DWELLINGS APPROVED BY TYPE OF DWELLING 2007–08


STATES AND TERRITORIES

The number of dwelling units approved in the States and Territories during 2007-08 is shown in the table below, for each type of dwelling category.

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
New houses		15 709	31 551	30 058	10 341	17 104	2 530	587	1 284	109 164
New semidetached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc of:
	One storey	2 434	2 234	2 124	1 084	1 940	260	143	30	10 249
	Two or more storeys	3 158	3 279	3 691	768	968	22	32	164	12 082
	Total	5 592	5 513	5 815	1 852	2 908	282	175	194	22 331
New flats, units, apartments in a building of:
	One or two storeys	1 120	419	1 087	244	209	72	8	34	3 193
	Three storeys	1 228	908	1 633	14	319	-	13	142	4 257
	Four or more storeys	7 035	3 908	5 207	610	2 848	-	350	680	20 638
	Total	9 383	5 235	7 927	868	3 376	72	371	856	28 088
Total new other residential building		14 975	10 748	13 742	2 720	6 284	354	546	1 050	50 419
Other
	Alterations and additions to residential building	165	279	64	21	154	16	4	-	703
	Conversion	217	145	15	9	20	18	1	-	425
	Non-residential building	44	74	81	7	65	20	12	5	308
Total building		31 110	42 797	43 960	13 098	23 627	2 938	1 150	2 339	161 019
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

SUMMARY COMMENT

Of the 161,019 dwelling units approved in Australia in 2007-08, 109,164 (67.8%) were new houses. In 2006-07 new houses accounted for 69.4% of dwellings units approved. Although new houses accounted for over 50% of approved dwellings units in each of the States and Territories, the mix of dwelling types varied significantly across the States and Territories. New houses accounted for over 70% of all dwelling units in Victoria (73.7%), South Australia (79.0%), Western Australia (72.4%) and Tasmania (86.1%).