8731.0 - Building Approvals, Australia, Jul 2007  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 03/09/2007   
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JULY KEY FIGURES

Jul 07
Jun 07 to Jul 07
Jul 06 to Jul 07
no.
% change
% change

TREND
Total dwelling units approved
12 775
0.5
-2.4
Private sector houses
8 636
0.1
-2.7
Private sector other dwellings
3 699
0.6
-6.4
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Total dwelling units approved
12 980
0.4
-7.5
Private sector houses
8 646
0.7
-1.9
Private sector other dwellings
3 726
-6.5
-25.0

Dwelling units approved,
Total number
Graph: Number of dwelling units approved

Private sector houses approved,
Total number
Graph: Private sector houses approved



JULY KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

  • The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 0.5% in July 2007 following a revised increase of 0.6% in June 2007.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 0.4% in July which follows a revised increase of 6.9% in June.


PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES
  • The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 0.1% in July and is showing slight rises since March 2007.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved rose 0.7% in July following a revised increase of 1.0% in June.


PRIVATE SECTOR OTHER DWELLING UNITS
  • The trend estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 0.6% in July following a revised increase of 0.8% in June.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved fell 6.5% in July which follows a revised increase of 20.2% in June.


VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED
  • The trend estimate for the value of total building approved fell 0.1% in July. The trend estimate for the value of new residential building fell 0.2%, the value of alterations and additions fell 0.1%, while the value of non-residential building approved rose 0.1% in July.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total building approved fell 3.1% in July following a revised increase of 6.8% in June. The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of new residential building approved fell 4.2% in July which follows a revised increase of 6.1% in June. The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of alterations and additions rose 0.3%, while the value of non-residential building fell 2.4% in July following a revised increase of 9.2% in June.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
August 2007 4 October 2007
September 2007 31 October 2007
October 2007 4 December 2007
November 2007 8 January 2008
December 2007 5 February 2008
January 2008 6 March 2008



CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

There are no changes in this issue.



REVISIONS THIS MONTH

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

2006-07

NSW
50
Vic.
-
Qld
27
SA
-1
WA
16
Tas.
20
NT
1
ACT
-44
Total
69



DATA NOTES

A new chain volume reference year is updated annually. From 2007 onwards the updating of the reference year will be completed in the September quarter each year. In September 2007 the new reference year will be 2005-06 for chain volume estimates. This will result in revisions to growth rates in quarters following 2005-06 but will preserve additivity in those quarters. For earlier periods re-referencing affects the levels of, but not the movements in, chain volume estimates.



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.