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Record year for building work in Victoria as permits nudge $40 billion

Friday, April 26th, 2019Construction, NewsMelanie Basta

Applications for building permits in Victoria continued at record levels in 2018, with the cost of works in permits reported to the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) reaching almost $40 billion for the first time.

The value of building permits for the 12 months was $39.6 billion – up 10.7 percent, or $3.8 billion, on the previous year’s record $35.8 billion. In addition, the number of building permits for the calendar year also was a record –113,287, up 0.4 percent on last year’s record 112,882 permits.

Building permit data released by the VBA for 2018 shows that the value of building permits exceeded three billion in 10 of the twelve months, including in August when the figure was almost four million, the highest monthly total ever. Only three years ago, in 2015, there were no months in which building permit activity reached three billion during the year.

Other key breakdowns of the annual VBA data reveals that all seven building use categories and all seven regions of Victoria reported increased value of building permits. The domestic (houses) category saw an 8.8 percent increase in the value of building permits to $20.2 billion – more than half the total value of building permits – and a 0.4 percent increase in the number compared to the previous year.

Growth in both the number and value of building permits reported in rural regions outstripped the percentage growth in the metropolitan region (Melbourne). The number of permits reported in the rural region rose 4.7 percent, while the number of permits reported in the metropolitan region fell by 1.6 percent. By value, rural increased by 14.3 percent and Metropolitan rose 9.9 percent over 2017.

According to the VBA, the two building use categories where the strongest growth occurred were retail, which was up 24.1 percent, and industrial, which climbed 22.6 percent.

The value of building permits by building use category in 2018 compared with 2017 showed:

  • Domestic (houses) increased by 8.8 percent to $20.2 billion
  • Residential rose by 3.7 percent to $6.4 billion
  • Commercial increased by 19.0 percent to $5.3 billion
  • Retail rose by 24.1 percent to $2.2 billion
  • Industrial increased by 22.6 percent to $755 million
  • Hospitals and healthcare increased by 6.1 percent to $1.2 billion
  • Public Buildings increased by 16.1 percent to $3.5 billion.

The value of building permits by region in 2018 compared with 2017 showed:

  • Inner Melbourne increased by twelve percent to $18.2 billion
  • Outer Melbourne increased by 7.4 percent to $14.1 billion
  • Gippsland increased by 29 percent to $1.3 billion
  • North Central increased by 16.5 percent to $1.2 billion
  • North East increased by 13.5 percent to $1.0 billion
  • North West increased by 15.2 percent to $1.2 billion
  • South West increased by 7.3 percent to $2.6 billion.

Victoria’s billion-dollar municipalities (by value of building permits reported)

Eleven municipalities in Victoria reported building permits with a value of more than one billion in 2018:

Ranking in 2018 Municipality name Number of permits Reported cost of works $M Ranking 2017 Reported cost of works $M
1 Melbourne      3372  6042.0 1 5019.7
2 Wyndham      6939 2222.9 2 2085.9
3 Casey      6512    1756.8 3 1683.6
4. Greater Geelong 6074 1700.8 4 1573.1
5 Monash    2866   1535.5 5 1228.2
6 Hume      4799   1447.1 7 1198.3
7 Stonnington 1857  1354.4 9 1065.1
8 Boroondara     2705 1307.3 6 1222.7
9 Whittlesea 3455  1138.8 11 932.1
10 Mornington Peninsula 4067 1097.7 10 959.2
11 Glen Eira   2082    1081.5 8 1129.0

The Top 10 rural municipalities in 2018, compared with 2017:

Ranking 2018 Municipality name Number of permits Reported cost of works $M Ranking 2017 Reported cost of works $M
1 Greater Geelong 6074 1701.0 1 1573.1
2 Ballarat 2255 548.8 2 481.7
3 Greater Bendigo 2321 409.8 3 435.1
4. Surf Coast 1337 390.1 4 288.2
5 Bass Coast 1498 335.5 7 237.7
6 Baw Baw 1645 319.7 6 253.8
7 Greater Shepparton 1149 299.4 5 272.4
8 Macedon Ranges 1190 285.1 8 210.5
9 Mitchell 1331 279.8 9 204.5
10 Mildura 1117 197.9 14 134.4

This information is drawn from and reliant upon information provided to the VBA by building surveyors who submit information relating to their building permit functions in accordance with the requirements of the Building Act 1993 and the Building Regulations 2018.

For more information visit www.vba.vic.gov.au

Image: Unsplash's arnaud-mesureur ©unsplash.com





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