8731.0 - Building Approvals, Australia, Dec 2005

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 02/02/2006

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Specific information regarding Building Approvals SuperTABLE Data Cubes

SuperTABLE Data Cubes contain a number of classifications from which different tailored tables can be created to suit your needs by manipulating the classifications.

Building Approvals Data Cubes for small area data are available in two formats: SuperTABLE and Excel spreadsheet. The Excel spreadsheets contain data available from the SuperTABLE data cubes but with less detail e.g. SuperTABLE data cubes include data for each individual month whereas the Excel spreadsheets contain data for the total year.

Building Approvals data are subject to revision. Data cubes are re-released each month including data for the latest month and revisions to data for previous months.

System Requirements
Some of these files are in SuperTABLE format. To use them, you need SuperTABLE on your PC. You can download it free from Space-Time Research at http://www.str.com.au/download/supertable_download.htm (then run the file to install it), or contact your organisation's Information Technology support area. For more information, please see SuperTABLE Help.

File contents
Number and Value ($m) of Approvals, States and Territories is a SuperTABLE dataset containing state level data for all states/territories for the latest 37 months.
Statistical Local Areas: State, Year are SuperTABLE datasets containing Statistical Local Area data for that state/territory for each month in the relevant year.
Statistical Local Areas: State, Year (Excel spreadsheet) are Excel spreadsheets containing Statistical Local Area data for that state/territory for the relevant year.

Classifications - Number and Value ($m) of Approvals, States and Territories
State/Territories	all States & Territories
Reference Month	monthly (latest 37 months)
Sector of Ownership	private, public
Type of Building	houses, other residential, residential, non-residential, non-house and total building
Type of Work	new, alterations & additions (incl. conversions and refurbishments), total work
Data Items	value of approval ($m), number of dwelling units (no.)

Classifications - Statistical Local Areas: State, Year
Geographic Classification	Statistical Local Area (SLA), Statistical Subdivision (SSD), Statistical Division (SD) and State
Reference Month	monthly (yyyy refers to the financial year)
Sector of Ownership	private, public
Type of Building	houses, other residential, residential, non-residential, total building
Type of Work	new, alterations & additions (incl. conversions and refurbishments), total work
Data Items	value of approval ($000's), number of dwelling units (no.)

Information available from Statistical Local Areas: State, Year (Excel spreadsheet)
Time period	Total year, or year to date for the current financial year
Geographic Classification	Statistical Local Area (SLA), Statistical Subdivision (SSD), Statistical Division (SD) and State
Data items	New houses (number and value) New other residential building (number and value) Total dwellings (number) Alterations and additions to residential buildings (value) Total residential building (value) Non-residential building (value) Total building (value)

Validation Table for use with SuperTABLE data cubes

The validation table attached below is an Excel spreadsheet containing state level data for checking purposes when using SuperTABLE datasets. It is VERY IMPORTANT to check totals from tables created against the validation table to ensure you have extracted correct data. This is due to overcounting that will occur in the table if you make no selection for some classifications:

1. For Type of Work and Type of Building, you MUST select the categories you require for these classifications, and drag the classification into the table.If you do not do this, records will be counted more than once because sub-totals and totals are included in these classifications, and all levels will be added together. Even if these classifications are not required in your table, overcounting will occur unless you select only the total category and drag this into the table. For definitions of which categories comprise the various sub-totals and totals for Type of Work and Type of Building, see the attached document 'Definitions of Totals'.

2. Reference Month should be brought into the table. Without this, all time periods will be added together.

3. The Statistical Local Area data cubes contain a hierarchical classification for Area, which means that the classification can have a number of levels e.g. State, Statistical Local Area. If nothing from this classification is included in the table, all levels will be added together. Make sure you at least include a total from this classification.

Best practice is to make sure all fields are selected and put into the table.

For technical queries relating to data cubes, please refer to the contact details in SuperTABLE Help. For any queries about the Buildings data in the cubes, please contact Louise Wilton on (08) 8237 7629.

Explanatory Information (these attachments are free):

Specific information regarding Building Approvals Excel Data Cubes

Explanatory Information (this attachment is free):

General information regarding Data Cubes

Volatility of Statistical Local Area data

Note that the estimates for small areas vary from month to month and caution should be used in drawing conclusions from monthly movements.

REVISIONS THIS MONTH

Revisions to Total Dwellings in this issue are:

	NSW	Vic.	Qld.	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	TOTAL

2004-05	144	-	40	143	-	-	-	1	328
2005-06	-54	19	9	21	15	-	-	-	10
TOTAL	90	19	49	164	15	-	-	1	338

A duplicate permit removed from November 2005 data contributed to a $65 million downward revision to the value of non-residential building approved in Queensland.