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NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS AND STAGE OF PRODUCTION

3 JUNE KEY FIGURES
		Jun 09	Mar qtr to Jun qtr 09	Jun qtr 08 to Jun qtr 09
Original data(a)		No.	% change	% change
Total Residential Building
	Dwellings commenced	4 330.0	-1.2	-27.7
	Dwellings under construction	16 703.0	-10.4	-18.8
	Dwellings completed	6 281.0	43.9	6.4
(a) Excludes total alterations and additions, refurbishments and conversions
Source: Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0).

• The total number of dwelling commencements fell by 1.2% in the June quarter 2009 and by 28% from the corresponding quarter of 2008, the largest annual decrease since June 2001.
• In the June quarter 2009, there were 16,700 dwellings under construction, the lowest number since 2001. This represented a fall of more than 10% from the previous quarter and of 19% from the June quarter 2008.
• Dwelling completions grew by 44% on the previous quarter and by 6.4% on the same quarter of the previous year.

4 SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES
		Sep 09	Jun qtr to Sep qtr 09	Sep qtr 08 to Sep qtr 09
		No.	% change	% change
Value of Work Done (a)
	Seasonally Adjusted	6182.5	-2.8	16.0
	Trend	6250.0	5.3	19.9
(a) Chain volume measures, reference year 2007-08
Source: Engineering Construction Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8762.0).

• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total engineering construction work fell to under $6.2 billion (down 2.8%) in the September quarter 2009 after a 25% increase for the June 2009 quarter. However, there was an increase of 5.3% in trend terms for the September quarter.
• The value of work done for the private sector has risen substantially over the last decade, from just over $220 million in September 2000 to around $5 billion in September 2009 in original terms. Work done for the public sector has increased only $600 million in value over the same period.