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MAY KEY FIGURES

	May 05	Apr 05 to May 05	May 04 to May 05
	no.	% change	% change
Trend
Total dwelling units approved	12,632	-	-13.3
Private sector houses	8,826	1.0	-5.0
Private sector other dwellings	3,554	-2.1	-28.4
Seasonally Adjusted
Total dwelling units approved	13,213	4.5	-10.1
Private sector houses	9,106	5.0	0.1
Private sector other dwellings	3,784	1.0	-27.3
- 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 for total dwelling approvals was flat in May 2005.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 4.5%, to 13,213, in May 2005.

• The trend estimate of private sector house approvals is now showing slight growth over the past five months with the rate of growth increasing in recent months. The trend rose 1.0% in May 2005.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved rose 5.0%, to 9,106, in May 2005.

• The trend estimate of private sector other dwellings approved fell 2.1% in May 2005.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 1.0%, to 3,784, in May 2005.

• The trend estimate of the value of total building approved has risen for the past five months, rising 0.8% in May 2005. The value of new residential building approved rose 0.1%, while the value of alterations and additions fell 0.7%. The value of non-residential building approved rose 2.2%.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved was flat, at $4,547.5m, in May 2005. The value of new residential building approved rose 11.7%, to $2,602.1m, while the value of alterations and additions fell 5.0%, to $409.5m.

	NSW	Vic.	Qld.	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	TOTAL
2003-04	-	-1	1	-	1	-	-	-	1
2004-05	553	4	86	7	-21	-	-	-1	628
TOTAL	553	3	87	7	-20	-	-	-1	629

There have been significant revisions to data for the City of Sydney (NSW) following the rectification of a reporting problem over the past 12 months. One missing permit, added to the November 2004 data, added $173m to non-residential work, $175m to other residential work and an additional 450 dwelling units to New South Wales.

Revisions over the past 6 months, totalling $47.4m of public sector non-residential work, have been made to data for WA.

DATA NOTES

Estimates have been included in this issue for the municipalities of Campbelltown and Hornsby in New South Wales which were unable to report all building work approved in their municipalities this month.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or David Finlay on Adelaide (08) 8237 7431.

VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED


NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

The trend estimate of the value of new residential building is now relatively flat over the past four months. The trend rose 0.1% in May 2005.

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 1.0% in May 2005. The trend fell in New South Wales (-1.0%), and Western Australia (-0.9%), but rose in Victoria (+2.3%), Queensland (+1.8%) and South Australia (+0.9%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1,634	3,000	2,244	729	1,826	208	44	127	9,812
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2,754	3,683	4,059	904	2,246	252	100	195	14,193
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	14.7	14.2	23.4	16.6	26.5	17.5	2.3	-2.3	18.4
	Total dwelling units (%)	-5.7	5.6	58.2	13.7	9.7	29.2	92.3	43.4	16.3
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1,504	2,778	2,095	689	1,690	na	na	na	9,106
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2,385	3,461	3,883	864	2,101	245	na	na	13,213
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	0.6	8.5	2.9	-5.5	14.2	na	na	na	5.0
	Total dwelling units (%)	-22.9	1.2	39.4	-3.9	3.3	8.9	na	na	4.5
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1,511	2,632	2,001	680	1,646	na	na	na	8,826
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2,781	3,415	3,050	887	2,135	225	72	149	12,632
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-1.0	2.3	1.8	0.9	-0.9	na	na	na	1.0
	Total dwelling units (%)	-5.5	2.3	2.7	0.9	0.7	1.4	-2.7	10.4	-
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
na not available