1367.5 - Western Australian Statistical Indicators, Jun 2009  
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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
Graph: 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.


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