EMRC area

Residential building approvals

In the EMRC area there were 2,465 residential buildings approved to be built in the financial year 2011-12.

The EMRC area'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
EMRC area Number Annual change
Year (ending June 30) Houses Other Total Houses Other Total
2011-12 2,121 344 2,465 -243 -45 -288
2010-11 2,364 389 2,753 -8 -36 -44
2009-10 2,372 425 2,797 +363 +58 +421
2008-09 2,009 367 2,376 -239 -279 -518
2007-08 2,248 646 2,894 +68 +113 +181
2006-07 2,180 533 2,713 -78 +213 +135
2005-06 2,258 320 2,578 -114 -145 -259
2004-05 2,372 465 2,837 -58 -8 -66
2003-04 2,430 473 2,903 +233 -7 +226
2002-03 2,197 480 2,677 -184 +163 -21
2001-02 2,381 317 2,698 +670 +55 +725
2000-01 1,711 262 1,973 -900 -16 -916
1999-00 2,611 278 2,889 +263 +77 +340
1998-99 2,348 201 2,549 +45 -43 +2
1997-98 2,303 244 2,547 +417 +153 +570
1996-97 1,886 91 1,977 +71 -234 -163
1995-96 1,815 325 2,140 -- -- --

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 1995-96,  Other dwelling approvals: 325 1995-96,  House approvals: 1,815 1996-97,  Other dwelling approvals: 91 1996-97,  House approvals: 1,886 1997-98,  Other dwelling approvals: 244 1997-98,  House approvals: 2,303 1998-99,  Other dwelling approvals: 201 1998-99,  House approvals: 2,348 1999-00,  Other dwelling approvals: 278 1999-00,  House approvals: 2,611 2000-01,  Other dwelling approvals: 262 2000-01,  House approvals: 1,711 2001-02,  Other dwelling approvals: 317 2001-02,  House approvals: 2,381 2002-03,  Other dwelling approvals: 480 2002-03,  House approvals: 2,197 2003-04,  Other dwelling approvals: 473 2003-04,  House approvals: 2,430 2004-05,  Other dwelling approvals: 465 2004-05,  House approvals: 2,372 2005-06,  Other dwelling approvals: 320 2005-06,  House approvals: 2,258 2006-07,  Other dwelling approvals: 533 2006-07,  House approvals: 2,180 2007-08,  Other dwelling approvals: 646 2007-08,  House approvals: 2,248 2008-09,  Other dwelling approvals: 367 2008-09,  House approvals: 2,009 2009-10,  Other dwelling approvals: 425 2009-10,  House approvals: 2,372 2010-11,  Other dwelling approvals: 389 2010-11,  House approvals: 2,364 2011-12,  Other dwelling approvals: 344 2011-12,  House approvals: 2,121
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Building Approvals, Australia (8731.0). Compiled and presented by .id, the population experts.