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JUNE KEY FIGURES

	Jun qtr 15	Mar qtr 15 to Jun qtr 15	Jun qtr 14 to Jun qtr 15
	$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done	23 757.3	1.5	6.9
New residential building	13 121.6	2.5	12.7
Alterations and additions to residential building	1 869.5	2.1	5.0
Non-residential building	8 764.7	-0.1	-0.4
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done	23 375.7	-2.4	4.1
New residential building	12 789.0	-3.4	8.0
Alterations and additions to residential building	1 867.9	0.8	4.8
Non-residential building	8 718.8	-1.6	-1.2
(a) Reference year for chain volume measures is 2012-13.

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 rose 1.5% in the June 2015 quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building work done fell 2.4% to $23,375.7m in the June quarter, following a rise of 5.2% in the March 2015 quarter.

• The trend estimate of the value of new residential building work done rose 2.5% in the June quarter. The value of work done on new houses rose 2.2% while new other residential building rose 3.0%.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of new residential building work done fell 3.4% to $12,789.0m. Work done on new houses fell 6.2% to $7,409.7m, while new other residential building rose 0.7% to $5,379.3m.

• The trend estimate of the value of non-residential building work done fell 0.1% in the June quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of non-residential building work done in the quarter fell 1.6%, following a rise of 1.7% in the March 2015 quarter.

	Jun qtr 15	Mar qtr 15 to Jun qtr 15	Jun qtr 14 to Jun qtr 15
	no.	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES
Total dwelling units commenced	53 549	0.6	8.6
New private sector houses	27 959	-0.8	1.2
New private sector other residential building	23 663	0.6	14.8
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Total dwelling units commenced	53 314	-3.2	14.0
New private sector houses	27 641	-2.8	0.3
New private sector other residential building	23 484	-6.8	30.3

Dwelling units commenced

Private dwellings commenced, Trend estimates

• The trend estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced rose 0.6% in the June 2015 quarter following a rise of 1.9% in the March quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced fell 3.2% to 53,314 dwellings in the June quarter following a rise of 11.6% in the March quarter.

• The trend estimate for new private sector house commencements fell 0.8% in the June quarter following a fall of 0.2% in the March quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for new private sector house commencements fell 2.8% to 27,641 dwellings in the June quarter following a rise of 0.5% in the March quarter.

• The trend estimate for new private sector other residential building commencements rose 0.6% in the June quarter following a rise of 3.0% in the March quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for new private sector other residential building fell 6.8% to 23,484 dwellings in the June quarter following a rise of 26.1% in the March quarter.

• the total value of work done in Australia during the March quarter 2015 has been revised upwards by $249.5m or 1.1%.
• the total value of work commenced in Australia during the March quarter 2015 has been revised upwards by $638.7m or 2.8%. This was driven by upwards revisions to non-residential commencements ($201.7m) and residential commencements ($437.0m).
• the number of dwelling unit commencements in the March quarter 2015 has been revised upwards by 1,306 dwellings or 2.7%.