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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Dec 12	Nov 12 to Dec 12	Dec 11 to Dec 12
		no.	% change	% change
TREND
	Total dwelling units approved	13 005	0.5	12.7
	Private sector houses	7 392	-0.5	-0.9
	Private sector dwellings excluding houses	5 368	1.8	37.6
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Total dwelling units approved	12 767	-4.4	9.3
	Private sector houses	7 213	-3.3	-3.8
	Private sector dwellings excluding houses	5 347	-5.4	31.7

Dwelling units approved

Private sector houses approved

• The trend estimate for total dwellings approved rose 0.5% in December and has risen for three months.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved fell 4.4% in December following a rise of 3.4% in the previous month.

• The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 0.5% in December and has fallen for three months.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses fell 3.3% in December and has fallen for three months.

• The trend estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 1.8% in December and has risen for 3 months.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 5.4% in December following a rise of 11.5% in the previous month.

• The trend estimate of the value of total building approved rose 0.9% in December after falling for five months. The value of residential building rose 0.1% following a fall of 0.2% in the previous month. The value of non-residential building rose 2.3% after falling for six months.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved fell 1.9% in December and has fallen for three months. The value of residential building fell 3.0% following a rise of 3.7% in the previous month. The value of non-residential building rose 0.1% following a fall of 10.0% in the previous month.

	2011-12	2012-13	TOTAL
NSW	147	48	195
Vic.	-	93	93
Qld	81	2	83
SA	-	-	-
WA	-70	24	-46
Tas.	-	-	-
NT	-	-	-
ACT	-	-	-
Total	158	167	325