JULY KEY FIGURES

		Jul 18	Jun 18 to Jul 18	Jul 17 to Jul 18
		no.	%	%
TREND
	Total dwelling units approved	18 309	-1.3	-2.5
	Private sector houses	9 876	-0.9	-0.3
	Private sector dwellings excluding houses	8 209	-1.8	-4.8
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Total dwelling units approved	18 185	-5.2	-5.6
	Private sector houses	9 770	-3.0	-2.8
	Private sector dwellings excluding houses	8 200	-6.6	-6.2

Dwelling units approved

Private sector houses approved

JULY KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend estimate for total dwellings approved fell 1.3% in July.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved fell 5.2% in July.

PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES

• The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 0.9% in July.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses fell 3.0% in July.

PRIVATE SECTOR DWELLINGS EXCLUDING HOUSES

• The trend estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 1.8% in July.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 6.6% in July.

VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED

• The trend estimate of the value of total building approved fell 1.2% in July and has fallen for eight months. The value of residential building fell 1.8% and has fallen for six months. The value of non-residential building was flat.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved rose 7.1% in July. The value of residential building fell 4.9%, while the value of non-residential building rose 31.5%.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
July 2018 - Additional	6 September 2018
August 2018	3 October 2018
August 2018 - Additional	10 October 2018
September 2018	30 October 2018
September 2018 - Additional	7 November 2018
October 2018	3 December 2018

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DATA NOTES

In this release, revisions are provided for the time period from July 2017 to June 2018 and include revisions resulting from the Building Approvals Annual Review. Further information about the Annual Review and other potential sources of revisions can be found in the feature article released with the January 2016 8731.0 publication - "Revisions to Building Approval Statistics".

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REVISIONS THIS MONTH

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

Dwellings	2017-18
NSW	167
Vic.	209
Qld	315
SA	4
WA	50
Tas.	1
NT	-
ACT	1
Total	747

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