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DWELLINGS APPROVED BY TYPE OF DWELLING 2006–07


STATES AND TERRITORIES

The number of dwelling units approved in the States and Territories during 2006-07 is shown in the table below, for each type of dwelling category.

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
New houses		15 888	28 812	28 719	8 590	19 494	2 508	762	1 265	106 038
New semidetached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc of:
	One storey	2 203	2 226	1 885	1 286	1 812	220	111	159	9 902
	Two or more storeys	3 652	2 279	3 573	383	952	50	113	84	11 086
	Total	5 855	4 505	5 458	1 669	2 764	270	224	243	20 988
New flats, units, apartments in a building of:
	One or two storeys	579	402	883	137	404	37	11	26	2 479
	Three storeys	1 134	794	1 535	203	292	-	24	383	4 365
	Four or more storeys	7 278	2 946	4 641	144	1 914	-	434	328	17 685
	Total	8 991	4 142	7 059	484	2 610	37	469	737	24 529
Total new other residential building		14 846	8 647	12 517	2 153	5 374	307	693	980	45 517
Other
	Alterations and additions to residential building	136	163	64	5	119	10	5	-	502
	Conversion	215	137	16	21	71	24	2	-	486
	Non-residential building	105	160	19	16	35	17	3	2	357
Total building		31 190	37 919	41 335	10 785	25 093	2 866	1 465	2 247	152 900
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

SUMMARY COMMENT

Of the 152,900 dwelling units approved in Australia in 2006-07, 106,038 (69.4%) were new houses. Although new houses accounted for over 50% of approved dwellings units in each of the States and Territories the mix of dwelling types varied significantly across the States and Territories. New houses accounted for over 75% of all dwelling units in Victoria (76.0%), South Australia (79.6%), Western Australia (77.7%) and Tasmania (87.5%).

DWELLINGS APPROVED, States and territories - By type of dwelling - 2006-07