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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Sep 06	Aug 06 to Sep 06	Sep 05 to Sep 06
		no.	% change	% change
TREND
	Total dwelling units approved	13 297	0.5	6.0
	Private sector houses	9 136	1.5	6.2
	Private sector other dwellings	3 869	-1.8	6.9
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Total dwelling units approved	13 286	6.1	9.0
	Private sector houses	9 377	4.0	12.4
	Private sector other dwellings	3 594	11.2	1.3

Dwelling units approved, Total number

Private sector houses approved, Total number

SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS


TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

• The trend estimate for total dwelling approvals rose 0.5% in September 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 6.1%, to 13,286, in September 2006.

• The trend estimate for private sector house approvals rose 1.5% in September 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses approved rose 4.0%, to 9,377, in September 2006. This is the highest level since June 2005.

• The trend estimate for private sector other dwellings approved fell 1.8% in September 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector other dwellings approved rose 11.2%, to 3,594, in September 2006. This follows a fall of 36.8% in the previous month.

• The trend estimate for the value of total building approved was flat in September 2006. The value of new residential building rose 1.6% and the value of alterations and additions rose 1.1%. The trend for the value of non-residential building approved fell 2.5% in September 2006.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total building approved rose 7.2%, to $5,310.8m, in September 2006. The value of new residential building approved rose 9.4%, to $2,907.7m. The value of alterations and additions rose 5.4%, to $481.4m. The value of non-residential building rose 4.3%, to $1,921.8m.

	2005-06	2006-07	Total
NSW	9	-53	-44
Vic.	-	-	-
Qld	38	-3	35
SA	-	-	-
WA	5	-18	-13
Tas.	-	8	8
NT	-	-	-
ACT	-	-	-
Total	52	-66	-14

One missing permit added to March 2006 data was a major industrial project which contributed $55m of non-residential building to South Australia.

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 ten months.

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 1.5% in September 2006. The trend rose in New South Wales (+1.9%), Victoria (+2.4%) and Queensland (+2.6%), fell in Western Australia (-1.6%) and was flat in South Australia.

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 452	2 513	2 405	665	1 737	227	45	149	9 193
	Total dwelling units (no.)	3 390	2 978	3 399	817	2 197	237	146	244	13 408
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-3.6	-19.5	-1.6	-9.5	-4.8	8.6	-40.8	20.2	-8.4
	Total dwelling units (%)	20.7	-20.1	2.4	-14.2	-5.3	-1.3	73.8	6.1	-2.0
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 468	2 586	2 559	653	1 703	na	na	na	9 377
	Total dwelling units (no.)	3 017	3 063	3 491	821	2 276	225	na	na	13 286
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	7.4	-10.9	23.3	0.4	3.8	na	na	na	4.0
	Total dwelling units (%)	15.8	-12.9	21.4	-2.5	5.4	-0.4	na	na	6.1
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 443	2 660	2 312	659	1 666	na	na	na	9 136
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 874	3 476	3 270	854	2 232	236	110	246	13 297
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	1.9	2.4	2.6	-	-1.6	na	na	na	1.5
	Total dwelling units (%)	1.4	0.3	1.0	-3.1	-0.3	-1.3	5.8	7.0	0.5
- 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