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DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES


SUMMARY COMMENTS

The trend estimate for total dwellings approved fell 0.5% in January 2011. The trend fell in Queensland (-3.0%), South Australia (-6.5%), Tasmania (-7.7%) and the Northern Territory (-13.6%) while the other states and territories all increased. In seasonally adjusted terms the estimate of total dwellings approved fell 15.9% with all published states and territories recording falls. Tasmania (-34.9%), Queensland (-29.9%) and South Australia (-20.9%) recorded the largest decreases.

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 0.6% this month. Of the published states, South Australia (-4.3%) and Queensland (-3.4%) experienced falls while New South Wales (0.8%), Western Australia (0.8%) and Victoria (0.2%) rose.

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	976	2 235	873	396	1 096	106	15	107	5 804
	Total dwelling units (no.)	1 604	3 917	1 179	516	1 372	119	24	227	8 958
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-20.5	-14.4	-30.9	-23.8	-14.5	-43.0	-60.5	1.9	-19.8
	Total dwelling units (%)	-49.4	-24.2	-43.0	-38.4	-19.2	-53.5	-91.7	-47.0	-35.6
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 341	3 089	1 183	545	1 413	na	na	na	7 933
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 528	5 273	1 609	693	1 733	157	na	na	12 342
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	1.8	2.5	-20.0	-3.6	0.2	na	na	na	-2.4
	Total dwelling units (%)	-12.1	-9.5	-29.9	-20.9	-4.6	-34.9	na	na	-15.9
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 340	3 007	1 342	569	1 406	na	na	na	8 021
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 655	5 275	2 010	763	1 805	201	55	379	13 141
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	0.8	0.2	-3.4	-4.3	0.8	na	na	na	-0.6
	Total dwelling units (%)	0.7	0.5	-3.0	-6.5	0.4	-7.7	-13.6	5.1	-0.5
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