Fewer dwellings, more industrial buildings

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Seasonally-adjusted figures for building start permits show an 11 per cent decrease in dwelling permits from April to May. However, building permits for industrial utility floor space are increasing.

Figures vary considerably from month to month. The long-term trend shows strong growth in the number of building permits since autumn 2014, to a record high level in autumn 2016, with a decrease in the last seven months.

Figure 1. Registered building permissions. Number of dwellings, seasonally adjusted and trend

Number of dwellings, seasonally adjustet Number of dwellings, trend
Jan. 2000 1785 1788
Feb. 2000 1914 1815
Mar. 2000 2023 1839
April 2000 1437 1861
May 2000 1852 1887
June 2000 1729 1918
July 2000 2024 1953
Aug. 2000 1909 1992
Sept. 2000 2152 2032
Oct. 2000 2090 2073
Nov. 2000 2070 2109
Dec. 2000 2325 2138
Jan. 2001 2104 2158
Feb. 2001 2063 2167
Mar. 2001 2214 2164
April 2001 2097 2150
May 2001 2233 2130
June 2001 2044 2104
July 2001 2836 2076
Aug. 2001 2041 2048
Sept. 2001 2025 2021
Oct. 2001 1876 1993
Nov. 2001 2043 1965
Dec. 2001 1832 1938
Jan. 2002 1819 1913
Feb. 2002 2184 1890
Mar. 2002 1721 1871
April 2002 2005 1857
May 2002 1855 1848
June 2002 1730 1846
July 2002 1591 1849
Aug. 2002 1924 1852
Sept. 2002 2090 1854
Oct. 2002 1655 1854
Nov. 2002 1992 1850
Dec. 2002 1791 1844
Jan. 2003 2225 1836
Feb. 2003 1444 1829
Mar. 2003 2092 1819
April 2003 1427 1811
May 2003 1628 1806
June 2003 1893 1808
July 2003 2010 1819
Aug. 2003 1907 1841
Sept. 2003 1859 1876
Oct. 2003 2093 1929
Nov. 2003 1679 2000
Dec. 2003 2085 2087
Jan. 2004 1845 2186
Feb. 2004 2515 2290
Mar. 2004 1485 2392
April 2004 2517 2485
May 2004 2562 2563
June 2004 3059 2617
July 2004 2738 2643
Aug. 2004 2711 2645
Sept. 2004 2172 2630
Oct. 2004 2897 2608
Nov. 2004 2449 2587
Dec. 2004 2336 2572
Jan. 2005 2697 2561
Feb. 2005 2688 2558
Mar. 2005 2072 2564
April 2005 3148 2578
May 2005 3136 2597
June 2005 1582 2618
July 2005 2682 2636
Aug. 2005 2442 2651
Sept. 2005 2402 2662
Oct. 2005 2520 2668
Nov. 2005 2970 2664
Dec. 2005 3430 2654
Jan. 2006 2438 2636
Feb. 2006 2360 2609
Mar. 2006 4113 2579
April 2006 2571 2551
May 2006 2321 2525
June 2006 2652 2510
July 2006 2459 2513
Aug. 2006 2446 2537
Sept. 2006 2478 2580
Oct. 2006 2810 2633
Nov. 2006 2400 2686
Dec. 2006 4039 2729
Jan. 2007 3012 2760
Feb. 2007 2762 2780
Mar. 2007 2711 2789
April 2007 3116 2783
May 2007 2725 2765
June 2007 2511 2734
July 2007 2428 2689
Aug. 2007 2704 2635
Sept. 2007 2719 2575
Oct. 2007 2597 2510
Nov. 2007 2758 2448
Dec. 2007 2284 2391
Jan. 2008 2149 2343
Feb. 2008 2213 2304
Mar. 2008 2218 2277
April 2008 1815 2259
May 2008 2391 2248
June 2008 2478 2241
July 2008 1757 2232
Aug. 2008 2370 2214
Sept. 2008 2428 2181
Oct. 2008 1882 2130
Nov. 2008 2238 2063
Dec. 2008 1905 1986
Jan. 2009 1890 1908
Feb. 2009 1776 1834
Mar. 2009 1778 1768
April 2009 1227 1716
May 2009 1845 1679
June 2009 1521 1658
July 2009 1137 1649
Aug. 2009 1666 1651
Sept. 2009 1712 1657
Oct. 2009 1743 1665
Nov. 2009 1561 1671
Dec. 2009 1599 1673
Jan. 2010 1830 1669
Feb. 2010 1952 1661
Mar. 2010 1489 1651
April 2010 1738 1642
May 2010 1446 1640
June 2010 1590 1654
July 2010 1846 1692
Aug. 2010 1652 1757
Sept. 2010 1725 1846
Oct. 2010 1813 1954
Nov. 2010 2158 2070
Dec. 2010 1938 2182
Jan. 2011 2443 2276
Feb. 2011 2404 2342
Mar. 2011 2770 2377
April 2011 2641 2381
May 2011 2356 2357
June 2011 1964 2311
July 2011 2315 2251
Aug. 2011 2080 2187
Sept. 2011 1904 2135
Oct. 2011 2653 2104
Nov. 2011 2057 2103
Dec. 2011 2211 2137
Jan. 2012 2063 2200
Feb. 2012 2074 2283
Mar. 2012 2495 2375
April 2012 2119 2466
May 2012 2702 2549
June 2012 2880 2617
July 2012 2829 2665
Aug. 2012 2756 2687
Sept. 2012 2955 2682
Oct. 2012 2279 2651
Nov. 2012 2425 2597
Dec. 2012 2636 2531
Jan. 2013 2586 2462
Feb. 2013 3378 2402
Mar. 2013 2091 2360
April 2013 2413 2340
May 2013 2217 2342
June 2013 2326 2359
July 2013 2115 2386
Aug. 2013 2565 2416
Sept. 2013 2554 2445
Oct. 2013 2497 2471
Nov. 2013 2587 2491
Dec. 2013 2913 2501
Jan. 2014 1691 2498
Feb. 2014 2302 2485
Mar. 2014 2360 2463
April 2014 1631 2434
May 2014 3522 2400
June 2014 2502 2366
July 2014 2967 2337
Aug. 2014 2165 2317
Sept. 2014 1614 2308
Oct. 2014 2291 2310
Nov. 2014 2276 2322
Dec. 2014 2093 2342
Jan. 2015 2391 2371
Feb. 2015 2228 2410
Mar. 2015 2832 2453
April 2015 2671 2495
May 2015 2571 2532
June 2015 2388 2558
July 2015 2571 2571
Aug. 2015 2472 2578
Sept. 2015 2511 2584
Oct. 2015 3095 2598
Nov. 2015 2539 2627
Dec. 2015 2527 2673
Jan. 2016 2462 2733
Feb. 2016 3005 2802
Mar. 2016 2550 2876
April 2016 2975 2946
May 2016 3263 3012
June 2016 3376 3073
July 2016 2972 3127
Aug. 2016 3330 3168
Sept. 2016 3052 3193
Oct. 2016 2807 3199
Nov. 2016 3236 3186
Dec. 2016 3543 3160
Jan. 2017 3061 3127
Feb. 2017 3095 3089
Mar. 2017 3371 3052
April 2017 2955 3023
May 2017 2644 3005

Increase in industry sector

Seasonally-adjusted figures show a 22 per cent increase in building start permits for “other than dwellings” from April to May. The long-term trend shows an increase in utility floor space since April 2015, followed by a decrease in the last nine months. A minor increase is, however, observed in the last two months.

Figure 2. Registered building permissions. Non-residential utility floor space, seasonally adjusted and trend

Non-residential utility floor space, seasonally adjusted Non-residential utility floor space, trend
Jan. 2000 345691 334037
Feb. 2000 350508 330290
Mar. 2000 366457 327289
April 2000 212214 324683
May 2000 317598 322365
June 2000 281691 321429
July 2000 333257 322819
Aug. 2000 316815 325794
Sept. 2000 281955 329233
Oct. 2000 349357 332954
Nov. 2000 373085 335971
Dec. 2000 355291 337783
Jan. 2001 361490 337881
Feb. 2001 352130 335901
Mar. 2001 315267 331537
April 2001 294577 325178
May 2001 276928 317812
June 2001 508969 310635
July 2001 356465 304871
Aug. 2001 280367 301465
Sept. 2001 331467 300578
Oct. 2001 281243 301743
Nov. 2001 277830 304339
Dec. 2001 269282 307725
Jan. 2002 292987 311331
Feb. 2002 363324 314543
Mar. 2002 341046 317065
April 2002 346866 318465
May 2002 308658 318268
June 2002 305251 315715
July 2002 256974 310276
Aug. 2002 357447 302471
Sept. 2002 322205 293207
Oct. 2002 247789 283393
Nov. 2002 286896 274059
Dec. 2002 269814 266172
Jan. 2003 340694 260482
Feb. 2003 229174 257413
Mar. 2003 257565 257103
April 2003 217231 259744
May 2003 281177 264678
June 2003 286841 270987
July 2003 244694 277517
Aug. 2003 300049 283254
Sept. 2003 293451 287764
Oct. 2003 360238 291566
Nov. 2003 429950 295132
Dec. 2003 293620 299012
Jan. 2004 272877 303807
Feb. 2004 284026 309824
Mar. 2004 262413 317295
April 2004 432727 326082
May 2004 352813 335090
June 2004 370928 342985
July 2004 389230 349464
Aug. 2004 336540 354103
Sept. 2004 206032 356665
Oct. 2004 382914 357624
Nov. 2004 322852 357728
Dec. 2004 360269 358314
Jan. 2005 373095 359802
Feb. 2005 331439 362911
Mar. 2005 300543 367446
April 2005 447332 372714
May 2005 430308 378168
June 2005 331002 383626
July 2005 419705 388748
Aug. 2005 389646 393540
Sept. 2005 377875 397959
Oct. 2005 397177 401296
Nov. 2005 359007 403243
Dec. 2005 481145 403934
Jan. 2006 343670 403296
Feb. 2006 443939 401597
Mar. 2006 453511 399287
April 2006 368815 396678
May 2006 376096 394354
June 2006 466887 393701
July 2006 349875 395470
Aug. 2006 369122 399162
Sept. 2006 445413 404783
Oct. 2006 407076 412152
Nov. 2006 408259 420869
Dec. 2006 445942 429870
Jan. 2007 460985 438419
Feb. 2007 465800 446588
Mar. 2007 467215 454344
April 2007 426962 461994
May 2007 419008 470141
June 2007 466992 478878
July 2007 555267 488510
Aug. 2007 493067 498890
Sept. 2007 484819 508418
Oct. 2007 478933 515985
Nov. 2007 597527 521304
Dec. 2007 520718 523919
Jan. 2008 532218 523979
Feb. 2008 481862 522202
Mar. 2008 566173 519483
April 2008 513017 517138
May 2008 522375 516518
June 2008 437615 517454
July 2008 465510 518926
Aug. 2008 618096 519834
Sept. 2008 517535 519371
Oct. 2008 493686 516118
Nov. 2008 552557 508775
Dec. 2008 495786 496464
Jan. 2009 497327 479507
Feb. 2009 519412 458532
Mar. 2009 427753 436135
April 2009 321904 415139
May 2009 416846 398176
June 2009 392771 387656
July 2009 247127 384334
Aug. 2009 345278 387715
Sept. 2009 385552 397421
Oct. 2009 381899 412911
Nov. 2009 436081 431688
Dec. 2009 553193 450406
Jan. 2010 580294 467167
Feb. 2010 391001 480054
Mar. 2010 356026 487989
April 2010 610997 490994
May 2010 431120 489863
June 2010 591125 485571
July 2010 523598 480127
Aug. 2010 383517 475008
Sept. 2010 386668 470744
Oct. 2010 490508 467108
Nov. 2010 553927 463600
Dec. 2010 361523 459749
Jan. 2011 481674 455440
Feb. 2011 494743 451112
Mar. 2011 573519 447388
April 2011 424074 443965
May 2011 436229 440945
June 2011 366494 439098
July 2011 412209 438488
Aug. 2011 455308 439891
Sept. 2011 462153 443318
Oct. 2011 477051 447913
Nov. 2011 445386 452842
Dec. 2011 461925 458058
Jan. 2012 455188 463529
Feb. 2012 483342 468119
Mar. 2012 302803 471016
April 2012 461332 471319
May 2012 428538 468252
June 2012 480622 461611
July 2012 474632 452085
Aug. 2012 502175 441012
Sept. 2012 726183 429988
Oct. 2012 432964 420329
Nov. 2012 370971 413474
Dec. 2012 353353 410646
Jan. 2013 335778 411837
Feb. 2013 371904 416583
Mar. 2013 451166 423671
April 2013 530164 431676
May 2013 491210 439226
June 2013 477184 445049
July 2013 386075 448420
Aug. 2013 427203 450040
Sept. 2013 499153 450775
Oct. 2013 422259 452036
Nov. 2013 392190 454816
Dec. 2013 474983 459683
Jan. 2014 286785 466501
Feb. 2014 496099 474077
Mar. 2014 545304 480531
April 2014 273241 484438
May 2014 529448 484765
June 2014 497295 481456
July 2014 396872 474995
Aug. 2014 481174 465881
Sept. 2014 437216 454782
Oct. 2014 475038 443095
Nov. 2014 451163 432612
Dec. 2014 397590 424209
Jan. 2015 430530 417890
Feb. 2015 422499 413711
Mar. 2015 327363 411464
April 2015 583238 411159
May 2015 416528 412606
June 2015 330703 415810
July 2015 473673 420691
Aug. 2015 431321 426784
Sept. 2015 417916 433733
Oct. 2015 411671 441700
Nov. 2015 439207 450575
Dec. 2015 490942 460371
Jan. 2016 476636 470498
Feb. 2016 462254 480231
Mar. 2016 344812 489120
April 2016 522326 496385
May 2016 474264 501601
June 2016 544310 504545
July 2016 569871 505217
Aug. 2016 471450 503710
Sept. 2016 472762 500618
Oct. 2016 479787 496387
Nov. 2016 464247 491466
Dec. 2016 526290 486270
Jan. 2017 485054 481540
Feb. 2017 474645 478225
Mar. 2017 538101 476851
April 2017 406247 477598
May 2017 494893 480253

16 per cent growth in last 12 months

A total of 37 500 new dwellings have been given building start permits in the last 12 months. This is an increase of 16 per cent compared with the previous 12-month period.

Building start permits have been given for 5.9 million square metres of utility floor space for the category “other than dwellings” in the last 12 months. This is 13 per cent more than the previous 12-month period.

 

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