VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES
 | Mar qtr 13 | Dec qtr 12 to Mar qtr 13 | Mar qtr 12 to Mar qtr 13 |
| $m | % change | % change |
TREND ESTIMATES(a) |
|
| Value of work done | 20 336.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| New residential building | 10 377.9 | 1.8 | 6.0 |
| Alterations and additions to residential building | 1 679.1 | -2.0 | -8.8 |
| Non-residential building | 8 284.8 | -0.3 | -3.5 |
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a) |
|
| Value of work done | 20 162.5 | -1.8 | -0.8 |
| New residential building | 10 275.0 | -0.6 | 4.4 |
| Alterations and additions to residential building | 1 651.4 | -5.5 | -9.9 |
| Non-residential building | 8 236.2 | -2.4 | -4.8 |
|
| (a) Reference year for chain volume measures is 2010-11. |
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 rose 0.6% in the March 2013 quarter.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building work done fell 1.8% to $20,162.5m in the March quarter, following a rise of 3.1% in the December 2012 quarter.
NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WORK DONE
- The trend estimate of the value of new residential building work done rose 1.8% in the March quarter. The value of work done on new houses rose 1.3% while new other residential building rose 2.6%.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of new residential building work done fell 0.6% to $10,275.0m. Work done on new houses fell 1.1% to $6,506.0m, while new other residential building rose 0.1% to $3,769.0m.
NON-RESIDENTIAL WORK DONE
- The trend estimate of the value of non-residential building work done fell 0.3% in the March quarter.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of non-residential building work done in the quarter fell 2.4%, following a rise of 2.8% in the December quarter.
DWELLING UNITS COMMENCED
| Mar qtr 13 | Dec qtr 12 to Mar qtr 13 | Mar qtr 12 to Mar qtr 13 |
| no. | % change | % change |
TREND ESTIMATES |
|
| Total dwelling units commenced | 39 927 | 0.5 | 13.0 |
| New private sector houses | 22 804 | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| New private sector other residential building | 15 528 | -0.8 | 20.8 |
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES |
|
| Total dwelling units commenced | 38 702 | -5.5 | 12.6 |
| New private sector houses | 22 343 | -3.0 | 4.6 |
| New private sector other residential building | 14 778 | -9.5 | 21.3 |
|
Dwelling units commenced
| Private dwellings commenced, Trend estimates
|
TOTAL DWELLINGS
- The trend estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced rose 0.5% in the March 2013 quarter following a rise of 2.9% in the December 2012 quarter.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced fell 5.5% to 38,702 dwellings in the March quarter following a rise of 4.1% in the December quarter.
NEW PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES
- The trend estimate for new private sector house commencements rose 0.4% in the March quarter following a rise of 1.6% in the December quarter.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate for new private sector house commencements fell 3.0% to 22,343 dwellings in the March quarter following a rise of 1.7% in the December quarter.
NEW PRIVATE SECTOR OTHER RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
- The trend estimate for new private sector other residential building commencements fell 0.8% in the March quarter following a rise of 3.0% in the December quarter.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate for new private sector other residential building fell 9.5% to 14,778 dwellings in the March quarter following a rise of 7.0% in the December quarter.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE (QUARTER) | Release Date |
| June 2013 | 11 October 2013 |
| September 2013 | 16 January 2014 |
ABOUT THIS ISSUE
This publication updates the preliminary estimates released in Construction Work Done, Australia(cat. no. 8755.0) on 29 May 2013. 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 March quarter 2013 will be released in the next release of this publication, Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0) on 16 October 2013.
CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE
A readily printable (PDF) publication is no longer released for this issue. Headline data items are presented in HTML format. Data series in the Time Series Spreadsheets are maintained and produced to the same timetable currently in place for this release.
SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS THIS ISSUE
As a result of a major audit undertaken for the Building Approvals collection (see Building Approvals, Australia, January 2013 (cat. no. 8731.0) for more information), this release incorporates revisions to estimates from the December quarter 2000 through to the December quarter 2012.
Revisions to recent quarters are quite significant. Compared to the estimate published in Building Activity, Australia, December quarter 2012 (cat. no. 8752.0) released on 17 April 2013:
- the total value of work done in Australia during December quarter 2012 has been revised upwards by $582.1m or 2.8%.
- the total value of work commenced in Australia during December quarter 2012 has been revised upwards by $1,790.9m or 8.8%. This was driven by revisions to non-residential commencements ($844.4m) and new other residential commencements ($621.5m).
- the number of dwelling unit commencements in the December quarter 2012 has been revised upwards by 3326 dwellings or 8.4%.
Users of Building Activity time series data are encouraged to download any series of interest to make use of these revisions.
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.
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