Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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APRIL KEY FIGURES

	Apr 05	Mar 05 to Apr 05	Apr 04 to Apr 05
	no.	% change	% change
Trend
Total dwelling units approved	12,606	-0.3	-14.1
Private sector houses	8,527	-0.1	-9.6
Private sector other dwellings	3,847	0.2	-22.1
Seasonally Adjusted
Total dwelling units approved	12,559	1.8	-15.3
Private sector houses	8,542	0.2	-12.0
Private sector other dwellings	3,793	9.6	-22.7

Dwelling units approved, Total number

Private sector houses approved, Total number

APRIL KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend for total dwelling approvals fell marginally (-0.3%) in April 2005.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 1.8%, to 12,559, in April 2005.

• The trend estimate of private sector house approvals was relatively flat for the fifth consecutive month in April 2005 (-0.1%).
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved rose 0.2%, to 8,542, in April 2005.

• The trend estimate of private sector other dwellings approved was relatively flat (+0.2%) in April 2005.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 9.6%, to 3,793, in April 2005. This follows a fall of 21.2% in March.

• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved fell 0.8%, to $4,506.7m, in April 2005. The value of new residential building approved fell 4.1%, to $2,290.4m, while the value of alterations and additions rose 1.5%, to $431.8m.

REVISIONS THIS MONTH

Revisions have been made to total dwelling units in this issue:

	2003-04	2004-05	TOTAL
New South Wales	97	78	175
Victoria	-	-	-
Queensland	20	27	47
South Australia	3	-106	-103
Western Australia	2	12	14
Tasmania	-	-	-
Northern Territory	-	-	-
Australian Capital Territory	-	-24	-24
TOTAL	122	-13	109

DATA NOTES

Estimates have been included in this issue for the municipalities of Campbelltown and Hornsby in New South Wales which were unable to report all building work approved in their municipalities this month.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or David Finlay on Adelaide (08) 8237 7431.

VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED


NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

The trend estimate of the value of new residential building is showing falls for the past three months after three months of rises. The trend fell 0.9% in April 2005.

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved was relatively flat in April 2005. The trend fell in New South Wales (-0.6%), Queensland (-1.2%) and Western Australia (-0.8%), but rose in Victoria (+0.5%) and South Australia (+0.3%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1,424	2,626	1,766	625	1,435	177	43	130	8,226
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2,922	3,487	2,508	795	2,071	195	52	136	12,166
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-0.7	6.4	-11.8	-12.2	-6.8	-8.3	10.3	25.0	-3.1
	Total dwelling units (%)	5.6	3.7	-9.8	-24.9	7.0	-10.6	-29.7	-11.7	-1.5
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1,495	2,513	1,954	730	1,476	na	na	na	8,542
	Total dwelling units (no.)	3,091	3,374	2,696	900	2,091	222	na	na	12,559
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-2.3	3.9	6.7	12.5	-16.3	na	na	na	0.2
	Total dwelling units (%)	12.2	1.8	3.7	-9.6	-6.0	9.4	na	na	1.8
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1,534	2,461	1,867	671	1,658	na	na	na	8,527
	Total dwelling units (no.)	3,211	3,249	2,643	890	2,166	208	63	175	12,606
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-0.6	0.5	-1.2	0.3	-0.8	na	na	na	-0.1
	Total dwelling units (%)	0.2	0.9	-3.7	2.3	1.9	-3.3	-7.4	-10.3	-0.3
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