8731.0 - Building Approvals, Australia, Nov 2015 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 07/01/2016   
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NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES

Nov 15
Oct 15 to Nov 15
Nov 14 to Nov 15
no.
% change
% change
TREND
Total dwelling units approved
17 753
-1.9
-2.4
Private sector houses
9 434
-
-0.2
Private sector dwellings excluding houses
8 174
-3.6
-3.2
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Total dwelling units approved
17 124
-12.7
-8.4
Private sector houses
9 321
-0.5
-1.8
Private sector dwellings excluding houses
7 724
-23.0
-14.1
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Dwelling units approved
Graph: Dwelling units approved

Private sector houses approved
Graph: Private sector houses approved




NOVEMBER KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS
  • The trend estimate for total dwellings approved fell 1.9% in November and has fallen for eight months.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved fell 12.7% in November after rising for two months.


PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES
  • The trend estimate for private sector houses approved was flat in November.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses fell 0.5% in November and has fallen for three months.


PRIVATE SECTOR DWELLINGS EXCLUDING HOUSES
  • The trend estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 3.6% in November and has fallen for eight months.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 23.0% in November after rising for two months.


VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED
  • The trend estimate of the value of total building approved fell 0.8% in November and has fallen for four months. The value of residential building fell 1.2% and has fallen for eight months. The value of non-residential building was flat in November.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved fell 5.0% in November following a rise of 6.4% in the previous month. The value of residential building fell 10.2% following a rise of 9.6% in the previous month. The value of non-residential building rose 7.3% following a fall of 0.5% in the previous month.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
November 2015 - Additional14 January 2016
December 2015 3 February 2016
December 2015 - Additional10 February 2016
January 2016 1 March 2016
January 2016 - Additional8 March 2016
February 2016 4 April 2016



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.

Small area data cubes will be released in an “Additional Information” release five business days after the main publication. The data cubes will be for Statistical Area Level 2 and Local Government Areas. Release dates are published under the “Forthcoming Issues” section of the publication and in ABS Release Advice.

Seasonally adjusted estimates of the value of non-residential building jobs at the state level should be used with caution due to difficulty in estimating the seasonal pattern for these series. For more information on the seasonal adjustment process, please refer to paragraphs 16 to 22 of the explanatory notes.


REVISIONS THIS MONTH

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

2014-15
2015-16
TOTAL
NSW
186
96
282
Vic.
4
29
33
Qld
70
29
99
SA
41
2
43
WA
1
2
3
Tas.
5
-
5
NT
5
-
5
ACT
-
-
-
Total
312
158
470



INQUIRIES

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