Construction Work Done, Australia, Preliminary

This is not the latest release View the latest release

Provides preliminary estimates of value of total construction work done, building work done and engineering construction work done

Reference period
December 2022
Released
22/02/2023

Key statistics

In seasonally adjusted terms in the December quarter:

  • Total construction work done fell 0.4% to $55,272.0m
  • Building work done fell 1.6% to $30,578.6m
  • Engineering work done rose 1.0% to $24,693.5m

The trend estimate for total construction work done rose 0.9% in December.

Value of construction work done

Value of construction work done, chain volume measures
 Dec 22 ($m)Sep 22 to Dec 22 (%)Dec 21 to Dec 22 (%)

Seasonally adjusted estimates(a)

 Building30,578.6-1.6-1.4
 Residential18,438.20.9-1.8
 Non-residential12,140.3-5.1-0.8
 Engineering24,693.51.04.3
 Total construction55,272.0-0.41.0

Trend estimates(a)

 Building30,637.5-0.2-1.6
 Residential18,232.80.0-3.8
 Non-residential12,404.4-0.42.0
 Engineering24,678.62.25.4
 Total construction55,347.60.91.5

a. Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2020-21.

a. Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2020-21.

The value of total construction work done fell 0.4% in the December quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The fall was driven by building work, which fell 1.6% in the December quarter. Building work is 1.4% lower than at the same time last year. Engineering construction work done rose 1.0% and is 4.3% higher than at the same time last year.

The trend estimate for total construction work done rose 0.9% in the December quarter.

a. Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2020-21.

The value of building work fell 1.6% in the December quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The decrease was driven by a fall in non-residential building work done, which decreased 5.1% in the December quarter. New residential building work done is 0.9% higher in the December quarter, 1.8% lower than at the same time last year.

The trend estimate for total building work done fell 0.2% in the December quarter.

Value of construction work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures
 Dec 22 ($m)Sep 22 to Dec 22 (%)Dec 21 to Dec 22 (%)
State/Territory
New South Wales16,212.11.31.8
Victoria15,166.2-2.53.8
Queensland10,273.5-1.0-3.0
South Australia3,466.8-8.6-5.5
Western Australia7,667.65.06.8
Tasmania924.0-3.5-2.3
Northern Territory634.8-6.5-18.9
Australian Capital Territory885.4-7.9-12.0

a. Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2020-21.

Total construction work done fell in all states and territories except for New South Wales and Western Australia.

Data downloads

All time series workbooks

Data files
Data files

About this issue

This publication provides an early indication of trends in building and engineering construction activity. The data are preliminary estimates with a response rate of approximately 70% of surveyed construction entities during the quarter. This is lower than the average response rate due to difficulties collecting data as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This places the data at increased risk of revision when results are updated in Engineering Construction Activity, Australia on 29 March 2023 and in Building Activity, Australia on 12 April 2023.

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 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.

Enquiries

For enquiries about these and related statistics, contact the Customer Assistance Service via the ABS website Contact Us page. The ABS Privacy Policy outlines how the ABS will handle any personal information that you provide to us.

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 8755.0.

Back to top of the page