Ku-ring-gai Council area

Building approvals

The value of building approvals in Ku-ring-gai Council area was $152m in the 2025-26 FYTD (September) financial year.

This dataset shows the total assessed value of building approvals for construction in Ku-ring-gai Council area by financial year in millions of dollars. The dataset is updated monthly to include the current financial year to date, and includes residential and non-residential building approvals separately. The percentage of the state total is shown.

Building approvals for an area can be highly variable over time, particularly in the non-residential sector. Construction may take several years from the date of approval. A high rate of building approvals can indicate a growth area with a construction-led economy. A low rate of building approvals may indicate a settled area with established infrastructure, or an area with little growth. Note that this dataset is not adjusted for inflation.

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Value of total building approvals
Ku-ring-gai Council areaNew South Wales
Financial yearResidential $('000') Non-residential $('000')Total $('000')Residential $('000')Non-residential $('000')Total $('000')Ku-ring-gai Council area as a % of New South Wales
2025-26 FYTD (September)146,5045,581152,0858,756,7345,949,00814,705,7421.0%
2024-25627,774138,940766,71430,116,23521,340,24951,456,4841.5%
2023-24469,997150,474620,47125,386,73619,351,96244,738,6981.4%
2022-23582,026101,604683,63027,370,66120,623,76347,994,4241.4%
2021-22533,58484,996618,58025,879,75216,789,32342,669,0741.4%
2020-21507,759203,989711,74825,035,46520,164,38745,199,8521.6%
2019-20417,363339,204756,56718,818,41817,221,95536,040,3732.1%
2018-19424,662157,914582,57621,819,09516,849,39238,668,4871.5%
2017-18604,514217,330821,84426,688,32214,681,50241,369,8242.0%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Building Approvals, Australia, catalogue number 8731.0. Compiled and presented in economy.id by .id (informed decisions)

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