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MARCH KEY FIGURES

		Mar 12	Feb 12 to Mar 12	Mar 11 to Mar 12
		no.	% change	% change
TREND
	Total dwelling units approved	11 298	0.3	-14.1
	Private sector houses	7 434	-	-7.1
	Private sector dwellings excluding houses	3 692	0.8	-23.3
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Total dwelling units approved	11 501	7.4	-15.0
	Private sector houses	7 518	3.9	-6.9
	Private sector dwellings excluding houses	3 815	15.5	-23.6
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Dwelling units approved

Private sector houses approved

• The trend estimate for total dwellings approved rose 0.3% in March after falling for 15 months.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved rose 7.4% in March following a fall of 8.8% in the previous month.

• The trend estimate for private sector houses approved was flat in March.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses rose 3.9% in March following a fall of 4.0% in the previous month.

• The trend estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 0.8% in March after falling for 14 months.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 15.5% in March following a fall of 17.3% in the previous month.

• The trend estimate of the value of total building approved fell 0.1% in March and has fallen for 15 months. The value of residential building rose 0.9% after falling for 16 months. The value of non-residential building fell 1.6% and has fallen for 8 months.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved fell 8.9% in March and has fallen for 2 months. The value of residential building rose 1.3% while the value of non-residential building fell 23.4%.

	2010-11	2011-12	TOTAL
NSW	-	13	13
Vic.	-	1	1
Qld	36	24	60
SA	-	-1	-1
WA	-1	14	13
Tas.	-	-	-
NT	-	-	-
ACT	-	32	32
Total	35	83	118