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Housing Occupancy and Costs, Australia, 2009-10 (cat. no. 4130.0) was released in November 2011. This publication presents data from the Survey of Income and Housing (SIH) on Australian housing occupancy and costs, and relates these to characteristics of occupants and dwellings such as tenure, family composition of household, dwelling structure, age, income and principal source of income. It also includes value of dwelling estimates, and information on recent home buyers.

Household Expenditure Survey and Survey of Income and Housing, User Guide, Australia, 2009-10 (cat. no. 6503.0) was released in September 2011. It describes the definitions, concepts, methodology and estimation procedures used in the survey. It also contains the questionnaire, prompt cards and a list of output data items.

Measures of Australia's Progress, 2012 (cat. no. 1370.0) was released in October 2012. This publication is designed to help Australians address the question, 'Is life in Australia getting better?'. MAP provides a digestible selection of statistical evidence in answer to this question. Australians can use this evidence to in answer to this question. The 2010 issue includes an expanded range of indicators in its housing chapter.

Census results from the 2011 Census of Population and Housing were released in June 2012 and are available through a range of electronic products. Second release data will be released in October 2012.

Housing Mobility and Conditions, Australia, 2007–08 (cat. no. 4130.0.55.002) was released in November 2009. This publication presents statistics compiled from the Survey of Income and Housing (SIH) on Australian housing mobility and dwelling conditions. These data were collected in the 2007-08 SIH, in addition to the housing occupancy and costs information regularly collected in every SIH cycle and released in Housing Occupancy and Costs, Australia (cat. no. 4130.0).

Housing Finance, Australia (cat. no. 5609.0) presents statistics of housing finance commitments made by significant lenders. Issued monthly.

House Price Indexes: Eight Capital Cities (cat. no. 6416.0) provides estimates of changes in house prices for each of the eight capital cities of Australia. Issued quarterly.

Building Approvals, Australia (cat. no. 8731.0) provides monthly details of building work approved including dwelling units in both the public and private sectors. Issued monthly.

Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0) provides quarterly details of building activity in Australia including construction of new residential buildings (houses and other residential), alterations and additions to existing residential buildings and construction of non-residential buildings. Issued quarterly.

WORK IN PROGRESS
Survey of Income and Housing
The 2011-12 Survey of Income and Housing (SIH) has been enumerated and the data is currently being processed. The first results from the 2011-12 SIH are expected to become available from mid 2013.



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