jul 2025 and a record low of 28.000 Unit in Jan 2024. Australia Dwelling Units Approved: New Residential Buildings: Apartments: In a Three Storey Block data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.EA: Dwelling Units Approved: Volume: by Sector.

Australia Dwelling Units Approved: Private Sector: Residential: Conversions data was reported at 13.000 Unit in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 6.000 Unit for Jan 2025. Australia Dwelling Units Approved: Private Sector: Residential: Conversions data is updated monthly, averaging 40.500 Unit from Jul 1996 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 344 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 515.000 Unit in Jun 1997 and a record low of 2.000 Unit in Mar 2008. Australia Dwelling Units Approved: Private Sector: Residential: Conversions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.EA026: Dwelling Units Approved: Volume: by Type of Work.

This publication provides the number of dwelling units and value of buildings approved released in the latest release of Building Approvals, Australia.. Small area data cubes and CSV files will be made available in an “Additional Information” release five business days after the main publication. These will be for Statistical Areas Level 2 and Local Government Areas. Release dates are published under the “Forthcoming Issues” section of the publication and in the ABS Release Calendar. A number of time series spreadsheets contain ‘np’ (not available for publication) annotations. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.

This dataset provides - Australia Building Approvals- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

This dataset presents details of buildings works approved in Australia for the 2018-2019 financial year. The data has been aggregated and presented by Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4) 2016 boundaries.

Statistics of building work approved are compiled from: permits issued by local government authorities and other principal certifying authorities; contracts let or day labour work authorised by commonwealth, state, semi-government and local government authorities; and major building approvals in areas not subject to normal administrative approval e.g. building on remote mine sites.

The scope of the collection comprises the following: construction of new buildings; alterations and additions to existing buildings; approved non-structural renovation and refurbishment work; and approved installation of integral building fixtures. The statistics include all approved residential building valued at $10,000 or more and all approved non-residential building valued at $50,000 or more.

For more information please visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Explanatory Notes.

• AURIN has spatially enabled the original data from the ABS.

• The data has been sourced from the July 2019 release.

The number of housing units authorized per thousand residents fell in most Australian metropolitan areas between 2018 and 2023. Greater Darwin was the area with the lowest number of housing units approved in 2023. Meanwhile, the Australian Capital Territory had the most housing units completed per thousand residents that year.

This dataset presents preliminary data on the number of dwellings approved for demolition in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland from the September 2017 quarter to the June 2018 quarter, by Local Government Areas (LGA) 2017 boundaries. The data has been sourced from the existing Building Approvals collection, and therefore only includes dwellings which have been approved to be fully demolished by a local council or approving authority.

The data does not represent actual demolitions taking place (i.e. it does not account for demolitions that were approved but did not go ahead, or for the time lag between approval and actual demolition).

For more information please visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Explanatory Notes. The data has been sourced from the October 2020 release.

AURIN has spatially enabled the original data from the ABS and has reshaped the data to represent building types along columns instead of rows.

The data set provides a summary of regional Western Australia dwelling approvals by Regional Development Commission boundaries.

Houses Permits in Australia increased to 9547 Units in September from 9179 Units in August of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Australia Houses Permits.