HIA RECENTLY revealed Australia’s strongest markets for home building in the 2023 edition of the HIA Population and Residential Building Hotspots Report.

The report identifies Australia’s fastest-growing suburban regional ‘hotspots’ based on population growth and also indicates areas with high levels of building activity and, therefore, employment for the building industry.

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Once again the HIA Hunter region was well represented in the report.

“Nine areas of the HIA Hunter region qualify as housing hotspots based on their strong performance in terms of building approvals and population growth,” commented HIA Hunter Executive Director Craig Jennion.

“Thornton-Millers Forest, is once again the HIA Hunter region’s number one building hotspot with a population growth rate of 6.6 percent and $119.5 million in building approvals.

“Second on the list, Branxton-Greta-Pokolbin, had a population growth rate of 5.6 percent and $145.7 million in building approvals.

“Up one place from last year, Kurri Kurri-Abermain was ranked third with a population growth rate of 3.5% and $71.2 million in building approvals,” said Mr Jennion.

In fourth was Williamtown, Medowie and Karuah, with a population growth of 3.2 percent and $93,000 million in building approvals.

An area qualifies as a hotspot in the Hunter Valley and Central Coast region if at least $50 million worth of residential building work was approved during the 2021/22 financial year, and its rate of population growth is faster than the 1.2 per cent national average.

“The report found that Australia’s population growth improved after being constrained in previous years due to closed borders, whilst the value of building works approved and the growth rates of the local population has been very high locally.

“COVID-19 has also seen consumer preferences shift away from inner-city apartment style living to detached housing in regional areas.

“This shift saw strong Hunter based areas in this edition of HIA’s Population and Building Hotspots Report,” concluded Mr Jennion.