Building Activity, Australia

Latest release

Provides estimates of value of building work and number of dwellings commenced, completed, under construction and in the pipeline

Reference period

September 2024

Released

22/01/2025

Key statistics

In seasonally adjusted terms:

The total number of dwelling units commenced rose 4.6% to 43,247 dwellings.
New private sector house commencements rose 5.2% to 27,651 dwellings.
New private sector other residential commencements rose 3.8% to 14,677 dwellings.
The value of total building work done rose 0.3% to $38.5b.

Number of dwellings commenced

Number of dwellings commenced, seasonally adjusted
	Sep qtr 24 no.	Jun qtr 24 to Sep qtr 24 % change	Sep qtr 23 to Sep qtr 24 % change
New private sector houses	27,651	5.2	20.5
New private sector other residential	14,677	3.8	3.8
Total sector total dwellings	43,247	4.6	13.9

Number of dwellings commenced, trend
	Sep qtr 24 no.	Jun qtr 24 to Sep qtr 24 % change	Sep qtr 23 to Sep qtr 24 % change
New private sector houses	27,525	4.3	15.8
New private sector other residential	14,475	-0.5	-3.9
Total sector total dwellings	42,874	2.6	7.7

Total dwellings commenced
	Trend	Seasonally adjusted
Sep-16	57,446	56,516
Dec-16	55,559	58,192
Mar-17	54,452	52,036
Jun-17	53,909	54,198
Sep-17	54,399	55,322
Dec-17	55,528	54,753
Mar-18	56,566	62,284
Jun-18	56,744	57,262
Sep-18	54,386	56,112
Dec-18	50,403	48,794
Mar-19	46,459	45,776
Jun-19	43,906	45,716
Sep-19	42,766	40,932
Dec-19	42,321	42,950
Mar-20	41,955	46,697
Jun-20	42,705	42,587
Sep-20	45,181	42,492
Dec-20	49,165	51,935
Mar-21	53,291	52,849
Jun-21	55,595	66,485
Sep-21	55,093	57,649
Dec-21	52,819	51,842
Mar-22	49,600	48,506
Jun-22	46,481	47,521
Sep-22	44,712	45,014
Dec-22	43,875	41,380
Mar-23	43,033	45,664
Jun-23	41,536	41,828
Sep-23	39,814	37,959
Dec-23	39,159	39,651
Mar-24	40,435	40,818
Jun-24	41,775	41,332
Sep-24	42,874	43,247

Total dwellings commenced

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Private dwellings commenced, seasonally adjusted
	New other residential	New houses
Sep-16	25,878	29,572
Dec-16	27,922	28,844
Mar-17	24,627	26,191
Jun-17	24,265	28,693
Sep-17	25,251	28,863
Dec-17	23,417	30,041
Mar-18	30,566	30,562
Jun-18	26,019	30,622
Sep-18	25,584	29,618
Dec-18	19,845	27,755
Mar-19	17,378	27,797
Jun-19	18,808	25,969
Sep-19	14,757	25,234
Dec-19	17,304	24,959
Mar-20	20,582	25,344
Jun-20	15,891	25,618
Sep-20	14,272	27,163
Dec-20	16,844	33,917
Mar-21	16,170	35,521
Jun-21	22,911	42,343
Sep-21	20,867	35,630
Dec-21	17,293	33,382
Mar-22	16,684	30,245
Jun-22	16,001	30,341
Sep-22	14,858	29,217
Dec-22	12,575	27,866
Mar-23	17,644	26,871
Jun-23	15,641	25,153
Sep-23	14,142	22,942
Dec-23	14,627	23,957
Mar-24	14,885	25,340
Jun-24	14,143	26,277
Sep-24	14,677	27,651

Private dwellings commenced, seasonally adjusted

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The total number of dwellings commenced in Australia rose 4.6% to 43,247 dwellings in the September quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. Private sector new houses drove the increase in dwelling commencements, rising 5.2% to 27,651 dwellings and follows a rise of 3.7% in the June quarter. Private sector other residential commencements rose 3.8% to 14,677 dwellings and follows a fall of 5.0% in the June quarter.

Total dwellings under construction, original
	Total dwellings
Sep-16	225,469
Dec-16	220,100
Mar-17	219,357
Jun-17	217,966
Sep-17	221,297
Dec-17	220,201
Mar-18	230,931
Jun-18	229,763
Sep-18	228,901
Dec-18	218,651
Mar-19	216,309
Jun-19	207,850
Sep-19	200,920
Dec-19	188,088
Mar-20	190,396
Jun-20	185,194
Sep-20	184,057
Dec-20	186,952
Mar-21	195,916
Jun-21	214,238
Sep-21	227,441
Dec-21	232,125
Mar-22	239,536
Jun-22	242,504
Sep-22	243,180
Dec-22	237,357
Mar-23	240,837
Jun-23	239,778
Sep-23	233,891
Dec-23	225,366
Mar-24	227,008
Jun-24	221,101
Sep-24	220,265

Total dwellings under construction, original

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There were 220,265 total sector dwellings under construction in the September quarter, of which 87,672 were new houses.

Number of dwellings completed

Number of dwellings completed, seasonally adjusted
	Sep qtr 24 no.	Jun qtr 24 to Sep qtr 24 % change	Sep qtr 23 to Sep qtr 24 % change
New private sector houses	28,677	0.2	0.0
New private sector other residential	14,860	-5.5	3.9
Total sector total dwellings	44,884	-0.9	2.2

Number of dwellings completed, trend
	Sep qtr 24 no.	Jun qtr 24 to Sep qtr 24 % change	Sep qtr 23 to Sep qtr 24 % change
New private sector houses	28,452	-3.0	-1.9
New private sector other residential	15,482	0.5	13.6
Total sector total dwellings	45,075	-1.5	3.1

Total dwellings completed
	Seasonally adjusted	Trend
Sep-16	50,857	55,064
Dec-16	58,797	56,579
Mar-17	56,882	55,910
Jun-17	52,716	54,296
Sep-17	52,690	52,231
Dec-17	51,800	52,208
Mar-18	53,534	53,690
Jun-18	55,120	55,265
Sep-18	57,121	55,679
Dec-18	53,709	54,651
Mar-19	52,433	52,523
Jun-19	51,641	50,774
Sep-19	47,873	49,826
Dec-19	50,762	48,938
Mar-20	47,224	47,651
Jun-20	45,990	45,918
Sep-20	44,114	44,574
Dec-20	44,593	44,733
Mar-21	45,668	45,333
Jun-21	45,905	45,565
Sep-21	44,454	44,337
Dec-21	42,944	42,430
Mar-22	42,733	41,548
Jun-22	42,574	42,178
Sep-22	44,342	43,730
Dec-22	43,844	44,267
Mar-23	44,853	43,413
Jun-23	40,959	42,861
Sep-23	43,912	43,722
Dec-23	45,672	45,348
Mar-24	41,841	46,171
Jun-24	45,305	45,782
Sep-24	44,884	45,075

Total dwellings completed

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Private dwellings completed, seasonally adjusted
	New houses	New other residential
Sep-16	27,265	22,405
Dec-16	28,230	28,118
Mar-17	28,132	27,593
Jun-17	27,897	23,792
Sep-17	27,431	24,012
Dec-17	27,592	22,826
Mar-18	27,692	24,549
Jun-18	28,920	25,299
Sep-18	32,985	23,138
Dec-18	29,511	22,923
Mar-19	30,000	21,681
Jun-19	27,742	22,700
Sep-19	25,775	20,972
Dec-19	25,760	24,333
Mar-20	26,444	20,021
Jun-20	26,184	18,881
Sep-20	24,886	18,452
Dec-20	25,889	17,804
Mar-21	25,235	19,396
Jun-21	27,202	17,588
Sep-21	28,027	15,541
Dec-21	27,793	14,106
Mar-22	30,229	11,868
Jun-22	28,509	13,298
Sep-22	28,303	15,078
Dec-22	26,519	16,145
Mar-23	27,354	16,871
Jun-23	27,281	12,583
Sep-23	28,683	14,296
Dec-23	30,644	13,590
Mar-24	25,335	15,670
Jun-24	28,625	15,732
Sep-24	28,677	14,860

Private dwellings completed, seasonally adjusted

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In seasonally adjusted terms, 44,884 dwellings were completed in the September quarter. Private new houses accounted for 28,677 of the dwellings completed, rising 0.2% from June. Private new other residential completions fell 5.5% from June to 14,860 dwellings.

In original terms, 45,970 dwellings were completed in the September quarter, a rise of 2.2% from September 2023.

An article Home building through the pandemic was released on 19 November 2024, providing insights into home building conditions from 2019-2024.

Value of work done

Value of work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures (a)
	Sep qtr 24 $m	Jun qtr 24 to Sep qtr 24 % change	Sep qtr 23 to Sep qtr 24 % change
New residential building	20,097.4	2.2	1.1
Alterations and additions to residential building	3,246.2	-1.2	-6.1
Non-residential building	15,141.0	-1.7	0.8
Total value of work done	38,484.6	0.3	0.3

Value of work done, trend chain volume measures (a)
	Sep qtr 24 $m	Jun qtr 24 to Sep qtr 24 % change	Sep qtr 23 to Sep qtr 24 % change
New residential building	20,004.6	1.7	1.7
Alterations and additions to residential building	3,266.0	0.3	-2.7
Non-residential building	15,132.7	-1.4	-1.6
Total value of work done	38,388.4	0.3	0.0

(a) Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2022-2023

Value of work done, total building, chain volume measures
	Trend ($m)	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Sep-16	36,375.1	35,650.2
Dec-16	36,357.4	36,723.3
Mar-17	36,451.3	36,437.5
Jun-17	36,753.7	36,614.7
Sep-17	37,131.4	37,134.9
Dec-17	37,813.8	37,876.5
Mar-18	38,453	38,299
Jun-18	38,868.5	39,179.8
Sep-18	39,113.1	38,828.1
Dec-18	38,932.4	39,018.6
Mar-19	38,465.3	38,896.7
Jun-19	37,902.1	37,177.8
Sep-19	37,499.5	37,964.2
Dec-19	37,298.1	36,971.7
Mar-20	36,928	37,357.8
Jun-20	36,386.7	36,252.3
Sep-20	36,154.3	35,869
Dec-20	36,375.6	36,513.8
Mar-21	36,925.2	36,843.9
Jun-21	37,249	37,513.1
Sep-21	37,353.1	37,186.9
Dec-21	37,164.5	37,114.5
Mar-22	36,845.3	37,278.9
Jun-22	36,659.1	36,048
Sep-22	36,758.5	37,049.5
Dec-22	37,230.9	37,127.3
Mar-23	37,810.5	37,813.8
Jun-23	38,218.1	38,314.5
Sep-23	38,403.2	38,363.1
Dec-23	38,316.1	38,491
Mar-24	38,237.2	37,949.9
Jun-24	38,279.3	38,350.9
Sep-24	38,388.4	38,484.6

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Value of work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures
	New residential ($m)	Non-residential ($m)
Sep-16	21,925.4	10,859
Dec-16	22,606.6	11,143.8
Mar-17	21,731.3	11,854.1
Jun-17	21,612.6	11,996.8
Sep-17	21,932.6	12,464.8
Dec-17	21,932	13,100.6
Mar-18	22,411.1	12,926.2
Jun-18	23,209.2	13,006.5
Sep-18	22,928.1	12,850.4
Dec-18	22,749.4	13,243.2
Mar-19	22,068.1	13,867.6
Jun-19	21,178.6	13,090.9
Sep-19	20,823.4	14,136.7
Dec-19	19,846.9	14,036
Mar-20	19,601.2	14,563
Jun-20	18,957.5	14,272.4
Sep-20	18,835	13,835.9
Dec-20	19,616	13,534.1
Mar-21	19,842.8	13,384.7
Jun-21	20,102.8	13,866.3
Sep-21	19,719.4	13,786.8
Dec-21	19,455	14,031.9
Mar-22	19,713.5	13,992.3
Jun-22	18,458.2	14,021.3
Sep-22	18,919.1	14,707.9
Dec-22	19,433.5	14,274.7
Mar-23	19,352.8	14,996
Jun-23	19,832.1	15,137.6
Sep-23	19,882.3	15,025.5
Dec-23	19,258.1	16,002.2
Mar-24	19,421.4	15,268.3
Jun-24	19,660.7	15,405.2
Sep-24	20,097.4	15,141

Value of work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures

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The value of total building work done rose 0.3% to $38.5b in the September quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The increase was driven by new residential building, which rose 2.2% to $20.1b and follows an increase of 1.2% in the June quarter. Work done on non-residential building fell 1.7% to $15.1b and is 0.8% higher for the year. Work done on alterations and additions to residential buildings fell 1.2% to $3.2b.

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TABLE 01. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 02. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 03. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 04. Value of Residential Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 05. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 06. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 07. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 08. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 09. Value of Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 10. Value of Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures: Original
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TABLE 11. Value of Building Work Commenced, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures: Original
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TABLE 12. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 13. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, New South Wales
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TABLE 14. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Victoria
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TABLE 15. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Queensland
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TABLE 16. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, South Australia
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TABLE 17. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Western Australia
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TABLE 18. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Tasmania
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TABLE 19. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Northern Territory
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TABLE 20. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australian Capital Territory
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TABLE 21. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 22. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, New South Wales
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TABLE 23. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Victoria
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TABLE 24. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Queensland
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TABLE 25. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, South Australia
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TABLE 26. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Western Australia
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TABLE 27. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Tasmania
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TABLE 28. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Northern Territory
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TABLE 29. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australian Capital Territory
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TABLE 30. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 31. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 32. Value of Total Building Work Done, States and Territories
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TABLE 33. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 34. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, States and Territories
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TABLE 35. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements, States and Territories
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TABLE 36. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 37. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 38. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, States and Territories
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TABLE 39. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 40. Value of Building Work by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 41. Value of Building Work by Sector, New South Wales: Original
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TABLE 42. Value of Building Work by Sector, Victoria: Original
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TABLE 43. Value of Building Work by Sector, Queensland: Original
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TABLE 44. Value of Building Work by Sector, South Australia: Original
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TABLE 45. Value of Building Work by Sector, Western Australia: Original
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TABLE 46. Value of Building Work by Sector, Tasmania: Original
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TABLE 47. Value of Building Work by Sector, Northern Territory: Original
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TABLE 48. Value of Building Work by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original
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TABLE 49. Value of Building Work Under Construction, by Sector, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 50. Value of Building Work Yet to be Done, by Sector, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 51. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 52. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, New South Wales: Original
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TABLE 53. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Victoria: Original
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TABLE 54. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Queensland: Original
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TABLE 55. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, South Australia: Original
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TABLE 56. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Western Australia: Original
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TABLE 57. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Tasmania: Original
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TABLE 58. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Northern Territory: Original
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TABLE 59. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original
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TABLE 60. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 61. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, New South Wales: Original
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TABLE 62. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Victoria: Original
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TABLE 63. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Queensland: Original
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TABLE 64. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, South Australia: Original
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TABLE 65. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Western Australia: Original
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TABLE 66. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Tasmania: Original
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TABLE 67. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Northern Territory: Original
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TABLE 68. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original
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TABLE 69. Value of Non-residential Building Work Under Construction, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 70. Value of Non-residential Building Work Under Construction, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 71. Value of Non-residential Building Work Completed, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 72. Value of Non-residential Building Work Completed, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 73. Value of Non-residential Building Work Yet to be Done, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 74. Value of Non-residential Building Work Yet to be Done, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 75. Value of Building Work Completed by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 76. Number of Dwelling Units Under Construction, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 77. Number of Dwelling Units Under Construction, by Sector, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 78. Value of Work in the Pipeline, Current Prices, Original, Australia
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TABLE 79. Value of Work in the Pipeline, States and Territories, Current Prices, Original
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TABLE 80. Number of Dwellings Approved but Not Yet Commenced at End of Quarter, States and Territories, Original
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File contents

The Building Activity: Australia pivot table contains the following data items
State/Territory	All States and Territories
Reference quarter	Quarterly (September 2001 to current)
Sector of ownership	Private, Public, Total
Type of building	Houses
	Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses - One storey
	Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses - Two or more storeys
	Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses - Total
	Apartments - In a one or two storey block
	Apartments - In a three storey block
	Apartments - In a four to eight storey block
	Apartments - Nine or more storeys
	Apartments - Total including those attached to a house
	Total other residential
	Total residential
	Retail and wholesale trade buildings
	Transport buildings
	Offices
	Commercial buildings n.e.c
	Commercial buildings - Total
	Factories and other secondary production buildings
	Warehouses
	Agricultural and aquacultural buildings
	Other industrial buildings n.e.c.
	Industrial buildings - Total
	Education buildings
	Religious buildings
	Aged care facilities
	Health buildings
	Entertainment and recreation buildings
	Short term accommodation buildings
	Other non-residential n.e.c.
	Other non-residential - Total
	Total non-residential
	Dwellings excluding new residential
	Dwellings excluding houses
	Total
Type of work	New
	Total alterations and additions (incl. refurbishment and conversion)
	Total
Data items	Value of work done during quarter ($m)
	Value of work yet to be done ($m)
	Value of work in pipeline ($m)
	Value of work not yet commenced ($m)
	Value of work commenced ($m)
	Value of work completed ($m)
	Value of work under construction ($m)
	Dwelling units not yet commenced (no.)
	Dwelling units commenced (no.)
	Dwelling units completed (no.)
	Dwelling units under construction (no.)

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Relative standard errors, value by sector, stage and type of construction; state and Australia
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Relative standard errors, dwellings by sector, stage and type of construction; state and Australia
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Relative standard errors; non-residential building by sector and stage of construction, state and Australia
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Relative standard errors; value of work in pipeline; state and Australia
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Building activity: validation table for data cube
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Building Activity by state - value of building work and number of dwellings commenced, completed, under construction and in the pipeline.

About this issue

This publication updates the preliminary estimates released in Construction Work Done, Australia. The data in this publication are based on a response rate of approximately 85% of the value of building work done during the quarter, which is lower than the long term response rate average. The data are subject to revision when returns from the following quarter are processed. Final data for the September 2024 quarter will be released in the next release of this publication, Building Activity, Australia on 16 April 2025.

Several time series spreadsheets contain 'np' (not available for publication) annotations from the September quarter 2012 onwards. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.

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Changes this release

Revisions

Chain volume reference year updated

Article archive

The following data cubes provide additional insights into Building Activity and are updated annually. Refer to the Data Downloads section of the relevant Building Activity release.

June quarter:

Building Activity Average Dwelling Commencement Times
Building Activity Average Dwelling Completion times
Building Activity Abandonment Rates for New Dwellings

December quarter:

Building Activity Average Cost
Building Activity Average Floor Area

Home building through the pandemic, June quarter 2024

Building a New Home: Construction Cost Changes, June quarter 2020

Small Area Dwelling Completions, June quarter 2020

Telling storeys - Apartment building heights, December quarter 2019

Characteristics of new residential dwellings - A 15 year summary, December quarter 2019

Abandonment rates for new dwellings, June quarter 2019

Average dwelling commencement times, June quarter 2019

Average dwelling completion times, June quarter 2019

Revisions to building activity statistics, December quarter 2015

Average floor area of new residential dwellings, June quarter 2013

A twenty year history of the cost of building a new house, December quarter 2008

Additional Building and Construction feature articles can be found in Feature Articles by Catalogue Number

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 8752.0.

Methodology

Scope

Building activity in Australia on approved work greater than $10,000, including:

new building construction
alterations and additions to existing buildings
non-structural renovation and refurbishment
installation of integral building fixtures

Geography

Data available for:

Australia
States and territories
select series at Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA).

Source

Building Activity Survey.

The survey sample is selected from approved building jobs notified to the ABS Building Approvals, Australia collection.

Collection method

Survey responses from builders and other individuals and organisations engaged in building activity, compiled from:

online forms
paper forms
telephone calls
approval information

Concepts, sources and methods

Buildings are classified according to the ABS Functional Classification of Buildings, January 2021.

History of changes

Trend series were reinstated in the September 2022 release.
Concurrent seasonal adjustment was reinstated in the September 2022 release.

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The Building Activity: Australia pivot table contains the following data items
Data item	Classification
State/Territory	All States and Territories
Reference quarter	Quarterly (September 2001 to current)
Sector of ownership	Private, Public, Total
Type of building	Houses
	Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses - One storey
	Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses - Two or more storeys
	Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses - Total
	Apartments - In a one or two storey block
	Apartments - In a three storey block
	Apartments - In a four to eight storey block
	Apartments - Nine or more storeys
	Apartments - Total including those attached to a house
	Total other residential
	Total residential
	Retail and wholesale trade buildings
	Transport buildings
	Offices
	Commercial buildings n.e.c
	Commercial buildings - Total
	Factories and other secondary production buildings
	Warehouses
	Agricultural and aquacultural buildings
	Other industrial buildings n.e.c.
	Industrial buildings - Total
	Education buildings
	Religious buildings
	Aged care facilities
	Health buildings
	Entertainment and recreation buildings
	Short term accommodation buildings
	Other non-residential n.e.c.
	Other non-residential - Total
	Total non-residential
	Dwellings excluding new residential
	Dwellings excluding houses
	Total
Type of work	New
	Total alterations and additions (incl. refurbishment and conversion)
	Total
Data items	Value of work done during quarter ($m)
	Value of work yet to be done ($m)
	Value of work in pipeline ($m)
	Value of work not yet commenced ($m)
	Value of work commenced ($m)
	Value of work completed ($m)
	Value of work under construction ($m)
	Dwelling units not yet commenced (no.)
	Dwelling units commenced (no.)
	Dwelling units completed (no.)
	Dwelling units under construction (no.)

APA

Building Activity, Australia

APA

Key statistics

Number of dwellings commenced

Number of dwellings completed

Value of work done

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TABLE 01. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 02. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 03. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 04. Value of Residential Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 05. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 06. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 07. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 08. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 09. Value of Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 10. Value of Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures: Original

TABLE 11. Value of Building Work Commenced, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures: Original

TABLE 12. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australia

TABLE 13. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, New South Wales

TABLE 14. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Victoria

TABLE 15. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Queensland

TABLE 16. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, South Australia

TABLE 17. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Western Australia

TABLE 18. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Tasmania

TABLE 19. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Northern Territory

TABLE 20. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australian Capital Territory

TABLE 21. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australia

TABLE 22. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, New South Wales

TABLE 23. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Victoria

TABLE 24. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Queensland

TABLE 25. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, South Australia

TABLE 26. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Western Australia

TABLE 27. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Tasmania

TABLE 28. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Northern Territory

TABLE 29. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australian Capital Territory

TABLE 30. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia

TABLE 31. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia

TABLE 32. Value of Total Building Work Done, States and Territories

TABLE 33. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, Australia

TABLE 34. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, States and Territories

TABLE 35. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements, States and Territories

TABLE 36. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, States and Territories: Original

TABLE 37. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, Australia

TABLE 38. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, States and Territories

TABLE 39. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, States and Territories: Original

TABLE 40. Value of Building Work by Sector, Australia: Original

TABLE 41. Value of Building Work by Sector, New South Wales: Original

TABLE 42. Value of Building Work by Sector, Victoria: Original

TABLE 43. Value of Building Work by Sector, Queensland: Original

TABLE 44. Value of Building Work by Sector, South Australia: Original

TABLE 45. Value of Building Work by Sector, Western Australia: Original

TABLE 46. Value of Building Work by Sector, Tasmania: Original

TABLE 47. Value of Building Work by Sector, Northern Territory: Original

TABLE 48. Value of Building Work by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original

TABLE 49. Value of Building Work Under Construction, by Sector, States and Territories: Original

TABLE 50. Value of Building Work Yet to be Done, by Sector, States and Territories: Original

TABLE 51. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Australia: Original

TABLE 52. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, New South Wales: Original

TABLE 53. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Victoria: Original

TABLE 54. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Queensland: Original

TABLE 55. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, South Australia: Original

TABLE 56. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Western Australia: Original

TABLE 57. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Tasmania: Original

TABLE 58. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Northern Territory: Original

TABLE 59. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original

TABLE 60. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Australia: Original

TABLE 61. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, New South Wales: Original

TABLE 62. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Victoria: Original

TABLE 63. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Queensland: Original

TABLE 64. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, South Australia: Original

TABLE 65. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Western Australia: Original

TABLE 66. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Tasmania: Original

TABLE 67. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Northern Territory: Original

TABLE 68. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original

TABLE 69. Value of Non-residential Building Work Under Construction, by Sector, Australia: Original

TABLE 70. Value of Non-residential Building Work Under Construction, States and Territories: Original

TABLE 71. Value of Non-residential Building Work Completed, by Sector, Australia: Original