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DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES


SUMMARY COMMENTS

The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved fell 1.1% in December 2006. The trend fell in states and territories other than Queensland (+0.5%), South Australia (+0.5%) and the Northern Territory (+0.9%) and was flat in Western Australia.

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 0.7% in December 2006. The trend rose in Queensland (+1.5%), South Australia (+0.4%) and Western Australia (+0.2%) but fell in New South Wales (-1.8%) and Victoria (-2.6%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 135	1 672	2 012	598	1 472	186	31	52	7 158
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 182	2 464	2 862	836	2 018	201	106	84	10 753
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-12.8	-37.1	-20.5	-27.4	-22.3	-32.4	-41.5	-65.1	-26.1
	Total dwelling units (%)	-11.1	-27.5	-14.4	-20.0	-17.3	-30.7	-3.6	-65.7	-19.3
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 301	2 187	2 484	642	1 690	na	na	na	8 573
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 413	3 135	3 413	855	2 183	199	na	na	12 395
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	6.2	-5.2	3.9	-14.3	0.9	na	na	na	-2.3
	Total dwelling units (%)	-1.5	-1.4	9.4	-12.1	-5.3	-25.2	na	na	-1.9
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 277	2 307	2 439	672	1 691	na	na	na	8 738
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 502	3 068	3 284	873	2 182	231	108	139	12 389
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-1.8	-2.6	1.5	0.4	0.2	na	na	na	-0.7
	Total dwelling units (%)	-3.3	-1.9	0.5	0.5	-	-2.1	0.9	-12.0	-1.1
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
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