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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Dec 05	Nov 05 to Dec 05	Dec 04 to Dec 05
		no.	% change	% change
TREND
	Total dwelling units approved	12 175	-0.1	-4.3
	Private sector houses	8 276	-0.9	-3.0
	Private sector other dwellings	3 606	2.7	-7.1
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Total dwelling units approved	12 168	-3.5	-8.9
	Private sector houses	8 258	-3.3	0.1
	Private sector other dwellings	3 728	-0.6	-22.2

Dwelling units approved, Total number

Private sector houses approved, Total number

DECEMBER KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend for total dwelling approvals fell 0.1% in December 2005, the seventh consecutive monthly fall.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved fell 3.5%, to 12,168, in December 2005. A large fall in public sector approvals contributed to the overall decline.

• The trend estimate of private sector house approvals fell 0.9% in December 2005.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved fell 3.3 %, to 8,258, in December 2005.

• The trend estimate of private sector other dwellings approved is showing a rise of 2.7% in December 2005. This is the second consecutive rise after six months of decline.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved fell 0.6%, to 3,728, in December 2005.

• The trend estimate of the value of total building approved was unchanged in December 2005. The value of new residential building approved rose 0.3%, while the value of alterations and additions fell 0.1%. The value of non-residential building approved fell 0.4%, after ten consecutive months of growth.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved fell 6.8%, to $4,606.2m, in December 2005. The value of new residential building approved fell 1.2%, to $2,426.7m. The value of alterations and additions fell 8.4%, to $412.9m.

	NSW	Vic.	Qld.	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	TOTAL
2004-05	144	-	40	143	-	-	-	1	328
2005-06	-54	19	9	21	15	-	-	-	10
TOTAL	90	19	49	164	15	-	-	1	338

A duplicate permit removed from November 2005 data contributed to a $65 million downward revision to the value of non-residential building approved in Queensland.

UPCOMING CHANGES

Changes to the Time Series Spreadsheets.

Please note that the start date period for selected Excel time series spreadsheets for Building Approvals, Australia (cat. no. 8731.0) will be extended as outlined in the table below. These changes will take effect from the January 2006 issue released on 2 March 2006.

Note: not all series in the table go back to the earliest start date.

Table number	Old start date	New start date
2-8	September 1984	July 1983
11	September 1984	January 1956
12-19	September 1984	July 1970
20-21	September 1984	January 1956
22	September 1985	January 1965
23-28	September 1985	January 1956
29	September 1985	January 1965
30-34	September 1984	July 1970
35-37	September 1985	July 1970
38-39	September 1984	January 1956
40	September 1985	January 1956
41	September 1984	January 1956
42	September 1984	January 1961
43-50	September 1984	July 1970
75-82	September 1985	September 1985
83	September 1984	January 1965
84-91	September 1984	July 1970

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 estimate of the value of new residential building is now showing a rise of 0.3% in December 2005, after falls in the previous six months.

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 0.9% in December 2005. The trend fell in New South Wales (-6.7%), Victoria (-1.2%), Queensland (-0.7%) but rose in South Australia (+0.7%) and Western Australia (+2.2%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 098	2 065	1 628	646	1 557	174	67	107	7 342
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 846	2 473	2 482	881	2 039	201	115	247	11 284
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-17.1	-26.3	-21.0	-11.6	-21.0	-12.6	24.1	-0.9	-20.6
	Total dwelling units (%)	-2.6	-28.0	-23.2	-1.2	-14.3	-5.6	-9.4	99.2	-15.3
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 172	2 317	1 954	663	1 799	na	na	na	8 258
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 879	2 836	2 812	836	2 239	194	na	na	12 168
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-2.0	-10.1	-2.0	-1.6	1.7	na	na	na	-3.3
	Total dwelling units (%)	6.2	-16.4	-6.5	-2.5	1.4	1.6	na	na	-3.5
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 155	2 339	1 961	663	1 837	na	na	na	8 276
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 741	2 923	2 939	875	2 222	196	115	164	12 175
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-6.7	-1.2	-0.7	0.7	2.2	na	na	na	-0.9
	Total dwelling units (%)	-0.4	-1.8	-0.3	-0.7	2.4	-2.0	-	14.7	-0.1
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
na not available

DWELLING UNITS APPROVED


STATE TRENDS


NEW SOUTH WALES

VICTORIA

QUEENSLAND

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA