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Low approvals per resident

Where the fewest dwellings are being approved per resident.

Approvals per 1,000 residents, ascending — the thinnest pipelines first. A low figure is a fact about permission to build, not a verdict about need: a built-out inner council and a constrained growth corridor can carry the same number for opposite reasons, and an approval that lapses was never a home. One national publisher, so councils rank across state lines honestly.

A lens is a way of looking, not a recommendation: every ranking here is one published measure, sorted, with the underlying figures beside it — never a score.

Council areas, ranked by approvals per 1,000 residents, thinnest first

The 30 thinnest of the 146 council markets where both series cover a common window. Each row names the window its approvals describe.

MarketApprovals per 1,000 residentsDwellings approvedWindowPopulation
Mount Isa CityQLD0.00the twelve months to June 202618,585
Cloncurry ShireQLD0.31the twelve months to June 20263,907
Broken HillNSW0.47the twelve months to June 202617,515
Maranoa RegionalQLD0.79the twelve months to June 202613,370
NarrabriNSW1.013the twelve months to June 202612,797
Isaac RegionalQLD1.227the twelve months to June 202623,186
Glen Innes SevernNSW1.211the twelve months to June 20269,069
CobarNSW1.25the twelve months to June 20264,019
ParkesNSW1.318the twelve months to June 202614,175
Richmond ValleyNSW1.331the twelve months to June 202624,044
Moree PlainsNSW1.317the twelve months to June 202612,845
Burdekin ShireQLD1.323the twelve months to June 202617,220
Weipa TownQLD1.46the twelve months to June 20264,297
Liverpool PlainsNSW1.411the twelve months to June 20267,671
Blue MountainsNSW1.5120the twelve months to June 202679,236
StrathfieldNSW1.782the twelve months to June 202649,203
Central Highlands RegionalQLD1.750the twelve months to June 202629,481
InverellNSW1.731the twelve months to June 202618,152
Western Downs RegionalQLD1.761the twelve months to June 202635,452
Cootamundra-Gundagai RegionalNSW1.821the twelve months to June 202611,429
Longreach RegionalQLD1.97the twelve months to June 20263,741
JuneeNSW1.912the twelve months to June 20266,403
GunnedahNSW1.926the twelve months to June 202613,502
Banana ShireQLD2.030the twelve months to June 202615,144
Goondiwindi RegionalQLD2.021the twelve months to June 202610,438
WilloughbyNSW2.0162the twelve months to June 202680,520
NarromineNSW2.013the twelve months to June 20266,420
Northern BeachesNSW2.1577the twelve months to June 2026272,656
Hunters HillNSW2.130the twelve months to June 202613,983
Charters Towers RegionalQLD2.226the twelve months to June 202612,088

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