Name: Australia Building Permits
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Building Permits in Australia decreased to 14564 Units in January from 15693 Units in December of 2025. Building Permits in Australia averaged 14236.34 Units from 1983 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 23059.00 Units in March of 2021 and a record low of 9172.00 Units in August of 2000. source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Building Permits in Australia is expected to be 16230.00 Units by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Australia Building Permits is projected to trend around 16504.00 Units in 2027 and 16933.00 Units in 2028, according to our econometric models.

Components	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Apartment Permits	5855.00	8337.00	units	Dec 2025
House Permits	9487.00	9451.00	Units	Dec 2025

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Average House Prices	1045.40	1016.70	AUD Thousand	Sep 2025
Building Permits	14564.00	15693.00	Units	Jan 2026
Building Permits MoM	-7.20	-14.90	percent	Jan 2026
Building Permits YoY	-15.70	1.10	percent	Jan 2026
Construction Work Done	-0.10	0.10	percent	Dec 2025
Home Loans MoM	65315.00	59064.90	AUD Million	Dec 2025
Home Ownership Rate	66.00	66.20	percent	Dec 2020
Investment Lending for Homes	39776.50	33816.00	AUD Million	Sep 2025
Private House Approvals MoM	1.10	1.20	percent	Jan 2026

Australia Building Permits

In Australia, Building Permits show the seasonally adjusted total number of approved new dwelling units. A dwelling unit is defined as a self-contained suite of rooms, including cooking and bathing facilities and intended for long-term residential use. Regardless of whether they are self-contained or not, units within buildings offering institutional care (e.g. hospitals) or temporary accommodation (e.g. motels, hostels and holiday apartments) are not defined as dwelling units. Such units are included in the appropriate category of non-residential building approvals. Dwelling units can be created in one of four ways: through new work to create a residential building. through alteration/addition work to an existing residential building. through either new or alteration/addition work on non-residential building or through conversion of a non-residential building to a residential building.