The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Tuesday released a new series on Australia’s dwelling stock, which showed that the total value of Australian residential dwellings hit a record high $10.2 trillion dollars in the March quarter of 2022:
Record residential housing values in Q1 2022.
As expected, the value of dwellings nationally is dominated by our two largest jurisdictions of NSW (Sydney) and Victoria (Melbourne), whose dwellings were valued at $4.1 trillion (40% share) and $2.7 trillion (27% share) respectively in the March quarter of 2022. This means that together, these two states alone account for two-thirds (67%) of Australia’s housing stock by value, which is well above their 58% share of Australia’s population.
NSW and VIC dominate dwelling values.
Their out-sized value share also means that where Sydney and Melbourne house prices go, national prices will follow. This is pertinent given both markets are now falling, in turn dragging national values into the red:
Sydney and Melbourne pull national values into the red.
When it comes to Australian property there’s Sydney and Melbourne, and then there’s everything else.
