8752.0 - Building Activity, Australia, Dec 2018 Quality Declaration 
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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES


VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

Dec qtr 18
Sep qtr 18 to Dec qtr 18
Dec qtr 17 to Dec qtr 18
$m
% change
% change

TREND ESTIMATES(a)

Value of work done
29 733.5
-1.4
1.3
New residential building
16 946.8
-2.0
1.7
Alterations and additions to residential building
2 266.1
-0.1
6.6
Non-residential building
10 524.6
-0.7
-0.5

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)

Value of work done
29 399.2
-2.6
0.8
New residential building
16 644.3
-4.0
1.6
Alterations and additions to residential building
2 222.0
-4.7
5.9
Non-residential building
10 532.9
-
-1.4

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Reference year for chain volume measures is 2016-17

Value of work done, Chain volume measures
Graph: Value of work done, Chain volume measures

Value of work done, Chain volume measures - Trend estimates
Graph: Value of work done, chain volume measures  Trend estimates


BUILDING WORK DONE
  • The trend estimate of the value of total building work done fell 1.4% in the December 2018 quarter.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building work done fell 2.6% to $29,399.2m following a a fall of 1.7% in the September 2018 quarter.


NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WORK DONE
  • The trend estimate of the value of new residential building work done fell 2.0% in the December quarter. The value of work done on new houses fell 2.6%, while new other residential building fell 1.2%.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of new residential building work done fell 4.0% to $16,644.3m. Work done on new houses fell 5.1% to $8,724.4m, while new other residential building fell 2.7% to $7,920.0m.


NON-RESIDENTIAL WORK DONE
  • The trend estimate of the value of non-residential building work done fell 0.7% in the December quarter.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of non-residential building work done in the quarter was flat following a fall of 2.2% in the September quarter.



DWELLING UNITS COMMENCED

Dec qtr 18
Sep qtr 17 to Dec qtr 18
Dec qtr 17 to Dec qtr 18
no.
% change
% change

TREND ESTIMATES

Total dwelling units commenced
49 094
-9.5
-14.4
New private sector houses
27 247
-5.8
-9.2
New private sector other residential building
20 811
-14.7
-20.4

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES

Total dwelling units commenced
46 706
-16.3
-16.0
New private sector houses
26 754
-8.0
-10.2
New private sector other residential building
18 738
-27.3
-23.6

Dwelling units commenced
Graph: Dwelling units commenced

Private dwellings commenced, Trend estimates
Graph: Private dwellings commenced Trend estimates



TOTAL DWELLINGS
  • The trend estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced fell 9.5% in the December quarter following a fall of 6.7% in the September quarter.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced fell 16.3% to 46,706 dwellings in the December quarter following a fall of 3.8% in the September quarter.


NEW PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES
  • The trend estimate for new private sector house commencements fell 5.8% in the December quarter following a fall of 4.4% in the September quarter.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for new private sector house commencements fell 8.0% to 26,754 dwellings in the December quarter following a fall of 4.2% in the September quarter.


NEW PRIVATE SECTOR OTHER RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
  • The trend estimate for new private sector other residential building commencements fell 14.7% in the December quarter following a fall of 9.5% in the September quarter.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for new private sector other residential building fell 27.3% to 18,738 dwellings in the December quarter following a fall of 4.5% in the September quarter.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
March 2019 10 July 2019
June 2019 9 October 2019



ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This publication updates the preliminary estimates released in Construction Work Done, Australia (cat. no. 8755.0) on 27 February 2019. The data in this publication are based on a response rate of approximately 90% 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 December quarter 2018 will be released in the next release of this publication, Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0) on 10 July 2019.


SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS THIS ISSUE

Compared to the estimate published in Building Activity, Australia September quarter 2018 (cat. no. 8752.0) released on 16 January 2019:
  • the total value of work done in Australia during the September quarter 2018 has been revised upwards by $368.5m or 1.1%.
  • the total value of work commenced in Australia during the September quarter 2018 has been revised upwards by $1,170.3m or 3.8%. This was driven by a 4.6% ($938.6m) revision to total residential commencements and a 2.3% ($231.7m) revision to non-residential commencements.
  • the number of dwelling unit commencements in the September quarter 2018 has been revised upwards by 2,491 dwellings or 4.4%.


CHANGES THIS ISSUE

This publication contains feature articles and associated data cubes relating to:
  • Characteristics of apartment building heights
  • Characteristics of new residential dwellings

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.

For the March Building Activity release each year, the ABS publishes revisions that have been made to Building Activity data prior to the December quarter. A feature article has been included in the December 2015 Building Activity, Australia (cat no. 8752.0) publication explaining potential sources of revisions in more detail.


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