December Quarter 2010 - Western Australian Planning Commission
December Quarter 2010 - Western Australian Planning Commission
December Quarter 2010 - Western Australian Planning Commission
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Department of <strong>Planning</strong> – <strong>December</strong> <strong>Quarter</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
Dwellings under construction<br />
Figure 3<br />
Dwelling units under construction at the end of the quarter, <strong>Western</strong> Australia<br />
Dwelling units under construction<br />
Scope<br />
Houses and<br />
units within<br />
other<br />
residential<br />
buildings.<br />
Excludes<br />
alterations/<br />
additions and<br />
conversions.<br />
All sectors and<br />
types of<br />
owners.<br />
Source<br />
Building<br />
Activity<br />
Australia, ABS<br />
Cat. No.<br />
8752.0. Table<br />
77. January<br />
2011.<br />
25000<br />
20000<br />
15000<br />
10000<br />
5000<br />
0<br />
Sep- Dec- Mar-<br />
2005 2005 2006<br />
Jun-<br />
2006<br />
Sep- Dec- Mar-<br />
2006 2006 2007<br />
Jun-<br />
2007<br />
Sep- Dec- Mar-<br />
2007 2007 2008<br />
Other residential 5059 4836 4862 5577 6191 6514 6705 6440 6520 6318 6963 7244 7989 7161 6856 5839 5063 4493 5119 6045 6145<br />
Houses 14568 14957 15715 16176 16798 16520 16646 15057 14323 13623 13344 13145 12611 11481 11671 10737 11010 11338 12675 12837 12348<br />
Jun-<br />
2008<br />
Sep- Dec- Mar-<br />
2008 2008 2009<br />
Jun-<br />
2009<br />
Sep- Dec- Mar-<br />
2009 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
Jun-<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
Sep-<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
Dec-<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
Note: Data for <strong>December</strong> quarter <strong>2010</strong> is not yet available. Data for the most recent quarters are revised.<br />
Table 3<br />
Dwelling units under construction, <strong>Western</strong> Australia – quarterly comparison and summary<br />
Sept<br />
Qtr<br />
2006<br />
Sept<br />
Qtr<br />
2007<br />
Sept<br />
Qtr<br />
2008<br />
Sept<br />
Qtr<br />
2009<br />
Sept<br />
Qtr<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
Five year<br />
average for<br />
Sept Qtr 3<br />
At the end of the<br />
quarter<br />
Houses 1 16,798 14,323 12,611 11,010 12,348 13,418<br />
Other residential<br />
buildings 2 6,191 6,520 7,989 5,053 6,145 6,382<br />
Total 22,989 20,843 20,600 16,073 18,493 19,800<br />
Note:<br />
Source:<br />
1. Houses are defined as a detached building predominantly used for long-term residential purposes and consisting of only one dwelling unit.<br />
2. Other residential buildings are defined as a building other than a house primarily used for long-term residential purposes and which contains (or has<br />
attached to it) more than one dwelling unit (e.g. includes blocks of flats , home units, attached townhouses, villa units, terrace houses, semidetached<br />
houses, maisonettes, duplexes, apartment buildings, etc.<br />
3. Average of five September quarters – September 2006, September 2007, September 2008, September 2009 and September <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Based on data from Building Activity Australia, Table 77. <strong>Australian</strong> Bureau of Statistics Cat. No. 8752.0, January 2011. Note that data for recent<br />
quarters is subject to revision at a future date.<br />
During the September quarter <strong>2010</strong> the number of dwellings under construction decreased by two<br />
percent to 18,493. Houses under construction decreased by 3.8 percent to 12,348, while other<br />
residential buildings under construction increased by 1.7 percent to 6,145. Comparing the September<br />
quarter <strong>2010</strong> to the September quarter 2009, dwellings under construction increased by 15 percent. In<br />
the September quarter <strong>2010</strong>, houses comprised 67 percent of total dwellings under construction.<br />
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