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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Dec 07	Nov 07 to Dec 07	Dec 06 to Dec 07
		no.	% change	% change
TREND
	Total dwelling units approved	13 410	-0.6	6.9
	Private sector houses	8 908	-0.9	3.1
	Private sector other dwellings	4 134	0.6	15.9
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Total dwelling units approved	12 263	-16.0	-0.9
	Private sector houses	8 199	-11.6	-4.9
	Private sector other dwellings	3 717	-24.5	8.2

Dwelling units approved, Total number

Private sector houses approved, Total number

DECEMBER KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved fell 0.6% in December 2007.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved fell 16.0% in December following a rise of 8.2% in November.

• The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 0.9% in December following a revised fall of 0.4% in November.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved fell 11.6% in December and is now showing a fall of 1.0% for November.

• The trend estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 0.6% in December.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved fell 24.5% in December.

• The trend estimate for the value of total building approved rose 0.1% in December. The trend estimate for the value of new residential building approved rose 1.1% and the value of alterations and additions fell 1.3%. The value of non-residential building approved fell 1.1%.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total building approved fell 14.1% in December. The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of new residential building approved fell 6.4% in December. The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of alterations and additions fell 9.6% and the value of non-residential building fell 23.6%.

REVISIONS THIS MONTH

Revisions to the total number of dwelling units approved in this issue are:

	2006-07	2007-08	TOTAL
NSW	103	-1	102
Vic.	-	-	-
Qld	81	157	238
SA	-	-5	-5
WA	-	-1	-1
Tas.	-	3	3
NT	-	-	-
ACT	-	-1	-1
Total	184	152	336

DATA NOTES

There are no notes about the data.

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 7648.