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OCTOBER KEY FIGURES

	Oct 05	Sept 05 to Oct 05	Oct 04 to Oct 05
	no.	% change	% change
Trend
Total dwelling units approved	11 969	-2.3	-6.5
Private sector houses	8 397	-1.8	-2.4
Private sector other dwellings	3 158	-4.4	-18.3
Seasonally Adjusted
Total dwelling units approved	12 012	-	-6.3
Private sector houses	8 223	-0.2	-4.9
Private sector other dwellings	3 351	-1.5	-10.8
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Dwelling units approved, Total number

Private sector houses approved, Total number

OCTOBER KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend for total dwelling approvals fell 2.3% in October 2005.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved was unchanged at 12,012, in October 2005. An increase in public sector approvals offset declines in private sector houses and other dwellings.

• The trend estimate of private sector house approvals fell 1.8% in October 2005, the fourth consecutive monthly fall.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved fell -0.2%, to 8,223, in October 2005. This is the second lowest estimate since May 2001.

• The trend estimate of private sector other dwellings approved fell 4.4% in October 2005.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved fell 1.5%, to 3,351, in October 2005. This is the second lowest estimate since February 2002.

• The trend estimate of the value of total building approved has fallen for the past four months, down 0.6% in October 2005. The value of new residential building approved fell 2.3%, and the value of alterations and additions fell 0.7%. The value of non-residential building approved rose 1.6%, the ninth consecutive monthly rise.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved fell 8.4% to $4,561.8m in October 2005. The value of new residential building approved fell 0.9%, to $2,359.4m. The value of alterations and additions rose 6.5%, to $429.9m.

	2004-05	2005-06	Total
New South Wales	45	450	495
Victoria	92	-	92
Queensland	37	1	38
South Australia	34	5	39
Western Australia	-3	-1	-4
Tasmania	-	-	-
Northern Territory	-	-17	-17
Australian Capital Territory	11	-	11
TOTAL	216	438	654

There has been significant revisions to data for the Auburn Council (NSW), Ku-Ring-Gai Council (NSW), Marrickville Council (NSW) and Wollongong City Council (NSW) following the resolution of some reporting problems spanning the past three months.

Estimates have been included in this issue for the municipality of Kwinana in Western Australia, which was unable to report all building work approved in their municipality this month.

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 estimate of the value of new residential building has fallen for the past five months. The trend fell 2.3% in October 2005.

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 1.8% in October 2005. The trend fell in New South Wales (-4.4%), Victoria (-3.9%), Queensland (-1.5%) and South Australia (-1.4%) but rose in Western Australia (+3.6%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 227	2 176	2 165	608	1 930	169	38	70	8 383
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 453	3 075	3 188	927	2 218	206	70	74	12 211
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-13.9	-8.1	13.7	-15.2	11.6	-12.4	-37.7	7.7	-0.9
	Total dwelling units (%)	-15.0	0.1	-1.2	2.0	16.3	-13.1	-52.7	-17.8	-2.1
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 232	2 147	1 993	623	1 960	na	na	na	8 223
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 576	2 804	3 111	922	2 263	200	na	na	12 012
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-13.1	-5.8	3.5	-4.2	18.2	na	na	na	-0.2
	Total dwelling units (%)	-6.4	-5.4	0.3	7.0	21.1	-11.5	na	na	-
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 406	2 322	1 988	633	1 764	na	na	na	8 397
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 673	2 910	3 022	890	2 058	208	112	97	11 969
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-4.4	-3.9	-1.5	-1.4	3.6	na	na	na	-1.8
	Total dwelling units (%)	-2.4	-5.1	-2.4	1.0	1.3	-1.9	0.9	-11.0	-2.3
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
na not available

DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATE TRENDS


NEW SOUTH WALES

The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved in New South Wales shows strong falls for the past nine months. The trend for private sector houses shows falls for the past four months.