DECEMBER KEY FIGURES
VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES
 | Dec qtr 18 | Sep qtr 18 to Dec qtr 18 | Dec qtr 17 to Dec qtr 18 |
| $m | % change | % change |
TREND ESTIMATES(a) |
|
| Value of work done | 29 733.5 | -1.4 | 1.3 |
| New residential building | 16 946.8 | -2.0 | 1.7 |
| Alterations and additions to residential building | 2 266.1 | -0.1 | 6.6 |
| Non-residential building | 10 524.6 | -0.7 | -0.5 |
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a) |
|
| Value of work done | 29 399.2 | -2.6 | 0.8 |
| New residential building | 16 644.3 | -4.0 | 1.6 |
| Alterations and additions to residential building | 2 222.0 | -4.7 | 5.9 |
| Non-residential building | 10 532.9 | - | -1.4 |
|
| - nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
| (a) Reference year for chain volume measures is 2016-17 |
Value of work done, Chain volume measures
| Value of work done, Chain volume measures - Trend estimates
|
BUILDING WORK DONE
- The trend estimate of the value of total building work done fell 1.4% in the December 2018 quarter.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building work done fell 2.6% to $29,399.2m following a a fall of 1.7% in the September 2018 quarter.
NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WORK DONE
- The trend estimate of the value of new residential building work done fell 2.0% in the December quarter. The value of work done on new houses fell 2.6%, while new other residential building fell 1.2%.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of new residential building work done fell 4.0% to $16,644.3m. Work done on new houses fell 5.1% to $8,724.4m, while new other residential building fell 2.7% to $7,920.0m.
NON-RESIDENTIAL WORK DONE
- The trend estimate of the value of non-residential building work done fell 0.7% in the December quarter.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of non-residential building work done in the quarter was flat following a fall of 2.2% in the September quarter.
DWELLING UNITS COMMENCED
| Dec qtr 18 | Sep qtr 17 to Dec qtr 18 | Dec qtr 17 to Dec qtr 18 |
| no. | % change | % change |
TREND ESTIMATES |
|
| Total dwelling units commenced | 49 094 | -9.5 | -14.4 |
| New private sector houses | 27 247 | -5.8 | -9.2 |
| New private sector other residential building | 20 811 | -14.7 | -20.4 |
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES |
|
| Total dwelling units commenced | 46 706 | -16.3 | -16.0 |
| New private sector houses | 26 754 | -8.0 | -10.2 |
| New private sector other residential building | 18 738 | -27.3 | -23.6 |
|
Dwelling units commenced
| Private dwellings commenced, Trend estimates
|
TOTAL DWELLINGS
- The trend estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced fell 9.5% in the December quarter following a fall of 6.7% in the September quarter.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced fell 16.3% to 46,706 dwellings in the December quarter following a fall of 3.8% in the September quarter.
NEW PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES
- The trend estimate for new private sector house commencements fell 5.8% in the December quarter following a fall of 4.4% in the September quarter.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate for new private sector house commencements fell 8.0% to 26,754 dwellings in the December quarter following a fall of 4.2% in the September quarter.
NEW PRIVATE SECTOR OTHER RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
- The trend estimate for new private sector other residential building commencements fell 14.7% in the December quarter following a fall of 9.5% in the September quarter.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate for new private sector other residential building fell 27.3% to 18,738 dwellings in the December quarter following a fall of 4.5% in the September quarter.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE (QUARTER) | Release Date |
| March 2019 | 10 July 2019 |
| June 2019 | 9 October 2019 |
ABOUT THIS ISSUE
This publication updates the preliminary estimates released in
Construction Work Done, Australia (cat. no. 8755.0) on 27 February 2019. The data in this publication are based on a response rate of approximately 90% 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 2018 will be released in the next release of this publication,
Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0) on 10 July 2019.
SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS THIS ISSUE
Compared to the estimate published in
Building Activity, Australia September quarter 2018 (cat. no. 8752.0) released on 16 January 2019:
- the total value of work done in Australia during the September quarter 2018 has been revised upwards by $368.5m or 1.1%.
- the total value of work commenced in Australia during the September quarter 2018 has been revised upwards by $1,170.3m or 3.8%. This was driven by a 4.6% ($938.6m) revision to total residential commencements and a 2.3% ($231.7m) revision to non-residential commencements.
- the number of dwelling unit commencements in the September quarter 2018 has been revised upwards by 2,491 dwellings or 4.4%.
CHANGES THIS ISSUE
This publication contains feature articles and associated data cubes relating to:
- Characteristics of apartment building heights
- Characteristics of new residential dwellings
DATA NOTE
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.
For the March Building Activity release each year, the ABS publishes revisions that have been made to Building Activity data prior to the December quarter. A
feature article has been included in the December 2015
Building Activity, Australia (cat no. 8752.0) publication explaining potential sources of revisions in more detail.
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