Reinstatement of trend series
The trend series for Building Activity have been reviewed and reinstated.
Further details on the reinstatement of trend are available in the changes this release section below.
Provides estimates of value of building work and number of dwellings commenced, completed, under construction and in the pipeline
In seasonally adjusted terms:
The trend series for Building Activity have been reviewed and reinstated.
Further details on the reinstatement of trend are available in the changes this release section below.
Sep qtr 22 no. | Jun qtr 22 to Sep qtr 22 % change | Sep qtr 21 to Sep qtr 22 % change | |
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Seasonally adjusted | |||
Total dwelling units commenced | 45,489 | -5.2 | -21.2 |
New private sector houses | 28,895 | -4.9 | -19.2 |
New private sector other residential building | 15,618 | -5.2 | -25.0 |
Trend | |||
Total dwelling units commenced | 45,747 | -3.9 | -17.7 |
New private sector houses | 28,896 | -3.6 | -18.3 |
New private sector other residential building | 15,775 | -3.5 | -17.1 |
The total number of dwelling units commenced in Australia fell 5.2% to 45,489 dwellings in the September quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The fall was driven by private sector other residential dwellings, which fell 5.2% to 15,618 dwellings and follows a fall of 4.5% in the June quarter. Private sector house commencements fell 4.9% to 28,895 dwellings and follows a fall of 1.0% in the June quarter.
The total number of dwellings under construction have reached record highs since December 2021. Dwellings under construction reached a new record of 244,479 in September, an additional 0.6% increase from the record in June of 243,078 dwellings. Private sector new houses have increased to record highs since March 2021, with 103,124 new private houses under construction in September 2022.
Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2020-2021
Sep qtr 22 $m | Jun qtr 22 to Sep qtr 22 % change | Sep qtr 21 to Sep qtr 22 % change | |
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Seasonally adjusted chain volume measures | |||
Total value of work done | 30,621.2 | 1.5 | -1.7 |
New residential building | 15,418.6 | 2.1 | -4.8 |
Alterations and additions to residential building | 2,626.1 | -5.5 | -11.7 |
Non-residential building | 12,576.5 | 2.3 | 4.9 |
Trend | |||
Total value of work done | 30,412.8 | -0.7 | -2.8 |
New residential building | 15,242.5 | -1.7 | -6.4 |
Alterations and additions to residential building | 2,677.6 | -2.7 | -7.7 |
Non-residential building | 12,490.0 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
The value of total building work done rose 1.5% to $30.6b in the September quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The increase was driven by new residential building work done, which rose 2.1% to $15.4b and follows a fall of 6.5% in the June quarter. Non-residential building work done rose 2.3% to $12.6b. Work done on new houses rose 1.2% to $9.1b, while new other residential building rose 3.3% to $6.3b.
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Building Activity by state - value of building work and number of dwellings commenced, completed, under construction and in the pipeline.
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 September 2022 quarter will be released in the next release of this publication, Building Activity, Australia on 12 April 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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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
This release previously used catalogue number 8752.0.