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Detached starts edge higher in Tasmania, but supply gap remains
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The ABS today released its Building Activity data for the December quarter 2025, which includes the volume of new housing starts and completions.
“Tasmania recorded 640 detached house starts in the December quarter, lifting total detached starts to 2,280 for calendar year 2025.
“While the improvement is welcome, activity remains well below levels required to ease housing supply pressures.
HIA Executive Director Tasmania, Benjamin Price, said the figures show Tasmania is lagging behind the stronger-performing mainland states.
“Tasmania is seeing a gradual lift in detached home building, but the recovery here is slower and more fragile than elsewhere,” Mr Price said.
“Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia continue to build at historically strong levels, while Tasmania’s pipeline remains thin.”
“Completions continued to track lower in the 2025 calendar year year, with only 7,880 detached house completions and 180 multi-unit completions.
“Starts are picking up, but completions are still too low,” Mr Price said.
“Without sustained increases in construction activity, housing shortages and affordability pressures will persist.”
HIA says meaningful improvements in Tasmania will require planning reform, infrastructure readiness and policy certainty to unlock more home building.
“The national data shows what’s possible when conditions are right,” Mr Price said.
“Tasmania needs the right settings in place if it’s going to share in the national recovery.”
“There remains strong demand for housing across Australia, including Tasmania. Governments need to pull all levers to help lower the cost of delivering new supply.”
"This includes continuing the First Home Owners Grant increase at $30,000 into the next financial year." concluded Mr Price.
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