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DWELLING UNIT COMMENCEMENTS ORIGINAL


ORIGINAL ESTIMATES

	Dec qtr 11	Sep qtr 11 to Dec qtr 11	Dec qtr 10 to Dec qtr 11
	no.	%	%
New private sector houses	22 793	-3.1	-7.8
New private sector other residential building	10 883	-14.8	-17.4
Private sector conversion, etc.	362	11.7	32.6
Public sector dwellings	636	-50.9	-61.2
Total dwelling units	34 674	-8.6	-12.9

• The total number of dwelling units commenced fell 8.6% in the December quarter 2011, to 34,674.
• Tasmania (16.7%) and New South Wales (8.6%) were the only states to experience an increase in dwelling unit commencements this quarter. The largest decreases were seen in Queensland (-22.5%), the Northern Territory (-21.7%) and the Australian Capital Territory (-18.0%).
• New private sector house commencements fell 3.1% to 22,793.
• New private sector house commencements rose in the Northern Territory (42.3%), the Australian Capital Territory (18.5%), Tasmania (7.8%) and South Australia (2.2%) while New South Wales (-6.7%), Western Australia (-4.2%), Queensland (-4.1%) and Victoria (-3.4%) experienced falls.
• New private sector other residential building fell 14.8%, to 10,883. This follows a fall of 8.6% in the September quarter.
• The total number of public sector dwellings commenced fell by 50.9% to 636.
• Public sector dwelling unit commencements fell in Victoria (-80.5%), Northern Territory (-64.6%), Queensland (-61.1%) New South Wales (-47.2%), and Western Australia (-17.2%) while Tasmania (342.9%), the Australian Capital Territory (41.2%) and South Australia (23.0%) experienced rises.