--- title: Dwelling completions per 1,000 people, New South Wales resource: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/ publisher: NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-10-03 rows: 163 fields: 3 source: https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/d936c7a9-825a-4cc1-a90a-15b3ea3546b7/resource/9ab4789a-d458-400b-903f-293d35f80557/download/dwelling-completions.xlsx source_sha256: 90b08b30106b653ca086af7354c93296999d30a53684ae5761a1db2dca243b87 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Dwelling completions per 1,000 people, New South Wales The number of residential dwellings completed in New South Wales each year per 1,000 people, at each quarter since June 1985, as the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure reports it. Updated quarterly. Published by NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure has not endorsed this site. Also called: NSW housing completions rate, New homes built in NSW per capita, NSW residential dwelling completions per 1,000 residents. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/v/2026-10-03/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/latest/data.csv (12 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/latest/data.xlsx (12 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/latest/data.json (20 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/latest/data.parquet (7.5 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/latest/data.sqlite (53 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/latest/data.ndjson (19 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/latest/data.arrow (6.7 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/latest/data.csv.gz (2.2 KB) Pinned version 2026-10-03: `https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/v/2026-10-03/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nsw-dwelling-completions/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nsw-dwelling-completions/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nsw-dwelling-completions/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nsw-dwelling-completions/aggregate?group=measure&metric=count Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `quarter` | date | (row header 1) | The publisher dates each quarter by the first day of its last month. | | `measure` | string | (column header 1) | | | `value` | number | (cell) | Annual dwelling completions per 1,000 people, as the measure names. | Key: `quarter, measure`. ## Versions - 2026-10-03: 163 rows, 3 fields, sha256 90b08b30106b. https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/v/2026-10-03/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Public housing dwellings by council area, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-public-housing-dwellings/) (SA) - [Average age of public housing dwellings by suburb and bedrooms, Western Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/wa-public-housing-dwelling-age-by-suburb/) (WA) - [Building approvals by Local Government Area, monthly, 2025-26, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-building-approvals-by-lga-2025-26/) (Cth) - [Median weekly rents by suburb and dwelling type, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-median-rents-by-suburb/) (Qld) - [Median weekly rents by postcode and dwelling type, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-median-rents-by-postcode/) (Qld) - [Public housing dwellings, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-housing-dwellings/) (Qld) - [Social housing maintenance and modification spending, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-maintenance/) (Qld) - [Median house sale prices by suburb, metropolitan Adelaide](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-metro-median-house-prices/) (SA) - [Rental bond lodgements, New South Wales, 2021](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-rental-bond-lodgements-2021/) (NSW) - [Rental bond lodgements, New South Wales, 2022](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-rental-bond-lodgements-2022/) (NSW) - [Rental bond refunds, New South Wales, 2021](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-rental-bond-refunds-2021/) (NSW) - [Rental bond lodgements, New South Wales, 2024](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-rental-bond-lodgements-2024/) (NSW) ## Attribution and citation NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, NSW Government, Dwelling completions, sourced 4 October 2026, https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/dwelling-completions, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, NSW Government, Dwelling completions, sourced 4 October 2026, https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/dwelling-completions, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/v/2026-10-03/ Harvard: NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (2026) Dwelling completions per 1,000 people, New South Wales, version 2026-10-03 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 4 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/v/2026-10-03/ Markdown: Data: [Dwelling completions per 1,000 people, New South Wales](https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/dwelling-completions), NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 4 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/v/2026-10-03/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Dwelling completions per 1,000 people as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/v/2026-10-03/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Dwelling completions per 1,000 people in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/v/2026-10-03/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 163 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/v/2026-10-03/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Dwelling completions per 1,000 people cover? The current version covers 1985 to 2024. Each release from DPHI becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Dwelling completions per 1,000 people updated? DPHI releases it quarterly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Dwelling completions per 1,000 people commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Dwelling completions per 1,000 people? No. The publisher is NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, and its page is https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/dwelling-completions. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.xlsx with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What is in each row? One quarter since June 1985, with the publisher's figure for the number of residential dwellings completed in New South Wales in a year per 1,000 people. ### Is this a count of dwellings? No. The publisher gives a rate per 1,000 people and does not give the count or the population it used in the file. The value is published as the department calculated it. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.xlsx`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/nsw-dwelling-completions.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/nsw-dwelling-completions.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.