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MAY KEY FIGURES

		May 06	Apr 06 to May 06	May 05 to May 06
		no.	% change	% change
TREND
	Total dwelling units approved	12 357	0.4	-7.8
	Private sector houses	8 722	0.6	-1.8
	Private sector other dwellings	3 366	-	-20.5
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Total dwelling units approved	12 729	3.3	-11.7
	Private sector houses	8 858	2.8	-3.1
	Private sector other dwellings	3 673	10.0	-25.6
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Dwelling units approved, Total number

Private sector houses approved, Total number

MAY KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend estimate for total dwelling approvals rose 0.4% in May 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 3.3%, to 12,729, in May 2006.

• The trend estimate for private sector house approvals rose 0.6% in May 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved rose 2.8%, to 8,858, in May 2006.

• The trend estimate for private sector other dwellings approved was flat in May 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 10.0%, to 3,673, in May 2006. This follows a fall of 13.9% in April 2006.

• The trend estimate for the value of total building approved rose 0.8% in May 2006. The value of new residential building rose 0.7%, while the value of alterations and additions fell 0.7%. The trend for the value of non-residential building approved rose 1.4% in May 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total building approved rose 8.4%, to $5,154.2m, in May 2006. The value of new residential building approved rose 7.4%, to $2,593.1m. The value of alterations and additions fell 1.6%, to $438.4m, while the value of non-residential building rose 12.1%, to $2,122.7m (see Data Notes).

	2004-05	2005-06	Total
NSW	219	58	277
Vic.	11	37	48
Qld	151	220	371
SA	-	-28	-28
WA	32	2	34
Tas.	-	-	-
NT	-	2	2
ACT	-	38	38
Total	413	329	742

DATA NOTES

Seasonally adjusted and trend estimates have been revised in this issue as a result of the annual reanalysis of seasonal factors.

This year's annual seasonal reanalysis includes some changes to the method of aggregation used for seasonal adjustment. In particular, this affects the non-residential value time series. Although these series are highly volatile they contain some seasonal variation, therefore, they have been seasonally adjusted. For further details of these changes, please contact timeseries@abs.gov.au or telephone (02) 62526345.

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 six months.

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 0.6% in May 2006. The trend rose in New South Wales (+1.2%), Victoria (+0.4%), Queensland (+1.1%) and Western Australia (+1.6%), but fell in South Australia (-0.4%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 484	2 859	2 408	689	2 231	224	51	109	10 055
	Total dwelling units (no.)	3 107	3 738	3 371	939	2 746	231	71	245	14 448
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	45.5	43.7	38.2	22.8	36.7	54.5	41.7	73.0	39.8
	Total dwelling units (%)	54.3	46.9	43.4	-22.9	35.3	50.0	-1.4	100.8	37.6
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 285	2 655	2 126	624	1 850	na	na	na	8 858
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 553	3 317	3 180	899	2 299	202	na	na	12 729
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	0.7	20.3	-0.8	-7.9	-9.3	na	na	na	2.8
	Total dwelling units (%)	6.1	21.5	8.5	-34.0	-8.4	8.0	na	na	3.3
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 271	2 439	2 154	641	1 903	na	na	na	8 722
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 392	3 132	3 119	940	2 313	204	87	166	12 357
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	1.2	0.4	1.1	-0.4	1.6	na	na	na	0.6
	Total dwelling units (%)	-0.7	0.3	1.5	2.1	0.7	-	-8.4	-2.9	0.4
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
na not available

DWELLING UNITS APPROVED


STATE TRENDS


NEW SOUTH WALES

VICTORIA

QUEENSLAND

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA