Measure of activity within the building and construction sector, and Implicit Price Deflators, including original and seasonally adjusted data
| Dec qtr 19 $m | Sep qtr 19 to Dec qtr 19 % change | Dec qtr 18 to Dec qtr 19 % change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasonally adjusted estimates (a) | ||||
| Value of work done | ||||
| Building | 28 900.5 | -4.7 | -7.3 | |
| Residential | 17 404.6 | -5.4 | -13.4 | |
| Non-residential | 11 495.9 | -3.6 | 3.7 | |
| Engineering | 20 848.8 | -1.5 | -7.9 | |
| Total construction | 49 749.3 | -3.4 | -7.5 | |
a. Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2017-18.
These spreadsheets contain revised data for some of the chain volume measures series released in Construction Work Done, Australia, Preliminary (cat. no. 8755.0). This data is sourced from, and more comprehensive results are available in Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0) and Engineering Construction Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8762.0). The notes below relate to these two publications.
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.
This release includes revisions to Engineering Construction data back to June 2019.
Several time series spreadsheets for recent quarters contain 'np' (not available for publication) annotations. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.
Trend estimates should be used with caution due to the volatility caused by large engineering projects. For more details on trend estimates, please see paragraphs 22 to 24 of the explanatory notes.
Mining projects tend to be complex in structure and comprise a number of different investment activities including exploration, engineering construction, plant and equipment and buildings. A feature article released in the March 2012 issue of Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia (cat. no. 5625.0) provides a summary of the conceptual basis of the relevant ABS publications that measure investment in Australia, using a hypothetical mining project to illustrate how this investment is reflected in ABS data.