Australia’s housing oversupply swells

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With yesterday’s release of dwelling commencement and completions data for the March quarter, it is once again time to examine how Australia’s dwelling supply is tracking against population growth.

The below charts track the following, which are based on the latest available quarterly data:

  • Dwelling approvals to March 2020;
  • Dwelling commencements to March 2020;
  • Dwelling completions to March 2020;
  • Number of dwellings to March 2020; and
  • Population change to December 2019.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.