# Australia Building Permits

Australia Building Permits was 18,311 Dwelling units in September 2026, up 6.6% from August 2026 and down 1.7% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9,803.0 Dwelling units (Jan 2023) to 24,708 Dwelling units (Mar 2021), averaging 16,412 Dwelling units.

- Source agency: Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `AU.BPERMIT.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: Dwelling units
- Coverage: 1986-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (489 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/australia/building-permits

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 18,311 Dwelling units |
| August 2026 | 17,173 Dwelling units |
| July 2026 | 19,291 Dwelling units |
| June 2026 | 19,104 Dwelling units |
| May 2026 | 17,241 Dwelling units |
| April 2026 | 17,641 Dwelling units |
| March 2026 | 18,148 Dwelling units |
| February 2026 | 19,241 Dwelling units |
| January 2026 | 10,701 Dwelling units |
| December 2025 | 15,179 Dwelling units |
| November 2025 | 18,581 Dwelling units |
| October 2025 | 17,565 Dwelling units |
| September 2025 | 18,630 Dwelling units |
| August 2025 | 15,256 Dwelling units |
| July 2025 | 18,269 Dwelling units |
| June 2025 | 16,547 Dwelling units |
| May 2025 | 16,810 Dwelling units |
| April 2025 | 14,670 Dwelling units |
| March 2025 | 15,734 Dwelling units |
| February 2025 | 16,255 Dwelling units |
| January 2025 | 13,321 Dwelling units |
| December 2024 | 14,318 Dwelling units |
| November 2024 | 15,916 Dwelling units |
| October 2024 | 17,938 Dwelling units |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.BPERMIT.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.BPERMIT.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```