8731.0 - Building Approvals, Australia, Mar 2014 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 05/05/2014   
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MARCH KEY FIGURES

Mar 14
Feb 14 to Mar 14
Mar 13 to Mar 14
no.
% change
% change
TREND
Total dwelling units approved
16 513
-0.8
21.9
Private sector houses
9 392
1.1
21.3
Private sector dwellings excluding houses
6 912
-3.3
26.4
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Total dwelling units approved
15 958
-3.5
20.0
Private sector houses
9 224
-0.7
19.4
Private sector dwellings excluding houses
6 528
-7.0
21.6

Dwelling units approved
Graph: Dwelling units approved

Private sector houses approved
Graph: Private sector houses approved




MARCH KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS
  • The trend estimate for total dwellings approved fell 0.8% in March and has fallen for two months.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved fell 3.5% in March and has fallen for two months.


PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES
  • The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 1.1% in March and has risen for 15 months.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses fell 0.7% in March and has fallen for two months.


PRIVATE SECTOR DWELLINGS EXCLUDING HOUSES
  • The trend estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 3.3% in March and has fallen for four months.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 7.0% in March and has fallen for two months.


VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED
  • The trend estimate of the value of total building approved fell 2.3% in March and has fallen for three months. The value of residential building fell 0.9% and has fallen for three months. The value of non-residential building fell 4.6% and has fallen for four months.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved fell 11.0% in March and has fallen for three months. The value of residential building fell 3.2% following a rise of 0.2% in the previous month. The value of non-residential building fell 23.3% and has fallen for three months.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
April 2014 2 June 2014
May 2014 3 July 2014
June 2014 31 July 2014
July 2014 2 September 2014
August 2014 2 October 2014
September 2014 3 November 2014



DATA NOTES

A number of time series spreadsheets contain 'np' (not available for publication) annotations. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.


CHANGES THIS ISSUE

As a result of changes to production processes, some time series identifiers have changed. The content and nature of these series will not be affected.

To assist in accommodating these changes, Excel spreadsheets showing the old and new time series identifiers for each affected series are included under the downloads tab.


REVISIONS THIS MONTH

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

2012-13
2013-14
TOTAL
NSW
-
-28
-28
Vic.
17
-22
-5
Qld
-32
7
-25
SA
3
4
7
WA
5
74
79
Tas.
-
-
-
NT
7
-13
-6
ACT
-
-
-
Total
-
22
22
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)



INQUIRIES

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