Infrastructure Construction
Chapter 2
This chapter provides information on Australian measures of infrastructure engineering construction. These are classified as: transport (roads, rail, ports, etc), energy (electricity and gas transmission networks, etc), telecommunications networks, and water supply and distribution networks. Data is sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Engineering Construction Activity, Australia publication with some adjustments, as well as the Electric Vehicle Council.
- 559 DC fast and Ultrafast public charging sites were available for Australians to charge their electric vehicles in 2023.
- Transport infrastructure engineering construction work done recorded a new all-time high of $48 billion (adjusted by chain volume index) in 2022-23. This accounted for 56 per cent of all infrastructure engineering construction work done in Australia.
Figure 1 Infrastructure construction activity adjusted by chain volume index
Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the change in infrastructure investment activity in Australia over time. Transport, water and energy investment increased relatively consistently until roughly 2012-13, when they each experienced a notable fall. They have recovered in recent years, however, with the Transport sector reaching its new highest point of roughly $48 billion in 2022-23 (Figure 1).
Figure 2 Infrastructure construction activity, by sector, adjusted by chain volume index
Figure 2 illustrates the private and public sector changes in Australian infrastructure expenditure as a percentage of national GDP. Both public and private sector construction activities are derived from the activity by major forms of infrastructure: transport, energy, telecommunications and water supply.
Figure 3 Value of transport infrastructure spending, adjusted by chain volume index
