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DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES


SUMMARY COMMENTS

The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved fell 1.1% in August 2008. The trend fell in New South Wales (-2.4%), Queensland (-4.0%), South Australia (-1.3%) and the Northern Territory (-16.7%). The largest increase was in Tasmania (+2.6%).

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 1.1% in August 2008. The trend fell in New South Wales (-1.9%), Victoria (-0.4%), Queensland (-3.6%) and South Australia (-0.4%) and rose in Western Australia (+1.5%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 279	2 738	1 864	800	1 452	214	54	82	8 483
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 080	3 520	2 939	1 031	2 073	249	67	164	12 123
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	0.6	0.9	-19.1	-19.3	-2.6	-28.9	134.8	24.2	-7.4
	Total dwelling units (%)	-18.9	-12.7	-2.9	-16.2	-	-35.2	131.0	-37.9	-10.9
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 195	2 640	1 796	845	1 464	na	na	na	8 303
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 205	3 520	2 879	1 060	1 935	260	na	na	12 095
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	4.4	6.8	-13.8	-2.2	1.6	na	na	na	-0.8
	Total dwelling units (%)	-8.5	-7.9	6.2	-1.9	2.3	-28.2	na	na	-3.7
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 143	2 571	1 984	867	1 428	na	na	na	8 357
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 327	3 640	2 844	1 117	1 877	280	45	255	12 385
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-1.9	-0.4	-3.6	-0.4	1.5	na	na	na	-1.1
	Total dwelling units (%)	-2.4	1.4	-4.0	-1.3	0.2	2.6	-16.7	2.0	-1.1
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
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