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DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES


SUMMARY COMMENTS

The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved fell 1.0% in March 2007. The trend rose in Victoria (+0.5%), South Australia (+0.1%), Tasmania (+0.4%) and the Australian Capital Territory (+10.7%) but fell in New South Wales (-1.3%), Queensland (-1.7%), Western Australia (-3.1%) and the Northern Territory (-5.3%).

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 0.8% in March 2007. The trend rose in New South Wales (+0.4%) and Victoria (+0.5%) but fell in Queensland (-2.2%), South Australia (-0.3%) and Western Australia (-1.9%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 313	2 455	2 248	648	1 623	209	58	88	8 642
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 352	3 056	3 027	809	1 900	251	111	280	11 786
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	10.2	7.8	-2.4	1.1	22.7	21.5	-	17.3	7.5
	Total dwelling units (%)	-12.0	-9.0	-6.5	-24.8	18.4	25.5	-43.7	70.7	-5.8
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 332	2 288	2 198	651	1 598	na	na	na	8 422
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 447	2 914	2 978	834	1 933	254	na	na	11 752
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	4.4	-1.9	-6.5	-5.0	11.7	na	na	na	0.1
	Total dwelling units (%)	-8.1	-14.6	-18.9	-29.5	12.1	5.8	na	na	-11.4
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 291	2 271	2 278	672	1 479	na	na	na	8 333
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 498	3 050	3 350	893	1 846	241	89	197	12 162
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	0.4	0.5	-2.2	-0.3	-1.9	na	na	na	-0.8
	Total dwelling units (%)	-1.3	0.5	-1.7	0.1	-3.1	0.4	-5.3	10.7	-1.0
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