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JUNE KEY FIGURES

	Jun qtr 13	Mar qtr 13 to Jun qtr 13	Jun qtr 12 to Jun qtr 13
	$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done	20 450.9	0.2	2.1
New residential building	10 371.6	0.3	5.7
Alterations and additions to residential building	1 698.3	-0.3	-4.6
Non-residential building	8 379.7	0.2	-0.6
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done	20 353.0	-0.2	2.0
New residential building	10 284.6	-0.7	5.9
Alterations and additions to residential building	1 725.7	4.0	-2.5
Non-residential building	8 342.7	-0.3	-1.6
(a) Reference year for chain volume measures is 2010-11.

Value of work done, Chain volume measures

Value of work done, Chain volume measures - Trend estimates

• The trend estimate of the value of total building work done rose 0.2% in the June 2013 quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total building work done fell 0.2% to $20,353.0m in the June quarter, following a fall of 0.6% in the March quarter.

• The trend estimate of the value of new residential building work done rose 0.3% in the June quarter. The value of work done on new houses fell 1.4% while new other residential building rose 3.2%.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of new residential building work done fell 0.7% to $10,284.6m. Work done on new houses fell 2.8% to $6,262.5m, while new other residential building rose 2.7% to $4,022.2m.

• The trend estimate of the value of non-residential building work done rose 0.2% in the June quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of non-residential building work done in the quarter fell 0.3%, following a fall of 0.7% in the March 2013 quarter.

	Jun qtr 13	Mar qtr 13 to Jun qtr 13	Jun qtr 12 to Jun qtr 13
	no.	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES
Total dwelling units commenced	40 523	-0.2	10.9
New private sector houses	22 992	0.7	5.3
New private sector other residential building	16 113	-1.0	15.9
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Total dwelling units commenced	40 242	-	9.8
New private sector houses	23 407	5.7	8.9
New private sector other residential building	15 737	-3.7	9.3
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Dwelling units commenced

Private dwellings commenced, Trend estimates

• The trend estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced fell 0.2% in the June 2013 quarter following a rise of 0.9% in the March quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the total number of dwelling units commenced was essentially unchanged from March at 40,242 dwellings in the June quarter following a fall of 2.4% in the March quarter.

• The trend estimate for new private sector house commencements rose 0.7% in the June quarter following a fall of rise of 0.8% in the March quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for new private sector house commencements rose 5.7% to 23,407 dwellings in the June quarter following a fall of 4.1% in the March quarter.

• The trend estimate for new private sector other residential building commencements fell 1.0% in the June quarter following a rise of 0.5% in the March quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for new private sector other residential building fell 3.7% to 15,737 dwellings in the June quarter following a fall of 1.6% in the March quarter.

• the total value of work done in Australia during March quarter 2013 has been revised upwards by $217.1m or 1.2%.
• the total value of work commenced in Australia during March quarter 2013 has been revised upwards by $1,045.9m or 6.0%. This was driven by revisions to non-residential commencements ($546.4m) and new other residential commencements ($486.0m).
• the number of dwelling unit commencements in the March quarter 2013 has been revised upwards by 1569 dwellings or 4.5%.