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DWELLING UNITS APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES


SUMMARY COMMENTS

The trend estimate for total dwelling units approved fell 0.6% in May 2007. The trend rose in the Northern Territory (+4.6%) and the Australian Capital Territory (+0.5%) and fell in New South Wales (-0.8%), Victoria (-0.4%), Queensland (-0.6%), South Australia (-0.7%), Western Australia (-1.0%) and Tasmania (-0.4%).

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 0.1% in May 2007. The trend rose in New South Wales (+0.1%), Victoria (+0.2%), Queensland (+0.6%) and South Australia (+0.3%) but fell in Western Australia (-0.3%).

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 485	2 566	2 708	829	1 706	210	57	73	9 634
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 732	3 586	3 492	989	2 256	251	119	224	13 649
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	42.4	21.4	17.0	33.3	20.4	1.0	32.6	21.7	23.2
	Total dwelling units (%)	20.0	22.7	12.2	24.1	27.8	13.6	-9.2	91.5	20.3
Seasonally Adjusted
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 297	2 286	2 455	724	1 439	na	na	na	8 503
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 327	3 018	3 306	901	1 901	229	na	na	12 004
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	1.8	-	-6.5	5.2	-8.6	na	na	na	-3.2
	Total dwelling units (%)	-12.0	-0.9	-10.0	2.3	-4.4	-4.6	na	na	-5.6
Trend
Dwelling units approved
	Private sector houses (no.)	1 299	2 304	2 498	693	1 488	na	na	na	8 603
	Total dwelling units (no.)	2 490	3 052	3 529	876	1 868	239	114	191	12 359
Percentage change from previous month
	Private sector houses (%)	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.3	-0.3	na	na	na	0.1
	Total dwelling units (%)	-0.8	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-1.0	-0.4	4.6	0.5	-0.6
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
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