8731.0 - Building Approvals, Australia, Jun 2007  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 31/07/2007   
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SUMMARY OF 2006-07 BUILDING APPROVALS


DWELLING UNITS APPROVED

The total number of dwelling units approved in 2006-07 was 152,790, an increase of 1.3% from the previous year. Nationally, the number of house approvals rose 1.6% from the previous year while other dwellings rose 0.7%.


New South Wales (-6.1%), South Australia (-5.4%) and Western Australia (-3.0%) were the only states to show falls in total dwelling units approved. New South Wales recorded falls in both houses and other dwellings. The fall in South Australia was driven by other dwellings (-29.9%) where as in Western Australia it was driven by houses (-10.2%). The Australian Capital Territory (+22.7%) and Queensland (+8.7%) showed the largest rises in total dwellings approved.

HOUSES
OTHER DWELLINGS
TOTAL DWELLING UNITS
no.
% change
no.
% change
no.
% change
NSW
15 931
-2.7
15 188
-9.5
31 119
-6.1
Vic.
28 856
0.2
9 059
17.3
37 915
3.8
Qld
28 754
13.6
12 539
-1.2
41 293
8.7
SA
8 596
3.8
2 190
-29.9
10 786
-5.4
WA
19 568
-10.2
5 509
35.3
25 077
-3.0
Tas.
2 520
10.1
325
-6.1
2 845
8.0
NT
766
13.0
698
1.9
1 464
7.4
ACT
1 265
21.2
1 026
24.7
2 291
22.7
Aust.
106 256
1.6
46 534
0.7
152 790
1.3



VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED

The value of total building approved in 2006-07 was $66,762.4m, a rise of 9.1% from the previous year with both residential and non-residential building approvals showing rises.


The value of total building approved fell in South Australia, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.

Total residential building
Total non-residential building
Total building
$m
% change
$m
% change
$m
% change
NSW
9 055.8
4.0
7 328.9
11.4
16 384.6
7.2
Vic.
9 941.8
11.3
7 790.2
11.6
17 732.0
11.5
Qld
10 496.3
14.3
6 591.7
7.3
17 088.0
11.5
SA
2 063.5
-2.7
1 178.8
-7.5
3 242.4
-4.5
WA
6 430.7
16.5
2 619.9
12.8
9 050.6
15.4
Tas.
618.3
9.0
352.7
24.5
971.0
14.2
NT
471.1
18.9
261.2
-38.4
732.3
-10.7
ACT
554.5
8.8
1 007.0
-18.6
1 561.5
-10.6
Aust.
39 632.1
10.3
27 130.4
7.5
66 762.4
9.1