Queensland's housing stock is analyzed, showing a dominance of detached dwellings. Building approvals for high-rise dwellings (attached 4+ storeys) accounted for 19% of all approvals from July 2016 to December 2019, compared to 5% of the dwelling stock in 2016. The dataset is provided by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
Use Cases
- Analyze the shift in housing construction types based on building approval percentages.
- Compare the composition of dwelling stock against new construction trends.
- Model urban density changes using the proportion of high-rise approvals.
- Assess policy impacts on housing diversity over the specified time period.
Strengths
- Provides a specific comparison point: 19% of approvals were for high-rise dwellings from July 2016 to December 2019.
- Cites a baseline figure: high-rise dwellings comprised 5% of the dwelling stock in 2016.
- Includes a clear temporal range for the approval data: July 2016 to December 2019.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified; the last metadata update was 2026-05-12.
Provenance
- Source
- [email protected], Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
- Time Range
- Approval data covers July 2016 to December 2019; stock data references 2016.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-12 03:27:51.309255
- Geography
- Queensland, Australia