PRICE INDEXES OF MATERIALS USED IN BUILDING
- In the March quarter 2009, the increase in the price materials for house building in Western Australia (1.2%) was almost on par with the previous quarter (1.1%).
- Through the the year to March 2009 the price index for these materials rose just over 8%. This was around 1 percentage point higher than the national rise. Together with Hobart, Perth had the second largest annual price increase after Adelaide (almost 11%).
- Steel products continued to contribute to the price increase. In the year to March 2009, there was a 43% rise in the index price of these house building materials.
4 Price Index of Materials Used in House Building(a), by Material - Perth |
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 | | | | Percentage change
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| Mar 08 | Dec 08 | Mar 09 | Dec Qtr 2008
to Mar Qtr 2009 | Mar Qtr 2008
to Mar Qtr 2009 |
| Material group | index | index | index | % | % |
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| All groups | 152.0 | 162.3 | 164.3 | 1.2 | 8.1 |
| Timber, board and joinery | 141.0 | 143.7 | 143.7 | - | 1.9 |
| Ceramic products | 161.7 | 164.2 | 165.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Concrete, cement and sand | 157.5 | 171.8 | 170.9 | -0.5 | 8.5 |
| Cement products | 134.5 | 136.5 | 137.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| Steel products | 188.8 | 249.4 | 270.0 | 8.3 | 43.0 |
| Other metal products | 148.2 | 162.5 | 163.3 | 0.5 | 10.2 |
| Plumbing products | 138.7 | 145.8 | 147.8 | 1.4 | 6.6 |
| Electrical equipment | 116.2 | 120.8 | 125.8 | 4.1 | 8.3 |
| Installed gas and electrical appliances | 140.7 | 145.2 | 147.1 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| Other materials | 172.1 | 180.0 | 180.5 | 0.3 | 4.9 |
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| - nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
| (a) Reference base of each index: 1989-90 = 100.0 |
Source: Producer Price Indexes, Australia, cat. no. 6427.0.
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