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City of Whittlesea

Residential building approvals

In the City of Whittlesea there were 1,616 residential dwellings approved to be built in the financial year 2023-24 FYTD (January).

The City of Whittlesea'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
City of WhittleseaNumberAnnual change
Year (ending June 30)HousesOtherTotalHousesOtherTotal
2023-24 FYTD (January)1,2243921,616------
2022-231,8804032,283-84+19-65
2021-221,9643842,348-716-404-1,120
2020-212,6807883,468+290+357+647
2019-202,3904312,821+430-180+250
2018-191,9606112,571+149-19+130
2017-181,8116302,441-80+113+33
2016-171,8915172,408-358-87-445
2015-162,2496042,853-457-262-719
2014-152,7068663,572+544+374+918
2013-142,1624922,654-209-183-392
2012-132,3716753,046-369+155-214
2011-122,7405203,260-517-20-537
2010-113,2575403,797-274+237-37
2009-103,5313033,834+1,107-91+1,016
2008-092,4243942,818+417+309+726
2007-082,007852,092+466-170+296
2006-071,5412551,796+422+53+475
2005-061,1192021,321+390+178+568
2004-0572924753-27-62-89
2003-0475686842-50+46-4
2002-0380640846+88-9+79
2001-0271849767------
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Building Approvals, Australia (8731.0). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions)
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