Construction Work Done, Australia, Preliminary

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Provides preliminary estimates of value of total construction work done, building work done and engineering construction work done

Reference period

December 2024

Released

26/02/2025

Key statistics

In seasonally adjusted terms in the December quarter:

Total construction work done rose 0.5% to $73,936.9m
Building work done fell 0.7% to $38,297.9m
Engineering work done rose 1.8% to $35,639.0m

The trend estimate for total construction work done rose 1.2%.

Value of construction work done

Value of construction work done, chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted estimates (a)
	Dec qtr 24 ($m)	Sep qtr 24 to Dec qtr 24 (%)	Dec qtr 23 to Dec qtr 24 (%)
Building	38,297.9	-0.7	-0.7
Residential	23,721.0	0.9	5.7
Non-residential	14,576.9	-3.1	-9.6
Engineering	35,639.0	1.8	4.6
Total construction	73,936.9	0.5	1.8

Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2022-23.

Value of construction work done, chain volume measures, trend estimates (a)
	Dec qtr 24 ($m)	Sep qtr 24 to Dec qtr 24 (%)	Dec qtr 23 to Dec qtr 24 (%)
Building	38,465.8	0.2	0.4
Residential	23,750.1	1.5	4.3
Non-residential	14,731.3	-1.7	-5.2
Engineering	35,562.5	2.2	6.2
Total construction	74,076.7	1.2	3.1

Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2022-23.

Value of construction work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures
	Total building ($m)	Engineering construction ($m)
Dec-16	36,722.9	26,052.2
Mar-17	36,439.1	26,960.1
Jun-17	36,614.7	32,528.5
Sep-17	37,132.9	44,360.5
Dec-17	37,875.1	29,800.6
Mar-18	38,303.7	30,707.1
Jun-18	39,178.4	30,360.0
Sep-18	38,824.8	28,443.3
Dec-18	39,016.0	27,470.8
Mar-19	38,905.9	26,482.5
Jun-19	37,174.5	25,907.1
Sep-19	37,952.4	25,897.7
Dec-19	36,970.1	25,702.8
Mar-20	37,375.1	25,688.8
Jun-20	36,248.4	26,972.2
Sep-20	35,843.8	26,044.5
Dec-20	36,522.9	25,522.9
Mar-21	36,861.7	25,860.8
Jun-21	37,511.4	27,002.4
Sep-21	37,142.0	26,377.6
Dec-21	37,147.3	27,292.5
Mar-22	37,296.5	26,874.7
Jun-22	36,042.5	27,366.8
Sep-22	36,991.2	28,853.7
Dec-22	37,179.0	29,128.2
Mar-23	37,832.7	31,254.8
Jun-23	38,302.1	32,179.7
Sep-23	38,305.3	32,731.2
Dec-23	38,563.0	34,082.2
Mar-24	37,962.3	33,476.7
Jun-24	38,324.2	33,824.7
Sep-24	38,552.7	35,018.0
Dec-24	38,297.9	35,639.0

Value of construction work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures

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a. Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2022-23.

The value of total construction work done rose 0.5% in the December quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The increase was driven by engineering work, which rose 1.8% in the December quarter and is 4.6% higher than the same time last year. Building work fell 0.7% and is 0.7% lower than the same time last year.

The trend estimate for total construction work done rose 1.2% in the December quarter.

An article Value of renewable energy construction was released on 18 December 2024, providing insights into the level of renewable investment in the electricity generation, transmission and distribution sector from the March quarter 2016 to the June quarter 2024.

Value of building work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures
	Total residential ($m)	Total non-residential ($m)
Dec-16	25,871.2	11,143.2
Mar-17	24,782.3	11,856.9
Jun-17	24,811.4	11,996.2
Sep-17	24,838.3	12,461.4
Dec-17	24,906.5	13,099.8
Mar-18	25,536.6	12,932.7
Jun-18	26,366.3	13,004.2
Sep-18	26,174.1	12,843.8
Dec-18	25,936.6	13,241.7
Mar-19	25,126.5	13,878.1
Jun-19	24,196.9	13,088.5
Sep-19	23,877.5	14,117.6
Dec-19	22,947.5	14,037.9
Mar-20	22,774.2	14,580.0
Jun-20	21,943.1	14,272.5
Sep-20	22,046.8	13,796.3
Dec-20	23,020.9	13,550.8
Mar-21	23,535.2	13,401.7
Jun-21	23,690.9	13,872.1
Sep-21	23,477.6	13,715.6
Dec-21	23,088.6	14,079.3
Mar-22	23,317.7	14,012.3
Jun-22	22,012.5	14,025.1
Sep-22	22,374.0	14,608.8
Dec-22	22,837.8	14,352.5
Mar-23	22,811.7	15,017.2
Jun-23	23,165.4	15,137.7
Sep-23	23,401.8	14,903.5
Dec-23	22,447.0	16,116.0
Mar-24	22,676.4	15,285.9
Jun-24	22,928.5	15,395.8
Sep-24	23,506.8	15,045.9
Dec-24	23,721.0	14,576.9

Value of building work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures

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a. Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2022-23.

The value of building work fell 0.7% in the December quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The decrease was driven by a fall in non-residential building work, which decreased -3.1% in the December quarter and is 9.6% lower than at the same time last year. Residential building work rose 0.9% in the December quarter and is 5.7% higher than at the same time last year.

The trend estimate for total building work done rose 0.2% in the December quarter.

An article Home building through the pandemic was released on 19 November 2024, providing insights into home building conditions from 2019-2024.

Value of construction work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures
State/Territory	Dec qtr 24 ($m)	Sep qtr 24 to Dec qtr 24 (%)	Dec qtr 23 to Dec qtr 24 (%)
New South Wales	21,413.6	3.0	1.4
Victoria	18,654.7	-1.8	1.4
Queensland	14,094.1	-2.6	0.6
South Australia	4,323.0	-1.7	-2.2
Western Australia	12,080.6	3.7	7.7
Tasmania	1,107.4	-2.6	-5.9
Northern Territory	1,005.4	6.9	4.7
Australian Capital Territory	957.2	-1.1	-12.9

Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2022-23.

Total construction work done rose in New South Wales, Western Australia and Northern Territory, whilst total construction work done fell in all other states and territories.

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TABLE 01. Value of Construction Work Done, by Sector, Chain Volume Measures, Australia
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TABLE 03. Value of Building Work Done, by Sector, Chain Volume Measures, Australia
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TABLE 04. Value of Building Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories, Original
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TABLE 05. Value of Building Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories, Seasonally Adjusted
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TABLE 06. Value of Building Work Done, by Sector, Current Prices, Australia
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TABLE 08. Value of Construction Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories
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TABLE 09. Value of Construction Work Done, Current Prices, States and Territories, Original
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TABLE 10. Engineering Construction Work Done, by Type of Construction, Australia, Original
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About this issue

This publication provides an early indication of trends in building and engineering construction activity. The data are preliminary estimates with a response rate of approximately 80% of surveyed construction entities during the quarter. These estimates are subject to revision when results are updated in Engineering Construction Activity, Australia on 26 March 2025 and in Building Activity, Australia on 16 April 2025.

Mining projects tend to be complex in structure and comprise a number of different investment activities including exploration, engineering construction, plant and equipment and buildings. A feature article released in the March 2012 issue of Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia provides a summary of the conceptual basis of the relevant ABS publications that measure investment in Australia, using a hypothetical mining project to illustrate how this investment is reflected in ABS data.

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Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 8755.0.

Methodology

Scope

Building activity in Australia on approved work greater than $10,000.
All engineering construction work undertaken in Australia.

Geography

Data available for:

Australia
States and territories

Source

Building Activity Survey
Engineering Construction Survey

Collection method

Sample of contractors likely to conduct engineering construction activities, selected from the ABS business register each quarter.
Survey responses from builders and other individuals and organisations engaged in building activity.

Concepts, sources and methods

Engineering Construction:

Building Activity:

ABS Functional Classification of Buildings, January 2021.

History of changes

Trend series were reinstated in the September 2022 release.
Concurrent seasonal adjustment for building activity was reinstated in the September 2022 release.

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Construction Work Done, Australia, Preliminary

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Key statistics

Value of construction work done

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TABLE 01. Value of Construction Work Done, by Sector, Chain Volume Measures, Australia

TABLE 02. Value of Construction Work Done, by Sector, Current Prices, Australia

TABLE 03. Value of Building Work Done, by Sector, Chain Volume Measures, Australia

TABLE 04. Value of Building Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories, Original

TABLE 05. Value of Building Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories, Seasonally Adjusted

TABLE 06. Value of Building Work Done, by Sector, Current Prices, Australia

TABLE 07. Value of Building Work Done, by Sector, Current Prices, States and Territories, Original

TABLE 08. Value of Construction Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories

TABLE 09. Value of Construction Work Done, Current Prices, States and Territories, Original

TABLE 10. Engineering Construction Work Done, by Type of Construction, Australia, Original

TABLE 11. Engineering Construction Work Done, by Type of Construction, States and Territories, Original

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Relative standard errors, building work done - Australia

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Relative standard errors, total construction work done - states and territories

Relative standard errors, engineering construction work done - Australia

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