Victoria economy · Construction work

Victoria construction work done

Victoria's construction cycle is spread across housing, business premises and engineering projects. Keeping all three official series together avoids treating one category's rise or fall as the whole state story.

3 published series · abs-construction-work-done

construction.work_done.building.vic.seasadj

Construction work done — Building

Latest value

$12.7B

Change from prior period

−$679M

from Oct 2025

Unit
aud
Frequency
Quarterly
Adjustment
Seasonally adjusted
Latest catalog period
Jan 2026
Source
abs-construction-work-done
Source licence
CC-BY-4.0

construction.work_done.engineering.vic.seasadj

Construction work done — Engineering

Latest value

$5.8B

Change from prior period

−$288M

from Oct 2025

Unit
aud
Frequency
Quarterly
Adjustment
Seasonally adjusted
Latest catalog period
Jan 2026
Source
abs-construction-work-done
Source licence
CC-BY-4.0

construction.work_done.total.vic.seasadj

Construction work done

Latest value

$18.4B

Change from prior period

−$967M

from Oct 2025

Unit
aud
Frequency
Quarterly
Adjustment
Seasonally adjusted
Latest catalog period
Jan 2026
Source
abs-construction-work-done
Source licence
CC-BY-4.0

About construction work

Construction work done estimates the value of building and engineering activity completed during a period, regardless of when a project was approved or will finish. The Australian Bureau of Statistics publishes the state and territory estimates quarterly from its construction activity collections. The three series on these pages keep the available components together, with their own units and adjustment status, because residential building, non-residential work and engineering activity can follow different paths. Current-quarter estimates may be revised as survey responses arrive, project values are updated and seasonal factors are re-estimated; larger national-accounts benchmarking revisions can also alter history. Values can be expressed in current prices or volume terms, so the unit shown beside each chart matters. Work done is not the number of workers, the count of projects, an approval pipeline or company revenue. It records estimated completed activity and does not predict future construction, property supply or listed-company performance.

ASX companies operating in Victoria

Coarse operating-exposure bands are AI estimates based on public company information. Headquarters-only matches are withheld.

  • CBA Commonwealth Bank Of Australia.Banks

    Significant operations exposure (estimate)

    Basis: Major retail and business banking

  • NAB National Australia BankBanks

    Significant operations exposure (estimate)

    Basis: Major retail and business banking base

  • WBC Westpac BankingBanks

    Significant operations exposure (estimate)

    Basis: Major retail and business banking

  • ANZ Anz Group HoldingsBanks

    Significant operations exposure (estimate)

    Basis: Major retail and business banking base

  • WES WesfarmersConsumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail

    Significant operations exposure (estimate)

    Basis: Major retail footprint and distribution

  • CSL CslPharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

    Some operations exposure (estimate)

    Basis: Melbourne R&D and manufacturing

  • TCL Transurban GroupTransportation

    Significant operations exposure (estimate)

    Basis: Melbourne toll roads CityLink, West Gate

  • TLS Telstra GroupTelecommunication Services

    Significant operations exposure (estimate)

    Basis: Melbourne network operations and customers

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Every chart reports its source, unit, frequency, adjustment and source licence from the economic-series catalogue. Latest periods may be preliminary or revised by the publisher. Historical data only; not a forecast or financial advice.