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DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES


SUMMARY COMMENTS

The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved fell 0.9% in June 2008. The trend fell in states and territories other than Victoria (+0.1%), South Australia (+2.4%) and the Australian Capital Territory (+17.4%).

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 0.4% in June 2008. The trend fell in New South Wales (-2.4%) and Queensland (-0.9%) was flat in Victoria and rose in South Australia (+0.9%) and Western Australia (+0.3%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 194	2 797	2 340	869	1 316	156	43	181	8 896
	Total dwelling units (no.)	1 952	3 804	3 379	1 065	1 587	174	91	448	12 500
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-10.0	7.2	3.5	-14.3	-18.8	-40.7	30.3	132.1	-3.3
	Total dwelling units (%)	-31.3	5.5	10.9	-18.6	-18.4	-42.0	102.2	314.8	-5.3
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 150	2 692	2 304	891	1 314	na	na	na	8 699
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 072	3 652	3 115	1 122	1 601	180	na	na	12 237
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-4.3	5.2	2.2	-4.0	-6.2	na	na	na	-
	Total dwelling units (%)	-16.5	9.9	-1.5	-7.6	-6.5	-34.5	na	na	-0.7
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 214	2 653	2 269	884	1 339	na	na	na	8 722
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 310	3 424	3 276	1 159	1 693	226	73	256	12 415
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-2.4	-	-0.9	0.9	0.3	na	na	na	-0.4
	Total dwelling units (%)	-1.8	0.1	-2.1	2.4	-2.9	-4.2	-6.4	17.4	-0.9
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
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