8731.0 - Building Approvals, Australia, Feb 2008 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 07/04/2008   
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FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES

Feb 08
Jan 08 to Feb 08
Feb 07 to Feb 08
no.
% change
% change

TREND
Total dwelling units approved
13 239
-1.0
5.4
Private sector houses
9 080
-0.3
6.2
Private sector other dwellings
3 777
-2.9
2.7
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Total dwelling units approved
13 146
0.1
-1.6
Private sector houses
9 138
0.8
8.7
Private sector other dwellings
3 611
-0.9
-19.4


Dwelling units approved
Graph: Number of dwelling units approved

Private sector houses approved
Graph: Private sector houses approved




FEBRUARY KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS
  • The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved fell 1.0% in February 2008.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 0.1% in February following a revised increase of 1.4% in January.


PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES
  • The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 0.3% in February following a fall of 0.2% in January.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved rose 0.8% in February following a rise of 2.4% in January.


PRIVATE SECTOR OTHER DWELLING UNITS
  • The trend estimate for private sector other dwellings approved fell 2.9% in February.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved fell 0.9% in February.


VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED
  • The trend estimate for the value of total building approved fell 0.4% in February. The trend estimate for the value of new residential building approved fell 1.3% and the value of alterations and additions rose 0.8%. The value of non-residential building approved rose 0.6%.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total building approved fell 14.4% in February. The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of new residential building approved fell 4.2% in February. The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of alterations and additions rose 1.7% and the value of non-residential building fell 26.7%.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
March 2008 1 May 2008
April 2008 3 June 2008
May 2008 2 July 2008
June 2008 30 July 2008
July 2008 2 September 2008
August 2008 30 September 2008



CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

As noted last month, the Time Series Spreadsheet tables 83 to 91, with data coded to the 1986 Function Classification of Buildings (FCB), are no longer available on the ABS web site. A concordance between the 1986 FCB and the 1999 FCB is available in the classification manual - ABS Functional Classification of Buildings (cat. no. 1268.0.55.001).


REVISIONS THIS MONTH

Revisions to the total number of dwelling units approved in this issue are:

2006-07
2007-08
TOTAL

NSW
3
56
59
Vic.
3
23
26
Qld
3
-2
1
SA
-
-
-
WA
-
1
1
Tas.
7
-
7
NT
-
-
-
ACT
-
-
-
Total
16
78
94



One missing permit, added to November 2007 data, contributed an upward revision of $103.6m to the estimate of the value of non-residential approvals in New South Wales.


DATA NOTES

A special article on ‘Average Floor Area of New Residential Dwellings’ in the years 1986-87 to 2006-07 is included in this issue (see page 7).


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Paul Pamment on Adelaide (08) 8237 7648.