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JUNE KEY FIGURES

	Jun qtr 04	Mar qtr 04 to Jun qtr 04	Jun qtr 03 to Jun qtr 04
	no.	%	%
Trend Estimates
Total dwelling units commenced	43,750	0.1	7.5
New private sector houses	29,408	-	8.5
New private sector other residential building	13,050	1.3	8.3
Seasonally Adjusted Estimates
Total dwelling units commenced	43,369	0.3	8.8
New private sector houses	29,474	2.5	13.1
New private sector other residential building	12,630	-3.8	4.5
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Dwellings units commenced, Total

Private dwellings commenced, Trend

JUNE KEY POINTS


TREND ESTIMATES

• The trend estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced showed marginal growth of 0.1% in the June quarter 2004.
• New private sector house commencements showed no growth in the latest quarter after rising over the previous four quarters.
• New private sector other residential building increased for the third consecutive quarter. The trend estimate rose 1.3% in the June quarter 2004.

• In seasonally adjusted terms, the total number of dwelling units commenced rose 0.3%, to 43,369 in the June quarter 2004.
• New private sector house commencements rose 2.5%, to 29,474, following a fall of 3.9% in the March quarter.
• New private sector other residential building fell 3.8%, to 12,630, in the June quarter 2004, following rises in the previous two quarters.

CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

Changes have been made to the format and content of this publication. Details of the changes are:

• change to format and content of the front page table and graphs
• page 3, table and graph now include new private sector other residential building
• change to format of table 1 to include private and total new other residential building
• new table 2 showing percentage change has been included. All subsequent tables have been re-numbered. Please refer to the list of tables on page 7.

SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS THIS ISSUE

The total number of dwelling units commenced in Australia during the March quarter 2004 has been revised downwards by 435 (-1.1%) from the estimate published in Building Activity, Australia, March quarter 2004 (cat. no. 8752.0) released on 20 July 2004.

INQUIRIES

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SUMMARY COMMENTARY


ORIGINAL ESTIMATES

	Jun qtr 04	Mar qtr 04 to Jun qtr 04	Jun qtr 03 to Jun qtr 04
	no.	%	%
New private sector houses	28,808	7.7	12.8
New private sector other residential building	12,109	1.3	4.5
Private sector conversion, etc	495	9.0	-34.6
Public sector dwellings	823	15.3	-17.6
Total dwelling units	42,235	5.9	8.6

• The total number of dwelling units commenced rose 5.9% in the June quarter 2004, to 42,235.
• New private sector house commencements rose 7.7%, to 28,808. All states and territories recorded rises, except Western Australia (-5.0%) and the Australian Capital Territory (-8.4%). Victoria recorded the largest increase (+17.6%).
• New private sector other residential building rose 1.3%, to 12,109. A large rise in the Australian Capital Territory, following the commencement of several large projects, and small rises in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia offset falls in the other states.
• The total number of public sector dwellings commenced rose 15.3% to 823.

VICTORIA

QUEENSLAND

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

TASMANIA

NORTHERN TERRITORY

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY