Australian Bureau of Statistics releases revised estimates for quarter ended in September, with trend estimate for value of total building work up 0.9% from previous quarter to AU$21B; value of new residential building work up 0.4% to AU$10.6B
BELCONNEN, Australian Capital Territory
,
January 16, 2014
(press release)
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Sep qtr 13 |
Jun qtr 13 to Sep qtr 13 |
Sep qtr 12 to Sep qtr 13 |
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$m |
% change |
% change |
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TREND ESTIMATES(a) |
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| Value of work done |
21 018.6 |
0.9 |
3.9 |
| New residential building |
10 565.2 |
0.4 |
4.7 |
| Alterations and additions to residential building |
1 727.1 |
-0.2 |
-2.3 |
| Non-residential building |
8 719.4 |
1.5 |
4.2 |
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SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a) |
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| Value of work done |
21 124.3 |
1.6 |
5.4 |
| New residential building |
10 602.2 |
1.3 |
5.3 |
| Alterations and additions to residential building |
1 714.0 |
-3.3 |
-2.9 |
| Non-residential building |
8 808.1 |
3.0 |
7.3 |
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| (a) Reference year for chain volume measures is 2011-12. |
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Value of work done, Chain volume measures
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Value of work done, Chain volume measures
-Trend estimates
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BUILDING WORK DONE
- The trend estimate of the value of total building work done rose 0.9% in the September 2013 quarter.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building work done rose 1.6% to $21,124.3m in the September quarter, following a rise of 1.2% in the June 2013 quarter.
NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WORK DONE
- The trend estimate of the value of new residential building work done rose 0.4% in the September quarter. The value of work done on new houses fell 1.7%, while new other residential building rose 3.7%.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of new residential building work done rose 1.3% to $10,602.2m. Work done on new houses fell 0.4% to $6,336.3m, while new other residential building rose 3.8% to $4,265.9m.
NON-RESIDENTIAL WORK DONE
- The trend estimate of the value of non-residential building work done rose 1.5% in the September quarter.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of non-residential building work done in the quarter rose 3.0%, following a rise of 1.8% in the June 2013 quarter.
DWELLING UNITS COMMENCED
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Sep qtr 13
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Jun qtr 13 to Sep qtr 13
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Sep qtr 12 to Sep qtr 13
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no.
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% change
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% change
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TREND ESTIMATES
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| Total dwelling units commenced |
40 603
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-0.6
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4.9
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| New private sector houses |
23 651
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1.9
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6.2
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| New private sector other residential building |
15 696
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-3.4
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2.2
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SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
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| Total dwelling units commenced |
40 331
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-2.0
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2.6
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| New private sector houses |
23 734
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0.9
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5.1
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| New private sector other residential building |
15 277
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-7.6
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-0.4
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Dwelling units commenced
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Private dwellings commenced, Trend estimates
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TOTAL DWELLINGS
- The trend estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced fell 0.6% in the September 2013 quarter following a fall of 0.2% in the June quarter.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced fell 2.0% to 40,331 dwellings in the September quarter following a rise of 1.8% in the June quarter.
NEW PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES
- The trend estimate for new private sector house commencements rose 1.9% in the September quarter following a rise of 1.4% in the June quarter.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate for new private sector house commencements rose 0.9% to 23,734 dwellings in the September quarter following a rise of 6.1% in the June quarter.
NEW PRIVATE SECTOR OTHER RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
- The trend estimate for new private sector other residential building commencements fell 3.4% in the September quarter following a fall of 1.9% in the June quarter.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate for new private sector other residential building fell 7.6% to 15,277 dwellings in the September quarter following a fall of 0.2% in the June quarter.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
December 2013 16 April 2014
March 2014 16 July 2014
ABOUT THIS ISSUE
This publication updates the preliminary estimates released in Construction Work Done, Australia (cat. no. 8755.0) on 27 November 2013. The data in this publication are based on a response rate of approximately 91% of the value of building work done during the quarter. The data are subject to revision when returns from the following quarter are processed. Final data for the September quarter 2013 will be released in the next release of this publication, Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0) on 16 April 2014.
CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE
A readily printable (PDF) publication is no longer released for this issue. Headline data items are presented in HTML format. Data series in the Time Series Spreadsheets are maintained and produced to the same timetable currently in place for this release.
SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS THIS ISSUE
- Compared to the estimate published in Building Activity, Australia, June quarter 2013 (cat. no. 8752.0) released on 11 October 2013:
- the total value of work done in Australia during June quarter 2013 has been revised upwards by $261.5m or 1.3%.
- the total value of work commenced in Australia during June quarter 2013 has been revised upwards by $1,575.6m or 8.0%. This was driven by revisions to non-residential commencements ($1,156.1m).
- the number of dwelling unit commencements in the June quarter 2013 has been revised upwards by 1189 dwellings or 3.0%.
DATA NOTE
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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