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JUNE KEY FIGURES

		Jun 06	May 06 to Jun 06	Jun 05 to Jun 06
		no.	% change	% change
TREND
	Total dwelling units approved	12 747	1.4	-3.7
	Private sector houses	8 626	0.1	-3.1
	Private sector other dwellings	3 852	4.5	-4.6
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Total dwelling units approved	13 028	1.6	-7.5
	Private sector houses	8 415	-4.5	-10.4
	Private sector other dwellings	4 320	13.3	-0.4

Dwelling units approved, Total number

Private sector houses approved, Total number

JUNE KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend estimate for total dwelling approvals rose 1.4% in June 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 1.6%, to 13,028, in June 2006.

• The trend estimate for private sector house approvals rose 0.1% in June 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved fell 4.5%, to 8,415, in June 2006.

• The trend estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 4.5% in June 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 13.3%, to 4,320, in June 2006. This follows a rise of 13.1% in May.

• The trend estimate for the value of total building approved rose 2.0% in June 2006. The value of new residential building rose 1.0% and the value of alterations and additions rose 0.3%. The trend for the value of non-residential building approved rose 3.5% in June 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total building approved rose 10.8%, to $5,810.2m, in June 2006. The value of new residential building approved fell marginally, to $2,612.2m. The value of alterations and additions rose 22.9%, to $543.3m, while the value of non-residential building rose 21.6%, to $2,654.7m.

	2005-06
NSW	100
Vic.	59
Qld	3
SA	-
WA	34
Tas.	36
NT	-
ACT	-
Total	232

One permit added to January 2006 data was a major mixed project in Victoria which contributed a total of $50m ($30m non-residential & $20m other residential).

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 7499.

VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED


NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

The trend for the value of new residential building has shown small rises over the last seven months.

South Australia (+3.9%) and Western Australia (+7.2%) were the only states to show rises in total dwelling units approved, with the rise in Western Australia driven by the housing sector (+12.1%) and the rise in South Australia by other dwellings (+21.9%). The largest falls in total dwellings approved were in New South Wales (-15.2%), Victoria (-14.3%) and the Australian Capital Territory (-18.1%).

	HOUSES		OTHER DWELLINGS		TOTAL DWELLING UNITS
	no.	% change	no.	% change	no.	% change
NSW	16 365	-15.1	16 493	-15.3	32 858	-15.2
Vic.	28 810	-8.2	7 641	-31.6	36 451	-14.3
Qld	25 176	0.7	12 462	-11.3	37 638	-3.6
SA	8 230	-1.6	3 081	21.9	11 311	3.9
WA	21 755	12.1	4 098	-12.9	25 853	7.2
Tas.	2 288	-6.0	346	5.2	2 634	-4.7
NT	671	-1.2	630	-11.1	1 301	-6.3
ACT	1 044	6.0	823	-36.4	1 867	-18.1
Aust.	104 339	-3.0	45 574	-16.0	149 913	-7.3

VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED

The value of total building approved in 2005-06 was $60,010.2m, a rise of 7.3% from the previous year. A rise of 22.4% for the value of non-residential building approved more than offset a small fall in the value of residential building approved (-1.1%).

The only falls in the value of total building approved were in New South Wales and Tasmania.

	Total residential building		Total non-residential building		Total building
	$m	% change	$m	% change	$m	% change
NSW	8 560.3	-9.5	6 382.3	-	14 942.6	-5.7
Vic.	8 916.8	-8.1	6 906.3	36.9	15 823.2	7.3
Qld	9 087.7	0.7	6 026.6	39.9	15 114.3	13.4
SA	2 107.8	9.0	1 215.9	5.6	3 323.7	7.7
WA	5 517.9	24.1	1 955.7	-0.4	7 473.5	16.6
Tas.	565.6	4.7	282.5	-11.8	848.1	-1.4
NT	379.4	4.3	373.0	35.4	752.3	17.7
ACT	509.4	-8.3	1 223.0	167.9	1 732.4	71.2
Aust.	35 644.9	-1.1	24 365.4	22.4	60 010.2	7.3
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES


SUMMARY COMMENTS

The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 1.4% in June 2006. The trend rose in all states and territories except Western Australia (-1.0%) and the Northern Territory (-4.5%). The largest rises were in Tasmania (+3.5%) and New South Wales (+3.4%).

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 0.1% in June 2006. The trend rose in New South Wales (+0.2%) and Queensland (+1.1%), but fell in Victoria (-0.3%), South Australia (-0.9%) and Western Australia (-0.3%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 500	2 537	2 228	649	1 657	199	46	106	8 922
	Total dwelling units (no.)	3 109	3 313	3 633	907	2 084	274	83	203	13 606
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	0.7	-11.3	-7.6	-5.8	-26.1	-14.2	-9.8	-2.8	-11.5
	Total dwelling units (%)	-0.1	-11.4	7.6	-3.4	-24.4	3.0	16.9	-17.1	-6.2
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 258	2 241	2 181	608	1 763	na	na	na	8 415
	Total dwelling units (no.)	3 087	2 989	3 351	937	2 112	265	na	na	13 028
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-2.0	-15.0	2.8	-1.6	-3.2	na	na	na	-4.5
	Total dwelling units (%)	18.6	-10.2	3.9	5.0	-6.3	14.2	na	na	1.6
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 274	2 364	2 184	625	1 843	na	na	na	8 626
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 709	3 101	3 274	947	2 215	239	84	183	12 747
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	0.2	-0.3	1.1	-0.9	-0.3	na	na	na	0.1
	Total dwelling units (%)	3.4	0.4	2.4	1.3	-1.0	3.5	-4.5	1.7	1.4
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DWELLING UNITS APPROVED


STATE TRENDS


NEW SOUTH WALES

VICTORIA

QUEENSLAND

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA