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Building Approvals

Name: Building Approvals
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Monthly building approvals by state and Greater Capital City region, broken down by building type (houses / townhouses / apartments / total dwellings / non-residential) and measure (number of dwelling units, or value of work). Source: ABS Building Approvals, Australia (cat 8731.0

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

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