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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Dec 06	Nov 06 to Dec 06	Dec 05 to Dec 06
		no.	% change	% change
TREND
	Total dwelling units approved	12 389	-1.1	0.1
	Private sector houses	8 738	-0.7	2.9
	Private sector other dwellings	3 289	-2.9	-8.1
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Total dwelling units approved	12 395	-1.9	-1.5
	Private sector houses	8 573	-2.3	0.5
	Private sector other dwellings	3 486	2.0	-9.5

Dwelling units approved, Total number

Private sector houses approved, Total number

DECEMBER KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend estimate for total dwelling approvals fell 1.1% in December 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved fell 1.9%, to 12,395, in December 2006.

• The trend estimate for private sector house approvals fell 0.7% in December 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved fell 2.3%, to 8,573, in December 2006.

• The trend estimate for private sector other dwellings approved fell 2.9% in December 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 2.0%, to 3,486, in December 2006.

• The trend estimate for the value of total building approved rose 0.4% in December 2006. The value of new residential building rose 0.1% and the value of alterations and additions fell 0.9%. The trend for the value of non-residential building approved rose 1.2% in December 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total building approved rose 2.0%, to $5,461.7m, in December 2006. The value of new residential building approved rose 0.8%, to $2,783m. The value of alterations and additions fell 9.5%, to $441.5m. The value of non-residential building rose 6.3%, to $2,237.2m.

REVISIONS THIS MONTH

Revisions to Total Dwellings in this issue are:

	2005-06	2006-07	Total
NSW	1	19	20
Vic.	-	-	-
Qld	45	25	70
SA	- 3	7	4
WA	-	- 5	- 5
Tas.	-	-	-
NT	55	-	55
ACT	-	-	-
Total	98	46	144

One missing permit added to April 2006 data was a mixed residential project, which resulted in an upward revision of $60m value and 55 dwelling units to the estimates for the Northern Territory.

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 7499.