Monthly Statistical Bulletin
4.3 Dwelling approvals
Month	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008-09
Number (a)
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July	14 406	13 150	14 106	13 107	12 620
August	13 824	12 275	12 919	13 084
September	12 941	12 301	13 136	14 028
October	13 067	12 364	12 309	13 494
November	13 095	12 692	12 711	14 518
December	13 571	12 391	12 241	13 761
January	13 925	12 393	12 268	13 915
February	13 352	12 383	13 355	13 525
March	13 223	13 203	12 626	12 661
April	13 284	12 549	12 895	13 416
May	14 634	13 075	12 414	12 642
June	14 421	13 217	13 077	12 916
Annual	163 627	152 214	153 415	160 954
Annual change (a) – per cent
July	-6.0	-8.7	7.3	-7.1	-3.7
August	-6.9	-11.2	5.2	1.3
September	-21.6	-4.9	6.8	6.8
October	-21.3	-5.4	-0.4	9.6
November	-12.7	-3.1	0.1	14.2
December	-9.8	-8.7	-1.2	12.4
January	-6.4	-11.0	-1.0	13.4
February	-9.6	-7.3	7.8	1.3
March	-14.6	-0.2	-4.4	0.3
April	-12.9	-5.5	2.8	4.0
May	-3.2	-10.7	-5.1	1.8
June	-1.4	-8.3	-1.1	-1.2
Annual	-11.3	-7.0	0.8	4.9
(a) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.
Source: ABS, Building approvals, Cat. No. 8731.0								Update
								30 September 2008