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Stocks of dwellings information is produced by adjusting dwelling counts from the Census of Population and Housing, by subtracting the number of demolitions that are reported in the Building Approvals Survey and adding the number of building commencements reported in the Building Commencements Collection.
Data detail
Data items available include:
estimated number of dwellings by type
demolitions
change in CD dwelling counts since the previous census
rural dwelling indicators
Geographic coverage
State, SD, SSD, SLA, CD, postcode
Frequency
Quarterly until June 97. Discontinued thereafter.
Historical data
From June 1986.
Products and services available
- Publications
Estimated Stocks of Dwellings, Western Australia (8705.5)
- Other
The ABS can make available certain data which are not contained in publications. Unpublished stocks of dwellings data are available by suburb for Perth SD and Mandurah SLA. Data can be transferred to various spreadsheet packages such as Lotus 1-2-3 and Excel. For more information, please contact our Information Services team.