8752.0 - Building Activity, Australia, Sep 2006  
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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

Sep qtr 06
Jun qtr 06 to Sep qtr 06
Sep qtr 05 to Sep qtr 06
$m
% change
% change

TREND ESTIMATES(a)

Value of Work Done
15 087.1
1.8
1.8
New residential building
7 760.0
1.0
-3.1
Alterations and additions to residential building
1 447.9
1.9
-1.1
Non-residential building
5 867.5
2.6
9.8

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)

Value of Work Done
15 019.8
-0.3
-
New residential building
7 743.5
-0.7
-4.5
Alterations and additions to residential building
1 462.2
1.0
-0.7
Non-residential building
5 814.1
-0.2
6.8

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Chain volume measures, reference year 2004-05.

Value of work done, Volume terms
Graph: Value of work done, Volume terms

Value of work done, Volume terms - Trend estimates
Graph: Value of work done, Volume terms—Trend estimates



SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS


VALUE OF WORK DONE, VOLUME TERMS

TREND ESTIMATES

  • The trend estimate of the value of total building work done rose 1.8% in the September quarter 2006.
  • The value of new residential building rose 1.0% in the latest quarter. New houses rose 1.6%, while new other residential buildings fell 0.4%. Alterations and additions rose 1.9% and non-residential work done in the quarter rose 2.6%.

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
  • The seasonally adjusted September quarter estimate of work done is down 0.3%, to $15,019.8m, on the revised June quarter estimate.
  • New residential work fell 0.7%, to $7,743.5m. Work on new houses rose 1.0%, to $5,277.9m, while new other residential building work fell 4.1%, to $2,465.6m. Alterations and additions rose 1.0%, to $1,462.2m. Non-residential work done in the quarter fell 0.2%, to $5,814.1m.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
December 2006 19 April 2007
March 2007 18 July 2007



ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This publication contains detailed estimates from the quarterly Building Activity Survey. The data are subject to revision when returns from the following quarter are processed. Final data for the September quarter 2006 will be released in Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0) on 19 April 2007.



CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

The seasonally adjusted number of dwelling unit commencements for Northern Territory is now published in Tables 20 and 21. However, as a general rule, extreme care should be exercised in using the seasonally adjusted series for dwelling unit commencements in Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory. The small numbers and volatile nature of these data makes reliable estimation of the seasonal pattern very difficult.



SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS THIS ISSUE

There are no significant revisions in this issue.



INQUIRIES

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