Construction output in Great Britain: September 2024, new orders and Construction Output Price Indices, July to September 2024
Short-term measures of output by the construction industry in September 2024, contracts awarded for new construction work in Great Britain and a summary of the Construction Output Price Indices (OPIs) in the UK for Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2024.
Table of contents
- Main points
- Construction output in September 2024
- New orders in the construction industry in Quarter 3 2024
- Construction output price indices in September 2024
- Data on construction in Great Britain
- Glossary
- Data sources and quality
- Related links
- Cite this statistical bulletin
1.Main points
- Construction output is estimated to have increased by 0.8% in Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2024 compared with Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2024; this came solely from an increase in new work (2.0%), as repair and maintenance fell by 0.6%.
- Monthly construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.1% in volume terms in September 2024; this came solely from a rise in repair and maintenance (0.4%) as new work fell by 0.2%.
- At the sector level, four out of the nine sectors grew in September 2024; the main contributor to the monthly increase was private housing repair and maintenance, which grew by 1.3%.
- Total construction new orders fell 22.0% (£2,722 million) in Quarter 3 2024 compared with Quarter 2 2024; this quarterly decrease came mainly from private new housing and private commercial new work, which fell 31.3% (£861 million) and 20.8% (£786 million), respectively.
- The annual rate of construction output price growth was 2.0% in the 12 months to September 2024.
2.Construction output in September 2024
Monthly construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.1% in volume terms in September 2024. This follows growth of 0.6% (revised from 0.4%) in monthly construction output in August 2024. Monthly construction output for July 2024 fell by 0.4%.
Figure 1: The monthly all work construction output index in September 2024 saw an increase on the month, coming solely from a rise in repair and maintenance (0.4%) as new work fell by 0.2%
Monthly all work index, chained volume measure, seasonally adjusted, Great Britain, January 2010 to September 2024
All work monthly index
New work monthly index
Repair and maintenance monthly index
Sep 2024Apr 2023Nov 2021Jun 2020Jan 2019Aug 2017Mar 2016Oct 2014May 2013Dec 2011Jul 2010
0255075100125
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Source: Construction Output and Employment data from the Office for National Statistics
Download this chart Figure 1: The monthly all work construction output index in September 2024 saw an increase on the month, coming solely from a rise in repair and maintenance (0.4%) as new work fell by 0.2%
| Type of work | Value £ million | Most recent month on the previous month | Most recent month on year | Most recent three- months on three- months | Most recent three- months on year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total all work | 17,654 | 0.1 | -0.4 | 0.8 | -0.4 | |
| Total all new work | 10,051 | -0.2 | -2.7 | 2.0 | -4.1 | |
| Total repair and maintenance | 7,603 | 0.4 | 2.8 | -0.6 | 4.8 | |
| New housing | ||||||
| Public | 496 | -3.2 | -3.6 | 4.5 | -2.3 | |
| Private | 3,180 | -0.4 | -2.0 | 0.7 | -4.1 | |
| Other new work | ||||||
| Infrastructure | 2,612 | 1.4 | -7.2 | 2.8 | -8.8 | |
| Public | 930 | -3.3 | 8.2 | 2.6 | 4.5 | |
| Private industrial | 656 | 1.4 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | |
| Private commercial | 2,179 | -0.1 | -4.2 | 1.4 | -4.2 | |
| Repair and maintenance | ||||||
| Public housing | 753 | 0.8 | 12.1 | 5.0 | 9.2 | |
| Private housing | 2,955 | 1.3 | 0.3 | -5.8 | 1.2 | |
| Non-housing | 3,896 | -0.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 6.9 |
Source: Construction Output and Employment data from the Office for National Statistics
Download full report here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/constructionindustry/bulletins/constructionoutputingreatbritain/september2024newordersandconstructionoutputpriceindicesjulytoseptember2024/pdf
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.1.0.
