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Construction costs up 3.7 per cent
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2003-04-09T10:00:00.000Z
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Construction cost index for residential buildings, March 2003

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Construction costs up 3.7 per cent

The index of residential buildings rose by 3.7 per cent in March 2003 compared with March 2002. Material costs increased by 2.3 per cent in the same period.

On an annual basis, the construction costs of multi-dwelling houses rose by 4.6 per cent, while detached houses rose by 3.5 per cent.

The construction costs of detached houses rose by 0.3 per cent last month, while multi-dwelling houses remained unchanged. The material costs for plumbing increased the most, by 3.5 per cent for detached houses of wood and 3.4 per cent for multi-dwelling houses in the same period.

Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100
  March 2003 Per cent
  February-March 2003 March 2002-March 2003
Residential buildings1  111.5 0.3 3.7
Residential buildings, labour cost  114.5 0.0 4.9
Residential buildings, materials  109.0 0.5 2.3
       
Detached houses of wood  111.2 0.3 3.5
Detached houses of wood, materials  108.8 0.4 2.2
       
Multi-dwelling houses  112.9 0.0 4.6
Multi-dwelling houses, materials  109.6 0.4 2.0
1  Construction cost index for residential buildings is weighted by index for detached houses of
wood and index for multi-dwelling houses.