DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES
SUMMARY COMMENTS
The trend estimate for total dwellings approved rose 0.5% in December 2010. The trend fell in South Australia (-2.3%), Tasmania (-2.3%) and the Northern Territory (-12.0%) while the other states and territories all increased. In seasonally adjusted terms the estimate of total dwellings approved rose 8.7% with New South Wales (16.7%), Victoria (11.4%) and Tasmania (9.9%) recording the largest increases of the published states and territories. Queensland (-5.7%) and Western Australia (-4.2%) showed decreases this month.
The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 0.3% this month. Of the published states, South Australia (-2.5%), Victoria (-0.4%) and Western Australia (-0.3%) experienced falls while New South Wales (0.6%) rose.
| | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
Original |
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Dwelling units approved | | | | | | | | | |
| Private sector houses (no.) | 1 228 | 2 583 | 1 274 | 529 | 1 300 | 186 | 38 | 105 | 7 243 |
| Total dwelling units (no.) | 3 171 | 5 127 | 1 780 | 846 | 1 686 | 256 | 288 | 428 | 13 582 |
Percentage change from previous month | | | | | | | | | |
| Private sector houses (%) | -11.1 | -15.2 | -20.1 | -25.0 | -15.1 | 3.9 | -11.6 | -30.5 | -16.1 |
| Total dwelling units (%) | 20.8 | 3.4 | -23.2 | -8.7 | -17.5 | 19.6 | 343.1 | 17.3 | 0.5 |
Seasonally Adjusted |
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Dwelling units approved | | | | | | | | | |
| Private sector houses (no.) | 1 323 | 2 988 | 1 510 | 579 | 1 430 | na | na | na | 8 181 |
| Total dwelling units (no.) | 2 848 | 5 804 | 2 095 | 892 | 1 825 | 251 | na | na | 14 457 |
Percentage change from previous month | | | | | | | | | |
| Private sector houses (%) | 0.4 | 2.1 | -0.2 | -11.2 | 0.8 | na | na | na | - |
| Total dwelling units (%) | 16.7 | 11.4 | -5.7 | 1.1 | -4.2 | 9.9 | na | na | 8.7 |
Trend |
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Dwelling units approved | | | | | | | | | |
| Private sector houses (no.) | 1 327 | 2 942 | 1 490 | 621 | 1 399 | na | na | na | 8 136 |
| Total dwelling units (no.) | 2 656 | 5 225 | 2 153 | 880 | 1 829 | 247 | 71 | 376 | 13 437 |
Percentage change from previous month | | | | | | | | | |
| Private sector houses (%) | 0.6 | -0.4 | - | -2.5 | -0.3 | na | na | na | -0.3 |
| Total dwelling units (%) | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -2.3 | 0.9 | -2.3 | -12.0 | 7.5 | 0.5 |
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