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VALUE OF WORK DONE VOLUME TERMS MAR QTR 2012


SUMMARY COMMENTS

• In the March quarter 2012, the seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building work done rose in South Australia (1.6%), the Northern Territory (1.5%) and Western Australia (0.7%) while the Australian Capital Territory was flat. All other states and territories fell with Tasmania (-14.6%) and New South Wales (-10.9%) experiencing the largest falls.
• The original estimate of total building work done fell in all states and territories with Tasmania (-22.9%) and New South Wales (-20.3%) recording the largest falls.

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Original(a)
Value of work done
	New residential building ($m)	1 808.3	2 877.5	1 532.7	475.8	1 290.3	134.9	87.3	289.2	8 496.0
	Alterations and additions to residential building ($m)	423.1	470.6	290.8	95.5	149.5	37.0	11.6	30.4	1 508.5
	Non-residential building ($m)	1 375.5	1 669.0	1 499.8	545.6	1 427.6	84.5	145.7	251.1	6 998.8
	Total building ($m)	3 606.9	5 017.1	3 323.3	1 116.9	2 867.4	256.3	244.6	570.7	17 003.3
Percentage change
	New residential building (%)	-12.5	-13.8	-6.7	-16.8	-9.6	-13.1	-12.3	-8.4	-11.7
	Alterations and additions to residential building (%)	-25.9	-21.5	-22.6	-18.5	-25.6	-14.5	-51.4	-22.9	-23.5
	Non-residential building (%)	-27.2	-19.5	-21.4	-3.4	1.3	-37.0	-12.0	-16.2	-17.1
	Total building (%)	-20.3	-16.6	-15.4	-10.9	-5.6	-22.9	-15.4	-12.9	-15.1
Seasonally Adjusted(a)
Value of work done
	New residential building(b) ($m)	1 943.0	3 254.3	1 668.7	520.5	1 351.7	142.1	100.3	322.4	9 286.2
	Alterations and additions to residential building(b) ($m)	486.3	530.7	343.0	108.1	150.2	39.8	15.5	35.2	1 710.2
	Non-residential building(c) ($m)	1 450.6	1 890.2	1 669.6	582.3	1 502.8	90.0	159.0	280.0	7 697.4
	Total building ($m)	3 880.0	5 675.2	3 681.3	1 211.0	3 004.7	271.9	274.8	637.6	18 693.8
Percentage change
	New residential building (%)	-4.6	-0.3	6.0	-5.2	-5.1	-6.8	2.9	3.0	-1.2
	Alterations and additions to residential building (%)	-6.6	-4.2	4.0	0.4	-23.0	-3.8	-22.5	-5.7	-5.5
	Non-residential building (%)	-19.3	-3.7	-6.7	8.8	10.0	-27.8	3.8	-2.5	-4.1
	Total building (%)	-10.9	-1.9	-0.3	1.6	0.7	-14.6	1.5	-	-2.8
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Reference year for chain volume measures is 2009-10. Refer to paragraphs 31-35 of the Explanatory Notes.
(b) Source electronic table no. 4 (see Appendix)
(c) Source electronic table no. 2 (see Appendix)