More new buildings in July

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Seasonally-adjusted figures for building start permits show a 10 per cent increase in dwelling permits from June to July.

Figures vary considerably from month to month. The long-term trend shows strong growth in the number of building permits since autumn 2014, according to new figures from the Building statistics.

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 2683 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 2580
April 2006 2571 2551
May 2006 2321 2525
June 2006 2652 2510
July 2006 2459 2513
Aug. 2006 2446 2537
Sept. 2006 2477 2580
Oct. 2006 2810 2633
Nov. 2006 2400 2686
Dec. 2006 4039 2729
Jan. 2007 3011 2760
Feb. 2007 2765 2781
Mar. 2007 2711 2789
April 2007 3116 2783
May 2007 2725 2765
June 2007 2511 2734
July 2007 2428 2689
Aug. 2007 2703 2635
Sept. 2007 2718 2575
Oct. 2007 2596 2510
Nov. 2007 2758 2448
Dec. 2007 2283 2392
Jan. 2008 2148 2343
Feb. 2008 2217 2304
Mar. 2008 2220 2277
April 2008 1815 2259
May 2008 2390 2248
June 2008 2476 2240
July 2008 1757 2231
Aug. 2008 2369 2213
Sept. 2008 2427 2180
Oct. 2008 1884 2130
Nov. 2008 2237 2063
Dec. 2008 1905 1986
Jan. 2009 1889 1908
Feb. 2009 1780 1834
Mar. 2009 1781 1769
April 2009 1227 1717
May 2009 1843 1680
June 2009 1519 1658
July 2009 1136 1649
Aug. 2009 1664 1651
Sept. 2009 1710 1656
Oct. 2009 1747 1664
Nov. 2009 1560 1670
Dec. 2009 1598 1671
Jan. 2010 1829 1667
Feb. 2010 1958 1658
Mar. 2010 1492 1648
April 2010 1737 1639
May 2010 1444 1638
June 2010 1587 1652
July 2010 1843 1691
Aug. 2010 1650 1756
Sept. 2010 1722 1846
Oct. 2010 1820 1954
Nov. 2010 2155 2070
Dec. 2010 1942 2182
Jan. 2011 2441 2275
Feb. 2011 2417 2340
Mar. 2011 2776 2375
April 2011 2640 2376
May 2011 2353 2350
June 2011 1961 2303
July 2011 2294 2242
Aug. 2011 2078 2179
Sept. 2011 1900 2128
Oct. 2011 2665 2098
Nov. 2011 2055 2099
Dec. 2011 2223 2134
Jan. 2012 2062 2198
Feb. 2012 2086 2281
Mar. 2012 2501 2372
April 2012 2118 2463
May 2012 2697 2545
June 2012 2877 2613
July 2012 2783 2660
Aug. 2012 2754 2682
Sept. 2012 2947 2678
Oct. 2012 2293 2647
Nov. 2012 2425 2594
Dec. 2012 2659 2529
Jan. 2013 2587 2460
Feb. 2013 3399 2399
Mar. 2013 2096 2356
April 2013 2413 2333
May 2013 2211 2332
June 2013 2324 2347
July 2013 2065 2373
Aug. 2013 2563 2402
Sept. 2013 2544 2431
Oct. 2013 2511 2458
Nov. 2013 2588 2481
Dec. 2013 2942 2495
Jan. 2014 1696 2498
Feb. 2014 2325 2492
Mar. 2014 2377 2478
April 2014 1641 2457
May 2014 3502 2429
June 2014 2481 2399
July 2014 2853 2373
Aug. 2014 2165 2355
Sept. 2014 1610 2346
Oct. 2014 2306 2346
Nov. 2014 2281 2354
Dec. 2014 2118 2368
Jan. 2015 2408 2389
Feb. 2015 2257 2419
Mar. 2015 2864 2452
April 2015 2700 2485
May 2015 2547 2514
June 2015 2351 2535
July 2015 2430 2548
Aug. 2015 2476 2558
Sept. 2015 2510 2573
Oct. 2015 3119 2596
Nov. 2015 2551 2633
Dec. 2015 2558 2684
Jan. 2016 2492 2745
Feb. 2016 3054 2810
Mar. 2016 2591 2875
April 2016 3024 2935
May 2016 3215 2991
June 2016 3288 3044
July 2016 2771 3090
Aug. 2016 3341 3126
Sept. 2016 3062 3150
Oct. 2016 2838 3164
Nov. 2016 3261 3174
Dec. 2016 3587 3187
Jan. 2017 3110 3207
Feb. 2017 3148 3235
Mar. 2017 3427 3272
April 2017 3008 3318
May 2017 2599 3372
June 2017 3523 3431
July 2017 3889 3492

Increase in industry sector

Seasonally-adjusted figures show a 39 per cent increase in building start permits for “other than dwellings” from June to July. The long-term trend shows a decrease in utility floor space since July 2016, followed by an increase during the last seven 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 361491 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 292988 311331
Feb. 2002 363325 314543
Mar. 2002 341047 317065
April 2002 346866 318465
May 2002 308659 318268
June 2002 305251 315715
July 2002 256974 310276
Aug. 2002 357447 302471
Sept. 2002 322205 293206
Oct. 2002 247789 283393
Nov. 2002 286896 274059
Dec. 2002 269814 266172
Jan. 2003 340695 260482
Feb. 2003 229175 257413
Mar. 2003 257565 257103
April 2003 217232 259744
May 2003 281178 264678
June 2003 286841 270986
July 2003 244694 277517
Aug. 2003 300050 283253
Sept. 2003 293450 287763
Oct. 2003 360236 291565
Nov. 2003 429948 295132
Dec. 2003 293619 299013
Jan. 2004 272878 303808
Feb. 2004 284027 309825
Mar. 2004 262415 317297
April 2004 432733 326084
May 2004 352816 335091
June 2004 370930 342985
July 2004 389229 349462
Aug. 2004 336543 354100
Sept. 2004 206029 356661
Oct. 2004 382905 357622
Nov. 2004 322844 357727
Dec. 2004 360251 358315
Jan. 2005 373089 359805
Feb. 2005 331438 362917
Mar. 2005 300594 367454
April 2005 447346 372721
May 2005 430311 378170
June 2005 331007 383622
July 2005 419701 388740
Aug. 2005 389649 393529
Sept. 2005 377862 397947
Oct. 2005 397152 401287
Nov. 2005 358972 403241
Dec. 2005 481074 403941
Jan. 2006 343649 403314
Feb. 2006 443922 401625
Mar. 2006 453825 399320
April 2006 368823 396708
May 2006 376089 394372
June 2006 466889 393702
July 2006 349861 395455
Aug. 2006 369116 399136
Sept. 2006 445372 404754
Oct. 2006 407012 412130
Nov. 2006 408169 420863
Dec. 2006 445807 429886
Jan. 2007 460909 438458
Feb. 2007 465736 446646
Mar. 2007 468065 454412
April 2007 426936 462051
May 2007 418961 470169
June 2007 466949 478869
July 2007 555190 488467
Aug. 2007 493006 498823
Sept. 2007 484713 508346
Oct. 2007 478817 515929
Nov. 2007 597334 521283
Dec. 2007 520510 523946
Jan. 2008 532096 524056
Feb. 2008 481766 522319
Mar. 2008 567758 519619
April 2008 512937 517256
May 2008 522311 516589
June 2008 437562 517462
July 2008 465421 518869
Aug. 2008 617963 519726
Sept. 2008 517326 519236
Oct. 2008 493468 515988
Nov. 2008 552272 508682
Dec. 2008 495480 496429
Jan. 2009 497176 479541
Feb. 2009 519206 458626
Mar. 2009 429669 436266
April 2009 321806 415273
May 2009 416735 398285
June 2009 392670 387718
July 2009 247052 384332
Aug. 2009 345164 387642
Sept. 2009 385338 397288
Oct. 2009 381679 412738
Nov. 2009 435805 431501
Dec. 2009 552691 450229
Jan. 2010 579939 467013
Feb. 2010 390647 479925
Mar. 2010 358231 487876
April 2010 610598 490880
May 2010 430694 489740
June 2010 592279 485430
July 2010 523037 479953
Aug. 2010 383155 474794
Sept. 2010 386260 470492
Oct. 2010 490038 466830
Nov. 2010 553429 463310
Dec. 2010 361100 459461
Jan. 2011 481322 455160
Feb. 2011 494122 450837
Mar. 2011 578323 447106
April 2011 423685 443673
May 2011 435447 440638
June 2011 367871 438760
July 2011 411318 438075
Aug. 2011 454450 439407
Sept. 2011 461282 442779
Oct. 2011 476322 447326
Nov. 2011 444824 452207
Dec. 2011 461260 457363
Jan. 2012 455004 462759
Feb. 2012 483249 467262
Mar. 2012 306107 470066
April 2012 460465 470256
May 2012 428624 467088
June 2012 484460 460389
July 2012 466922 450857
Aug. 2012 501140 439928
Sept. 2012 724879 429197
Oct. 2012 432457 419928
Nov. 2012 370711 413483
Dec. 2012 353146 411003
Jan. 2013 336031 412417
Feb. 2013 372392 417229
Mar. 2013 456785 424217
April 2013 528572 432018
May 2013 492118 439292
June 2013 482690 444785
July 2013 373293 447779
Aug. 2013 426587 449141
Sept. 2013 498637 449725
Oct. 2013 422131 450906
Nov. 2013 392299 453623
Dec. 2013 475268 458395
Jan. 2014 287430 465049
Feb. 2014 497662 472378
Mar. 2014 553052 478519
April 2014 272067 482134
May 2014 531566 482303
June 2014 504609 478994
July 2014 375734 472802
Aug. 2014 481097 464308
Sept. 2014 437446 453908
Oct. 2014 475685 442711
Nov. 2014 452098 432273
Dec. 2014 398548 423352
Jan. 2015 432108 415973
Feb. 2015 424201 410346
Mar. 2015 332207 406502
April 2015 580259 404728
May 2015 418127 405083
June 2015 336278 407776
July 2015 443072 412831
Aug. 2015 431532 420021
Sept. 2015 418470 428717
Oct. 2015 412623 438714
Nov. 2015 440610 449485
Dec. 2015 492591 460676
Jan. 2016 478812 471463
Feb. 2016 464496 481056
Mar. 2016 350050 489126
April 2016 519100 495109
May 2016 476366 498815
June 2016 556139 500492
July 2016 526869 500564
Aug. 2016 471777 498637
Sept. 2016 473575 495451
Oct. 2016 481150 491990
Nov. 2016 466070 489201
Dec. 2016 528494 487763
Jan. 2017 487850 488386
Feb. 2017 477533 491702
Mar. 2017 546734 497698
April 2017 403390 505895
May 2017 497579 515473
June 2017 469131 525452
July 2017 652439 534648

15 per cent growth in last 12 months

A total of 38 700 new dwellings have been given building start permits in the last 12 months. This is an increase of 15 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 six per cent more than the previous 12-month period.

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