Australia’s Latest Crane Count for 2019

According to the RLB Crane Index®, there were a total of 178 cranes in Australia’s main cities last year.

Q3 2019 HIGHLIGHTS

• Wollongong makes an RLB Crane Index® debut with 18 cranes across the city
• RLB Crane Index® maintains upward momentum to reach 178 (including Wollongong) or remaining steady at 173 on a like for like basis
• Melbourne sees a fall of nine cranes for the first time in three years
• Sydney crane numbers increase by nine cranes
• 757 cranes are now assisting construction work across the country
• Residential crane numbers fell by 19 cranes to 516
• Both commercial and mixed-use sectors saw strong crane number increases

ABOUT THE RLB CRANE INDEX®

The RLB Crane Index® is published by Rider Levett Bucknall biannually. The number of cranes in the key cities within Australia is tracked to give a simplified measure of the current state of the construction industry’s workload in each of these locations. For more information, visit RLB.com.