Construction Work Done, Australia, Preliminary

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

Reference period

September 2022

Released

30/11/2022

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Key statistics

In seasonally adjusted terms in the September quarter:

Total construction work done rose 2.2% to $54,787.1m
Building work done rose 1.2% to $30,636.2m
Engineering work done rose 3.4% to $24,150.9m

The trend estimate for total construction work done fell 0.1% in September.

Value of construction work done

Reinstatement of trend series

The trend series for Construction Work Done have been reviewed and reinstated.

Further details on the reinstatement of trend are available in the changes this release section below.

Value of construction work done, chain volume measures
		Sep 22 ($m)	Jun 22 to Sep 22 (%)	Sep 21 to Sep 22 (%)
Seasonally adjusted estimates(a)
	Building	30,636.2	1.2	-1.7
	Residential	18,171.9	1.3	-5.2
	Non-residential	12,464.3	1.1	3.9
	Engineering	24,150.9	3.4	4.9
	Total construction	54,787.1	2.2	1.1
Trend estimates(a)
	Building	30,464.5	-0.7	-2.6
	Residential	18,026.3	-1.6	-6.0
	Non-residential	12,433.2	0.5	2.8
	Engineering	23,820.6	0.8	1.6
	Total construction	54,292.6	-0.1	-0.8

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

Value of construction work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures
	Total building ($m)	Engineering construction ($m)
Sep-14	27,025.7	33,180.0
Dec-14	27,314.0	32,411.1
Mar-15	28,713.7	29,668.9
Jun-15	28,204.7	31,939.4
Sep-15	28,918.7	29,531.8
Dec-15	29,675.6	27,411.9
Mar-16	30,059.6	26,288.6
Jun-16	30,976.1	23,649.5
Sep-16	29,862.6	22,654.2
Dec-16	30,741.2	22,771.8
Mar-17	30,510.4	23,571.3
Jun-17	30,663.7	28,460.4
Sep-17	31,106.7	38,785.0
Dec-17	31,689.1	26,032.5
Mar-18	32,064.5	26,863.2
Jun-18	32,820.0	26,572.7
Sep-18	32,525.4	24,869.8
Dec-18	32,620.0	23,975.7
Mar-19	32,567.4	23,181.1
Jun-19	31,145.9	22,682.1
Sep-19	31,805.7	22,607.2
Dec-19	30,860.1	22,412.1
Mar-20	31,160.2	22,579.1
Jun-20	30,293.3	23,648.0
Sep-20	29,956.7	22,770.3
Dec-20	30,323.7	22,297.7
Mar-21	30,737.3	22,737.7
Jun-21	31,388.3	23,691.0
Sep-21	31,166.8	23,018.2
Dec-21	31,017.2	23,737.7
Mar-22	31,313.3	23,406.9
Jun-22	30,274.4	23,357.1
Sep-22	30,636.2	24,150.9

Value of construction work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures

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

The value of total construction work done rose 2.2% in the September quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The rise was driven by engineering construction, which rose 3.4% in the September quarter. Engineering construction is 4.9% higher than at the same time last year. Building work done rose 1.2% and is 1.7% lower than at the same time last year.

The trend estimate for total construction work done fell 0.1% in the September quarter.

Value of building work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures
	Residential building ($m)	Non-residential building ($m)
Sep-14	16,691.7	10,298.4
Dec-14	17,341.8	9,956.7
Mar-15	18,543.7	10,167.1
Jun-15	18,184.3	10,015.5
Sep-15	18,879.4	10,042.0
Dec-15	19,472.1	10,209.1
Mar-16	20,142.9	9,936.0
Jun-16	20,577.5	10,411.7
Sep-16	20,327.2	9,558.4
Dec-16	20,967.6	9,798.4
Mar-17	20,081.8	10,436.3
Jun-17	20,110.7	10,559.9
Sep-17	20,138.3	10,972.6
Dec-17	20,178.6	11,510.4
Mar-18	20,679.5	11,389.4
Jun-18	21,377.2	11,450.4
Sep-18	21,219.5	11,312.6
Dec-18	21,002.3	11,622.0
Mar-19	20,335.3	12,231.8
Jun-19	19,627.3	11,520.0
Sep-19	19,375.1	12,427.5
Dec-19	18,574.6	12,281.2
Mar-20	18,423.3	12,730.0
Jun-20	17,812.8	12,472.7
Sep-20	17,892.7	12,059.3
Dec-20	18,589.0	11,735.6
Mar-21	19,013.8	11,726.3
Jun-21	19,246.5	12,142.7
Sep-21	19,167.6	11,999.1
Dec-21	18,809.2	12,208.0
Mar-22	19,019.8	12,293.6
Jun-22	17,944.2	12,330.3
Sep-22	18,171.9	12,464.3

Value of building work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures

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

The value of building work rose 1.2% in the September quarter, in seasonally adjusted terms. The increase was driven by a rise in new residential building work done, which increased 1.3% in the September quarter. Non-residential building work done is 1.1% higher in the September quarter, 3.9% higher than at the same time last year.

The trend estimate for total building work done fell 0.7% in the September quarter.

Value of construction work done, seasonally adjusted chain volume measures
	Sep 22 ($m)	Jun 22 to Sep 22 (%)	Sep 21 to Sep 22 (%)
State/Territory
New South Wales	15,985.5	2.4	5.7
Victoria	15,198.4	3.7	0.2
Queensland	10,254.8	0.4	-4.4
South Australia	3,738.1	3.1	3.3
Western Australia	7,160.4	1.6	-0.6
Tasmania	931.4	4.9	-0.5
Northern Territory	689.5	0.6	0.3
Australian Capital Territory	967.9	-3.2	17.9

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

Total construction work done rose in all states and territories except for Australian Capital Territory.

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TABLE 01. Value of Construction Work Done, by Sector, Chain Volume Measures, Australia
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TABLE 02. Value of Construction Work Done, by Sector, Current Prices, Australia
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TABLE 03. Value of Building Work Done, by Sector, Chain Volume Measures, Australia
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TABLE 04. Value of Building Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories, Original
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TABLE 05. Value of Building Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories, Seasonally Adjusted
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TABLE 06. Value of Building Work Done, by Sector, Current Prices, Australia
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TABLE 08. Value of Construction Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories
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TABLE 09. Value of Construction Work Done, Current Prices, States and Territories, Original
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TABLE 10. Engineering Construction Work Done, by Type of Construction, Australia, Original
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Changes this release

Review of seasonal adjustment

In early 2020 the ABS advised that the method used to produce seasonally adjusted estimates would be changed from the ‘concurrent adjustment’ method to the ‘forward factors’ method for series with significant and prolonged impacts from COVID-19. Given the ongoing disruption during the COVID-19 period and continuing use of forward factors, extraordinary annual reviews of seasonally adjusted series are progressively being undertaken across the ABS statistics programs.

The extraordinary annual review process assesses each series individually to determine how observations from 2020 and 2021 should be treated and determine the most appropriate approach (concurrent adjustment or forward factors) for estimating seasonal adjustment factors in the immediate future. Revisions arising from the annual review are relatively minor for most series; but are likely to be larger for series which have used forward factors, because the seasonal factor estimates are updated annually to incorporate observations from the previous year.

The outcome of the review for Construction statistics concluded that COVID-19 is no longer having significant and prolonged impacts on the series, resulting in the following outcomes:

continue concurrent seasonal adjustment for all Construction Work Done and Engineering Construction Activity statistics
reinstate concurrent seasonal adjustment for Building Activity Commencement and Completion statistics, from September quarter 2022.

Further information can be found in method changes during COVID-19 period.

Review of trend suspension

In early 2020 the ABS suspended trend series, in addition to adopting forward factors to produce seasonally adjusted series. The trend estimate indicates the medium to long direction of a time series. To estimate the trend, the effect of significant events like disruptions associated with COVID-19 are assigned to either the trend or irregular components of a time series. The trend series was suspended from June quarter 2020 until the length of the impacts from COVID-19 were known.

The trend series for Construction Work Done have been reviewed and been reinstated from September quarter 2022.

Over the last two years, the impacts of COVID-19 on series published in Construction Work Done have not caused multiple abrupt changes in the series level in short succession, and so it is appropriate to describe a trend level through the past two years. As a result, Construction Work Done will also be publishing a trend over the previous two years for relevant series.

Chain volume reference year updated

A new base year, 2020-21, has been introduced in the chain volume estimates resulting in revisions to growth rates in subsequent periods. In addition, the chain volume estimates have been re-referenced to 2020-21, preserving additivity in the quarters after the reference year. Re-referencing affects the levels of, but not the movements in, chain volume estimates. For further information, see the methodology

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 11 January 2023 and in Building Activity, Australia on 18 January 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.

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Construction Work Done, Australia, Preliminary methodology, September 2022

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Key statistics

Value of construction work done

Reinstatement of trend series

Data downloads

All time series workbooks

TABLE 01. Value of Construction Work Done, by Sector, Chain Volume Measures, Australia

TABLE 02. Value of Construction Work Done, by Sector, Current Prices, Australia

TABLE 03. Value of Building Work Done, by Sector, Chain Volume Measures, Australia

TABLE 04. Value of Building Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories, Original

TABLE 05. Value of Building Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories, Seasonally Adjusted

TABLE 06. Value of Building Work Done, by Sector, Current Prices, Australia

TABLE 07. Value of Building Work Done, by Sector, Current Prices, States and Territories, Original

TABLE 08. Value of Construction Work Done, Chain Volume Measures, States and Territories

TABLE 09. Value of Construction Work Done, Current Prices, States and Territories, Original

TABLE 10. Engineering Construction Work Done, by Type of Construction, Australia, Original

TABLE 11. Engineering Construction Work Done, by Type of Construction, States and Territories, Original

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Relative standard errors, building work done - Australia

Relative standard errors, building work done - states and territories

Relative standard errors, total construction work done - states and territories

Relative standard errors, engineering construction work done - Australia

Relative standard errors, engineering construction work done - states and territories

Changes this release

Review of seasonal adjustment

Review of trend suspension

Chain volume reference year updated

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