MMC Penetration
Low-to-moderate, uneven
2020s · limited confidence · reported
Relocatable education and camps inflate some industry figures if counted as housing.
Transition market
Australia
Import capability, localise where economics and resilience justify it. Do not reinvent the last forty years.
Reported
Australia is the principal transition market. The observatory asks how far it is behind, which systems can be imported, which factories are real, and where approval, finance, insurance and certification block delivery.
Indices
Directional, not a league table.
Manufacturing capacity
Thin; several announcements failed
2020s · limited confidence · supported
Operational versus announced is the Australian signature distinction.
Pipeline confidence
Low-to-moderate
2020s · limited confidence · reported
Administrations and stalled plants are first-class objects.
Regulatory friction
High for imported systems
2020s · moderate confidence · supported
NCC pathway, fire, structural evidence, FPC and site verification are separate layers.
Coherence
Unknown / insufficient evidence
2020s · experimental confidence · unknown
No national whole-system account exists in this seed.
Open questions
- — How far behind, in which systems?
- — What should be manufactured domestically?
- — What should be sourced from mature Asian supply chains?
- — What is the time from announcement to occupied dwelling?
Factories
All factories
Operational
Hickory Victorian manufacturing
Victoria, AU
SupportedMOCK
Verified capacity · Unknown / insufficient evidence
Operational
Fleetwood Western Australia
Western Australia, AU
SupportedMOCK
Verified capacity · Unknown / insufficient evidence
Operational
Modscape Victoria
Victoria, AU
ReportedMOCK
Verified capacity · Unknown
Historic · Insolvent
Strongbuild NSW (administration)
New South Wales, AU
SupportedMOCK
Verified capacity · Not current
Operational
Ausco Brisbane
Queensland, AU
SupportedMOCK
Verified capacity · Unknown / insufficient evidence
Announced
Announced Sydney volumetric plant
New South Wales, AU
ReportedMOCK
Verified capacity · None verified
Historic · Closed
ARK Homes (historic)
Queensland / Oceania (approximate), AU
ReportedMOCK
Verified capacity · No verified Australian factory throughput
Historic · Insolvent
CEC Group (Cairns — historic)
Queensland, AU
SupportedMOCK
Verified capacity · Not current
Projects
AU · Occupancy
443 Queen Street, Brisbane
Brisbane, Queensland
SupportedIntensity 74
AU · Installation
NSW modular social / temporary housing (programme)
New South Wales
ReportedIntensity 70
AU · Completion
Sydney Metro station DfMA (composite)
Sydney, New South Wales
ReportedIntensity 68
AU · Announced
Imported volumetric modules to NSW (boundary case)
NSW ports → site
UnknownIntensity 84