8755.0 - Construction Work Done, Australia, Preliminary, Dec 2013  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 26/02/2014   
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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

Dec qtr 13
Sep qtr 13 to Dec qtr 13
Dec qtr 12 to Dec qtr 13
$m
% change
% change

TREND ESTIMATES(a)

Value of work done
Building
20 958.5
0.2
2.7
Residential
12 182.1
-0.3
0.9
Non-residential
8 769.5
0.9
5.1
Engineering
32 448.2
1.3
1.1
Total construction
53 431.3
0.9
1.8

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)

Value of work done
Building
20 777.8
-1.6
0.3
Residential
12 093.7
-1.7
-1.0
Non-residential
8 684.2
-1.5
2.2
Engineering
32 323.2
-0.5
0.1
Total construction
53 101.1
-1.0
0.2

(a) Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2011-12.

Value of construction work done, Chain Volume Measures - Trend estimates
Graph: Value of construction work done, Chain Volume Measures—Trend estimates

Value of building work done, Chain Volume Measures - Trend estimates
Graph: Value of building work done, Chain Volume Measures—Trend estimates




DECEMBER KEY POINTS


VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

TOTAL CONSTRUCTION
  • The trend estimate for total construction work done rose 0.9% in the December quarter 2013.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for total construction work done fell 1.0%, to $53,101.1m, in the December quarter.


BUILDING WORK DONE
  • The trend estimate for total building work done rose 0.2% in the December quarter.
  • The trend estimate for non-residential building work done rose 0.9% in the December quarter.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate of total building work done fell 1.6%, to $20,777.8m, in the December quarter.


ENGINEERING WORK DONE
  • The trend estimate for engineering work done rose 1.3% in the December quarter.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for engineering work done fell 0.5%, to $32,323.2m, in the December quarter.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
March 2014 28 May 2014
June 2014 27 August 2014
September 2014 26 November 2014
December 2014 25 February 2015



ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This publication provides an early indication of trends in building and engineering construction activity. The data are estimates based on a response rate of approximately 85% of the value of both building and engineering work done during the quarter. More comprehensive and updated results will be released in Engineering Construction Activity, Australia (cat.no. 8762.0) on 02 April 2014 and in Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0) on 16 April 2014.


DATA NOTES

As a result of changes to production processes, some time series identifiers will be changing. The content and nature of these series will not be affected.

The following publications will be affected:
To assist in accommodating these changes, Excel spreadsheets showing the old and new time series identifiers for each affected series are included under the downloads tab.

Please note the dates on which these changes take effect, as detailed above.

Trend estimates should be used with caution due to the volatility caused by large engineering projects. For more details on trend estimates, please see paragraphs 24 to 26 of the explanatory notes.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.