Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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DWELLING UNIT COMMENCEMENTS ORIGINAL


ORIGINAL ESTIMATES

	Mar qtr 09	Dec qtr 08 to Mar qtr 09	Mar qtr 08 to Mar qtr 09
	no.	%	%
New private sector houses	19 486	-15.5	-16.3
New private sector other residential building	7 453	-20.2	-35.0
Private sector conversion, etc.	246	24.2	-35.4
Public sector dwellings	822	15.3	-15.2
Total dwelling units	28 007	-15.9	-22.4

• The total number of dwelling units commenced fell 15.9% in the March quarter 2009, to 28,007.
• New private sector house commencements fell 15.5%, to 19,486. Commencements fell in all states and territories other than New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
• New private sector other residential building fell 20.2%, to 7,453. This follows a revised fall of 22.6%, to 9,344 in the December quarter.
• The total number of public sector dwellings commenced rose 15.3%, to 822. Falls in Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory were more than offset by gains in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.