1350.0 - Australian Economic Indicators, Nov 2008  
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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
31 110
42 797
43 960
13 098
23 627
2 938
1 150
2 339
161 019
Monthly - Trend
2006-2007
June
2 482
3 365
3 684
898
1 953
239
108
232
12 960
2007-2008
July
2 468
3 499
3 746
939
1 952
235
104
222
13 161
August
2 508
3 614
3 812
987
1 941
233
95
205
13 398
September
2 579
3 689
3 873
1 033
1 933
236
86
187
13 617
October
2 654
3 705
3 870
1 068
1 936
244
80
173
13 728
November
2 708
3 671
3 817
1 080
1 942
249
78
167
13 712
December
2 722
3 600
3 739
1 076
1 944
257
78
165
13 580
January
2 701
3 514
3 665
1 070
1 939
257
80
162
13 391
February
2 653
3 455
3 590
1 075
1 919
255
84
164
13 197
March
2 590
3 433
3 503
1 093
1 901
253
83
173
13 029
April
2 529
3 448
3 395
1 116
1 887
255
78
192
12 902
May
2 492
3 484
3 260
1 134
1 877
259
68
218
12 792
June
2 443
3 535
3 111
1 138
1 872
266
60
239
12 662
2008-2009
July
2 384
3 589
2 963
1 132
1 873
273
54
250
12 518
August
2 327
3 640
2 844
1 117
1 877
280
45
255
12 385
Percentage change from previous month - Trend
2007-2008
December
0.5
-1.9
-2.0
-0.4
0.1
3.2
0.0
-1.2
-1.0
January
-0.8
-2.4
-2.0
-0.6
-0.3
0.0
2.6
-1.8
-1.4
February
-1.8
-1.7
-2.0
0.5
-1.0
-0.8
5.0
1.2
-1.4
March
-2.4
-0.6
-2.4
1.7
-0.9
-0.8
-1.2
5.5
-1.3
April
-2.4
0.4
-3.1
2.1
-0.7
0.8
-6.0
11.0
-1.0
May
-1.5
1.0
-4.0
1.6
-0.5
1.6
-12.8
13.5
-0.9
June
-2.0
1.5
-4.6
0.4
-0.3
2.7
-11.8
9.6
-1.0
2008-2009
July
-2.4
1.5
-4.8
-0.5
0.1
2.6
-10.0
4.6
-1.1
August
-2.4
1.4
-4.0
-1.3
0.2
2.6
-16.7
2.0
-1.1
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
7 462
9 805
11 057
2 307
6 621
560
351
480
38 644
Monthly - original ($ million)
2006-2007
June
667
690
870
145
575
40
25
56
3 068
2007-2008
July
607
837
1 029
169
459
39
25
57
3 222
August
605
929
995
161
508
42
37
29
3 306
September
636
773
910
189
535
55
25
22
3 144
October
510
1 038
1 068
211
469
45
85
42
3 468
November
920
799
1 023
256
591
47
12
56
3 704
December
569
758
848
167
579
48
26
25
3 021
January
499
662
766
146
781
47
9
24
2 935
February
642
797
882
188
500
49
42
45
3 147
March
533
722
705
145
509
39
32
21
2 706
April
586
750
1 162
185
544
52
15
46
3 342
May
709
839
838
229
709
59
13
25
3 423
June
646
900
831
259
437
37
30
88
3 227
2008-2009
July
650
1 006
779
218
556
72
10
60
3 351
August
499
842
723
187
556
46
20
32
2 906
Percentage change from previous month - Original
2007-2008
December
-38.1
-5.1
-17.1
-34.8
-2.0
0.8
128.7
-55.4
-18.4
January
-12.3
-12.7
-9.7
-12.4
35.0
-2.4
-64.5
-3.8
-2.8
February
28.6
20.4
15.2
28.6
-35.9
6.2
349.2
87.7
7.2
March
-17.0
-9.4
-20.1
-22.8
1.7
-20.8
-25.0
-53.5
-14.0
April
10.1
3.8
64.9
27.4
7.0
33.0
-51.9
118.9
23.5
May
20.9
11.9
-27.9
23.6
30.3
13.3
-12.9
-44.9
2.4
June
-9.0
7.2
-0.9
13.2
-38.5
-36.6
130.2
244.9
-5.7
2008-2009
July
0.8
11.8
-6.3
-15.7
27.3
91.9
-67.1
-31.1
3.8
August
-23.3
-16.2
-7.1
-14.3
0.2
-35.5
102.6
-47.8
-13.3
(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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