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JANUARY KEY FIGURES

		Jan 07	Dec 06 to Jan 07	Jan 06 to Jan 07
		no.	% change	% change
TREND
	Total dwelling units approved	12 214	-1.1	-1.3
	Private sector houses	8 465	-1.6	-0.9
	Private sector other dwellings	3 391	-0.1	-4.1
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Total dwelling units approved	12 252	-0.9	-1.0
	Private sector houses	8 341	-2.2	-1.6
	Private sector other dwellings	3 586	2.6	3.3

Dwelling units approved, Total number

Private sector houses approved, Total number

JANUARY KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend estimate for total dwelling approvals fell 1.1% in January 2007.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved fell 0.9%, to 12,252, in January 2007.

• The trend estimate for private sector house approvals fell 1.6% in January 2007.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved fell 2.2%, to 8,341, in January 2007.

• The trend estimate for private sector other dwellings approved fell 0.1% in January 2007.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 2.6%, to 3,586, in January 2007.

• The trend estimate for the value of total building approved rose 1.0% in January 2007. The value of new residential building fell 0.1% and the value of alterations and additions fell 1.1%. The trend for the value of non-residential building approved rose 2.9% in January 2007.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total building approved rose 7.8%, to $5,926.3m, in January 2007. The value of new residential building approved fell 1.4%, to $2,741.2m. The value of alterations and additions rose 2.9%, to $455.8m. The value of non-residential building rose 20.0%, to $2,729.3m.

REVISIONS THIS MONTH

Revisions to Total Dwellings in this issue are:

	2005-06	2006-07	Total
NSW	18	33	51
Vic.	-	1	1
Qld	1	4	5
SA	-	2	2
WA	2	3	5
Tas.	-	-	-
NT	-	31	31
ACT	-	- 1	- 1
Total	21	73	94

The revisions include some missing data for the City of Sydney for the 2006 calendar year. This was due to a problem with the council's information system. The problem has now been rectified.

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.