South Australia’s residential construction sector continues to boom in response to the state government's comprehensive plan to address the housing crisis.

Latest data from the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows in January our state’s building approvals  jumped 17 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms, far outpacing the national growth rate of 6.3 per cent.

Through the year, building approvals in South Australia have increased by 66.8 per cent,  far outpacing the national growth of 21.7 per cent.

Within this jump, there was an 86 per cent rise in the quarter for approvals of higher density housing.

The approval of semi-detached/duplex houses, apartments, units and flats in South Australia is now 343 per cent higher than it was a year ago.

While the approval of high to medium density housing projects can make the overall figures volatile month to month, there is significantly less volatility in the approvals of private sector houses.

In January, the number of private sector houses approved jumped 2.9 per cent to be 29 per cent higher than the year prior, continuing to trend in the right direction.

Recent preliminary construction work data for the December quarter of last year showed that in the quarter, there was a record $1.4 billion in residential building work done, reflecting growth of 13.2 per cent through the year (in real terms).