8731.0 - Building Approvals, Australia, Apr 2014 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 02/06/2014   
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APRIL KEY FIGURES

Apr 14
Mar 14 to Apr 14
Apr 13 to Apr 14
no.
% change
% change
TREND
Total dwelling units approved
15 813
-1.6
15.1
Private sector houses
9 421
0.5
19.5
Private sector dwellings excluding houses
6 167
-4.6
12.4
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Total dwelling units approved
14 931
-5.6
1.1
Private sector houses
9 254
-0.3
16.5
Private sector dwellings excluding houses
5 435
-14.0
-16.6

Dwelling units approved
Graph: Dwelling units approved

Private sector houses approved
Graph: Private sector houses




APRIL KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS
  • The trend estimate for total dwellings approved fell 1.6% in April and has fallen for four months.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved fell 5.6% in April and has fallen for three months.


PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES
  • The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 0.5% in April and has risen for 16 months.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses fell 0.3% in April and has fallen for three months.


PRIVATE SECTOR DWELLINGS EXCLUDING HOUSES
  • The trend estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 4.6% in April and has fallen for five months.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 14.0% in April and has fallen for three months.


VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED
  • The trend estimate of the value of total building approved fell 5.6% in April and has fallen for five months. The value of residential building fell 1.8% and has fallen for four months. The value of non-residential building fell 12.8% and has fallen for five months.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved fell 17.4% in April and has fallen for four months. The value of residential building fell 7.4% and has fallen for two months. The value of non-residential building fell 36.6% and has fallen for four months.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
May 2014 3 July 2014
June 2014 31 July 2014
July 2014 2 September 2014
August 2014 2 October 2014
September 2014 3 November 2014
October 2014 2 December 2014



DATA NOTES

A number of time series spreadsheets contain 'np' (not available for publication) annotations. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.

As a result of changes to production processes which were implemented in March 2014, some time series identifiers have changed. The content and nature of these series will not be affected.

To assist in accommodating these changes, Excel spreadsheets showing the old and new time series identifiers for each affected series are included under the downloads tab.


REVISIONS THIS MONTH

Revisions to the total number of dwelling units approved in this issue are:

2012-13
2013-14
TOTAL
NSW
-15
-3
-18
Vic.
24
102
126
Qld
12
227
239
SA
2
-6
-4
WA
3
8
11
Tas.
-
-
-
NT
1
-1
-
ACT
-
-
-
Total
27
327
354



INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.