Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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MARCH KEY FIGURES

	Mar qtr 09	Dec qtr 08 to Mar qtr 09	Mar qtr 08 to Mar qtr 09
	$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of Work Done	17 797.4	-1.7	-0.3
New residential building	8 483.7	-2.9	-2.4
Alterations and additions to residential building	1 566.4	-2.1	-4.1
Non-residential building	7 749.2	-0.3	2.9
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of Work Done	17 491.9	-4.7	-1.7
New residential building	8 268.9	-7.0	-4.8
Alterations and additions to residential building	1 551.8	-3.2	-4.9
Non-residential building	7 671.2	-2.5	2.6
(a) Chain volume measures, reference year 2006-07.

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 fell 1.7% in the March 2009 quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted March quarter estimate of the value of total building work done fell 4.7%, to $17,491.9m, following a rise of 0.4% in the December 2008 quarter.

• The trend estimate of the value of new residential building work fell 2.9% in the latest quarter, with new houses falling 3.9% and new other residential building falling 0.6%. Alterations and additions to residential building fell 2.1%.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of new residential work done fell 7.0% to $8,268.9m. Work done on new houses fell 9.0% to $5,631.1m, while new other residential building fell 2.5% to $2,637.8m. Alterations and additions fell 3.2% to $1,551.8m.

• The trend estimate of the value of non-residential building work done in the quarter fell 0.3% in March. This follows a rise of 0.2% in December.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of non-residential building work done in the quarter fell 2.5% in March, following a rise of 2.0% in December.