2024年第二季度,澳大利亚完成的建筑工程总额环比增长1.6%,达到733.4亿澳元,轻松超过市场预测的0.6%的增长,这是自2023年第四季度以来的最大增长。在第二季度上调1.1%之后,由于工程活动加速(2.6%对第二季度的1.1%),以及建筑业(0.7%对1.1%)和住宅业(1.8%对1.2%)的增长。然而,非住宅产出下降(-1.0%对0.9%)。从地理角度来看,新南威尔士州(2.6%)、维多利亚州(2.4%)、南澳大利亚州(0.5%)和塔斯马尼亚州(4.2%)的建筑工程有所扩大,但昆士兰州(-0.5%)、西澳大利亚州(-1.6%)、北领地(-4.2%)和澳大利亚首都领地(-4.7%)的建筑工作有所减少。截至第三季度,建筑活动增长了3.2%,快于第二季度2.4%的增长。
Total construction work done in Australia rose by 1.6% quarter-on-quarter to AUD 73.34 billion in Q2 of 2024, easily exceeding market estimates of a 0.6% rise and marking the steepest growth since Q4 of 2023. Figures came after an upwardly revised 1.1% increase in Q2, driven by accelerated engineering activity (2.6% vs 1.1% in Q2), along with increases in construction of buildings (0.7% vs 1.1%) and residential sector (1.8% vs 1.2%). However, non-residential output declined (-1.0% vs 0.9%). Geographical-wise, construction work done expanded in New South Wales (2.6%), Victoria (2.4%), South Australia (0.5%), and Tasmania (4.2%) but shrank in Queensland (-0.5%), Western Australia (-1.6%), Northern Territory (-4.2%), and Australian Capital Territory (-4.7%). Through the year to Q3, construction activity grew by 3.2%, faster than a 2.4% rise in Q2.