The built environment
encompasses the entirety of the human built world. The built environment sector
is the collection of industries responsible for producing, managing and
maintaining those buildings and structures.
Output of Sixteen Industries
The method used to measure the size and
extent of the Australian BES is to collect the data for output and employment
for sixteen relevant industries and sub-industries. These are industries with a
direct, physical relationship with the built environment, and the data is
provided in the Australian Bureau of Statistics annual publication Australian Industry (ABS 8155). Australian Industry excludes the finance industry and
public sector, but includes non-profits in industries like health and education
and government businesses providing water, sewerage and drainage services.
These are combined with
private sector business to get a total for the selected industries, and these
industries account for around two-thirds of GDP.
Industry value added (IVA) is the estimate of an industry’s output and its contribution to gross domestic product (GDP), and is broadly the difference between the industry’s total income and total expenses. Employment and IVA in current dollars for many, but not all, industries is in Australian Industry. The data is presented for the industries included at varying levels for their subdivisions and classes, with the most recent issue for 2017-18.