This note provides a breakdown of the building work that has been approved within Australia for the referenced month, with a particular focus on residential buildings. This data is an important leading indicator for future construction activity.
- 02 Dec 2025 Building Approvals October 2025
Total dwelling approvals fell a seasonally adjusted 6.4% in October, (mkt exp -4.5%). This followed an 11.1% rise in September (revised from 12.0%). Approvals were down 1.8% from a year earlier. Monthly trend growth, which looks through the monthly volatility, eased to 0.6%, and was up 3.4% from a year ago.
- 03 Nov 2025 Building Approvals September 2025
Dwelling approvals bounced a seasonally adjusted 12.0% in September, exceeding market expectations of a 5.0% gain. This surprisingly strong growth was due to dwellings other than houses, which saw a surge of 26.0%.
- 30 Sep 2025 Building Approvals August 2025
Dwelling approvals dropped a seasonally adjusted 6.0% in August, missing market expectations of a 2.6% gain. The decline in approvals was broad-based.
- 01 Sep 2025 Building Approvals July 2025
Dwelling approvals dropped by a seasonally adjusted 8.2% in July, dragged down by a 22.3% plunge in the volatile dwellings excluding houses. The less volatile private sector house approvals increased by a seasonally adjusted 1.1% in July. A separate set of data released by Cotality showed that home prices rose by 0.7% nationwide and by 0.8% across the capital cities in August.
- 31 Jul 2025 Building Approvals June 2025
Dwelling approvals rose by a seasonally adjusted 11.9% in June (mkt exp.: +1.8%), following a revised 2.2% increase in May (originally 3.2%). Annual growth jumped to a near four-year high of 27.4% YoY from 6.6% in May, partly driven by base effects.
- 02 Jul 2025 Building Approvals May 2025
Dwelling approvals rose a seasonally adjusted 3.2% in May (mkt exp +4.0%), following a revised 4.1% fall in April (originally -5.7%). Annual growth eased to 6.5% YoY, from 8.0% in April.