8731.0 - Building Approvals, Australia, Jan 2007  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/03/2007   
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JANUARY KEY FIGURES

Jan 07
Dec 06 to Jan 07
Jan 06 to Jan 07
no.
% change
% change

TREND
Total dwelling units approved
12 214
-1.1
-1.3
Private sector houses
8 465
-1.6
-0.9
Private sector other dwellings
3 391
-0.1
-4.1
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Total dwelling units approved
12 252
-0.9
-1.0
Private sector houses
8 341
-2.2
-1.6
Private sector other dwellings
3 586
2.6
3.3

Dwelling units approved,
Total number

Graph: Number of dwelling units approved

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



JANUARY KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

  • The trend estimate for total dwelling approvals fell 1.1% in January 2007.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved fell 0.9%, to 12,252, in January 2007.


PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES
  • The trend estimate for private sector house approvals fell 1.6% in January 2007.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved fell 2.2%, to 8,341, in January 2007.


PRIVATE SECTOR OTHER DWELLING UNITS
  • The trend estimate for private sector other dwellings approved fell 0.1% in January 2007.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 2.6%, to 3,586, in January 2007.


VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED
  • The trend estimate for the value of total building approved rose 1.0% in January 2007. The value of new residential building fell 0.1% and the value of alterations and additions fell 1.1%. The trend for the value of non-residential building approved rose 2.9% in January 2007.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total building approved rose 7.8%, to $5,926.3m, in January 2007. The value of new residential building approved fell 1.4%, to $2,741.2m. The value of alterations and additions rose 2.9%, to $455.8m. The value of non-residential building rose 20.0%, to $2,729.3m.


NOTES




CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

There are no changes in this issues.



REVISIONS THIS MONTH

Revisions to Total Dwellings in this issue are:

2005-06
2006-07
Total

NSW
18
33
51
Vic.
-
1
1
Qld
1
4
5
SA
-
2
2
WA
2
3
5
Tas.
-
-
-
NT
-
31
31
ACT
-
- 1
- 1
Total
21
73
94


The revisions include some missing data for the City of Sydney for the 2006 calendar year. This was due to a problem with the council's information system. The problem has now been rectified.



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.