DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES
SUMMARY COMMENTS
The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 0.5% in April 2007. The trend rose in New South Wales (+0.9%), Queensland (+1.4%), Tasmania (+0.4%), the Northern Territory (+7.0%), and the Australian Capital Territory (+5.7%) but fell in Victoria (-0.1%), South Australia (-0.7%) and Western Australia (-0.7%).
The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 0.6% in April 2007. The trend rose in New South Wales (+0.4%), Victoria (+0.4%) and Queensland (+1.7%) and was flat in South Australia and Western Australia.
| | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. | |
Original | |
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Dwelling units approved | | | | | | | | | | |
| Private sector houses (no.) | 1 035 | 2 114 | 2 315 | 622 | 1 415 | 208 | 43 | 60 | 7 812 | |
| Total dwelling units (no.) | 2 291 | 2 923 | 3 289 | 797 | 1 763 | 221 | 131 | 117 | 11 532 | |
Percentage change from previous month | | | | | | | | | | |
| Private sector houses (%) | -21.2 | -13.9 | 4.4 | -4.0 | -12.9 | -0.5 | -25.9 | -31.8 | -9.3 | |
| Total dwelling units (%) | -2.6 | -7.1 | 9.2 | -1.5 | -7.3 | -12.0 | 18.0 | -58.2 | -2.8 | |
Seasonally Adjusted | |
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Dwelling units approved | | | | | | | | | | |
| Private sector houses (no.) | 1 240 | 2 245 | 2 688 | 667 | 1 563 | na | na | na | 8 734 | |
| Total dwelling units (no.) | 2 648 | 3 007 | 3 907 | 860 | 1 952 | 237 | na | na | 12 858 | |
Percentage change from previous month | | | | | | | | | | |
| Private sector houses (%) | -7.5 | -3.5 | 24.9 | 1.0 | -3.1 | na | na | na | 3.3 | |
| Total dwelling units (%) | 7.5 | - | 31.6 | 2.1 | -0.2 | -12.5 | na | na | 8.1 | |
Trend | |
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Dwelling units approved | | | | | | | | | | |
| Private sector houses (no.) | 1 282 | 2 282 | 2 439 | 671 | 1 511 | na | na | na | 8 526 | |
| Total dwelling units (no.) | 2 581 | 3 057 | 3 580 | 876 | 1 874 | 245 | 107 | 186 | 12 507 | |
Percentage change from previous month | | | | | | | | | | |
| Private sector houses (%) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.7 | - | - | na | na | na | 0.6 | |
| Total dwelling units (%) | 0.9 | -0.1 | 1.4 | -0.7 | -0.7 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 0.5 | |
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