Starts per 100 Approvals: How Each State’s Dwelling Commencements Track Its Approvals
From 2011 to 2025, 98.4 dwellings were begun in Australia for every 100 approved, and every state finished within a few points of one start per approval. In the year to June 2026 the states diverged: Victoria 103.2, Queensland 94.1,...
Months of Pipeline: How Long the Dwellings Under Construction Would Take to Complete
At the June quarter 2026 pace of completions, the 248,733 dwellings under construction would take 15.7 months to complete, fewer than a year earlier: completions rose 15.8% while the stock rose 10.8%.
From Approval to Completion: Australia’s Dwelling Pipeline Stage by Stage
In the year to June 2026, 204,440 dwellings were commenced and 180,501 completed. With starts running ahead of completions, 248,733 dwellings were under construction at June 2026, the highest since the ABS series began in 1984.
Rent Against Earnings in the June Quarter 2026: Five States Compared
A new lease took 33.39% of a week’s full-time adult ordinary-time earnings in the June quarter 2026, up from 32.74% a year earlier. Rents rose faster than earnings in all five states, most of all in Tasmania.
Mortgage Repayments Against Income, Suburb by Suburb, 2021
At the 2021 Census the median mortgage repayment equalled about 24.6% of median household income. Suburb by suburb the ratio was highest in New South Wales and lowest in the ACT, measured when the cash rate was 0.10%.
Where Most Households Own, and Where They Do Not: Home Ownership by Suburb, 2021
Two-thirds of households owned their home at the 2021 Census, but in 660 localities fewer than half did, and 3.0 million people lived in them. Home ownership suburb by suburb, state by state.
