Dwelling approvals fall in September
13 November 2018
ABS:
The number of
dwellings approved
in Australia fell by 1.9 per cent in September 2018 in trend terms,
according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
today.
"The fall was mainly driven by private dwellings excluding houses, which
decreased by 2.7 per cent in September," said Daniel Rossi, Director of
Construction Statistics at the ABS. "Private sector houses also fell, by
1.5 per cent."
Among the states and territories, dwelling
approvals fell in September
in the
Australian Capital Territory (8.4 per cent),
Northern Territory (6.9 per cent),
South Australia (3.9 per cent),
Queensland (2.3 per cent),
Western Australia (2.1 per cent),
New South Wales (1.3 per cent) and
Victoria (1.0 per cent) in trend terms.
Tasmania was the only state to see an increase in dwelling approvals
(1.5 per cent) in trend terms.
Approvals for private sector houses fell 1.5 per cent in September in
trend terms. Private sector house approvals fell in Queensland (3.1 per
cent), South Australia (3.0 per cent), Western Australia (2.2 per cent)
and Victoria (1.7 per cent). New South Wales recorded an increase of 0.5
per cent.
In seasonally adjusted terms, total dwellings rose by 3.3 per cent in
September, driven by a 9.2 per cent increase in private dwellings
excluding houses. Private houses fell 2.7 per cent in seasonally
adjusted terms.
The value of total building approved fell 1.3 per cent in September, in
trend terms, and has fallen for eleven months. The value of residential
building fell 1.7 per cent while non-residential building fell 0.7 per
cent.
Further information is available in Building Approvals, Australia (cat
no. 8731.0) on the ABS website at
http://www.abs.gov.au.
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