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DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES


SUMMARY COMMENTS

The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 0.6% in February 2007. The trend rose in Victoria (+1.5%), Queensland (+3.5%) and South Australia (+2.1%) and fell in New South Wales (-0.7%), Western Australia (-4.0%), Tasmania (-0.4%), the Northern Territory (-8.5%) and the Australian Capital Territory (-2.9%).

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 1.4% in February 2007. The trend fell in New South Wales (-0.4%), Victoria (-2.1%) and Western Australia (-3.9%), was flat in Queensland and rose in South Australia (+0.8%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 192	2 277	2 264	642	1 323	172	58	75	8 003
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 658	3 360	3 327	1 077	1 608	200	197	164	12 591
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	12.1	28.2	16.3	20.0	5.2	-9.9	34.9	5.6	16.3
	Total dwelling units (%)	23.2	57.6	9.8	44.6	-2.7	-7.0	114.1	113.0	24.7
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 248	2 299	2 356	683	1 402	na	na	na	8 324
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 621	3 437	3 868	1 194	1 702	234	na	na	13 418
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-1.0	-0.3	1.8	1.1	0.1	na	na	na	-0.3
	Total dwelling units (%)	0.1	29.1	7.5	34.8	-10.4	-1.7	na	na	10.6
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 248	2 210	2 379	685	1 454	na	na	na	8 318
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 543	3 072	3 682	929	1 873	233	86	134	12 553
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-0.4	-2.1	-	0.8	-3.9	na	na	na	-1.4
	Total dwelling units (%)	-0.7	1.5	3.5	2.1	-4.0	-0.4	-8.5	-2.9	0.6
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
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