dwellings per quarter - Source frequency: quarterly · Methodology · Corrections
Supporting data for New Dwelling Completions. It adds detail to that headline metric and is not counted in the national scores.
Australia's dwelling commencements was 52k dwellings per quarter as of April 2026. Number of new dwellings on which construction started each quarter, nationally and by state. Commencements are the step between approval and completion, and show whether approved homes are actually being started. Together with completions they track the pipeline that eventually eases pressure on prices and rents. Data is sourced from ABS Building Activity, Australia (Cat. 8752.0), dwelling units commenced, all work types, all sectors, original and updated quarterly.
Ranked by latest value (context-dependent)
| Rank | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VictoriaVIC | 16,175dwellings per quarter |
| 2 | New South WalesNSW | 11,700dwellings per quarter |
| 3 | QueenslandQLD | 11,473dwellings per quarter |
| 4 | Western AustraliaWA | 7,388dwellings per quarter |
| 5 | South AustraliaSA | 3,908dwellings per quarter |
| 6 | TasmaniaTAS | 681dwellings per quarter |
| 7 | Australian Capital TerritoryACT | 562dwellings per quarter |
| 8 | Northern TerritoryNT | 280dwellings per quarter |
Number of new dwellings on which construction started each quarter, nationally and by state.
Commencements are the step between approval and completion, and show whether approved homes are actually being started. Together with completions they track the pipeline that eventually eases pressure on prices and rents.
Context-dependent
Source: ABS Building Activity, Australia (Cat. 8752.0), dwelling units commenced, all work types, all sectors, original
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Building Activity, Australia (Cat. 8752.0), dwelling units commenced, all work types, all sectors, original), updated quarterly. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
See all sources and methodology on the data sources page.
