Building in Australia 2008-2023 provides:

• Annual forecasts of building activity to 2013, taking into account the building cycle, then two five-year average forecasts for the ten years to 2023, which will give an assessment of the long-term underlying demand for each building sector in light of long-term economic and demographic trends
• analysis of the economic environment and projection of the most likely scenario, covering items such as interest rates, inflation and government policy
• analysis of trends in demographic factors and their impact on the underlying demand for dwelling and non-dwelling building
• forecasts of the value of building commencements by state, in current and constant prices, including total dwellings, alterations and additions to dwellings and non-dwelling building
• forecasts of dwelling approvals, commencements and completion for houses and other dwellings (flats, units and town houses) covering private and government sectors for each state
• forecasts of median house prices for each capital city to 2011
• forecasts of the value of non-dwelling building commencements in constant prices by state for offices, shops, hotels, other business premises, factories, education, health, religion, entertainment, recreation and miscellaneous building

Online Access

Building in Australia 2008-2023 also comes with online resources that may be downloaded from our website, including: chapters in PDF format, charts in MS Powerpoint and tables in MS Excel.

Revised 5 year forecasts will also be published online in December 2008, for online subscribers to download.

Online access may be shared with up to 4 other staff members for greater utilisation of the service.