1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2007  
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BUILDING MATERIALS

The price index of materials used in house building in Hobart in 2005-06 was 151.0, an increase of 2% on the 2004-05 index number.

The price index of materials used in building other than house building in Hobart in 2003-04 was 127.0, an increase of 2.3% on the 2002-03 index. The other than house building series was discontinued from June quarter 2004.

PRICE INDEXES OF BUILDING MATERIALS(a)
House building
Other than house building
Reference period
Index number
Change from
previous year (%)
Index number
Change from
previous year (%)
2000-01
126.0
1.8
119.3
0.3
2001-02
128.4
1.9
121.3
1.7
2002-03
133.7
4.1
124.2
2.4
2003-04
139.4
4.3
127.0
2.3
2004-05
148.0
6.2
na
na
2005-06
151.0
2.0
na
na
na not available
(a) Reference base year is 1989-90 = 100.0.
Source: Producer Price Indexes, Australia (cat. no. 6427.0).




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