MARCH KEY FIGURES
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Mar 13 | Feb 13 to Mar 13 | Mar 12 to Mar 13 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | no. | % change | % change |
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TREND | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Total dwelling units approved | 12 835 | -1.2 | 5.6 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Private sector houses | 7 520 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Private sector dwellings excluding houses | 5 040 | -3.1 | 8.9 |
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Total dwelling units approved | 12 599 | -5.5 | 3.9 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Private sector houses | 7 586 | 0.4 | -0.6 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Private sector dwellings excluding houses | 4 859 | -8.3 | 12.3 |
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Dwelling units approved
![Graph: Dwelling units approved](/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/07a3af20711eee5dca257b7a001848fe/Body/0.1A56!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif)
| Private sector houses approved
![Graph: Private sector houses](/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/07a3af20711eee5dca257b7a001848fe/Body/0.25C2!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif)
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MARCH KEY POINTS
TOTAL DWELLING UNITS
- The trend estimate for total dwellings approved fell 1.2% in March and has fallen for three months.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved fell 5.5% in March following a rise of 3.0% in the previous month.
PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES
- The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 0.2% in March and has risen for three months.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses rose 0.4% in March and has risen for three months.
PRIVATE SECTOR DWELLINGS EXCLUDING HOUSES
- The trend estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 3.1% in March and has fallen for three months.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 8.3% in March following a rise of 1.3% in the previous month.
VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED
- The trend estimate of the value of total building approved rose 0.1% in March and has risen for 14 months. The value of residential building fell 2.4% and has fallen for three months. The value of non-residential building rose 3.6% and has risen for five months.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved rose 7.0% in March following a fall of 4.1% in the previous month. The value of residential building fell 6.9% following a rise of 2.4% in the previous month. The value of non-residential building rose 29.4% following a fall of 12.9% in the previous month.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE | Release Date |
April 2013 | 30 May 2013 |
May 2013 | 4 July 2013 |
June 2013 | 30 July 2013 |
July 2013 | 2 September 2013 |
August 2013 | 2 October 2013 |
September 2013 | 31 October 2013 |
DATA NOTES
A number of time series spreadsheets, as well as tables 13 and 16 from this publication, contain 'np' (not available for publication) annotations. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.
REVISIONS THIS MONTH
Revisions to the total number of dwelling units approved in this issue are:
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | TOTAL |
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NSW | - | 217 | 217 |
Vic. | -1 | 326 | 325 |
Qld | 189 | -1 | 188 |
SA | - | - | - |
WA | - | 1 | 1 |
Tas. | - | - | - |
NT | 183 | - | 183 |
ACT | - | 6 | 6 |
Total | 371 | 549 | 920 |
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INQUIRIES
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