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APRIL KEY FIGURES

		Apr 07	Mar 07 to Apr 07	Apr 06 to Apr 07
		no.	% change	% change
TREND
	Total dwelling units approved	12 507	0.5	-0.6
	Private sector houses	8 526	0.6	-1.2
	Private sector other dwellings	3 603	0.5	-2.1
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Total dwelling units approved	12 858	8.1	4.5
	Private sector houses	8 734	3.3	2.6
	Private sector other dwellings	3 762	19.0	9.2

Dwelling units approved, Total number

Private sector houses approved, Total number

APRIL KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend estimate for total dwelling approvals rose 0.5% in April 2007.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 8.1% in April 2007 which follows a revised fall of 10.5% in March 2007.

• The trend estimate for private sector house approvals rose 0.6% in April 2007.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved rose 3.3% in April.

• The trend estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 0.5% in April 2007.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 19.0% in April 2007 which follows a revised fall of 26.9% in March 2007.

• The trend estimate for the value of total building approved rose 0.5% in April 2007. The trend estimate for the value of new residential building rose 1.3% and the trend estimate for the value of alterations and additions fell 0.6%. The trend estimate for the value of non-residential building approved fell 0.2% in April 2007.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total building approved rose 3.8% in April 2007 following a revised fall of 2.6% in March 2007. The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of new residential building approved rose 5.7% which follows a revised fall of 3.0% in the previous month. The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of alterations and additions fell 4.5%. The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of non-residential building rose 3.3% following a revised fall of 2.3% in the previous month.

REVISIONS THIS MONTH

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

	2005-06	2006-07	Total
NSW	-	57	57
Vic.	-	103	103
Qld	44	217	261
SA	-	1	1
WA	-	2	2
Tas.	-	-	-
NT	-	-	-
ACT	-	-	-
Total	44	380	424

DATA NOTES

A new chain volume reference year is typically updated annually every June quarter. 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.