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DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES


SUMMARY COMMENTS

The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved rose 0.3% in June 2007. The trend was flat in the Northern Territory, rose in South Australia (+0.9%), Western Australia (+2.6%), and the Australian Capital Territory (+11.1%) and fell in New South Wales (-1.4%), Victoria (-0.2%), Queensland (-0.1%) and Tasmania (-0.4%).

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 0.2% in June 2007. The trend rose in Victoria (+0.3%), Queensland (+0.5%), South Australia (+1.7%) and Western Australia (+0.1%) but fell in New South Wales (-1.5%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 304	2 474	2 494	673	1 409	179	46	114	8 693
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 488	3 250	4 137	849	2 200	208	81	313	13 526
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-12.4	-3.6	-8.1	-18.8	-17.5	-14.8	-19.3	56.2	-9.9
	Total dwelling units (%)	-9.1	-9.4	18.3	-14.2	-2.6	-17.1	-31.9	39.7	-1.0
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 190	2 323	2 505	705	1 521	na	na	na	8 589
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 415	3 077	3 780	909	2 170	220	na	na	12 953
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-8.3	1.8	2.6	-1.8	5.4	na	na	na	1.2
	Total dwelling units (%)	3.3	2.2	14.0	1.8	11.9	-2.7	na	na	7.5
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 244	2 314	2 509	706	1 506	na	na	na	8 613
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 436	3 060	3 603	891	2 033	232	105	250	12 610
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	-1.5	0.3	0.5	1.7	0.1	na	na	na	0.2
	Total dwelling units (%)	-1.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.9	2.6	-0.4	-	11.1	0.3
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
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