Get monthly Australian building approvals

ABS 8731.0. Counts of new dwellings approved each month, split by detached and attached.

Steps

1Call the endpoint.
2Read houses, units, total.

Code

cURL

curl https://api.ausdata.io/v1/data/abs/building-approvals \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Python

import requests
r = requests.get(
    "https://api.ausdata.io/v1/data/abs/building-approvals",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_KEY"},
)
print(r.json())

JavaScript

const r = await fetch("https://api.ausdata.io/v1/data/abs/building-approvals", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_KEY" },
});
console.log(await r.json());

Watch out for

State data is volatile month to month. The 6-month average is more useful.

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