1350.0 - Australian Economic Indicators, Feb 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
31 186
42 842
44 946
13 125
23 641
2 938
1 172
2 339
162 189
Monthly - Trend
2007-2008
September
2 575
3 671
4 026
1 040
1 926
237
86
186
13 747
October
2 667
3 705
4 039
1 081
1 947
246
79
172
13 937
November
2 737
3 689
3 969
1 099
1 967
254
76
166
13 957
December
2 759
3 630
3 859
1 097
1 977
261
77
163
13 821
January
2 735
3 548
3 754
1 087
1 970
261
81
161
13 598
February
2 676
3 484
3 663
1 086
1 944
259
87
163
13 360
March
2 613
3 457
3 574
1 094
1 920
256
88
175
13 178
April
2 554
3 474
3 485
1 113
1 897
255
83
199
13 061
May
2 489
3 520
3 376
1 132
1 877
257
73
228
12 952
June
2 410
3 556
3 211
1 136
1 851
261
62
247
12 734
2008-2009
July
2 295
3 554
3 018
1 118
1 804
264
58
249
12 359
August
2 179
3 493
2 809
1 088
1 736
264
61
238
11 869
September
2 077
3 382
2 609
1 050
1 649
262
69
219
11 318
October
1 999
3 251
2 408
1 011
1 553
257
79
198
10 755
November
1 940
3 110
2 307
972
1 454
253
90
181
10 307
Percentage change from previous month - Trend
2007-2008
March
-2.4
-0.8
-2.4
0.8
-1.2
-0.9
1.7
7.6
-1.4
April
-2.3
0.5
-2.5
1.8
-1.2
-0.3
-5.4
13.6
-0.9
May
-2.5
1.3
-3.1
1.7
-1.1
0.7
-12.6
14.2
-0.8
June
-3.2
1.0
-4.9
0.3
-1.4
1.5
-14.3
8.3
-1.7
2008-2009
July
-4.8
-0.1
-6.0
-1.6
-2.5
1.2
-7.1
0.9
-2.9
August
-5.0
-1.7
-6.9
-2.7
-3.8
0.1
5.8
-4.3
-4.0
September
-4.7
-3.2
-7.1
-3.5
-5.0
-1.0
12.6
-8.1
-4.6
October
-3.8
-3.9
-7.7
-3.7
-5.8
-1.8
13.7
-9.5
-5.0
November
-2.9
-4.4
-4.2
-3.9
-6.4
-1.4
15.0
-8.4
-4.2
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
7 487
9 827
11 439
2 310
6 630
561
358
480
39 093
Monthly - original ($ million)
2007-2008
September
636
773
912
189
535
55
25
22
3 147
October
510
1 038
1 385
215
469
45
85
42
3 788
November
920
799
1 023
256
591
47
12
56
3 704
December
569
764
848
167
579
48
26
25
3 027
January
503
675
768
146
781
47
9
24
2 954
February
643
797
883
188
501
49
42
45
3 149
March
533
725
705
145
518
39
32
21
2 718
April
589
750
1 201
185
545
52
23
46
3 391
May
725
839
856
229
709
59
13
25
3 456
June
647
900
831
259
436
37
30
88
3 228
2008-2009
July
646
1 027
785
218
555
72
10
67
3 380
August
541
859
745
181
558
46
21
32
2 983
September
488
790
910
249
425
53
33
34
2 983
October
617
896
628
176
481
54
20
83
2 955
November
447
662
480
169
345
49
46
34
2 231
Percentage change from previous month - Original
2007-2008
March
-17.2
-9.1
-20.1
-22.8
3.4
-20.8
-25.0
-53.5
-13.7
April
10.6
3.5
70.3
27.3
5.3
33.0
-28.1
118.9
24.8
May
23.0
11.8
-28.7
23.7
30.2
13.3
-41.7
-44.9
1.9
June
-10.7
7.2
-3.0
13.2
-38.5
-36.6
130.2
244.9
-6.6
2008-2009
July
-0.1
14.1
-5.5
-15.7
27.3
91.9
-67.4
-23.7
4.7
August
-16.3
-16.3
-5.1
-16.9
0.5
-35.5
112.0
-52.9
-11.8
September
-9.7
-8.0
22.1
37.4
-23.8
15.6
57.7
6.5
0.0
October
26.3
13.4
-31.0
-29.5
13.3
1.8
-39.3
148.1
-0.9
November
-27.5
-26.1
-23.6
-3.7
-28.4
-9.6
126.2
-59.4
-24.5
(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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