8752.0 - Building Activity, Australia, Jun 2007  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 12/10/2007   
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JUNE KEY FIGURES

Jun qtr 07
Mar qtr 07 to Jun qtr 07
Jun qtr 06 to Jun qtr 07
$m
% change
% change

TREND ESTIMATES(a)

Value of Work Done
15 388.7
-0.6
3.6
New residential building
7 862.0
-0.2
2.4
Alterations and additions to residential building
1 478.1
-1.0
3.5
Non-residential building
6 049.2
-1.1
5.2

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)

Value of Work Done
15 095.7
-3.9
-0.1
New residential building
7 742.7
-3.2
-1.0
Alterations and additions to residential building
1 464.5
-1.7
1.3
Non-residential building
5 888.5
-5.4
0.8

(a) Chain volume measures, reference year 2004-05.

Value of work done, Volume terms
Value of work done, Volume terms

Value of work done, Volume terms - Trend estimates
Value of work done, Volume terms—Trend estimates



JUNE KEY POINTS


VALUE OF WORK DONE, VOLUME TERMS

BUILDING WORK DONE

  • The trend estimate of the value of total building work done for the June quarter fell 0.6% on the revised March quarter estimate.
  • The seasonally adjusted June quarter estimate of the value of total building work done fell 3.9%, to $15,095.7m, on the revised March quarter estimate.


NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WORK DONE
  • The trend estimate value of new residential building work done fell 0.2% in the latest quarter. New houses rose 1.4%, while new other residential buildings fell 4.0%. Alterations and additions fell 1.0% and non-residential work done in the quarter fell 1.1%.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate of new residential work fell 3.2%, to $7,742.7m. Work on new houses fell 2.2%, to $5,554.9m, while new other residential building work fell 5.8%, to $2,187.7m. Alterations and additions fell 1.7%, to $1,464.5m.


NON-RESIDENTIAL WORK DONE
  • Non-residential work done in the quarter fell 5.4%, to $5,888.5m, on the revised March quarter estimate.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
September 2007 21 January 2008
December 2007 18 April 2008



ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This publication updates the preliminary estimates released in Construction Work Done, Australia, Preliminary (cat. no. 8755.0) on 29 August 2007. The data in this publication are based on a response rate of approximately 96% of the value of building work done during the quarter. The data are subject to revision when returns from the following quarter are processed. Final data for the June quarter 2007 will be released in Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0) on 21 January 2008.



CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

A new chain volume reference year is updated annually. From 2007 onwards the updating of the reference year will be completed in the September quarter each year. In September 2007 the new reference year will be 2005-06 for chain volume estimates. This will result in revisions to growth rates in quarters following 2005-06 but will preserve additivity in those quarters. For earlier periods re-referencing affects the levels of, but not the movements in, chain volume estimates.



INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or James Inglis on Adelaide (08) 8237 7645.