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Building Activity, Australia

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Provides estimates of value of building work and number of dwellings commenced, completed, under construction and in the pipeline

Reference period

December 2022

Released

12/04/2023

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Key statistics

In seasonally adjusted terms:

Total dwelling commencements fell 6.7% to 41,374 dwellings.
New private sector house commencements fell 2.3% to 28,330 dwellings.
New private sector other residential commencements fell 16.5% to 12,053 dwellings.
The value of building work done fell 1.1% to $30.7b.

Number of dwellings commenced

Number of dwellings commenced, seasonally adjusted
	Dec qtr 22 no.	Sep qtr 22 to Dec qtr 22 % change	Dec qtr 21 to Dec qtr 22 % change
New private sector houses	28,330	-2.3	-15.3
New private sector other residential building	12,053	-16.5	-34.2
Total dwelling units commenced	41,374	-6.7	-21.9

Number of dwellings commenced, trend
	Dec qtr 22 no.	Sep qtr 22 to Dec qtr 22 % change	Dec qtr 21 to Dec qtr 22 % change
New private sector houses	28,360	-2.6	-15.1
New private sector other residential building	12,584	-12.2	-33.1
Total dwelling units commenced	41,828	-5.9	-21.9

Dwellings commenced
	Trend	Seasonally adjusted
Dec-14	53,816	52,137
Mar-15	55,414	55,475
Jun-15	56,325	57,337
Sep-15	57,815	57,175
Dec-15	58,991	57,607
Mar-16	59,358	62,156
Jun-16	58,963	57,562
Sep-16	57,422	56,438
Dec-16	55,568	58,184
Mar-17	54,478	52,106
Jun-17	53,883	54,260
Sep-17	54,327	55,090
Dec-17	55,519	54,749
Mar-18	56,622	62,436
Jun-18	56,746	57,364
Sep-18	54,304	55,845
Dec-18	50,344	48,731
Mar-19	46,546	45,976
Jun-19	44,052	45,784
Sep-19	42,883	41,186
Dec-19	42,445	42,781
Mar-20	41,987	47,056
Jun-20	42,462	42,453
Sep-20	44,708	41,757
Dec-20	48,880	51,494
Mar-21	53,319	53,055
Jun-21	55,774	67,404
Sep-21	55,477	57,038
Dec-21	53,577	52,957
Mar-22	50,448	49,840
Jun-22	47,307	47,814
Sep-22	44,468	44,360
Dec-22	41,828	41,374

Dwellings commenced

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Private dwellings commenced, seasonally adjusted
	New other residential	New houses
Dec-14	21,441	29,581
Mar-15	24,984	29,242
Jun-15	27,283	28,104
Sep-15	26,284	28,906
Dec-15	28,269	28,112
Mar-16	32,772	28,061
Jun-16	25,973	29,764
Sep-16	25,806	29,568
Dec-16	27,908	28,855
Mar-17	24,662	26,217
Jun-17	24,361	28,661
Sep-17	25,025	28,860
Dec-17	23,422	30,034
Mar-18	30,643	30,624
Jun-18	26,159	30,585
Sep-18	25,369	29,570
Dec-18	19,919	27,619
Mar-19	17,502	27,867
Jun-19	18,891	25,959
Sep-19	15,133	25,120
Dec-19	17,205	24,889
Mar-20	20,838	25,423
Jun-20	15,746	25,650
Sep-20	13,856	26,927
Dec-20	16,542	33,768
Mar-21	16,168	35,692
Jun-21	23,541	42,658
Sep-21	20,224	35,683
Dec-21	18,313	33,448
Mar-22	17,423	30,706
Jun-22	16,358	30,342
Sep-22	14,440	29,008
Dec-22	12,053	28,330

Private dwellings commenced, seasonally adjusted

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The total number of dwelling units commenced in Australia fell 6.7% to 41,374 dwellings in the December quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The fall was driven by private sector other residential dwellings, which fell 16.5% to 12,053 dwellings and follows a fall of 11.7% in the September quarter. Private sector house commencements fell 2.3% to 28,330 dwellings and follows a fall of 4.4% in the September quarter.

Dwellings under construction, original
	Total dwellings
Dec-14	175,731
Mar-15	184,084
Jun-15	189,852
Sep-15	197,674
Dec-15	202,850
Mar-16	221,442
Jun-16	219,563
Sep-16	225,469
Dec-16	220,100
Mar-17	219,357
Jun-17	217,966
Sep-17	221,207
Dec-17	220,111
Mar-18	230,841
Jun-18	229,690
Sep-18	228,772
Dec-18	218,489
Mar-19	216,194
Jun-19	207,739
Sep-19	201,359
Dec-19	188,436
Mar-20	190,802
Jun-20	185,286
Sep-20	183,709
Dec-20	186,334
Mar-21	195,201
Jun-21	214,310
Sep-21	227,507
Dec-21	233,274
Mar-22	240,156
Jun-22	243,078
Sep-22	243,456
Dec-22	238,475

Dwellings under construction, original

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Dwellings under construction have fallen 2.0% to 238,475 in the December quarter after a record high of 243,456 in September. This was despite new houses reaching a new record high of 105,111 dwellings under construction in December 2022.

Value of work done

Value of work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures (a)
	Dec qtr 22 $m	Sep qtr 22 to Dec qtr 22 % change	Dec qtr 21 to Dec qtr 22 % change
New residential building	15,794.0	1.1	-0.9
Alterations and additions to residential building	2,584.8	-3.7	-8.9
Non-residential building	12,299.3	-3.3	0.6
Total value of work done	30,678.1	-1.1	-1.0

Value of work done, trend chain volume measures (a)
	Dec qtr 22 $m	Sep qtr 22 to Dec qtr 22 % change	Dec qtr 21 to Dec qtr 22 % change
New residential building	15,611.3	0.5	-2.9
Alterations and additions to residential building	2,600.8	-3.3	-9.7
Non-residential building	12,476.8	0.0	2.5
Total value of work done	30,685.9	-0.1	-1.4

(a) Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2020-2021

Value of work done, total building
	Trend	Seasonally adjusted
Dec-14	27,621.8	27,312.9
Mar-15	28,120	28,713.7
Jun-15	28,558.1	28,204.7
Sep-15	28,959	28,918.7
Dec-15	29,600.9	29,673.6
Mar-16	30,206.1	30,059
Jun-16	30,437.7	30,978.7
Sep-16	30,460	29,859.3
Dec-16	30,442.2	30,740.1
Mar-17	30,523.7	30,509.2
Jun-17	30,778.6	30,669.3
Sep-17	31,088.1	31,100.7
Dec-17	31,653.4	31,688.2
Mar-18	32,197.5	32,063.6
Jun-18	32,550.4	32,827.7
Sep-18	32,742.5	32,519.6
Dec-18	32,579.3	32,615.2
Mar-19	32,203.4	32,562
Jun-19	31,746.5	31,161.9
Sep-19	31,378.4	31,793.1
Dec-19	31,158.1	30,855.2
Mar-20	30,836.3	31,154.7
Jun-20	30,374.1	30,316.2
Sep-20	30,138.1	29,946.7
Dec-20	30,291.6	30,307.7
Mar-21	30,796.8	30,729
Jun-21	31,144.2	31,422.6
Sep-21	31,279.1	31,159
Dec-21	31,127.4	30,995.8
Mar-22	30,893.2	31,309.8
Jun-22	30,761.4	30,188.3
Sep-22	30,701.8	31,027.1
Dec-22	30,685.9	30,678.1

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Value of work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures
	New residential ($m)	Non-residential ($m)
Dec-14	15,109.2	9,956.4
Mar-15	16,212.3	10,168.5
Jun-15	15,818.1	10,015.6
Sep-15	16,517.3	10,040
Dec-15	17,135.8	10,207.8
Mar-16	17,818.1	9,938
Jun-16	18,151.8	10,413
Sep-16	17,905.2	9,553.6
Dec-16	18,452.3	9,797.7
Mar-17	17,730.2	10,439.4
Jun-17	17,644.9	10,562.3
Sep-17	17,909	10,963.6
Dec-17	17,895.5	11,510.7
Mar-18	18,268.7	11,394.9
Jun-18	18,957.3	11,453.6
Sep-18	18,720.7	11,298.2
Dec-18	18,553.6	11,622.8
Mar-19	17,972.2	12,237.5
Jun-19	17,310.5	11,527.9
Sep-19	17,025.4	12,399.6
Dec-19	16,178	12,288.6
Mar-20	15,950.6	12,736.6
Jun-20	15,508	12,486.6
Sep-20	15,415.8	12,024.6
Dec-20	15,940.9	11,745.8
Mar-21	16,117.5	11,731.8
Jun-21	16,454.1	12,161.7
Sep-21	16,240.4	11,958.6
Dec-21	15,936.6	12,223.2
Mar-22	16,149.5	12,300.3
Jun-22	15,120.4	12,284.5
Sep-22	15,619.6	12,722.9
Dec-22	15,794	12,299.3

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The value of total building work done fell 1.1% to $30.7b in the December quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The fall was driven by non-residential building work done, which fell 3.3% to $12.3b and follows a rise of 3.6% in the September quarter. New residential building work done rose 1.1% to $15.8b. Work done on new houses rose 1.0% to $9.3b, while new other residential building rose 1.2% to $6.5b.

This release includes updated data on the average cost and average floor area for new residential dwellings in the Data downloads section. For more information, please refer to the Article archive section.

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TABLE 01. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 02. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 03. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 04. Value of Residential Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 05. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 06. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 07. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 10. Value of Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures: Original
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TABLE 12. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 19. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Northern Territory
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TABLE 20. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australian Capital Territory
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TABLE 21. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 22. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, New South Wales
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TABLE 23. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Victoria
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TABLE 29. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australian Capital Territory
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TABLE 30. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 31. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 32. Value of Total Building Work Done, States and Territories
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TABLE 33. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 36. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 37. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 39. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 40. Value of Building Work by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 41. Value of Building Work by Sector, New South Wales: Original
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TABLE 42. Value of Building Work by Sector, Victoria: Original
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TABLE 43. Value of Building Work by Sector, Queensland: Original
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TABLE 46. Value of Building Work by Sector, Tasmania: Original
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TABLE 47. Value of Building Work by Sector, Northern Territory: Original
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TABLE 48. Value of Building Work by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original
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TABLE 49. Value of Building Work Under Construction, by Sector, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 50. Value of Building Work Yet to be Done, by Sector, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 51. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 52. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, New South Wales: Original
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TABLE 53. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Victoria: Original
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TABLE 54. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Queensland: Original
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TABLE 55. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, South Australia: Original
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TABLE 56. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Western Australia: Original
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TABLE 57. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Tasmania: Original
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TABLE 58. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Northern Territory: Original
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TABLE 59. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original
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TABLE 60. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 61. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, New South Wales: Original
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TABLE 62. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Victoria: Original
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TABLE 63. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Queensland: Original
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TABLE 64. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, South Australia: Original
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TABLE 65. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Western Australia: Original
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TABLE 66. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Tasmania: Original
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TABLE 67. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Northern Territory: Original
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TABLE 68. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original
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TABLE 69. Value of Non-residential Building Work Under Construction, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 70. Value of Non-residential Building Work Under Construction, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 71. Value of Non-residential Building Work Completed, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 72. Value of Non-residential Building Work Completed, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 73. Value of Non-residential Building Work Yet to be Done, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 74. Value of Non-residential Building Work Yet to be Done, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 75. Value of Building Work Completed by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 76. Number of Dwelling Units Under Construction, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 77. Number of Dwelling Units Under Construction, by Sector, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 78. Value of Work in the Pipeline, Current Prices, Original, Australia
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TABLE 79. Value of Work in the Pipeline, States and Territories, Current Prices, Original
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TABLE 80. Number of Dwellings Approved but Not Yet Commenced at End of Quarter, States and Territories, Original
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File contents

The Building Activity: Australia pivot table contains the following data items
State/Territory	All States and Territories
Reference quarter	Quarterly (September 2001 to current)
Sector of ownership	Private, Public, Total
Type of building	Houses
	Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses - One storey
	Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses - Two or more storeys
	Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses - Total
	Apartments - In a one or two storey block
	Apartments - In a three storey block
	Apartments - In a four to eight storey block
	Apartments - Nine or more storeys
	Apartments - Total including those attached to a house
	Total other residential
	Total residential
	Retail and wholesale trade buildings
	Transport buildings
	Offices
	Commercial buildings n.e.c
	Commercial buildings - Total
	Factories and other secondary production buildings
	Warehouses
	Agricultural and aquacultural buildings
	Other industrial buildings n.e.c.
	Industrial buildings - Total
	Education buildings
	Religious buildings
	Aged care facilities
	Health buildings
	Entertainment and recreation buildings
	Short term accommodation buildings
	Other non-residential n.e.c.
	Other non-residential - Total
	Total non-residential
	Dwellings excluding new residential
	Dwellings excluding houses
	Total
Type of work	New
	Total alterations and additions (incl. refurbishment and conversion)
	Total
Data items	Value of work done during quarter ($m)
	Value of work yet to be done ($m)
	Value of work in pipeline ($m)
	Value of work not yet commenced ($m)
	Value of work commenced ($m)
	Value of work completed ($m)
	Value of work under construction ($m)
	Dwelling units not yet commenced (no.)
	Dwelling units commenced (no.)
	Dwelling units completed (no.)
	Dwelling units under construction (no.)

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Relative standard errors, value by sector, stage and type of construction; state and Australia
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Relative standard errors, dwellings by sector, stage and type of construction; state and Australia
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Relative standard errors; non-residential building by sector and stage of construction, state and Australia
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Relative standard errors; value of work in pipeline; state and Australia
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Building activity: validation table for data cube
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Data items available by Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS)
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Building activity: Australia
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Building Activity Average Cost
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Building Activity Average Floor Area
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Building Activity by state - value of building work and number of dwellings commenced, completed, under construction and in the pipeline.

About this issue

This publication updates the preliminary estimates released in Construction Work Done, Australia. The data in this publication are based on a response rate of approximately 85% of the value of building work done during the quarter. This is lower than the average response rate due to difficulties collecting data as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data are subject to revision when returns from the following quarter are processed. Final data for the December 2022 quarter will be released in the next release of this publication, Building Activity, Australia on 12 July 2023.

Several time series spreadsheets contain 'np' (not available for publication) annotations from the September quarter 2012 onwards. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.

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Article archive

The following data cubes provide additional insights into Building Activity and are updated annually. Refer to the Data Downloads section of the relevant Building Activity release.

June quarter:

Building Activity Average Dwelling Commencement Times
Building Activity Average Dwelling Completion times
Building Activity Abandonment Rates for New Dwellings

December quarter:

Building Activity Average Cost
Building Activity Average Floor Area

Building a New Home: Construction Cost Changes, June quarter 2020

Small Area Dwelling Completions, June quarter 2020

Telling storeys - Apartment building heights, December quarter 2019

Characteristics of new residential dwellings - A 15 year summary, December quarter 2019

Abandonment rates for new dwellings, June quarter 2019

Average dwelling commencement times, June quarter 2019

Average dwelling completion times, June quarter 2019

Revisions to building activity statistics, December quarter 2015

Average floor area of new residential dwellings, June quarter 2013

A twenty year history of the cost of building a new house, December quarter 2008

Additional Building and Construction feature articles can be found in Feature Articles by Catalogue Number

Changes this release

Revisions

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 8752.0.

Methodology

Building Activity, Australia methodology, December 2022

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The Building Activity: Australia pivot table contains the following data items
Data item	Classification
State/Territory	All States and Territories
Reference quarter	Quarterly (September 2001 to current)
Sector of ownership	Private, Public, Total
Type of building	Houses
	Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses - One storey
	Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses - Two or more storeys
	Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses - Total
	Apartments - In a one or two storey block
	Apartments - In a three storey block
	Apartments - In a four to eight storey block
	Apartments - Nine or more storeys
	Apartments - Total including those attached to a house
	Total other residential
	Total residential
	Retail and wholesale trade buildings
	Transport buildings
	Offices
	Commercial buildings n.e.c
	Commercial buildings - Total
	Factories and other secondary production buildings
	Warehouses
	Agricultural and aquacultural buildings
	Other industrial buildings n.e.c.
	Industrial buildings - Total
	Education buildings
	Religious buildings
	Aged care facilities
	Health buildings
	Entertainment and recreation buildings
	Short term accommodation buildings
	Other non-residential n.e.c.
	Other non-residential - Total
	Total non-residential
	Dwellings excluding new residential
	Dwellings excluding houses
	Total
Type of work	New
	Total alterations and additions (incl. refurbishment and conversion)
	Total
Data items	Value of work done during quarter ($m)
	Value of work yet to be done ($m)
	Value of work in pipeline ($m)
	Value of work not yet commenced ($m)
	Value of work commenced ($m)
	Value of work completed ($m)
	Value of work under construction ($m)
	Dwelling units not yet commenced (no.)
	Dwelling units commenced (no.)
	Dwelling units completed (no.)
	Dwelling units under construction (no.)

APA

Building Activity, Australia

APA

Key statistics

Number of dwellings commenced

Value of work done

Data downloads

Time series spreadsheets

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

TABLE 02. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures

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

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

TABLE 05. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 06. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 07. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 08. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 09. Value of Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 10. Value of Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures: Original

TABLE 11. Value of Building Work Commenced, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures: Original

TABLE 12. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australia

TABLE 13. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, New South Wales

TABLE 14. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Victoria

TABLE 15. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Queensland

TABLE 16. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, South Australia

TABLE 17. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Western Australia

TABLE 18. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Tasmania

TABLE 19. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Northern Territory

TABLE 20. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australian Capital Territory

TABLE 21. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australia

TABLE 22. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, New South Wales

TABLE 23. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Victoria

TABLE 24. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Queensland

TABLE 25. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, South Australia

TABLE 26. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Western Australia

TABLE 27. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Tasmania

TABLE 28. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Northern Territory

TABLE 29. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australian Capital Territory

TABLE 30. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia

TABLE 31. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia

TABLE 32. Value of Total Building Work Done, States and Territories

TABLE 33. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, Australia

TABLE 34. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, States and Territories

TABLE 35. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements, States and Territories

TABLE 36. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, States and Territories: Original

TABLE 37. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, Australia

TABLE 38. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, States and Territories

TABLE 39. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, States and Territories: Original

TABLE 40. Value of Building Work by Sector, Australia: Original

TABLE 41. Value of Building Work by Sector, New South Wales: Original

TABLE 42. Value of Building Work by Sector, Victoria: Original

TABLE 43. Value of Building Work by Sector, Queensland: Original

TABLE 44. Value of Building Work by Sector, South Australia: Original

TABLE 45. Value of Building Work by Sector, Western Australia: Original

TABLE 46. Value of Building Work by Sector, Tasmania: Original

TABLE 47. Value of Building Work by Sector, Northern Territory: Original

TABLE 48. Value of Building Work by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original

TABLE 49. Value of Building Work Under Construction, by Sector, States and Territories: Original

TABLE 50. Value of Building Work Yet to be Done, by Sector, States and Territories: Original

TABLE 51. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Australia: Original

TABLE 52. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, New South Wales: Original

TABLE 53. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Victoria: Original

TABLE 54. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Queensland: Original

TABLE 55. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, South Australia: Original

TABLE 56. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Western Australia: Original

TABLE 57. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Tasmania: Original

TABLE 58. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Northern Territory: Original

TABLE 59. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original

TABLE 60. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Australia: Original

TABLE 61. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, New South Wales: Original

TABLE 62. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Victoria: Original

TABLE 63. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Queensland: Original

TABLE 64. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, South Australia: Original

TABLE 65. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Western Australia: Original

TABLE 66. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Tasmania: Original

TABLE 67. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Northern Territory: Original

TABLE 68. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original

TABLE 69. Value of Non-residential Building Work Under Construction, by Sector, Australia: Original

TABLE 70. Value of Non-residential Building Work Under Construction, States and Territories: Original

TABLE 71. Value of Non-residential Building Work Completed, by Sector, Australia: Original

TABLE 72. Value of Non-residential Building Work Completed, States and Territories: Original