Name: Australia Building Permits
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Building Permits in Australia decreased to 17300 Units in March from 19339 Units in February of 2026. Building Permits in Australia averaged 14254.36 Units from 1983 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 23076.00 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 18001.00 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 16673.00 Units in 2027 and 17106.00 Units in 2028, according to our econometric models.

Components	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Apartment Permits	6632.00	8967.00	units	Mar 2026
House Permits	9847.00	9831.00	Units	Feb 2026

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Average House Prices	1074.70	1046.00	AUD Thousand	Dec 2025
Building Permits	17300.00	19339.00	Units	Mar 2026
Building Permits MoM	-10.50	31.00	percent	Mar 2026
Building Permits YoY	9.00	16.10	percent	Mar 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	41537.60	42822.10	AUD Million	Mar 2026
Private House Approvals MoM	0.90	2.00	percent	Mar 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.