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BUILDING APPROVALS

• The total number of dwellings approved (trend) in Western Australia increased by 1.1% to 4,458 dwellings in the April 2009 quarter, following a decrease of nearly 11% in the previous quarter.
• This small increase in the April quarter was driven primarily by approvals for higher density residential dwellings, including semi detached houses; townhouses and flats; and units and apartments. The number of approvals for these dwellings rose by 6.5%, in trend terms, to 767 dwellings in the April quarter 2009. However this was only half the figure recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2008.
• In the three months to April 2009, the total number of approvals for single houses remained relatively stable at 3,690, after a decrease of almost 9% in the previous three months.

Number of Dwellings Approved, Houses: Trend

1 Building Approvals, by number of dwelling units approved and sector: Trend
		Houses		Other dwellings		Total dwellings
		Private	Total	Private	Total	Private	Total
Reference period		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
2006-2007		19 158	19 605	4 423	5 015	23 580	24 619
2007-2008		16 701	17 253	5 358	5 924	22 060	23 179
2008
	April	4 083	4 231	1 407	1 532	5 489	5 763
	July	4 088	4 165	1 218	1 311	5 306	5 477
	October	3 975	4 051	809	892	4 785	4 942
2009
	January	3 621	3 693	625	720	4 246	4 411
	April	3 581	3 690	643	767	4 223	4 458
Source: Building Approvals, Australia, cat. no. 8731.0.