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DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES


SUMMARY COMMENTS

The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 1.3% in September 2007. The trend rose in New South Wales (+0.1%), Victoria (+4.4%), Queensland (+1.0%) and South Australia (+3.0%) but fell in Western Australia (-0.9%), Tasmania (-1.9%), Northern Territory (-3.8%) and the Australian Capital Territory (-11.6%).

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 0.7% in September 2007. The trend rose in Victoria (+1.7%), Queensland (+1.7%) and South Australia (+1.8%) but fell in New South Wales (-1.0%) and Western Australia (-1.5%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 153	2 419	2 655	765	1 567	197	35	74	8 865
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 563	3 712	3 533	1 205	1 997	220	96	100	13 426
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-22.0	-13.8	-13.7	-7.0	14.6	10.7	-34.0	-	-10.1
	Total dwelling units (%)	1.8	-3.6	-15.8	20.4	6.6	1.4	-21.3	-18.7	-3.4
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 186	2 540	2 742	775	1 490	na	na	na	9 041
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 435	3 844	3 714	1 246	2 047	215	na	na	13 710
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-8.0	-0.3	4.0	4.0	13.1	na	na	na	2.5
	Total dwelling units (%)	0.5	5.8	0.8	37.7	17.2	5.4	na	na	6.8
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 222	2 559	2 626	764	1 402	na	na	na	8 876
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 400	3 768	3 720	971	1 887	202	101	183	13 234
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-1.0	1.7	1.7	1.8	-1.5	na	na	na	0.7
	Total dwelling units (%)	0.1	4.4	1.0	3.0	-0.9	-1.9	-3.8	-11.6	1.3
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