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JUNE KEY FIGURES

	Jun qtr 05	Mar qtr 05 to Jun qtr 05	Jun qtr 04 to Jun qtr 05
	no.	%	%
Trend Estimates
Total dwelling units commenced	39 117	1.2	-7.9
New private sector houses	25 637	1.5	-8.7
New private sector other residential building	12 022	1.9	-7.1
Seasonally Adjusted Estimates
Total dwelling units commenced	39 993	5.5	-6.1
New private sector houses	26 378	7.6	-7.1
New private sector other residential building	12 171	2.1	-5.8

Dwelling units commenced - Total

Private dwellings commenced, Trend

JUNE KEY POINTS


TREND ESTIMATES

• The trend estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced rose 1.2% in the June quarter 2005, following four quarters of decline.
• New private sector house commencements rose 1.5% in the latest quarter.
• New private other residential building commencements rose 1.9% in the June quarter 2005.

• In seasonally adjusted terms, the total number of dwelling units commenced rose 5.5%, to 39,993, in the June quarter 2005.
• New private sector house commencements rose 7.6%, to 26,378. This is still 7.1% below the level reported in the June quarter 2004.
• New private other residential building rose 2.1%, to 12,171, in the June quarter 2005.

CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

Time series spreadsheets have been released in Excel format for the first time with this issue. A concordance between the old Lotus 1,2,3 spreadsheets and the new Excel spreadsheets is available in Information Paper: Changes to Ausstats Tables for Dwelling Unit Commencements, Australia, Preliminary (cat. no. 8750.0.55.001).


SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS THIS ISSUE

Compared to the estimates published in Building Activity, Australia, March quarter 2005 (cat. no. 8752.0), released on 18 July 2005:

• the number of private sector new houses commenced in Australia during the March quarter 2005 has been revised downwards by 236 (-1.1%).
• the number of new private sector other residential dwelling units commenced in Australia during the March quarter 2005 has been revised upwards by 223 (+2.2%).

DWELLING UNIT COMMENCEMENTS ORIGINAL


ORIGINAL ESTIMATES

	Jun qtr 05	Mar qtr 05 to Jun qtr 05	Jun qtr 04 to Jun qtr 05
	no.	%	%
New private sector houses	26 105	17.7	-7.0
New private sector other residential building	11 753	11.7	-5.5
Private sector conversion, etc.	498	42.3	4.1
Public sector dwellings	919	9.3	14.9
Total dwelling units	39 275	15.9	-6.0

• The total number of dwelling units commenced rose 15.9% in the June quarter 2005, to 39,275.
• New private sector house commencements rose 17.7%, to 26,105. Commencements rose in all states and territories except Tasmania (-6.1%).
• New private sector other residential building rose 11.7%, to 11,753. Falls in Queensland, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory only partially offset rises in the remaining states and territories.
• The total number of public sector dwellings commenced rose 9.3%, to 919.

VICTORIA

QUEENSLAND

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

TASMANIA

NORTHERN TERRITORY

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY