Blacktown City

Residential building approvals

In Blacktown City there were 1,415 residential buildings approved to be built in the financial year 2011-12.

Blacktown City's building approvals are used as a leading indicator of the general level of residential development, economic activity, employment and investment. Residential building activity depends on many factors that vary with the state of the economy including interest rates, availability of mortgage funds, government spending, and business investment.  Large financial changes or shocks, such as the Global Financial Crisis of 2008/09 can be observed in the data.  However, the number of building approvals can fluctuate substantially from year to year simply as a result of the short-term nature of many construction projects, and the cyclical nature of the industry.

Residential building approvals
Blacktown City Number Annual change
Year (ending June 30) Houses Other Total Houses Other Total
2011-12 1,123 292 1,415 -43 +54 +11
2010-11 1,166 238 1,404 -207 -346 -553
2009-10 1,373 584 1,957 +429 +6 +435
2008-09 944 578 1,522 -76 -50 -126
2007-08 1,020 628 1,648 +109 +191 +300
2006-07 911 437 1,348 +142 -42 +100
2005-06 769 479 1,248 -15 -13 -28
2004-05 784 492 1,276 -311 -364 -675
2003-04 1,095 856 1,951 -251 +193 -58
2002-03 1,346 663 2,009 -523 +33 -490
2001-02 1,869 630 2,499 -- -- --

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Building Approvals, Australia (8731.0). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id The population experts

Residential building approvals
Residential building approvals 2001-02,  Other dwelling approvals: 630 2001-02,  House approvals: 1,869 2002-03,  Other dwelling approvals: 663 2002-03,  House approvals: 1,346 2003-04,  Other dwelling approvals: 856 2003-04,  House approvals: 1,095 2004-05,  Other dwelling approvals: 492 2004-05,  House approvals: 784 2005-06,  Other dwelling approvals: 479 2005-06,  House approvals: 769 2006-07,  Other dwelling approvals: 437 2006-07,  House approvals: 911 2007-08,  Other dwelling approvals: 628 2007-08,  House approvals: 1,020 2008-09,  Other dwelling approvals: 578 2008-09,  House approvals: 944 2009-10,  Other dwelling approvals: 584 2009-10,  House approvals: 1,373 2010-11,  Other dwelling approvals: 238 2010-11,  House approvals: 1,166 2011-12,  Other dwelling approvals: 292 2011-12,  House approvals: 1,123
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Building Approvals, Australia (8731.0). Compiled and presented by .id, the population experts.