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DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES


SUMMARY COMMENTS

The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 0.5% in April 2007. The trend rose in New South Wales (+0.9%), Queensland (+1.4%), Tasmania (+0.4%), the Northern Territory (+7.0%), and the Australian Capital Territory (+5.7%) but fell in Victoria (-0.1%), South Australia (-0.7%) and Western Australia (-0.7%).

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 0.6% in April 2007. The trend rose in New South Wales (+0.4%), Victoria (+0.4%) and Queensland (+1.7%) and was flat in South Australia and Western Australia.

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 035	2 114	2 315	622	1 415	208	43	60	7 812
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 291	2 923	3 289	797	1 763	221	131	117	11 532
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-21.2	-13.9	4.4	-4.0	-12.9	-0.5	-25.9	-31.8	-9.3
	Total dwelling units (%)	-2.6	-7.1	9.2	-1.5	-7.3	-12.0	18.0	-58.2	-2.8
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 240	2 245	2 688	667	1 563	na	na	na	8 734
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 648	3 007	3 907	860	1 952	237	na	na	12 858
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-7.5	-3.5	24.9	1.0	-3.1	na	na	na	3.3
	Total dwelling units (%)	7.5	-	31.6	2.1	-0.2	-12.5	na	na	8.1
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 282	2 282	2 439	671	1 511	na	na	na	8 526
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 581	3 057	3 580	876	1 874	245	107	186	12 507
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	0.4	0.4	1.7	-	-	na	na	na	0.6
	Total dwelling units (%)	0.9	-0.1	1.4	-0.7	-0.7	0.4	7.0	5.7	0.5
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
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