1350.0 - Australian Economic Indicators, Apr 2009  
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BUILDING APPROVALS

Building approvals, Number and value
Period
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Northern Territory(a)
Australian Capital Territory(a)
Australia
Number of dwelling unit approvals - Annual
2005-06
34 160
36 529
38 033
11 458
26 170
2 634
1 363
1 867
152 214
2006-07
31 402
37 942
41 516
10 818
25 087
2 940
1 464
2 246
153 415
2007-08
31 228
42 881
44 962
13 368
23 641
2 938
1 172
2 339
162 529
Monthly - Trend
2007-2008
November
2 721
3 679
3 962
1 098
1 968
256
78
165
13 925
December
2 745
3 618
3 878
1 097
1 977
263
78
161
13 817
January
2 731
3 536
3 783
1 089
1 970
264
83
159
13 614
February
2 684
3 476
3 686
1 089
1 943
260
87
162
13 387
March
2 628
3 454
3 593
1 100
1 919
257
88
175
13 214
April
2 569
3 480
3 499
1 122
1 898
255
83
200
13 106
May
2 499
3 538
3 396
1 144
1 878
256
72
227
13 008
June
2 416
3 587
3 249
1 153
1 854
261
62
248
12 830
2008-2009
July
2 306
3 597
3 070
1 138
1 811
265
58
256
12 501
August
2 193
3 546
2 856
1 102
1 746
265
61
249
12 019
September
2 083
3 443
2 632
1 052
1 659
260
69
228
11 427
October
1 978
3 319
2 431
999
1 561
253
75
202
10 818
November
1 878
3 214
2 226
953
1 467
245
79
178
10 239
December
1 781
3 138
2 031
913
1 387
239
79
155
9 723
January
1 696
3 085
1 873
882
1 316
227
80
144
9 303
Percentage change from previous month - Trend
2007-2008
May
-2.7
1.6
-3.0
1.9
-1.1
0.5
-13.1
13.7
-0.7
June
-3.3
1.4
-4.3
0.8
-1.3
1.8
-14.0
9.4
-1.4
2008-2009
July
-4.5
0.3
-5.5
-1.3
-2.3
1.6
-5.9
3.1
-2.6
August
-4.9
-1.4
-7.0
-3.1
-3.6
-0.1
5.7
-2.7
-3.9
September
-5.0
-2.9
-7.8
-4.6
-5.0
-1.7
12.0
-8.4
-4.9
October
-5.1
-3.6
-7.6
-5.0
-5.9
-2.7
9.0
-11.4
-5.3
November
-5.1
-3.2
-8.4
-4.7
-6.0
-3.1
4.7
-11.6
-5.4
December
-5.1
-2.3
-8.7
-4.2
-5.5
-2.7
0.5
-13.1
-5.0
January
-4.8
-1.7
-7.8
-3.3
-5.1
-5.0
1.5
-6.9
-4.3
Value of new dwelling unit approvals - Annual
2005-06
7 193
7 357
8 144
1 774
5 124
459
333
429
30 814
2006-07
7 250
8 283
9 316
1 757
5 953
525
411
493
33 987
2007-08
7 479
9 835
11 443
2 361
6 627
561
358
480
39 144
Monthly - Original ($ million)
2007-2008
November
920
799
1 023
256
591
47
12
56
3 705
December
569
764
848
167
579
48
26
25
3 027
January
509
675
769
146
781
47
9
24
2 962
February
644
797
884
188
501
49
42
45
3 151
March
533
725
705
145
518
39
32
21
2 718
April
591
757
1 201
185
544
52
23
46
3 399
May
702
840
856
235
707
59
13
25
3 438
June
647
900
832
304
436
37
30
88
3 274
2008-2009
July
647
1 027
858
246
555
72
10
67
3 482
August
541
874
747
181
573
46
21
32
3 014
September
485
810
910
249
425
53
33
34
2 999
October
639
917
676
176
481
55
20
132
3 095
November
460
686
480
170
365
49
46
44
2 300
December
445
654
434
165
341
45
12
28
2 124
January
289
549
380
127
299
40
12
17
1 713
Percentage change from previous month - Original
2007-2008
May
18.9
11.0
-28.7
26.9
29.9
13.3
-41.7
-44.9
1.2
June
-7.9
7.1
-2.9
29.3
-38.4
-36.6
130.2
244.9
-4.8
2008-2009
July
0.0
14.1
3.2
-18.9
27.3
91.9
-67.4
-23.7
6.4
August
-16.4
-14.9
-13.0
-26.4
3.2
-35.5
112.0
-52.9
-13.4
September
-10.3
-7.3
21.9
37.4
-25.8
15.7
57.7
6.5
-0.5
October
31.6
13.2
-25.8
-29.6
13.2
2.1
-39.3
294.3
3.2
November
-27.9
-25.2
-29.0
-3.0
-24.2
-9.8
126.2
-66.4
-25.7
December
-3.3
-4.7
-9.5
-3.3
-6.4
-9.3
-73.0
-36.6
-7.6
January
-35.1
-16.1
-12.4
-22.8
-12.4
-9.3
1.3
-41.0
-19.3
(a) Extreme care should be exercised in using the trend series for number of building approvals in the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. The highly erratic nature of these data makes reliable estimation of the trend very difficult.
Source: Building Approvals, Australia, (cat. no. 8731.0)








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