Outsourced services as a share of input costs, Australian construction industry

What it is. 46.5% of all input costs for the construction industry: outsourced services such as labour hire, design and engineering consultants and equipment rental.

Sample. Infrastructure Australia reports the ABS 'intermediate services inputs' measure for the construction industry as a whole (the ABS input-output tables), not for civil work alone. The report does not give the year or the table.

What it is not. Context only: how large bought-in services are in construction's cost, not a subcontract price rise or a loss. Read in Infrastructure Australia's report, not in the ABS table it draws on, and for all construction including housing. It includes labour hire and equipment rental, so it overlaps the labour and equipment shares in other context figures.

Where it came from

• Infrastructure Australia (2024), 2024 Infrastructure Market Capacity Report
  p.60 (key points: intermediate services input 46.5% of input costs); p.7 (almost 47 cents in every dollar, up from 40 cents in 1995-96) · source record

Considered and set aside

• Australian Bureau of Statistics: Heavy and civil engineering purchases of goods and materials were 30.7% of total expenses in 2024-25 (37,773 of 123,216); the cube has no separate subcontract line, so it cannot give the outsourced share for civil work.

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