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AUGUST KEY FIGURES

		Aug 06	Jul 06 to Aug 06	Aug 05 to Aug 06
		no.	% change	% change
TREND
	Total dwelling units approved	13 182	0.7	3.2
	Private sector houses	8 820	0.4	0.9
	Private sector other dwellings	4 084	1.0	9.9
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Total dwelling units approved	12 432	-12.6	2.1
	Private sector houses	8 952	1.1	7.5
	Private sector other dwellings	3 213	-36.9	-9.1

Dwelling units approved, Total number

Private sector houses approved, Total number

AUGUST KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend estimate for total dwelling approvals rose 0.7% in August 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved fell 12.6%, to 12,432, in August 2006.

• The trend estimate for private sector house approvals rose 0.4% in August 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved rose 1.1%, to 8,952, in August 2006. This is the highest level since June 2005.

• The trend estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 1.0% in August 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved fell 36.9%, to 3,213, in August 2006. This follows rises of 16.1%, 14.9% and 14.1% in the previous three months.

• The trend estimate for the value of total building approved fell 0.2% in August 2006. The value of new residential building rose 0.6% and the value of alterations and additions rose 0.3%. The trend for the value of non-residential building approved fell 1.3% in August 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total building approved fell 9.8%, to $4,944.6m, in August 2006. The value of new residential building approved fell 3.4%, to $2,625.7m. The value of alterations and additions fell 3.5%, to $449.6m. The value of non-residential building fell 18.6%, to $1,869.3m.

	2005-06	2006-07	Total
NSW	54	1	55
Vic.	67	-	67
Qld	-1	-	-1
SA	58	-8	50
WA	5	-51	-46
Tas.	-	-	-
NT	8	-	8
ACT	-	-	-
Total	191	-58	133

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Paul Pamment on Adelaide (08) 8237 7499.

VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED


NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

The trend for the value of new residential building has shown small rises over the last nine months.

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
New houses		16 337	28 773	25 145	8 281	21 753	2 276	677	1 044	104 286
New semidetached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc of:
	One storey	2 685	1 934	2 191	1 108	1 596	242	111	179	10 046
	Two or more storeys	3 712	2 266	2 844	623	761	40	65	99	10 410
	Total	6 397	4 200	5 035	1 731	2 357	282	176	278	20 456
New flats, units, apartments in a building of:
	One or two storeys	1 042	262	992	208	275	4	74	91	2 948
	Three storeys	2 043	756	1 337	309	388	-	8	216	5 057
	Four or more storeys	6 500	1 921	5 022	615	873	38	310	236	15 515
	Total	9 585	2 939	7 351	1 132	1 536	42	392	543	23 520
Total new other residential building		15 982	7 139	12 386	2 863	3 893	324	568	821	43 976
Other
	Alterations and additions to residential building	229	105	63	3	44	13	59	1	517
	Conversion	344	367	19	206	135	20	-	-	1 091
	Non-residential building	103	144	28	18	18	1	4	1	317
Total building		32 995	36 528	37 641	11 371	25 843	2 634	1 308	1 867	150 187
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

SUMMARY COMMENT

Of the 150,187 dwelling units approved in Australia in 2005-06, 104,286 (69.4%) were new houses. The mix of dwelling types varied significantly across the States and Territories. Less than half of the dwelling units approved were new houses in New South Wales (49.5%). In comparison, new houses accounted for over 75% of all dwelling units in Victoria (78.8%), Western Australia (84.2%) and Tasmania (86.4%).

DWELLINGS APPROVED, States and territories - By type of dwelling - 2005-06

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 0.4% in August 2006. The trend rose in New South Wales (+2.0%), Victoria (+2.7%) and South Australia (+0.9%), but fell in Queensland (-1.4%) and Western Australia (-2.5%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 518	3 120	2 446	735	1 845	201	76	124	10 065
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 861	3 725	3 321	952	2 340	232	84	230	13 745
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	2.8	23.2	4.9	3.5	7.9	-4.3	7.0	40.9	10.3
	Total dwelling units (%)	15.2	3.3	-6.1	-9.1	-11.9	-5.7	-55.1	2.7	-1.7
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 358	2 881	2 054	654	1 640	na	na	na	8 952
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 543	3 512	2 856	850	2 157	221	na	na	12 432
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-8.8	18.9	-5.2	-6.6	-3.5	na	na	na	1.1
	Total dwelling units (%)	-1.2	-14.5	-14.3	-11.1	-16.6	-10.9	na	na	-12.6
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 396	2 596	2 110	664	1 685	na	na	na	8 820
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 735	3 627	3 117	919	2 232	243	86	221	13 182
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	2.0	2.7	-1.4	0.9	-2.5	na	na	na	0.4
	Total dwelling units (%)	0.8	3.1	-1.8	-1.1	0.6	0.8	-3.4	2.8	0.7
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DWELLING UNITS APPROVED


STATE TRENDS


NEW SOUTH WALES

VICTORIA

QUEENSLAND

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA