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JULY KEY FIGURES

	Jul 05	Jun 05 to Jul 05	Jul 04 to Jul 05
	no.	% change	% change
Trend
Total dwelling units approved	13 275	0.2	-4.1
Private sector houses	9 111	1.1	1.7
Private sector other dwellings	3 837	-2.3	-15.1
Seasonally Adjusted
Total dwelling units approved	12 837	-8.9	-9.5
Private sector houses	8 823	-6.3	0.4
Private sector other dwellings	3 730	-12.6	-23.9

Dwelling units approved, Total number

Private sector houses approved, Total number

JULY KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend for total dwelling approvals was relatively flat (+0.2%) in July 2005.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved fell 8.9%, to 12,837, in July 2005. The main contributor to this decline was a fall of 36.9% in Victoria (see Data Notes on page 2).

• The trend estimate of private sector house approvals rose 1.1% in July 2005, the sixth consecutive monthly rise.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved fell 6.3%, to 8,823, in July 2005.

• The trend estimate of private sector other dwellings approved fell 2.3% in July 2005.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved fell 12.6%, to 3,730, in July 2005.

• The trend estimate of the value of total building approved has risen for the past eight months, rising 1.1% in July 2005. The value of new residential building approved rose 0.7% and the value of alterations and additions rose 1.4%. The value of non-residential building approved rose 1.8%.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved rose 11.0%, to $5,206.2m, in July 2005. The value of new residential building approved fell 2.0%, to $2,580.7m, while the value of alterations and additions rose 0.9%, to $459.1m.

Seasonally adjusted and trend estimates of other dwellings have been revised in this issue as the result of a reanalysis of seasonal factors. This has in turn affected seasonally adjusted and trend estimates of total dwellings approved.

REVISIONS THIS MONTH

Revisions to Total Dwellings in this issue are:

	NSW	Vic.	Qld.	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	TOTAL
2004-05	77	10	40	60	-37	48	17	-	215

DATA NOTES

Changes to Victorian building regulations regarding owner-builders were introduced on 14 June, 2005, and the 5 Star Standard for energy rating for all new houses became fully operational on 1 July, 2005. There is some evidence that there may have been a resulting 'pull forward' of residential building approvals in Victoria, as evidenced by rises in approvals in May and June of this year followed by a sharp decline in July.

Estimates have been included in this issue for the municipalities of Campbelltown in New South Wales and Kwinana in Western Australia which were unable to report all building work approved in their municipalities this month.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or David Finlay on Adelaide (08) 8237 7431.

VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED


NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

The trend estimate of the value of new residential building is showing rises for the past ten months. The trend rose 0.7% in July 2005.

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 1.1% in July 2005. The trend fell in Western Australia (-1.0%), was flat in South Australia, and rose in New South Wales (+3.3%), Victoria (+1.1%) and Queensland (+1.4%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 829	2 246	2 131	645	1 669	206	46	85	8 857
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 989	2 743	3 385	908	2 077	219	183	89	12 593
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	2.2	-37.2	-2.3	-0.8	2.3	24.1	-30.3	7.6	-12.7
	Total dwelling units (%)	5.4	-46.2	-2.6	19.9	-4.9	11.7	50.0	-21.2	-14.8
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 924	2 210	2 100	641	1 612	na	na	na	8 823
	Total dwelling units (no.)	3 068	3 023	3 386	878	1 989	216	na	na	12 837
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	20.8	-31.5	2.1	4.0	2.3	na	na	na	-6.3
	Total dwelling units (%)	7.3	-36.9	6.2	14.5	-1.7	3.8	na	na	-8.9
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 707	2 710	2 100	653	1 583	na	na	na	9 111
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 844	3 804	3 284	865	2 028	220	94	135	13 275
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	3.3	1.1	1.4	-	-1.0	na	na	na	1.1
	Total dwelling units (%)	-0.9	1.2	0.8	-	-0.9	-0.9	3.3	-0.7	0.2
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