DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES
SUMMARY COMMENTS
The trend estimate for total dwellings approved fell 0.9% in October 2010. The trend fell in the Northern Territory (-15.3%), Queensland (-5.0%), the Australian Capital Territory (-3.7%) and South Australia (-2.6%) while the other states all increased. In seasonally adjusted terms the estimate of total dwellings approved rose 9.3% with New South Wales (14.0%), Tasmania (8.5%) and South Australia (6.1%) recording the largest increases of the published states and territories. Queensland (-0.7%) showed a decrease this month.
The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 0.5% this month. Of the published states, Queensland (-2.6%) and Western Australia (-1.4%) experienced falls while New South Wales (0.5%), Victoria (0.3%) and South Australia (0.4%) rose.
 |  | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
Original |
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Dwelling units approved |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Private sector houses (no.) | 1 408 | 3 127 | 1 396 | 630 | 1 468 | 179 | 39 | 237 | 8 484 |
 | Total dwelling units (no.) | 2 852 | 5 372 | 2 012 | 860 | 1 782 | 276 | 54 | 877 | 14 085 |
Percentage change from previous month |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Private sector houses (%) | 2.3 | -1.7 | -13.7 | -18.9 | -0.3 | 2.9 | -17.0 | 83.7 | -3.3 |
 | Total dwelling units (%) | 13.3 | 4.6 | -11.3 | -12.4 | -1.9 | 3.0 | -56.8 | 229.7 | 5.3 |
Seasonally Adjusted |
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Dwelling units approved |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Private sector houses (no.) | 1 376 | 3 060 | 1 349 | 677 | 1 405 | na | na | na | 8 284 |
 | Total dwelling units (no.) | 2 678 | 4 961 | 2 020 | 941 | 1 778 | 270 | na | na | 13 541 |
Percentage change from previous month |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Private sector houses (%) | 3.5 | 3.1 | -8.1 | -2.1 | 2.4 | na | na | na | 1.5 |
 | Total dwelling units (%) | 14.0 | 4.6 | -0.7 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 8.5 | na | na | 9.3 |
Trend |
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Dwelling units approved |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Private sector houses (no.) | 1 304 | 3 047 | 1 391 | 685 | 1 399 | na | na | na | 8 196 |
 | Total dwelling units (no.) | 2 467 | 4 983 | 1 899 | 975 | 1 729 | 261 | 93 | 284 | 12 692 |
Percentage change from previous month |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Private sector houses (%) | 0.5 | 0.3 | -2.6 | 0.4 | -1.4 | na | na | na | -0.5 |
 | Total dwelling units (%) | 0.2 | 0.5 | -5.0 | -2.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | -15.3 | -3.7 | -0.9 |
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