Australia - Residential Building Permits





Australia: Residential Building Permits

Mnemonic HPMTR.IAUS
Unit #, SA
Adjustments Seasonally Adjusted
Monthly 1.92 %
Data Feb 2024 12,520
Jan 2024 12,765

Series Information

Source Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Release Residential Building Approvals
Frequency Monthly
Start Date 7/31/1983
End Date 2/29/2024

Australia: Real Estate

Reference Last Previous Units Frequency
Residential Building Permits Feb 2024 12,520 12,765 #, SA Monthly
Building Completions 2023 Q4 34,296,918 34,685,058 Ths. Ch. AUD, SA Quarterly
Housing Starts 2023 Q4 23,597 22,912 #, SA Quarterly
Non-residential Building Completions 2023 Q4 14,572,027 13,883,743 Ths. Ch. AUD, SA Quarterly
Residential Building Completions 2023 Q4 16,954,994 17,804,137 Ths. Ch. AUD, SA Quarterly
Residential Housing Starts 2023 Q4 14,234 14,541 #, SA Quarterly
House Price Index 2021 Q4 195.45 187.05 Index FY 2012=100, SA Quarterly
House Price Value 2021 Q2 619,804 590,891 AUD, NSA Quarterly

Release Information

In Australia, the Residential Building Approval statistics are compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

This publication provides the number and value of dwelling units approved by sector (public/private) and by state, number and value of 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.

Data is updated every month.

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
  • major building approvals in areas not subject to normal administrative approval e.g. building on remote mine sites.

The scope of the survey comprises the following:

  • construction of new buildings
  • alterations and additions to existing buildings
  • approved non-structural renovation and refurbishment work
  • approved installation of integral building fixtures

Data is revised when new data becoms available each month.

The national and states level data may have discrepancies due to the seasonally adjustment process by the ABS. The estimate of the states data were seasonally adjusted separately. The national total is then seasonally adjusted at the national level.

http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/Lookup/8731.0Explanatory%20Notes1Jul%202009?OpenDocument