Sydney · Oct 2025 to Sept 2026 · Public government registers

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Sydney · lodged residential applications

By typeNew house8,313Other5,530Alterations and additions5,523Granny flat2,732Dual occupancy2,553Knockdown rebuild2,314Townhouses1,056

Oct 2025 to Sept 2026: 28,021 residential applications lodged here, one dot each.Each cell lights up in the month its first application was lodged.Data from the states public planning registers and licence rolls · Data and licences

Sydney at a glance

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Applications lodged: 995
Median declared cost (all types): A$490,000

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Oct 2025 to Sept 2026

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Oct 2025 to Sept 2026

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A declared cost is not a contract price. Suburbs lodge different kinds of project, so a median is not what one house costs to build.

Data from the states public planning registers and licence rolls

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Data from the states public planning registers and licence rolls · refreshed 2026-09-14 · Data and licences

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Source: the public planning registers of the state governments, with no applicant names. A declared cost is the applicant own estimate, used to work out the lodgement fee. It leaves out GST and land, and it is not the final contract price.