Construction Work Done, Australia, Preliminary

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Provides preliminary estimates of value of total construction work done, building work done and engineering construction work done

Reference period

December 2021

Released

23/02/2022

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Key statistics

In seasonally adjusted terms in the December quarter:

Total construction work done fell -0.4% to $53,463.6m.
Building work done fell -1.3% to $30,398.2m.
Engineering work done rose 0.7% to $23,065.3m.

Value of construction work done

		Dec 21	Sep 21 to Dec 21	Dec 20 to Dec 21
		$m	%	%
Trend estimates(a)
Value of work done
	Building	na	na	na
	Residential	na	na	na
	Non-residential	na	na	na
	Engineering	na	na	na
	Total construction	na	na	na
Seasonally adjusted estimates(a)
Value of work done
	Building	30,398.2	-1.3	2.0
	Residential	18,275.1	-2.9	0.6
	Non-residential	12,123.1	1.3	4.1
	Engineering	23,065.3	0.7	4.2
	Total construction	53,463.6	-0.4	2.9

na not available
a. Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2019-20.

Value of construction work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures
	Total building ($m)	Engineering Construction ($m)
Dec-13	25,269.3	38,901.5
Mar-14	26,131.4	36,902.2
Jun-14	26,525.5	36,170.6
Sep-14	26,716.1	32,969.3
Dec-14	26,997.7	32,207.9
Mar-15	28,391.2	29,475.4
Jun-15	27,884.1	31,730.0
Sep-15	28,585.3	29,348.1
Dec-15	29,329.3	27,243.5
Mar-16	29,722.8	26,114.0
Jun-16	30,628.0	23,490.0
Sep-16	29,514.0	22,525.0
Dec-16	30,380.5	22,643.3
Mar-17	30,171.9	23,406.4
Jun-17	30,318.0	28,257.3
Sep-17	30,732.9	38,585.3
Dec-17	31,313.5	25,893.8
Mar-18	31,732.8	26,654.7
Jun-18	32,499.9	26,360.4
Sep-18	32,153.7	24,765.4
Dec-18	32,214.2	23,874.5
Mar-19	32,239.6	22,979.9
Jun-19	30,803.8	22,480.9
Sep-19	31,447.3	22,543.1
Dec-19	30,424.3	22,341.3
Mar-20	30,860.9	22,381.6
Jun-20	29,896.9	23,422.9
Sep-20	29,487.2	22,673.1
Dec-20	29,815.0	22,135.5
Mar-21	30,500.0	22,422.0
Jun-21	31,088.0	23,262.6
Sep-21	30,786.2	22,904.3
Dec-21	30,398.2	23,065.3

Value of construction work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures

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a. Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2019-20.

The value of total construction work done fell -0.4% in the December quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The fall was driven by building work done, which fell -1.3% in the December quarter. Building work done is 2.0% higher than at the same time last year. Engineering Construction rose 0.7% and is 4.2% higher than at the same time last year.

Value of building work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures
	Residential building ($m)	Non-residential building ($m)
Dec-13	15,115.2	10,098.9
Mar-14	16,073.7	10,022.4
Jun-14	16,415.3	10,078.2
Sep-14	16,410.9	10,267.0
Dec-14	17,046.0	9,927.0
Mar-15	18,236.9	10,137.5
Jun-15	17,884.5	9,981.6
Sep-15	18,559.1	10,012.1
Dec-15	19,136.4	10,179.8
Mar-16	19,811.5	9,906.0
Jun-16	20,242.7	10,375.7
Sep-16	19,980.0	9,528.4
Dec-16	20,598.4	9,776.7
Mar-17	19,758.1	10,401.8
Jun-17	19,784.3	10,521.8
Sep-17	19,784.7	10,936.7
Dec-17	19,810.4	11,491.7
Mar-18	20,376.4	11,345.7
Jun-18	21,080.2	11,408.9
Sep-18	20,886.8	11,254.8
Dec-18	20,610.8	11,592.9
Mar-19	20,072.0	12,160.9
Jun-19	19,343.9	11,452.5
Sep-19	19,062.9	12,381.3
Dec-19	18,155.8	12,267.9
Mar-20	18,163.7	12,698.6
Jun-20	17,502.0	12,397.2
Sep-20	17,561.3	11,925.9
Dec-20	18,168.1	11,646.9
Mar-21	18,800.8	11,699.2
Jun-21	18,975.0	12,113.0
Sep-21	18,821.9	11,964.3
Dec-21	18,275.1	12,123.1

Value of building work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures

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a. Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2019-20.

The value of building work done fell -1.3% in the December quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The decrease was driven by a fall in New-residential building work done, which fell -2.9% in the December quarter. Non-residential building work done is 1.3% higher in the December quarter, 4.1% higher than at the same time last year.

Value of construction work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures
	Dec 21	Sep 21 to Dec 21	Dec 20 to Dec 21
	$m	%	%
State/Territory
New South Wales	15,934.3	5.0	2.2
Victoria	14,060.9	-5.5	-1.6
Queensland	10,262.3	-2.6	2.4
South Australia	3,688.4	1.8	27.2
Western Australia	6,923.8	-2.4	1.0
Tasmania	907	-0.6	5.3
Northern Territory	778.1	12.0	19.6
Australian Capital Territory	944.2	17.5	7.6

a. Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2019-20.

Total construction work done fell in Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania, while all other states and territories rose.

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TABLE 01. Value of Construction Work Done, by Sector, Chain Volume Measures, Australia
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TABLE 02. Value of Construction Work Done, by Sector, Current Prices, Australia
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TABLE 03. Value of Building Work Done, by Sector, Chain Volume Measures, Australia
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TABLE 04. Value of Building Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories, Original
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TABLE 05. Value of Building Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories, Seasonally Adjusted
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TABLE 06. Value of Building Work Done, by Sector, Current Prices, Australia
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TABLE 08. Value of Construction Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories
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TABLE 09. Value of Construction Work Done, Current Prices, States and Territories, Original
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TABLE 10. Engineering Construction Work Done, by Type of Construction, Australia, Original
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Relative standard errors, building work done - Australia
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About this issue

This publication provides an early indication of trends in building and engineering construction activity. The data are preliminary estimates based on a response rate of approximately 75% of the value of construction 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. This places the data at increased risk of revision when results are updated in Engineering Construction Activity, Australia on 30 March 2022 and in Building Activity, Australia on 13 April 2022.

Mining projects tend to be complex in structure and comprise a number of different investment activities including exploration, engineering construction, plant and equipment and buildings. A feature article released in the March 2012 issue of Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia provides a summary of the conceptual basis of the relevant ABS publications that measure investment in Australia, using a hypothetical mining project to illustrate how this investment is reflected in ABS data.

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Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 8755.0.

Changes this release

Suspension of trend series

The trend series attempts to measure underlying behaviour in construction activity. This measurement will be significantly affected by changes to regular patterns in activity during this time, as the construction industry faces on-going uncertainty. If the trend estimates in this publication were to be calculated without fully accounting for this irregular event, they would likely provide a misleading view of underlying construction activity.

It may be some time before the underlying trend in construction activity can be accurately estimated. The trend series have therefore been suspended starting from June 2020. The trend series will be reinstated when more certainty emerges in the underlying trend.

Post release changes

24/02/2022 - following the release on 23/02/2022, there has been an update to Northern Territory seasonally adjusted Total Building and Total Construction data. This includes an update to the Northern Territory row of data in the table: Value of construction work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures. It also includes an update to time series workbook, Table 05. column AX, as well as time series workbook Table 08. column AI and column BA. No other data has been affected.

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Construction Work Done, Australia, Preliminary methodology, December 2021

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Value of construction work done

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

TABLE 02. Value of Construction Work Done, by Sector, Current Prices, Australia

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

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

TABLE 05. Value of Building Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories, Seasonally Adjusted

TABLE 06. Value of Building Work Done, by Sector, Current Prices, Australia

TABLE 07. Value of Building Work Done, by Sector, Current Prices, States and Territories, Original

TABLE 08. Value of Construction Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories

TABLE 09. Value of Construction Work Done, Current Prices, States and Territories, Original

TABLE 10. Engineering Construction Work Done, by Type of Construction, Australia, Original

TABLE 11. Engineering Construction Work Done, by Type of Construction, States and Territories, Original

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Relative standard errors, building work done - Australia

Relative standard errors, building work done - states and territories

Relative standard errors, total construction work done - states and territories

Relative standard errors, engineering construction work done - Australia

Relative standard errors, engineering construction work done - states and territories

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