DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES
SUMMARY COMMENTS
The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 1.1% in October 2007. The trend rose in Victoria (+3.1%), Queensland (+1.5%) and South Australia (+2.2%) but fell in New South Wales (-1.2%), Western Australia (-0.7%), the Northern Territory (-1.0%) and the Australian Capital Territory (-9.4)%. The trend was flat in Tasmania.
The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 1.4% in October 2007. The trend rose in New South Wales (+0.7%), Victoria (+2.0%), Queensland (+1.6%) and South Australia (+1.7%) but fell in Western Australia (-0.3%).
 |  | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |  |
Original |  |
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Dwelling units approved |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Private sector houses (no.) | 1 350 | 2 930 | 3 094 | 846 | 1 468 | 209 | 69 | 125 | 10 091 |  |
 | Total dwelling units (no.) | 2 252 | 4 480 | 4 626 | 1 035 | 1 835 | 245 | 242 | 180 | 14 895 |  |
Percentage change from previous month |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Private sector houses (%) | 15.3 | 21.1 | 16.4 | 10.6 | -6.9 | -11.8 | 97.1 | 68.9 | 13.0 |  |
 | Total dwelling units (%) | -13.1 | 20.7 | 30.7 | -14.1 | -12.2 | -5.8 | 152.1 | 80.0 | 9.6 |  |
Seasonally Adjusted |  |
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Dwelling units approved |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Private sector houses (no.) | 1 309 | 2 687 | 2 705 | 793 | 1 402 | na | na | na | 9 288 |  |
 | Total dwelling units (no.) | 2 210 | 3 897 | 4 007 | 994 | 1 795 | 230 | na | na | 13 553 |  |
Percentage change from previous month |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Private sector houses (%) | 7.2 | 4.5 | -2.8 | 0.9 | -6.7 | na | na | na | 0.9 |  |
 | Total dwelling units (%) | -9.9 | 0.4 | 6.1 | -21.1 | -15.0 | -8.4 | na | na | -2.8 |  |
Trend |  |
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Dwelling units approved |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Private sector houses (no.) | 1 268 | 2 658 | 2 701 | 787 | 1 407 | na | na | na | 9 179 |  |
 | Total dwelling units (no.) | 2 305 | 3 928 | 3 877 | 1 002 | 1 872 | 232 | 104 | 163 | 13 483 |  |
Percentage change from previous month |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Private sector houses (%) | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | -0.3 | na | na | na | 1.4 |  |
 | Total dwelling units (%) | -1.2 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 2.2 | -0.7 | - | -1.0 | -9.4 | 1.1 |  |
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