Australia’s total construction work rose 3.0% QoQ to $76.1 billion in Q2 2025, with engineering driving growth while building activity was broadly flat.

• Engineering work increased 6.1% QoQ and was up 8.5% YoY, providing the main boost to overall construction.

• Building work edged up 0.2% QoQ and 1.6% YoY, with residential building +0.1% QoQ (+5.3% YoY) and non-residential +0.3% QoQ but still -4.0% YoY.

• The trend estimate for total construction fell -0.7% QoQ, indicating underlying momentum remains weaker than the headline figures suggest.

• The trend estimate for building work rose 0.4% QoQ, signaling modest resilience despite year-over-year divergence between residential and non-residential activity.

Australia’s total construction work done was flat (vs +0.5% QoQ) in Q1 2025, holding steady at $74.43 billion, but up 3.5% YoY.

• Building work rose 0.9% QoQ, driven by residential construction up 1.6% QoQ and 7.0% YoY.
• Non-residential building edged down -0.1% QoQ and was down -3.9% YoY.
• Engineering work fell -1.0% QoQ but was still up 4.5% YoY.
• The trend estimate for total construction work rose 0.7% QoQ, indicating modest ongoing growth.

The value of construction work done in Australia grew 0.5% QoQ (vs 1.0% QoQ expected) and was up 1.8% YoY in Q4 2024.

• Building (-0.7% QoQ) and non-residential (-3.1% QoQ) construction were the weak spots.
• Residential (+0.9% QoQ) and engineering (+1.8% QoQ) contributed all of the growth.