Australian Bureau of Statistics

MARCH KEY POINTS

Victor P Taffa

VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

TOTAL BUILDING

• The trend estimate of the value of total building work done rose 4.1% in the March 2010 quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted March quarter estimate of the value of total building work done rose 5.2%, to $20,055.3m, following a rise of 4.7% in the December 2009 quarter.

NEW RESIDENTIAL

• The trend estimate of the value of new residential building work done rose 0.7% in the latest quarter, with new houses rising 1.2% and new other residential building falling 0.4%. Alterations and additions to residential building rose 3.1%.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of new residential building work done rose 1.6% to $9,116.4m. Work done on new houses fell 0.4% to $6,309.3m, while new other residential building rose 6.6% to $2,807.1m. Alterations and additions rose 2.5% to $1,621.6m.

NON-RESIDENTIAL

• The trend estimate of the value of non-residential building work done rose 7.4% in the March quarter. However, the trend estimate of the value of non-residential building work done should be interpreted with caution. See data notes on page 2 of this publication.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of non-residential building work done in the quarter rose 9.4%, following a 11.5% rise in the December quarter.

• MARCH KEY FIGURES