Building Activity, Australia

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

Reference period

March 2025

Released

16/07/2025

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Release date and time

16/07/2025 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

In seasonally adjusted terms:

The total number of dwelling units commenced rose 11.7% to 47,645 dwellings.
New private sector house commencements rose 6.3% to 27,923 dwellings.
New private sector other residential commencements rose 21.8% to 18,161 dwellings.
The value of total building work done rose 0.5% to $38.9b.

Number of dwellings commenced

Number of dwellings commenced, seasonally adjusted
	Mar qtr 25 no.	Dec qtr 24 to Mar qtr 25 % change	Mar qtr 24 to Mar qtr 25 % change
New private sector houses	27,923	6.3	10.1
New private sector other residential	18,161	21.8	24.9
Total sector total dwellings	47,645	11.7	17.3

Number of dwellings commenced, trend
	Mar qtr 25 no.	Dec qtr 24 to Mar qtr 25 % change	Mar qtr 24 to Mar qtr 25 % change
New private sector houses	27,522	0.9	9.3
New private sector other residential	17,176	8.1	18.5
Total sector total dwellings	46,249	3.9	14.3

Total dwellings commenced
	Trend	Seasonally adjusted
Mar-17	54,463	52,066
Jun-17	53,897	54,172
Sep-17	54,389	55,288
Dec-17	55,543	54,772
Mar-18	56,596	62,349
Jun-18	56,708	57,224
Sep-18	54,341	56,071
Dec-18	50,436	48,639
Mar-19	46,561	46,168
Jun-19	43,984	45,679
Sep-19	42,781	40,895
Dec-19	42,316	42,964
Mar-20	41,990	46,772
Jun-20	42,716	42,588
Sep-20	45,214	42,485
Dec-20	49,269	51,975
Mar-21	53,369	53,137
Jun-21	55,607	66,429
Sep-21	55,143	57,429
Dec-21	52,949	52,245
Mar-22	49,750	48,730
Jun-22	46,584	47,371
Sep-22	44,798	45,176
Dec-22	44,022	41,654
Mar-23	43,177	45,698
Jun-23	41,710	41,986
Sep-23	40,049	38,147
Dec-23	39,270	40,078
Mar-24	40,462	40,607
Jun-24	41,679	41,116
Sep-24	42,883	44,149
Dec-24	44,514	42,672
Mar-25	46,249	47,645

Total dwellings commenced

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Private dwellings commenced, seasonally adjusted
	New other residential	New houses
Mar-17	24,604	26,228
Jun-17	24,262	28,672
Sep-17	25,229	28,859
Dec-17	23,467	30,015
Mar-18	30,542	30,627
Jun-18	26,001	30,602
Sep-18	25,566	29,605
Dec-18	19,726	27,727
Mar-19	17,467	28,085
Jun-19	18,778	25,963
Sep-19	14,756	25,214
Dec-19	17,355	24,932
Mar-20	20,543	25,408
Jun-20	15,857	25,664
Sep-20	14,287	27,163
Dec-20	16,937	33,906
Mar-21	16,067	35,808
Jun-21	22,904	42,311
Sep-21	20,458	35,848
Dec-21	17,502	33,654
Mar-22	16,453	30,349
Jun-22	15,954	30,279
Sep-22	15,053	29,207
Dec-22	12,812	27,969
Mar-23	18,053	26,871
Jun-23	15,560	25,362
Sep-23	14,236	23,020
Dec-23	15,040	24,098
Mar-24	14,537	25,372
Jun-24	14,081	26,148
Sep-24	15,216	28,022
Dec-24	14,911	26,269
Mar-25	18,161	27,923

Private dwellings commenced, seasonally adjusted

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The total number of dwelling units commenced in Australia rose 11.7% to 47,645 dwellings in the March quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The rise was driven by private sector other residential dwellings, which rose 21.8% to 18,161 dwellings and follows a fall of 2.0% in the December quarter. Private sector house commencements rose 6.3% to 27,923 dwellings and follows a fall of 6.3% in the December quarter.

Total dwellings under construction, original
	Total dwellings
Mar-17	219,357
Jun-17	217,966
Sep-17	221,297
Dec-17	220,201
Mar-18	230,931
Jun-18	229,763
Sep-18	228,901
Dec-18	218,486
Mar-19	216,446
Jun-19	207,987
Sep-19	201,057
Dec-19	188,225
Mar-20	190,533
Jun-20	185,382
Sep-20	184,287
Dec-20	187,369
Mar-21	196,478
Jun-21	214,840
Sep-21	227,874
Dec-21	232,827
Mar-22	240,284
Jun-22	243,248
Sep-22	244,180
Dec-22	238,181
Mar-23	241,861
Jun-23	240,871
Sep-23	234,964
Dec-23	225,113
Mar-24	226,367
Jun-24	220,924
Sep-24	220,714
Dec-24	212,616
Mar-25	219,883

Total dwellings under construction, original

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There were 219,883 total sector dwellings under construction in the March quarter, of which 86,341 were new houses.

Number of dwellings completed

Number of dwellings completed, seasonally adjusted
	Mar qtr 25 no.	Dec qtr 24 to Mar qtr 25 % change	Mar qtr 24 to Mar qtr 25 % change
New private sector houses	27,663	-1.3	9.2
New private sector other residential	15,190	-9.3	-3.8
Total sector total dwellings	43,517	-4.4	3.7

Number of dwellings completed, trend
	Mar qtr 25 no.	Dec qtr 24 to Mar qtr 25 % change	Mar qtr 24 to Mar qtr 25 % change
New private sector houses	27,715	-0.9	-8.0
New private sector other residential	15,755	-0.5	3.5
Total sector total dwellings	44,222	-1.1	-4.7

Total dwellings completed
	Seasonally adjusted	Trend
Mar-17	56,883	55,911
Jun-17	52,722	54,297
Sep-17	52,676	52,229
Dec-17	51,811	52,209
Mar-18	53,528	53,689
Jun-18	55,128	55,264
Sep-18	57,102	55,677
Dec-18	53,727	54,652
Mar-19	52,420	52,522
Jun-19	51,653	50,774
Sep-19	47,848	49,822
Dec-19	50,794	48,939
Mar-20	47,187	47,659
Jun-20	46,026	45,910
Sep-20	44,077	44,522
Dec-20	44,467	44,664
Mar-21	45,623	45,294
Jun-21	45,969	45,577
Sep-21	44,468	44,358
Dec-21	42,933	42,439
Mar-22	42,723	41,550
Jun-22	42,637	42,196
Sep-22	44,326	43,760
Dec-22	43,943	44,332
Mar-23	44,941	43,558
Jun-23	41,241	43,104
Sep-23	44,203	44,006
Dec-23	45,945	45,594
Mar-24	41,963	46,422
Jun-24	45,398	46,007
Sep-24	44,974	45,312
Dec-24	45,521	44,707
Mar-25	43,517	44,222

Total dwellings completed

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Private dwellings completed, seasonally adjusted
	New houses	New other residential
Mar-17	28,127	27,599
Jun-17	27,900	23,794
Sep-17	27,429	24,000
Dec-17	27,595	22,834
Mar-18	27,685	24,549
Jun-18	28,925	25,303
Sep-18	32,980	23,124
Dec-18	29,518	22,935
Mar-19	29,991	21,678
Jun-19	27,747	22,707
Sep-19	25,768	20,953
Dec-19	25,772	24,354
Mar-20	26,433	19,996
Jun-20	26,187	18,913
Sep-20	24,874	18,426
Dec-20	25,910	17,658
Mar-21	25,225	19,360
Jun-21	27,201	17,652
Sep-21	28,051	15,530
Dec-21	27,833	14,057
Mar-22	30,214	11,873
Jun-22	28,504	13,365
Sep-22	28,306	15,054
Dec-22	26,754	16,015
Mar-23	27,387	16,927
Jun-23	27,272	12,873
Sep-23	28,740	14,468
Dec-23	30,683	13,798
Mar-24	25,334	15,795
Jun-24	28,621	15,828
Sep-24	28,434	15,186
Dec-24	28,037	16,756
Mar-25	27,663	15,190

Private dwellings completed, seasonally adjusted

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In seasonally adjusted terms, 43,517 dwellings were completed in the March quarter. Private new houses accounted for 27,663 of the dwellings completed, falling 1.3% from December. Private new other residential completions fell 9.3% from December to 15,190 dwellings.

In original terms, 37,577 dwellings were completed in the March quarter, a rise of 3.8% from March 2024.

An article Home building through the pandemic was released on 19 November 2024, providing insights into home building conditions from 2019-2024.

Value of work done

Value of work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures (a)
	Mar qtr 25 $m	Dec qtr 24 to Mar qtr 25 % change	Mar qtr 24 to Mar qtr 25 % change
New residential building	20,680.0	1.1	6.4
Alterations and additions to residential building	3,444.2	1.3	5.5
Non-residential building	14,753.0	-0.6	-4.1
Total value of work done	38,877.2	0.5	2.1

Value of work done, trend chain volume measures (a)
	Mar qtr 25 $m	Dec qtr 24 to Mar qtr 25 % change	Mar qtr 24 to Mar qtr 25 % change
New residential building	20,724.3	1.4	6.6
Alterations and additions to residential building	3,438.7	1.6	5.7
Non-residential building	14,714.5	-1.4	-5.9
Total value of work done	38,866.0	0.3	1.4

(a) Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2022-2023

Value of work done, total building, chain volume measures
	Trend ($m)	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Mar-17	36,452.3	36,437
Jun-17	36,754	36,618.3
Sep-17	37,130.1	37,133.2
Dec-17	37,812.7	37,871.1
Mar-18	38,453.8	38,302.3
Jun-18	38,868.8	39,183.6
Sep-18	39,112	38,825.3
Dec-18	38,933.8	39,011.7
Mar-19	38,470.2	38,910.2
Jun-19	37,902.7	37,183.8
Sep-19	37,495	37,952
Dec-19	37,296	36,959.1
Mar-20	36,931.7	37,379.7
Jun-20	36,387.9	36,253.1
Sep-20	36,152.8	35,858.1
Dec-20	36,387.4	36,517.1
Mar-21	36,953.2	36,888
Jun-21	37,291.1	37,561.8
Sep-21	37,404.9	37,202.9
Dec-21	37,223.9	37,212.3
Mar-22	36,894	37,315.9
Jun-22	36,688.2	36,089.2
Sep-22	36,784.5	37,035.7
Dec-22	37,287	37,207.9
Mar-23	37,873	37,886
Jun-23	38,275.2	38,393.9
Sep-23	38,478.2	38,349.2
Dec-23	38,418.6	38,665.3
Mar-24	38,342.2	38,095
Jun-24	38,386.4	38,381.8
Sep-24	38,553.9	38,658
Dec-24	38,742.5	38,691.3
Mar-25	38,866	38,877.2

Value of work done, total building, chain volume measures

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Value of work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures
	New residential ($m)	Non-residential ($m)
Mar-17	21,729.7	11,855.1
Jun-17	21,613.8	11,998.9
Sep-17	21,934.4	12,461.1
Dec-17	21,932.6	13,095.6
Mar-18	22,408.4	12,931.7
Jun-18	23,211.2	13,008
Sep-18	22,931.3	12,844.2
Dec-18	22,750.4	13,237.2
Mar-19	22,068.5	13,879.7
Jun-19	21,182.8	13,092.2
Sep-19	20,833.3	14,115.4
Dec-19	19,850.2	14,023.4
Mar-20	19,600.5	14,582.9
Jun-20	18,956.9	14,273.5
Sep-20	18,852.6	13,807.4
Dec-20	19,621.6	13,537.3
Mar-21	19,849.4	13,417.1
Jun-21	20,108.3	13,907.4
Sep-21	19,761.2	13,758.9
Dec-21	19,473.9	14,117.2
Mar-22	19,736.1	14,001
Jun-22	18,477.2	14,042.5
Sep-22	18,976.3	14,632.8
Dec-22	19,458.1	14,342
Mar-23	19,383.2	15,031.1
Jun-23	19,885.2	15,155.1
Sep-23	19,966.2	14,909
Dec-23	19,274.8	16,192.6
Mar-24	19,441.7	15,387.6
Jun-24	19,651.7	15,443.6
Sep-24	20,193.5	15,153.4
Dec-24	20,457.2	14,835.1
Mar-25	20,680	14,753

Value of work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures

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The value of total building work done rose 0.5% to $38.9b in the March quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The rise was driven by new residential building, which rose 1.1% to $20.7b and is 6.4% higher than March 2024. Work done on alterations and additions to residential buildings rose 1.3% to $3.4b. Work done on non-residential building fell 0.6% to $14.8b and is 4.1% lower than March 2024.

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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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The Building Activity: Australia pivot table contains the following data items
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 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 March 2025 quarter will be released in the next release of this publication, Building Activity, Australia on 15 October 2025.

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.

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Changes this release

Revisions

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

Home building through the pandemic, June quarter 2024

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.

Post-release changes

The 'Value of work done during quarter; Queensland; Public Sector; Total Residential Alterations and additions including conversions' estimate for the December 2023 quarter has been suppressed due to an error. This estimate is available in the Building Activity, June 2025 quarter publication, released on 15 October 2025.

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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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.)

APA

Building Activity, Australia

APA

Key statistics

Number of dwellings commenced

Number of dwellings completed

Value of work done

Data downloads

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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