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DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES


SUMMARY COMMENTS

The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved fell 0.6% in July 2008. The trend fell in New South Wales (-1.0%), Queensland (-4.1%), Western Australia (-1.3%) and the Northern Territory (-13.8%). The largest increase was in the Australian Capital Territory (+10.5)%.

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 1.2% in July 2008. The trend fell in New South Wales (-3.8%), Victoria (-0.9%) and Queensland (-1.9%) and rose in South Australia (+0.4%) and Western Australia (+0.2%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 279	2 724	2 287	968	1 485	301	23	66	9 133
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 572	4 001	3 008	1 208	2 068	384	29	264	13 534
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	6.1	-2.6	-2.7	11.4	12.5	92.9	-46.5	-63.5	2.4
	Total dwelling units (%)	6.0	5.2	-11.2	-0.3	18.9	120.7	-68.1	-41.1	1.9
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 137	2 457	2 127	860	1 424	na	na	na	8 366
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 450	3 784	2 779	1 082	1 880	363	na	na	12 620
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-1.8	-7.2	-6.6	-2.5	7.0	na	na	na	-3.4
	Total dwelling units (%)	-3.6	2.7	-8.6	-10.7	7.2	100.6	na	na	-2.3
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 146	2 552	2 173	877	1 373	na	na	na	8 488
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 489	3 602	2 999	1 172	1 832	280	50	283	12 708
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-3.8	-0.9	-1.9	0.4	0.2	na	na	na	-1.2
	Total dwelling units (%)	-1.0	1.8	-4.1	0.4	-1.3	4.1	-13.8	10.5	-0.6
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