Latest results - published 26 September 2024
- In Quarter 2 2024 the total volume of construction output increased by 3.4%, increased by 10.5% over the year and increased by 5.4% on a rolling four quarters basis.
- In Quarter 2 2024, construction output reached a 15 year high following seven consecutive quarters of annual growth.
- In the second quarter of 2024, construction output is 17.2% above the pre-pandemic level seen in Quarter 4 2019 and is 72.7% above the series low seen in Quarter 2 2020.
- The increase in overall output seen in Quarter 2 2024 from the previous quarter was driven by increases in both New Work (2.6%) and Repair and Maintenance (7.2%).
- In Quarter 2 2024, both Housing (2.0%) and Other Work (13.6%) subsectors increased. However, the Infrastructure (-2.2%) subsector decreased over the quarter.
Current publication and tables
Notices of change
- Revision Notice - Data Smoothing Q2 2017
- Information Notice - Delay in Publication Q2 2017
- Methodological notice - Change of base year
- Revision notice - New Work and R&M series
Other information
Publication schedule
The next Northern Ireland Construction Bulletin will be published on 16 January 2025. This will cover the period of 1 July to 30 September 2024. Full publication schedule
Historical data
Historical statistical bulletins for the Quarterly Construction Enquiry (quarter 1 2004 to quarter 1 2022) are retained on our historical bulletins page. Statistical bulletins from quarter 2 2022 onwards can be found under related documents.
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