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JULY KEY FIGURES

		Jul 06	Jun 06 to Jul 06	Jul 05 to Jul 06
		no.	% change	% change
TREND
	Total dwelling units approved	13 431	2.4	3.1
	Private sector houses	8 729	0.3	-1.2
	Private sector other dwellings	4 441	7.2	14.7
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Total dwelling units approved	14 288	8.3	9.1
	Private sector houses	8 860	4.9	1.1
	Private sector other dwellings	5 149	15.4	27.2

Dwelling units approved, Total number

Private sector houses approved, Total number

JULY KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend estimate for total dwelling approvals rose 2.4% in July 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 8.3%, to 14,288, in July 2006.

• The trend estimate for private sector house approvals rose 0.3% in July 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved rose 4.9%, to 8,860, in July 2006.

• The trend estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 7.2% in July 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 15.4%, to 5,149, in July 2006. This follows a rise of 17.2% in the previous month.

• The trend estimate for the value of total building approved rose 2.1% in July 2006. The value of new residential building rose 1.7% and the value of alterations and additions rose 0.3%. The trend for the value of non-residential building approved rose 3.0% in July 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total building approved fell 6.3%, to $5,514.6m, in July 2006. The value of new residential building approved rose 2.9%, to $2,745.4m. The value of alterations and additions fell 14.4%, to $470.1m. The value of non-residential building fell 13.9%, to $2,299.1m.

REVISIONS THIS MONTH

Revisions to Total Dwellings in this issue are:

	2005-06
NSW	83
Vic.	10
Qld	4
SA	2
WA	-15
Tas.	-
NT	-1
ACT	-
Total	83

DATA NOTES

New Statistical Divisions have been created in Queensland and have been incorporated into this publication. This has caused a break in series in Brisbane Statistical Division in Table 8. Details of these new Statistical Divisions are listed in the publication Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC), 2006 Edition (cat. no. 1216.0), Appendix 2.

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.

VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED


NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

The trend for the value of new residential building has risen for the last eight months.

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 0.3% in July 2006. The trend rose in New South Wales (+2.3%), Queensland (+0.6%) and South Australia (+1.0%), but fell in Victoria (-0.4%) and Western Australia (-1.3%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 475	2 532	2 331	715	1 761	210	71	88	9 183
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 482	3 607	3 538	1 055	2 708	246	187	224	14 047
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-1.9	-0.2	4.6	9.8	6.0	5.5	54.3	-17.0	2.8
	Total dwelling units (%)	-20.3	8.9	-2.6	16.1	29.6	-10.2	125.3	10.3	3.2
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 480	2 375	2 171	705	1 746	na	na	na	8 860
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 565	4 054	3 377	979	2 636	252	na	na	14 288
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	15.6	4.8	-0.3	13.8	0.2	na	na	na	4.9
	Total dwelling units (%)	-18.8	32.0	0.6	3.2	25.0	-4.9	na	na	8.3
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 373	2 367	2 188	658	1 783	na	na	na	8 729
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 768	3 519	3 362	968	2 261	251	92	218	13 431
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	2.3	-0.4	0.6	1.0	-1.3	na	na	na	0.3
	Total dwelling units (%)	3.1	4.0	2.0	0.9	-	3.3	1.1	9.0	2.4
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
na not available

DWELLING UNITS APPROVED


STATE TRENDS


NEW SOUTH WALES

VICTORIA

QUEENSLAND

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA