November key figures

Nov 19 Oct 19 to Nov 19 Nov 18 to Nov 19 no. % % TREND Total dwelling units approved 13 758 0.8 -11.8 Private sector houses 8 244 -0.3 -12.7 Private sector dwellings excluding houses 5 345 2.9 -10.8 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED Total dwelling units approved 14 675 11.8 -3.8 Private sector houses 8 456 6.1 -9.9 Private sector dwellings excluding houses 6 048 22.6 5.5 Dwelling units approved



Private sector houses approved







November key points





Total dwelling units

The trend estimate for total dwellings approved rose 0.8% in November.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved rose 11.8% in November.



Private sector houses

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell 0.3% in November.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses rose 6.1% in November.



Private sector dwellings excluding houses

The trend estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 2.9% in November.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 22.6% in November.



Value of building approved

The trend estimate of the value of total building approved fell 2.6% in November and has fallen for five months. The value of residential building fell 0.7% and has fallen for nine months. The value of non-residential building fell 5.0% and has fallen for four months.

The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved fell 6.5% in November. The value of residential building rose 5.2%, while the value of non-residential building fell 20.7%.



Notes



Forthcoming issues



Issue Release date November 2019 - Additional 15 January 2020 December 2019 3 February 2020 December 2019 - Additional 10 February 2020 January 2020 3 March 2020 January 2020 - Additional 11 March 2020 February 2020 1 April 2020



Data notes



In this release, revisions are provided for the time period from July 2018 to October 2019. Further information about potential sources of revisions can be found in the feature article released with the January 2016 8731.0 publication - "



Small area data cubes and CSV files will be made available in an “Additional Information” release five business days after the main publication. These will be for Statistical Area Level 2 and Local Government Areas. Release dates are published under the “



A number of time series spreadsheets contain ‘np’ (not available for publication) annotations. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.





Revisions this month



Revisions to the total number of dwelling units approved in the November 2019 issue are:

In this release, revisions are provided for the time period from July 2018 to October 2019. Further information about potential sources of revisions can be found in the feature article released with the January 2016 8731.0 publication - " Revisions to Building Approval Statistics ".Small area data cubes and CSV files will be made available in an “Additional Information” release five business days after the main publication. These will be for Statistical Area Level 2 and Local Government Areas. Release dates are published under the “ Forthcoming Issues ” section of the publication and in ABS Release Advice.A number of time series spreadsheets contain ‘np’ (not available for publication) annotations. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.Revisions to the total number of dwelling units approved in the November 2019 issue are: Dwellings 2018-19 2019-20 NSW 18 11 Vic. -66 86 Qld -28 27 SA 62 60 WA 9 6 Tas. 4 - NT - - ACT - - Total -1 190



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