Building and construction

• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved fell 12.9% in October.
• Private sector houses rose 4.3%, while private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 37.5%. 
• The value of non-residential building approved fell 20.9%. 

In seasonally adjusted terms in the September quarter:

• Total construction work done fell -0.3% to $53,926.2m.
• Building work done fell -0.9% to $30,438.8m.
• Engineering work done rose 0.4% to $23,487.5m.

In seasonally adjusted terms in the June quarter:

• Total dwelling unit commencements rose 23.2% to 64,596 dwellings.
• New private sector house commencements rose 13.7% to 40,820 dwellings.
• New private sector other residential commencements rose 47.5% to 22,515 dwellings.
• The value of total building work done fell -0.2% to $30.3b.

In the June quarter:

• Seasonally adjusted work done rose 3.2%.
• Seasonally adjusted work done for the private sector rose 0.9%.
• Value of work commenced increased 0.6% in original terms.

Provides final estimates of value of construction work done, in chain volume measures