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Quarterly changes to industries

Construction industries

Input to the house construction industry recorded no change this quarter, due to:

• Plumbing products (+2.1%).
• Other metal products (+0.3%).

• Other materials (-0.9%).
• Timber, board and joinery (-0.2%).

• Sydney (+0.6%), due to aluminium windows and doors and plastic pipework and fittings.
• Hobart (+0.9%), due to lime and ready mixed concrete.
• Offset by falls in Perth (-0.5%), due to electric cable and conduit and carpet and floor covering.
• Melbourne (-0.3%), due to aluminium windows and doors and timber doors.

• Other materials (+2.1%).
• Plumbing products (+3.0%).
• Other metal products (+0.9%).

• Victoria (+1.8%), due to easing bonus offers and increasing input costs.
• Queensland (+1.1%), due to increasing base prices.
• South Australia (+1.3%), due to pass through of supplier price rises.
• Over the last twelve months to December 2019 quarter House construction fell 0.5%.

• Queensland (+0.3%), due to material and labour pressures.
• Tasmania (+1.0%), due to rises in both materials and labour as there was limited availability in the market.
• Australian Capital Territory (+0.8%), due to good market conditions and increased material pressures.
• Over the last twelve months to December 2019 quarter Non-residential building construction rose 1.4%.

• Tasmania (+1.6%), due to increased demand for critical trades. The Hobart market remains strong allowing suppliers and builders to pass on costs.
• Australian Capital Territory (+0.8%), due to material and labour price pressures.
• South Australia (+0.2%), due to minor labour movements and resource availability.
• Over the last twelve months to December 2019 quarter Other residential building construction rose 1.6%.

• Class 3109 - Other heavy and civil engineering construction (+0.3%).
• Class 3101 - Road and bridge construction (+0.2%).
• Over the last twelve months to December 2019 quarter Other heavy and civil engineering construction rose 2.0% and Road and bridge construction rose 1.1%.
• Over the last twelve months to December 2019 quarter Subdivision 31 - Heavy and Civil engineering construction rose 1.8%.

• Over the last twelve months to December 2019 quarter Input to the coal mining industry rose 0.9%.

• Domestic, East coast market fell 4.4%, due to demand and global crude oil prices,
• Domestic, Western Australia fell 1.8%. due to strong supply and global crude oil prices
• Over the last twelve months to December 2019 quarter Gas extraction, Domestic fell 1.7%.

• Metal ore mining manufacturing (-5.1%), due to falling iron ore and nickel prices with increased international supply.
• Agriculture to manufacturing (-1.4%) , due to seasonal falls in farmgate milk prices. Drought conditions continued to impact supplies, holding prices higher.
• Basic chemical and chemical product manufacturing (-1.7%), due to falls in plastics with reduced demand as a result of the ongoing trade negotiations.
• Over the last twelve months to December 2019 quarter Input to the Manufacturing industries rose 3.7%.

• Meat processing (+5.9%), due to higher beef prices as a result of increased export demand.
• Petroleum refining and petroleum fuel manufacturing (+4.1%), due to oil production cuts and reduced trade tensions.
• Cured meat and smallgoods manufacturing (+5.8%), due to higher pork prices as a result of African Swine Fever reducing global supply.
• Over the last twelve months to December 2019 quarter Output of the Manufacturing industries rose 2.7%.

• Group 440 - Accommodation services (+9.3%), due to a seasonal increase in demand, with Victoria in particular experiencing higher prices.

• Group 461 - Road freight transport services (+0.8%), due to toll road increases and elevated fuel prices.
• Group 510 - Postal and courier pick-up and delivery services (+1.5%), due to annual price reviews.

• Group 661 - Motor vehicle and transport equipment rental and hiring (-5.0%), returning to previous levels after a very strong September quarter.
• Partly offsetting is Class 6712 - Non-residential property operators (+0.4%), due to continued strength in the Victorian and New South Wales office and industrial property markets.

• Group 692 - Architectural, engineering and technical services (+0.5%), due to rate reviews.
• Group 693 - Legal & accounting services (+0.2%), primarily driven by large accounting firms.

• Class 9520 - Funeral, crematorium and cemetery services (-2.1%), due to price pressures within the industry.
• Partly offsetting is Class 9511 - Hairdressing and beauty services (+0.5%), due to a rising input costs.