SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

	Sep qtr 11	Jun qtr 11 to Sep qtr 11	Sep qtr 10 to Sep qtr 11
	$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of Work Done	19 303.3	-1.4	-10.0
New residential building	9 559.7	-2.3	-7.0
Alterations and additions to residential building	1 864.3	1.4	5.2
Non-residential building	7 890.7	-0.7	-16.1
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of Work Done	19 472.7	0.1	-8.9
New residential building	9 528.1	-1.9	-5.5
Alterations and additions to residential building	1 855.9	-0.2	5.0
Non-residential building	8 088.8	2.7	-15.1
(a) Chain volume measures, reference year 2009-10.

Value of work done, Chain volume measures

Value of work done, Chain volume measures - Trend estimates

SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS


VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

TOTAL BUILDING

• The trend estimate of the value of total building work done fell 1.4% in the September 2011 quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building work done rose 0.1% to $19,472.7m, in the September quarter, following a fall of 2.4% in the June 2011 quarter.

NEW RESIDENTIAL

• The trend estimate of the value of new residential building work done fell 2.3% in the September quarter. The value of work done on new houses fell 1.7% while new other residential building fell 3.7%.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of new residential building work done fell 1.9% to $9,528.1m. Work done on new houses fell 2.6% to $6,400.6m, while new other residential building fell 0.3% to $3,127.5m.

NON-RESIDENTIAL

• The trend estimate of the value of non-residential building work done fell 0.7% in the September quarter. 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 2.7%, following a 1.5% fall in the June quarter.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
December 2011	18 April 2012
March 2012	18 July 2012

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This publication updates the preliminary estimates released in Construction Work Done, Australia (cat. no. 8755.0) on 23 November 2011, and Dwelling Unit Commencements, Australia (cat. no. 8750.0) on 13 December 2011. The data in this publication are based on a response rate of approximately 94% 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 September quarter 2011 will be released in the next release of this publication, Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0) on 18 April 2012.


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 Government stimulus packages, including the "Building the Education Revolution" (BER) program and Social Housing Initiatives as well as other developments associated with global economic conditions. For more details on trend estimates, please see paragraphs 28 to 30 of the explanatory notes.


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