RLB CRANE INDEX®
Adelaide’s RLB Crane Index® was stable at 317 index points, representing a total of 19 cranes across the city.
Q1 2025
Highlights
The number of cranes operating in Adelaide has remained steady since the last count. A total of ten cranes were removed and ten were erected on new projects commencing construction.
Cranes were added at the following projects:
Commercial
- 21-25 Gray Street (Adelaide)
- Modbury Hospital Carpark (Modbury)
Health
- Women’s & Children’s Hospital (Adelaide)
Hotel
- Little National Hotel (Adelaide)
Mixed Use
- Lot 6003 Bowden (Bowden)
Residential
- Junction Housing Tonsley (Tonsley Park)
- Hungarian Club of SA (Norwood)
- Uniting on Second (Bowden)
- Monde Apartments (Kent Town)
Cranes were removed from developments at:
- Eighty-Eight O’Connell (North Adelaide, Residential)
- Burnside Village (Glenside, Retail)
- The Cullinan (Adelaide, Residential)
- ORTA on the Parade (Norwood, Residential)
- YWCA (Adelaide, Residential)
- Eastwood Hospital (Fullarton, Health)
- Bolivar Water Works (Bolivar, Commercial)
- The Harrington (Prospect, Residential)
- 50 Franklin Street (Adelaide, Commercial)
The residential sector leads with nine cranes, followed by the commercial sector with six cranes, and the health sector with two cranes.
Q1 2025
Summary
| Region | Change | |
|---|---|---|
| ADELAIDE | 0 | |
| Sector | Change | |
|---|---|---|
| AGED CARE | N/A | |
| CIVIC | N/A | |
| CIVIL | N/A | |
| COMMERCIAL | 0 | |
| DATA CENTRES | N/A | |
| EDUCATION | N/A | |
| HEALTH | 1 | |
| HOTEL | 1 | |
| MIXED USE | 1 | |
| RECREATION | N/A | |
| RESIDENTIAL | -1 | |
| RETAIL | -2 | |
Q1 2025
Crane Activity
By Region
OPENING / CLOSING COUNT COMPARISON
| OPENING COUNT | MOVEMENT | CLOSING COUNT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | % | NET | Q1 2025 | % | |||
| ADELAIDE | 19 | 2.2% | 10 | -10 | 0 | 19 | 2.3% |
By Sector
OPENING / CLOSING COUNT COMPARISON
| OPENING COUNT | MOVEMENT | CLOSING COUNT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | % | NET | Q1 2025 | % | |||
| AGED CARE | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| CIVIC | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| CIVIL | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| COMMERCIAL | 6 | 31.6% | 2 | -2 | 0 | 6 | 31.6% |
| DATA CENTRES | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| EDUCATION | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| HEALTH | 1 | 5.3% | 2 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 10.5% |
| HOTEL | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.3% |
| MIXED USE | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.3% |
| RECREATION | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| RESIDENTIAL | 10 | 52.6% | 4 | -5 | -1 | 9 | 47.4% |
| RETAIL | 2 | 10.5% | 0 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| TOTAL | 19 | 2.2% | 10 | -10 | 0 | 19 | 2.3% |
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