RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
Dwelling units approved
There were 1,867 dwelling units approved in the ACT in 2005-06, a decrease of 18% from 2004-05 ( 2,279 dwelling units approved). Of the dwelling unit approvals in 2005-06, 1,044 (56%) were for houses and 823 (44%) were for other dwellings.
Nationally, 150,512 dwelling units were approved in 2005-06, a 7% decrease from 2004-05 (161,799 dwelling units). Of these approvals, 69% were for houses.
Dwelling units commenced
In 2005-06, 1,835 dwelling units commenced in the ACT, a 25% decrease from 2004-05 (2,458 dwelling units). Of the dwelling units commenced in 2005-06, 1,033 (56%) were new houses, with a total value of $244.2m.
Nationally, 150,656 dwelling units commenced in 2005-06, a 4% decrease from 2004-05 (157,547 dwelling units). Of the dwelling units commenced in 2005-06, 103,198 (68%) were new houses, with a total value of $21,957.1m.
12.7 Dwelling units commenced, ACT: Original series |
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| Houses | New other residential building | Conversions, etc. | |
| no. | no. | no. | |
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| 2000-01 | 1 007 | 634 | 1 | |
| 2001-02 | 1 178 | 1 186 | 9 | |
| 2002-03 | 1 778 | 1 361 | 1 | |
| 2003-04 | 1 458 | 1 432 | 6 | |
| 2004-05 | 955 | 1 500 | 3 | |
| 2005-06 | 1 033 | 797 | 4 | |
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| Dwelling Unit Commencements, Australia, Preliminary, December quarter 2006 (cat. no. 8750.0). |
Dwelling units completed
In 2005-06 there were 2,445 dwelling units completed in the ACT, a 24% increase from 2004-05 (1,967 dwelling units). Of these dwelling unit completions, 1,116 (46%) were for new houses. New houses completed in 2005-06 had a total value of $274.3m, while alterations and additions completed over this time had a total value of $99.3m.
Nationally, 155,766 dwelling units were completed in 2005-06, a 3% decrease from 2004-05 (160,631 dwelling units). New houses made up 66% (102,871) of dwelling units completed in 2005-06 and had a total value of $21,407.8m.
