Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

	Sep qtr 08	Jun qtr 08 to Sep qtr 08	Sep qtr 07 to Sep qtr 08
	$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of Work Done	18 033.3	0.9	4.0
New residential building	8 874.4	1.2	3.8
Alterations and additions to residential building	1 633.1	0.1	2.4
Non-residential building	7 521.6	0.6	4.6
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of Work Done	17 878.8	-1.2	0.7
New residential building	8 843.6	0.2	2.8
Alterations and additions to residential building	1 628.7	-0.7	2.3
Non-residential building	7 406.6	-3.0	-1.9
(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 rose 0.9% in the September 2008 quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted September quarter estimate of the value of total building work done fell 1.2%, to $17,878.8m, following a rise of 2.5% in the June 2008 quarter.

• The trend estimate of the value of new residential building work rose 1.2% in the latest quarter, with new houses rising 0.5% and new other residential building rising 2.8%. Alterations and additions to residential building rose 0.1%.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of new residential work done rose 0.2%, to $8,843.6m. Work done on new houses fell 1.6% to $6,160.5m, while new other residential building rose 4.7%, to $2,683.1m. Alterations and additions fell 0.7%, to $1,628.7m.

• The trend estimate of the value of non-residential building work done in the quarter rose 0.6% in September. This follows a rise of 0.2% in June.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of non-residential building work done in the quarter fell 3.0% in September, following a rise of 3.4% in June.