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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES


VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

	Sep qtr 17	Jun qtr 17 to Sep qtr 17	Sep qtr 16 to Sep qtr 17
	$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done	27 663.7	-0.3	-0.2
New residential building	15 973.3	-0.6	-2.9
Alterations and additions to residential building	2 039.5	-3.6	-6.9
Non-residential building	9 645.8	0.8	6.1
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done	27 573.0	-1.0	1.1
New residential building	16 060.5	0.2	-1.2
Alterations and additions to residential building	1 971.7	-10.2	-9.5
Non-residential building	9 540.8	-0.9	8.1
(a) Reference year for chain volume measures is 2015-16

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 fell 0.3% in the September 2017 quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building work done fell 1.0% to $27,573.0m in the September quarter, following a rise of 0.6% in the June 2017 quarter.

• The trend estimate of the value of new residential building work done fell 0.6% in the September quarter. The value of work done on new houses fell 1.8% while new other residential building rose 0.8%.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of new residential building work done rose 0.2% to $16,060.5m. Work done on new houses fell 2.1% to $8,291.0m, while new other residential building rose 2.9% to $7,769.5m.

• The trend estimate of the value of non-residential building work done rose 0.8% in the September quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of non-residential building work done in the quarter fell 0.9%, following a rise of 1.2% in the June 2017 quarter.

	Sep qtr 17	Jun qtr 17 to Sep qtr 17	Sep qtr 16 to Sep qtr 17
	no.	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES
Total dwelling units commenced	54 252	0.4	-5.2
New private sector houses	27 900	0.5	-4.1
New private sector other residential building	25 310	0.9	-5.5
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Total dwelling units commenced	54 927	0.7	-3.3
New private sector houses	27 694	-3.2	-5.3
New private sector other residential building	26 188	5.4	-1.5

Dwelling units commenced

Private dwellings commenced, Trend estimates

• The trend estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced rose 0.4% in the September 2017 quarter following a fall of 0.7% in the June quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced rose 0.7% to 54,927 dwellings in the September quarter following a rise of 4.3% in the June quarter.

• The trend estimate for new private sector house commencements rose 0.5% in the September quarter following a fall of 0.1% in the June quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for new private sector house commencements fell 3.2% to 27,694 dwellings in the September quarter following a rise of 7.0% in the June quarter.

• The trend estimate for new private sector other residential building commencements rose 0.9% in the September quarter following a fall of 1.0% in the June quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for new private sector other residential building rose 5.4% to 26,188 dwellings in the September quarter following a rise of 2.9% in the June quarter.

• the total value of work done in Australia during the June quarter 2017 has been revised upwards by $443.3m or 1.5%.
• the total value of work commenced in Australia during the June quarter 2017 has been revised upwards by $1,314.3m or 4.6%. This was driven by a 4.1% ($744.1m) revision to total residential commencements and a 5.6% ($570.2m) revision to non-residential commencements.
• the number of dwelling unit commencements in the June quarter 2017 has been revised upwards by 1,595 dwellings or 3.1%.