JUNE KEY FIGURES

		Jun 12	May 12 to Jun 12	Jun 11 to Jun 12
		no.	% change	% change
TREND
	Total dwelling units approved	12 840	3.1	0.7
	Private sector houses	7 050	-0.6	-9.1
	Private sector dwellings excluding houses	5 655	8.2	22.3
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Total dwelling units approved	13 336	-2.5	10.2
	Private sector houses	7 129	-1.1	-7.7
	Private sector dwellings excluding houses	6 052	-4.5	49.5

Dwelling units approved

Private sector houses approved

JUNE KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend estimate for total dwellings approved rose 3.1% in June and has risen for 5 months.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved fell 2.5% in June following a rise of 27.0% in the previous month.

PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES

• The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 0.6% in June and has fallen for 30 months.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses fell 1.1% in June following a rise of 7.3% in the previous month.

PRIVATE SECTOR DWELLINGS EXCLUDING HOUSES

• The trend estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 8.2% in June and has risen for 6 months.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 4.5% in June after rising for 2 months.

VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED

• The trend estimate of the value of total building approved rose 3.2% in June and has risen for 5 months. The value of residential building rose 2.8% and has risen for 5 months. The value of non-residential building rose 3.9% and has risen for 5 months.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved fell 9.8% in June after rising for 2 months. The value of residential building rose 0.2% and has risen for 2 months. The value of non-residential building fell 22.3% after rising for 2 months.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
June 2012 (Additional Information)	7 August 2012
July 2012	30 August 2012
July 2012 (Additional Information)	7 September 2012
August 2012	4 October 2012
August 2012 (Additional Information)	11 October 2012
September 2012	31 October 2012
September 2012 (Additional Information)	7 November 2012
October 2012	4 December 2012

CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

There are no changes in this issue.


DATA NOTES

On 20 July 2012 the ABS released the 2011 revision of the Functional Classification of Buildings. Building Approval statistics will be classified to the 2011 revision from the July 2012 issue. For more information refer to paragraph 14 of the explanatory notes.

The statistics for Western Australia in recent months may have been impacted by the WA Building Act 2011 which came into effect on 2 April 2012.

Since July 2011, Building Approval statistics have been produced using the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) , as well as the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC). From the July 2012 issue, Building Approvals data will no longer be available on an ASGC basis. This change will only affect statistics below the State/Territory level. Statistical Local Area data will be discontinued, however Local Government Area data will be available on the ABS Building Approvals web pages, under the Downloads tab. For further information, please refer to the Feature Article in the April 2011 issue.


REVISIONS THIS MONTH

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

	2010-11	2011-12	TOTAL
NSW	12	38	50
Vic.	-	-1	-1
Qld	-	-	-
SA	-	-	-
WA	-	6	6
Tas.	-	-	-
NT	-	-	-
ACT	-	-	-
Total	12	43	55

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.