DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

	Dec qtr 09	Sep qtr 09 to Dec qtr 09	Dec qtr 08 to Dec qtr 09
	$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of Work Done	18 567.2	1.0	-3.8
New residential building	8 933.5	0.3	-2.9
Alterations and additions to residential building	1 536.3	0.4	-8.3
Non-residential building	8 097.2	2.0	-3.9
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of Work Done	18 891.2	3.6	-2.7
New residential building	8 833.5	-2.5	-5.3
Alterations and additions to residential building	1 571.1	2.6	-5.3
Non-residential building	8 486.6	11.0	0.7
(a) Chain volume measures, reference year 2007-08.

Value of work done, Chain volume measures

Value of work done, Chain volume measures - Trend estimates

DECEMBER KEY POINTS


VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

TOTAL BUILDING

• The trend estimate of the value of total building work done rose 1.0% in the December 2009 quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted December quarter estimate of the value of total building work done rose 3.6%, to $18,891.2m, following a rise of 0.6% in the September 2009 quarter.

NEW RESIDENTIAL

• The trend estimate of the value of new residential building work rose 0.3% in the latest quarter, with new houses rising 2.4% and new other residential building falling 4.4%. Alterations and additions to residential building rose 0.4%.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of new residential work done fell 2.5% to $8,833.5m. Work done on new houses fell 1.1% to $6,240.2m, while new other residential building fell 5.8% to $2,593.3m. Alterations and additions rose 2.6% to $1,571.1m.

NON-RESIDENTIAL

• The trend estimate of the value of non-residential building work done should be interpreted with caution. See data notes on page 2 of this publication.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of non-residential building work done in the quarter rose 11%, following a fall of 2.0% in the September quarter.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
March 2010	14 July 2010
June 2010	13 October 2010

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This publication updates the preliminary estimates released in Construction Work Done, Australia (cat. no. 8755.0) on 24 February 2010, and Dwelling Unit Commencements, Australia (cat. no. 8750.0) on 17 March 2010. 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 December quarter 2009 will be released in Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0) on 14 July 2010.


CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

There are no changes in this issue.


DATA NOTES

The trend estimates should be interpreted with caution as the underlying behaviour of building activity may be affected by initiatives within the Government stimulus package, which included the "Building the Education Revolution" (BER) program and the Social Housing Initiative as well as other developments associated with global economic conditions. As with the publication Construction Work Done, Australia (cat. no. 8755.0) BER impacts have been quantified and removed from the trend estimates because of its short term nature. For more details on trend estimates, please see paragraphs 28 to 30 of the explanatory notes.


INQUIRIES

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