Building Approvals by Local Government Area (council level)
Monthly building approvals at the council (Local Government Area) level - far more granular than BA_GCCSA's 8-capital-city geography. Breakdowns by sector, work type, and building type for ~570 Australian councils.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics · Licensed CC-BY 4.0 · dataset id abs.BA_LGA2024
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Full description
Monthly building approvals at the council (Local Government Area) level - far more granular than BA_GCCSA's 8-capital-city geography. Breakdowns by sector, work type, and building type for ~570 Australian councils. Source: ABS Catalogue 8731.0 (Building Approvals, Australia). Defaults to number of dwelling units approved, total residential, private sector, total work, Australia. Pass region= an LGA code (e.g. "10050" for Albury, "21450" for Greater Geelong) to narrow to a specific council. LGA codes are 4-5 digit ASGS LGA 2025 codes - see describe for the common ones, or pass any LGA code through (permissive).
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