Monthly Statistical Bulletin
4.3 Dwelling approvals
Month	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Number (a)
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July	13 079	13 839	12 917	12 559	12 253
August	12 170	12 686	12 828	12 097	12 145
September	12 129	13 008	13 668	11 172	12 476
October	12 313	12 326	13 997	11 558
November	12 814	12 735	14 687	10 359
December	12 603	12 650	14 252	9 803
January	12 617	12 575	14 316	9 416
February	12 457	13 360	13 723	10 372
March	13 375	12 855	12 859	11 198
April	12 507	12 757	13 656	11 669
May	13 112	12 380	12 898	10 297
June	13 099	13 035	13 044	11 432
Annual	152 214	153 415	162 732	132 660
Annual change (a) – per cent
July	-8.8	5.8	-6.7	-2.8	-2.4
August	-11.5	4.2	1.1	-5.7	0.4
September	-5.6	7.2	5.1	-18.3	11.7
October	-6.0	0.1	13.6	-17.4
November	-2.4	-0.6	15.3	-29.5
December	-8.1	0.4	12.7	-31.2
January	-10.0	-0.3	13.8	-34.2
February	-7.1	7.2	2.7	-24.4
March	0.1	-3.9	0.0	-12.9
April	-5.9	2.0	7.0	-14.6
May	-10.8	-5.6	4.2	-20.2
June	-8.4	-0.5	0.1	-12.4
Annual	-7.0	0.8	6.1	-18.5
(a) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.
Source: ABS, Building approvals, Cat. No. 8731.0								Update
								1 December 2009