Building work on both houses and apartments bounced in the September quarter 2025, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The new figures show that the total number of homes commenced in Australia rose 6.6 per cent to 48,778 in the September quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms.
The improvement was driven by new houses, which rose 6.9 per cent to 28,485, following a fall of 4.9 per cent in the June quarter. Work started on multi-units rose 3.5 per cent to 18,747 dwellings following a previous rise of 1.4 per cent in the June quarter.
There were 230,003 total homes under construction in the September quarter, of which 87,323 were new houses.
In seasonally adjusted terms, 44,242 dwellings were completed in the September quarter. Standalone houses accounted for 27,066 of the dwellings completed, falling 1.9 per cent from June, while multi-unit completions rose 30.7 per cent from June to 16,327 dwellings.
The value of new residential building work done rose 4.3 per cent to $22.9b in the September quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. Alterations and additions to residential buildings rose 1.7 per cent to $3.7b.