DWELLING UNITS APPROVED BY TYPE OF DWELLING 2008–09
STATES AND TERRITORIES
The number of dwelling units approved in the States and Territories during 2008-09 is shown in the table below for each type of dwelling category.
| | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
| | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. |
|
New houses | 13 481 | 30 446 | 19 884 | 9 201 | 15 960 | 2 564 | 729 | 1 488 | 93 753 |
New semidetached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc of: | | | | | | | | | |
| One storey | 1 638 | 1 836 | 1 158 | 1 312 | 1 537 | 385 | 44 | 320 | 8 230 |
| Two or more storeys | 2 403 | 2 933 | 2 101 | 674 | 650 | 42 | 46 | 221 | 9 070 |
| Total | 4 041 | 4 769 | 3 259 | 1 986 | 2 187 | 427 | 90 | 541 | 17 300 |
New flats, units, apartments in a building of: | | | | | | | | | |
| One or two storeys | 486 | 400 | 1 157 | 275 | 103 | 97 | 16 | 76 | 2 610 |
| Three storeys | 944 | 632 | 965 | 112 | 159 | 19 | 12 | 154 | 2 997 |
| Four or more storeys | 4 521 | 5 041 | 3 400 | 288 | 875 | - | 125 | 576 | 14 826 |
| Total | 5 951 | 6 073 | 5 522 | 675 | 1 137 | 116 | 153 | 806 | 20 433 |
Total new other residential building | 9 992 | 10 842 | 8 781 | 2 661 | 3 324 | 543 | 243 | 1 347 | 37 733 |
Other | | | | | | | | | |
| Alterations and additions to residential building | 124 | 169 | 39 | 109 | 89 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 568 |
| Conversion | 145 | 111 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 4 | - | 307 |
| Non-residential building | 51 | 65 | 20 | 37 | 27 | 5 | 2 | - | 207 |
Total building | 23 793 | 41 633 | 28 734 | 12 014 | 19 401 | 3 167 | 985 | 2 841 | 132 568 |
|
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
SUMMARY COMMENT
The estimate of the number of dwelling units approved in Australia has fallen from 162,732 in 2007-08 to 132,568 in 2008-09, a fall of 18.5%. Of the estimate of total dwelling units approved in 2008-09, 93,753 (70.7%) were new houses whereas in 2007-08 new houses accounted for 67.2% of dwelling units approved. The proportion of total new other residential building fell from 31.9% in 2007-08 to 28.5% in 2008-09, driven by declining proportions in New South Wales and Western Australia, which fell from 48.3% to 42.0% and 26.6% to 17.1% respectively.
DWELLINGS APPROVED, States and territories
- By type of dwelling
- 2008-09