Stats NZ

Commercial construction bounces back

The volume of non-residential building work rose in the September 2019 quarter after falling in the June quarter, Stats NZ said today.

Non-residential building activity, which includes public and commercial construction, rose 2.4 percent after falling 3.3 percent in the June quarter. This increase accounts for typical seasonal patterns and higher construction costs.

Non-residential building activity slows has more information on last quarter’s decline.

“More work on accommodation and storage buildings this quarter helped boost non-residential building activity,” construction statistics manager Melissa McKenzie said.

Created with Highcharts 5.0.14Value and volume ($)Volumes calculated as values at September 1999 quarter prices.Non-residential building work put in place, seasonally adjusted values and volumes ($), December 1989–September 2019 quartersValueVolumeDec-89Jun-90Dec-90Jun-91Dec-91Jun-92Dec-92Jun-93Dec-93Jun-94Dec-94Jun-95Dec-95Jun-96Dec-96Jun-97Dec-97Jun-98Dec-98Jun-99Dec-99Jun-00Dec-00Jun-01Dec-01Jun-02Dec-02Jun-03Dec-03Jun-04Dec-04Jun-05Dec-05Jun-06Dec-06Jun-07Dec-07Jun-08Dec-08Jun-09Dec-09Jun-10Dec-10Jun-11Dec-11Jun-12Dec-12Jun-13Dec-13Jun-14Dec-14Jun-15Dec-15Jun-16Dec-16Jun-17Dec-17Jun-18Dec-18Jun-1901B2B3BStats NZ

Non-residential building work put in place, seasonally adjusted values and volumes ($), December 1989–September 2019 quarters

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QuarterValueVolume
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Sep-92238,707,000259,830,000
Dec-92287,665,000314,077,000
Mar-93348,188,000382,051,000
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Sep-93397,853,000425,897,000
Dec-93423,136,000450,299,000
Mar-94428,075,000454,847,000
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Sep-94499,913,000525,011,000
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Mar-95612,047,000628,266,000
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Sep-95686,475,000693,558,000
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Mar-97718,448,000718,122,000
Jun-97702,261,000703,369,000
Sep-97696,728,000698,724,000
Dec-97617,718,000619,159,000
Mar-98662,898,000664,370,000
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Sep-98617,369,000619,624,000
Dec-98723,162,000726,835,000
Mar-99636,610,000640,761,000
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Sep-99658,672,000657,656,000
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Sep-03878,285,000809,809,000
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Sep-041,083,533,000910,349,000
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Sep-051,290,980,0001,038,587,000
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Sep-091,197,354,000886,295,000
Dec-091,095,713,000818,958,000
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Sep-192,364,849,0001,314,010,000

“Increases in non-residential building activity, especially in Auckland and the South Island, more than offset a fall in residential building work,” Melissa McKenzie said.

The volume of residential construction fell for the second quarter in a row after significant growth in the March 2019 quarter.

Created with Highcharts 5.0.14Percent changeVolumes calculated as values at September 1999 quarter prices.Residential and non-residential work put in place, seasonally adjusted percentage change in quarterly volumes, September 2017–September 2019Residential buildingsNon-residential buildingsSep-17Dec-17Mar-18Jun-18Sep-18Dec-18Mar-19Jun-19Sep-19-5-2.502.557.510Stats NZ

Residential and non-residential work put in place, seasonally adjusted percentage change in quarterly volumes, September 2017–September 2019

Created with Highcharts 5.0.14Percent changeResidential and non-residential work put in place, seasonally adjusted percentage change in quarterly volumes, September 2017–September 2019Residential buildingsNon-residential buildingsSep-17Dec-17Mar-18Jun-18Sep-18Dec-18Mar-19Jun-19Sep-19-5-2.502.557.510Stats NZ
QuarterResidential buildingsNon-residential buildings
Sep-173.60.9
Dec-17-0.33.2
Mar-18-0.8-2.5
Jun-1812.7
Sep-180.80.1
Dec-181.95.4
Mar-193.97.9
Jun-19-0.4-3.3
Sep-19-1.12.4

Total building activity  rose 0.4 percent in the September 2019 quarter.

The volume of building work remains at historically high levels and has been generally increasing since 2012. Activity was originally boosted by the Canterbury earthquake rebuild, and more recently by developments in Auckland.

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