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Building Approvals by Local Government Area (council level)

Name: Building Approvals by Local Government Area (council level)
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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).

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics · Licensed CC-BY 4.0 · dataset id abs.BA_LGA2024

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