Building Activity, Australia

Latest release

Provides estimates of value of building work and number of dwellings commenced, completed, under construction and in the pipeline

Reference period

December 2023

Released

10/04/2024

Key statistics

In seasonally adjusted terms:

Total dwelling commencements rose 1.3% to 38,397 dwellings.
New private sector house commencements rose 3.0% to 23,597 dwellings.
New private sector other residential commencements fell 2.7% to 13,738 dwellings.
The value of total building work done fell 1.0% to $34.2b.

Number of dwellings commenced

Number of dwellings commenced, seasonally adjusted
	Dec qtr 23 no.	Sep qtr 23 to Dec qtr 23 % change	Dec qtr 22 to Dec qtr 23 % change
New private sector houses	23,597	3.0	-14.9
New private sector other residential	13,738	-2.7	11.4
Total sector total dwellings	38,397	1.3	-6.4

Number of dwellings commenced, trend
	Dec qtr 23 no.	Sep qtr 23 to Dec qtr 23 % change	Dec qtr 22 to Dec qtr 23 % change
New private sector houses	22,862	-4.0	-18.4
New private sector other residential	13,367	-8.9	-9.2
Total sector total dwellings	37,207	-5.7	-15.0

Dwellings commenced
	Trend	Seasonally adjusted
Dec-15	58,984	57,624
Mar-16	59,326	62,064
Jun-16	58,957	57,537
Sep-16	57,448	56,529
Dec-16	55,566	58,200
Mar-17	54,445	52,012
Jun-17	53,883	54,212
Sep-17	54,364	55,236
Dec-17	55,507	54,755
Mar-18	56,567	62,278
Jun-18	56,740	57,285
Sep-18	54,361	56,076
Dec-18	50,348	48,727
Mar-19	46,487	45,814
Jun-19	44,038	45,704
Sep-19	42,933	41,415
Dec-19	42,417	42,770
Mar-20	41,893	46,791
Jun-20	42,458	42,358
Sep-20	44,791	42,081
Dec-20	48,829	51,515
Mar-21	53,170	52,643
Jun-21	55,789	67,206
Sep-21	55,641	57,633
Dec-21	53,572	53,005
Mar-22	50,265	49,238
Jun-22	46,740	47,673
Sep-22	44,611	44,861
Dec-22	43,751	41,035
Mar-23	43,042	46,053
Jun-23	41,624	41,482
Sep-23	39,469	37,904
Dec-23	37,207	38,397

Dwellings commenced

["","Trend","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Private dwellings commenced, seasonally adjusted
	New other residential	New houses
Dec-15	28,274	28,122
Mar-16	32,719	28,030
Jun-16	25,939	29,772
Sep-16	25,886	29,579
Dec-16	27,904	28,871
Mar-17	24,617	26,176
Jun-17	24,300	28,671
Sep-17	25,152	28,876
Dec-17	23,402	30,059
Mar-18	30,568	30,554
Jun-18	26,065	30,596
Sep-18	25,567	29,599
Dec-18	19,887	27,646
Mar-19	17,426	27,789
Jun-19	18,804	25,961
Sep-19	15,321	25,152
Dec-19	17,138	24,945
Mar-20	20,715	25,308
Jun-20	15,646	25,637
Sep-20	14,090	27,005
Dec-20	16,479	33,851
Mar-21	16,011	35,491
Jun-21	23,373	42,595
Sep-21	20,638	35,838
Dec-21	18,257	33,547
Mar-22	17,190	30,502
Jun-22	16,243	30,261
Sep-22	14,739	29,186
Dec-22	12,336	27,724
Mar-23	18,040	26,886
Jun-23	15,223	25,234
Sep-23	14,121	22,912
Dec-23	13,738	23,597

Private dwellings commenced, seasonally adjusted

["","New other residential","New houses"]

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The total number of dwelling units commenced in Australia rose 1.3% to 38,397 dwellings in the December quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. Private sector houses drove the increase, rising 3.0% to 23,597 dwellings and follows a fall of 14.9% since December 2022. Private sector other residential houses commencements fell 2.7% to 13,738 dwellings, following a fall of 7.2% in the September quarter and are up 11.4% through the year.

Dwellings under construction, original
	Total dwellings
Dec-15	202,850
Mar-16	221,442
Jun-16	219,563
Sep-16	225,469
Dec-16	220,100
Mar-17	219,357
Jun-17	217,966
Sep-17	221,207
Dec-17	220,111
Mar-18	230,841
Jun-18	229,690
Sep-18	228,772
Dec-18	218,489
Mar-19	216,194
Jun-19	207,739
Sep-19	201,359
Dec-19	188,436
Mar-20	190,802
Jun-20	185,286
Sep-20	183,709
Dec-20	186,334
Mar-21	195,201
Jun-21	214,310
Sep-21	227,507
Dec-21	233,274
Mar-22	240,156
Jun-22	243,078
Sep-22	243,456
Dec-22	237,684
Mar-23	241,091
Jun-23	238,674
Sep-23	233,818
Dec-23	226,035

Dwellings under construction, original

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Dwellings under construction fell 3.3% to 226,035 dwellings in the December quarter. New houses accounted for 89,490 of the dwellings under construction.

Number of dwellings completed

Number of dwellings completed, seasonally adjusted
	Dec qtr 23 no.	Sep qtr 23 to Dec qtr 23 % change	Dec qtr 22 to Dec qtr 23 % change
New private sector houses	29,830	4.5	12.3
New private sector other residential	12,116	-15.2	-25.3
Total sector total dwellings	43,332	-1.0	-1.3

Number of dwellings completed, trend
	Dec qtr 23 no.	Sep qtr 23 to Dec qtr 23 % change	Dec qtr 22 to Dec qtr 23 % change
New private sector houses	29,457	3.3	7.9
New private sector other residential	12,389	-6.3	-22.0
Total sector total dwellings	43,068	0.6	-2.4

Total dwellings completed
	Seasonally Adjusted	Trend
Dec-15	48,636	48,383
Mar-16	45,533	49,385
Jun-16	57,031	51,888
Sep-16	50,861	55,064
Dec-16	58,788	56,576
Mar-17	56,883	55,909
Jun-17	52,712	54,297
Sep-17	52,706	52,233
Dec-17	51,782	52,206
Mar-18	53,544	53,687
Jun-18	55,104	55,267
Sep-18	57,146	55,679
Dec-18	53,685	54,636
Mar-19	52,398	52,499
Jun-19	51,615	50,747
Sep-19	47,853	49,781
Dec-19	50,701	48,878
Mar-20	47,121	47,616
Jun-20	46,057	45,915
Sep-20	44,164	44,611
Dec-20	44,543	44,775
Mar-21	45,817	45,346
Jun-21	45,822	45,570
Sep-21	44,472	44,407
Dec-21	43,097	42,558
Mar-22	42,984	41,562
Jun-22	42,261	41,975
Sep-22	43,848	43,470
Dec-22	43,901	44,119
Mar-23	44,891	43,496
Jun-23	40,725	42,884
Sep-23	43,777	42,820
Dec-23	43,332	43,068

Total dwellings completed

["","Seasonally Adjusted","Trend"]

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Private dwellings completed, seasonally adjusted
	New houses	New other residential
Dec-15	29,911	17,347
Mar-16	26,517	17,664
Jun-16	30,759	25,179
Sep-16	27,248	22,425
Dec-16	28,232	28,108
Mar-17	28,140	27,585
Jun-17	27,911	23,774
Sep-17	27,405	24,053
Dec-17	27,586	22,814
Mar-18	27,727	24,523
Jun-18	28,925	25,280
Sep-18	32,947	23,201
Dec-18	29,500	22,910
Mar-19	30,068	21,578
Jun-19	27,733	22,683
Sep-19	25,738	20,989
Dec-19	25,742	24,289
Mar-20	26,508	19,855
Jun-20	26,157	18,976
Sep-20	24,826	18,563
Dec-20	25,857	17,782
Mar-21	25,403	19,377
Jun-21	27,123	17,589
Sep-21	27,967	15,616
Dec-21	27,908	14,135
Mar-22	30,647	11,701
Jun-22	28,302	13,198
Sep-22	28,183	14,699
Dec-22	26,561	16,221
Mar-23	27,626	16,639
Jun-23	27,072	12,569
Sep-23	28,544	14,294
Dec-23	29,830	12,116

Private dwellings completed, seasonally adjusted

["","New houses","New other residential"]

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The total number of dwelling units completed in Australia fell 1.0% to 43,332 dwellings in the December quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. Private sector other residential buildings drove the decline, falling 15.2% to 12,116 dwellings and are 25.3% lower for the year. Private sector new house completions rose 4.5% to 29,830 dwellings, and are up 12.3% for the year.

Value of work done

Value of work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures (a)
	Dec qtr 23 $m	Sep qtr 23 to Dec qtr 23 % change	Dec qtr 22 to Dec qtr 23 % change
New residential building	16,915.6	-4.4	-1.5
Alterations and additions to residential building	2,739.1	-8.1	-7.4
Non-residential building	14,568.0	4.9	12.0
Total value of work done	34,222.7	-1.0	3.3

Value of work done, trend chain volume measures (a)
	Dec qtr 23 $m	Sep qtr 23 to Dec qtr 23 % change	Dec qtr 22 to Dec qtr 23 % change
New residential building	17,268.5	-0.8	1.9
Alterations and additions to residential building	2,816.3	-2.6	-4.7
Non-residential building	14,371.7	1.8	7.7
Total value of work done	34,469.4	0.2	3.7

(a) Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2021-2022

Value of work done, total building, chain volume measures
	Trend ($m)	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Dec-15	31,808.3	31,889.6
Mar-16	32,457.9	32,300.5
Jun-16	32,706.5	33,284.5
Sep-16	32,731.8	32,086.5
Dec-16	32,712.7	33,036.4
Mar-17	32,798.6	32,783.3
Jun-17	33,072.6	32,948
Sep-17	33,409.3	33,426.5
Dec-17	34,016.4	34,057.3
Mar-18	34,596	34,455.8
Jun-18	34,974.6	35,257.1
Sep-18	35,189.2	34,956.3
Dec-18	35,013.6	35,061.7
Mar-19	34,602	34,990.9
Jun-19	34,111.8	33,454.1
Sep-19	33,729.5	34,192.5
Dec-19	33,490.8	33,181.6
Mar-20	33,126.9	33,465.7
Jun-20	32,627.8	32,530.2
Sep-20	32,396	32,205.8
Dec-20	32,565.9	32,614.7
Mar-21	33,081.6	32,997.4
Jun-21	33,443.8	33,711.2
Sep-21	33,609.7	33,476.4
Dec-21	33,459	33,374.1
Mar-22	33,160.2	33,592
Jun-22	32,943.9	32,367.6
Sep-22	32,929	33,237.3
Dec-22	33,248.3	33,141.9
Mar-23	33,795.8	33,699.8
Jun-23	34,179.4	34,340.7
Sep-23	34,417.4	34,572.2
Dec-23	34,469.4	34,222.7

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Value of work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures
	New residential ($m)	Non-residential ($m)
Dec-15	18,632.2	10,718.5
Mar-16	19,377	10,428.7
Jun-16	19,736.8	10,928.2
Sep-16	19,460.3	10,039
Dec-16	20,064.5	10,287.8
Mar-17	19,283.6	10,951.4
Jun-17	19,183.9	11,082.7
Sep-17	19,463.5	11,529.6
Dec-17	19,459.7	12,085.3
Mar-18	19,879.9	11,946.3
Jun-18	20,600.3	12,016.8
Sep-18	20,345.2	11,893.6
Dec-18	20,176.4	12,203.2
Mar-19	19,568.2	12,820.9
Jun-19	18,798.6	12,091.7
Sep-19	18,495.1	13,078.1
Dec-19	17,600.9	12,898.5
Mar-20	17,378.3	13,328.2
Jun-20	16,830.1	13,090.1
Sep-20	16,725.5	12,709.6
Dec-20	17,366.3	12,317.5
Mar-21	17,562.8	12,265.5
Jun-21	17,852.4	12,743
Sep-21	17,572.4	12,669.5
Dec-21	17,381.5	12,803.9
Mar-22	17,588.5	12,846.9
Jun-22	16,384.3	12,872.2
Sep-22	16,803.6	13,490.1
Dec-22	17,174.8	13,009.3
Mar-23	17,058.5	13,652.3
Jun-23	17,517.1	13,924.4
Sep-23	17,696.3	13,894.1
Dec-23	16,915.6	14,568

Value of work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures

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The value of total building work done fell 1.0% to $34.2b in the December quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The decrease was driven by new residential building, which decreased by 4.4% to $16.9b and follows an increase of 1.0% in the September quarter. Work done on non-residential building rose 4.9% to $14.6b and is 12.0% higher for the year. Work done on alterations and additions to residential buildings fell 8.1% to $2.7b.

This release includes updated data on the average cost and average floor area for new residential dwellings in the Data downloads section. For more information, please refer to the Article archive section.

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TABLE 01. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 02. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 03. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 04. Value of Residential Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 05. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 06. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 07. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 08. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 09. Value of Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures
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TABLE 10. Value of Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures: Original
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TABLE 11. Value of Building Work Commenced, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures: Original
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TABLE 12. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 13. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, New South Wales
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TABLE 14. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Victoria
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TABLE 15. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Queensland
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TABLE 16. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, South Australia
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TABLE 17. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Western Australia
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TABLE 18. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Tasmania
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TABLE 19. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Northern Territory
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TABLE 20. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australian Capital Territory
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TABLE 21. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 22. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, New South Wales
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TABLE 23. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Victoria
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TABLE 24. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Queensland
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TABLE 25. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, South Australia
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TABLE 26. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Western Australia
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TABLE 27. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Tasmania
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TABLE 28. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Northern Territory
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TABLE 29. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australian Capital Territory
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TABLE 30. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 31. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 32. Value of Total Building Work Done, States and Territories
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TABLE 33. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 34. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, States and Territories
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TABLE 35. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements, States and Territories
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TABLE 36. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 37. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 38. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, States and Territories
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TABLE 39. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 40. Value of Building Work by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 41. Value of Building Work by Sector, New South Wales: Original
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TABLE 42. Value of Building Work by Sector, Victoria: Original
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TABLE 43. Value of Building Work by Sector, Queensland: Original
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TABLE 44. Value of Building Work by Sector, South Australia: Original
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TABLE 45. Value of Building Work by Sector, Western Australia: Original
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TABLE 46. Value of Building Work by Sector, Tasmania: Original
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TABLE 47. Value of Building Work by Sector, Northern Territory: Original
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TABLE 48. Value of Building Work by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original
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TABLE 49. Value of Building Work Under Construction, by Sector, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 50. Value of Building Work Yet to be Done, by Sector, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 51. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 52. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, New South Wales: Original
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TABLE 53. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Victoria: Original
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TABLE 54. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Queensland: Original
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TABLE 55. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, South Australia: Original
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TABLE 56. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Western Australia: Original
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TABLE 57. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Tasmania: Original
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TABLE 58. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Northern Territory: Original
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TABLE 59. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original
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TABLE 60. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 61. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, New South Wales: Original
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TABLE 62. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Victoria: Original
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TABLE 63. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Queensland: Original
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TABLE 64. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, South Australia: Original
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TABLE 65. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Western Australia: Original
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TABLE 66. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Tasmania: Original
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TABLE 67. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Northern Territory: Original
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TABLE 68. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original
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TABLE 69. Value of Non-residential Building Work Under Construction, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 70. Value of Non-residential Building Work Under Construction, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 71. Value of Non-residential Building Work Completed, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 72. Value of Non-residential Building Work Completed, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 73. Value of Non-residential Building Work Yet to be Done, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 74. Value of Non-residential Building Work Yet to be Done, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 75. Value of Building Work Completed by Sector, Australia
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TABLE 76. Number of Dwelling Units Under Construction, by Sector, Australia: Original
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TABLE 77. Number of Dwelling Units Under Construction, by Sector, States and Territories: Original
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TABLE 78. Value of Work in the Pipeline, Current Prices, Original, Australia
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TABLE 79. Value of Work in the Pipeline, States and Territories, Current Prices, Original
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TABLE 80. Number of Dwellings Approved but Not Yet Commenced at End of Quarter, States and Territories, Original
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File contents

The Building Activity: Australia data cube contains original current price data at finer levels of building type than is available in the time series spreadsheets.

The Building Activity: Australia pivot table contains the following data items
Data item	Classification
State/Territory	All States and Territories
Reference quarter	Quarterly (September 2001 to current)
Sector of ownership	Private, Public, Total
Type of building	Houses
	Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses - One storey
	Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses - Two or more storeys
	Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses - Total
	Apartments - In a one or two storey block
	Apartments - In a three storey block
	Apartments - In a four to eight storey block
	Apartments - Nine or more storeys
	Apartments - Total including those attached to a house
	Total other residential
	Total residential
	Retail and wholesale trade buildings
	Transport buildings
	Offices
	Commercial buildings n.e.c
	Commercial buildings - Total
	Factories and other secondary production buildings
	Warehouses
	Agricultural and aquacultural buildings
	Other industrial buildings n.e.c.
	Industrial buildings - Total
	Education buildings
	Religious buildings
	Aged care facilities
	Health buildings
	Entertainment and recreation buildings
	Short term accommodation buildings
	Other non-residential n.e.c.
	Other non-residential - Total
	Total non-residential
	Dwellings excluding new residential
	Dwellings excluding houses
	Total
Type of work	New
	Total alterations and additions (incl. refurbishment and conversion)
	Total
Data items	Value of work done during quarter ($m)
	Value of work yet to be done ($m)
	Value of work in pipeline ($m)
	Value of work not yet commenced ($m)
	Value of work commenced ($m)
	Value of work completed ($m)
	Value of work under construction ($m)
	Dwelling units not yet commenced (no.)
	Dwelling units commenced (no.)
	Dwelling units completed (no.)
	Dwelling units under construction (no.)

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Relative standard errors, value by sector, stage and type of construction; state and Australia
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Relative standard errors, dwellings by sector, stage and type of construction; state and Australia
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Relative standard errors; non-residential building by sector and stage of construction, state and Australia
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Relative standard errors; value of work in pipeline; state and Australia
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Building activity: validation table for data cube
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Data items available by Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS)
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Building activity: Australia
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Building Activity Average Cost
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Building Activity Average Floor Area
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Data Explorer datasets

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Building Activity by state - value of building work and number of dwellings commenced, completed, under construction and in the pipeline.

About this issue

This publication updates the preliminary estimates released in Construction Work Done, Australia. The data in this publication are based on a response rate of approximately 85% of the value of building work done during the quarter, which is lower than the long term response rate average. The data are subject to revision when returns from the following quarter are processed. Final data for the December 2023 quarter will be released in the next release of this publication, Building Activity, Australia on 17 July 2024.

Several time series spreadsheets contain 'np' (not available for publication) annotations from the September quarter 2012 onwards. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.

Enquiries

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Changes this release

Revisions

Compared to the estimate published in Building Activity, Australia September 2023 released on 17 January 2024:

the total value of work done in Australia during the September 2023 quarter has been revised upwards by $192.9m or 0.5% (original, current price).
the total value of work commenced in Australia during the September 2023 quarter has been revised upwards $2.3b or 6.5% (original, current price). This was driven by an upwards revision to non-residential commencements of $1.6b (+12%). Total residential commencements were revised up $635m or 3.0%.
the number of dwelling unit commencements in the September 2023 quarter has been revised upwards by 933 dwellings or 2.4% (original).

Article archive

The following data cubes provide additional insights into Building Activity and are updated annually. Refer to the Data Downloads section of the relevant Building Activity release.

June quarter:

Building Activity Average Dwelling Commencement Times
Building Activity Average Dwelling Completion times
Building Activity Abandonment Rates for New Dwellings

December quarter:

Building Activity Average Cost
Building Activity Average Floor Area

Building a New Home: Construction Cost Changes, June quarter 2020

Small Area Dwelling Completions, June quarter 2020

Telling storeys - Apartment building heights, December quarter 2019

Characteristics of new residential dwellings - A 15 year summary, December quarter 2019

Abandonment rates for new dwellings, June quarter 2019

Average dwelling commencement times, June quarter 2019

Average dwelling completion times, June quarter 2019

Revisions to building activity statistics, December quarter 2015

Average floor area of new residential dwellings, June quarter 2013

A twenty year history of the cost of building a new house, December quarter 2008

Additional Building and Construction feature articles can be found in Feature Articles by Catalogue Number

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 8752.0.

Methodology

Scope

Building activity in Australia on approved work greater than $10,000, including:

new building construction
alterations and additions to existing buildings
non-structural renovation and refurbishment
installation of integral building fixtures

Geography

Data available for:

Australia
States and territories
select series at Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA).

Source

Building Activity Survey.

The survey sample is selected from approved building jobs notified to the ABS Building Approvals, Australia collection.

Collection method

Survey responses from builders and other individuals and organisations engaged in building activity, compiled from:

online forms
paper forms
telephone calls
approval information

Concepts, sources and methods

Buildings are classified according to the ABS Functional Classification of Buildings, January 2021.

History of changes

Trend series were reinstated in the September 2022 release.
Concurrent seasonal adjustment was reinstated in the September 2022 release.

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Key statistics

Number of dwellings commenced

Number of dwellings completed

Value of work done

Data downloads

Time series spreadsheets

TABLE 01. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 02. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 03. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 04. Value of Residential Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 05. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 06. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 07. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 08. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 09. Value of Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures

TABLE 10. Value of Building Work Done, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures: Original

TABLE 11. Value of Building Work Commenced, States and Territories - Chain Volume Measures: Original

TABLE 12. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australia

TABLE 13. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, New South Wales

TABLE 14. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Victoria

TABLE 15. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Queensland

TABLE 16. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, South Australia

TABLE 17. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Western Australia

TABLE 18. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Tasmania

TABLE 19. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Northern Territory

TABLE 20. Value of Building Work Done by Sector, Australian Capital Territory

TABLE 21. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australia

TABLE 22. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, New South Wales

TABLE 23. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Victoria

TABLE 24. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Queensland

TABLE 25. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, South Australia

TABLE 26. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Western Australia

TABLE 27. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Tasmania

TABLE 28. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Northern Territory

TABLE 29. Value of Residential Building Work Done by Sector, Australian Capital Territory

TABLE 30. Value of Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia

TABLE 31. Value of Residential Building Work Commenced by Sector, Australia

TABLE 32. Value of Total Building Work Done, States and Territories

TABLE 33. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, Australia

TABLE 34. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, States and Territories

TABLE 35. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements, States and Territories

TABLE 36. Number of Dwelling Unit Commencements by Sector, States and Territories: Original

TABLE 37. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, Australia

TABLE 38. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, States and Territories

TABLE 39. Number of Dwelling Unit Completions by Sector, States and Territories: Original

TABLE 40. Value of Building Work by Sector, Australia: Original

TABLE 41. Value of Building Work by Sector, New South Wales: Original

TABLE 42. Value of Building Work by Sector, Victoria: Original

TABLE 43. Value of Building Work by Sector, Queensland: Original

TABLE 44. Value of Building Work by Sector, South Australia: Original

TABLE 45. Value of Building Work by Sector, Western Australia: Original

TABLE 46. Value of Building Work by Sector, Tasmania: Original

TABLE 47. Value of Building Work by Sector, Northern Territory: Original

TABLE 48. Value of Building Work by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original

TABLE 49. Value of Building Work Under Construction, by Sector, States and Territories: Original

TABLE 50. Value of Building Work Yet to be Done, by Sector, States and Territories: Original

TABLE 51. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Australia: Original

TABLE 52. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, New South Wales: Original

TABLE 53. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Victoria: Original

TABLE 54. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Queensland: Original

TABLE 55. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, South Australia: Original

TABLE 56. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Western Australia: Original

TABLE 57. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Tasmania: Original

TABLE 58. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Northern Territory: Original

TABLE 59. Value of Non-residential Building Work Done, by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original

TABLE 60. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Australia: Original

TABLE 61. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, New South Wales: Original

TABLE 62. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Victoria: Original

TABLE 63. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Queensland: Original

TABLE 64. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, South Australia: Original

TABLE 65. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Western Australia: Original

TABLE 66. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Tasmania: Original

TABLE 67. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Northern Territory: Original

TABLE 68. Value of Non-residential Building Work Commenced, by Sector, Australian Capital Territory: Original

TABLE 69. Value of Non-residential Building Work Under Construction, by Sector, Australia: Original

TABLE 70. Value of Non-residential Building Work Under Construction, States and Territories: Original

TABLE 71. Value of Non-residential Building Work Completed, by Sector, Australia: Original