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JUNE KEY FIGURES

	Jun qtr 08	Mar qtr 08 to Jun qtr 08	Jun qtr 07 to Jun qtr 08
	$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of Work Done	16 825.4	-	1.7
New residential building	8 277.8	-	-0.2
Alterations and additions to residential building	1 593.9	0.3	2.7
Non-residential building	6 954.0	-0.2	3.7
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of Work Done	16 858.0	0.1	4.5
New residential building	8 276.4	-0.3	1.4
Alterations and additions to residential building	1 592.2	0.5	3.1
Non-residential building	6 989.5	0.5	8.6
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Chain volume measures, reference year 2005-06.

Value of work done, Chain volume measures

Value of work done, Chain volume measures - Trend estimates

• The trend estimate of the value of total building work done was flat for the June 2008 quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted June quarter estimate of the value of total building work done rose 0.1%, to $16,858.0m, following a rise of 1.0% in the March 2008 quarter.

• The trend estimate of the value of new residential building work done was flat in the latest quarter, with new houses rising 1.2% and new other residential building falling 2.9%. Alterations and additions to residential building rose 0.3%.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of new residential work done fell 0.3%, to $8,276.4m. Work done on new houses rose 0.6% to $5,946.5m, while new other residential building fell 2.5%, to $2,329.9m. Alterations and additions rose 0.5%, to $1,592.2m.

• The trend estimate of the value of non-residential building work done in the quarter fell 0.2% in June. This follows a rise of 0.6% in March.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of non-residential building work done in the quarter rose 0.5%, to $6,989.5m, following a rise of 1.3% in March.