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Note: The PDF file has been reissued on 3rd April 2007.

Building Approvals, Australia, February 2007 has been reissued because Tables 20 and 21 contained January 2007 data. This change effects the hardcopy publication and not the electronic data.


FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES

		Feb 07	Jan 07 to Feb 07	Feb 06 to Feb 07
		no.	% change	% change
TREND
	Total dwelling units approved	12 553	0.6	2.0
	Private sector houses	8 318	-1.4	-3.2
	Private sector other dwellings	3 798	4.6	10.7
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Total dwelling units approved	13 418	10.6	10.0
	Private sector houses	8 324	-0.3	-5.1
	Private sector other dwellings	4 552	31.5	40.2

Dwelling units approved, Total number

Private sector houses approved, Total number

FEBRUARY KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend estimate for total dwelling approvals rose 0.6% in February 2007.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 10.6%, to 13,418, in February 2007.

• The trend estimate for private sector house approvals fell 1.4% in February 2007.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved fell 0.3%, to 8,324, in February 2007.

• The trend estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 4.6% in February 2007.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 31.5%, to 4,552, in February 2007.

• The trend estimate for the value of total building approved rose 1.1% in February 2007. The value of new residential building rose 0.4% and the value of alterations and additions fell 0.9%. The trend for the value of non-residential building approved rose 2.4% in February 2007.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total building approved fell 4.8%, to $5,642.3m, in February 2007. The value of new residential building approved rose 5.7%, to $2,909.6m. The value of alterations and additions rose 1.8%, to $463.3m. The value of non-residential building fell 16.6%, to $2,269.5m following a revised increase of 19.6% in January 2007.

REVISIONS THIS MONTH

Revisions to Total Dwellings in this issue are:

	2005-06	2006-07	Total
NSW	2	29	31
Vic.	-	3	3
Qld	-	5	5
SA	-	1	1
WA	-	8	8
Tas.	-	11	11
NT	-	-	-
ACT	-	-	-
Total	2	57	59

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.