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| Month |
2008–09 |
2009–10 |
2010–11 |
2011–12 |
2012–13 |
| Value (a)(b) – $ million |
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|
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| July |
18 678 |
19 595 |
20 348 |
20 687 |
21 404 |
| August |
18 604 |
19 644 |
20 383 |
20 799 |
21 457 |
| September |
18 526 |
19 664 |
20 413 |
20 866 |
|
| October |
18 714 |
19 774 |
20 233 |
20 907 |
|
| November |
18 753 |
20 100 |
20 300 |
20 910 |
|
| December |
19 525 |
19 966 |
20 380 |
20 891 |
|
| January |
19 486 |
20 079 |
20 419 |
20 953 |
|
| February |
19 208 |
19 886 |
20 619 |
21 011 |
|
| March |
19 695 |
19 984 |
20 474 |
21 203 |
|
| April |
19 768 |
20 107 |
20 725 |
21 195 |
|
| May |
19 947 |
20 164 |
20 576 |
21 329 |
|
| June |
19 811 |
20 230 |
20 482 |
21 578 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| Annual |
230 598 |
239 134 |
245 347 |
253 021 |
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| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Annual change (a) – per cent |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| July |
4.0 |
4.9 |
3.8 |
1.7 |
3.5 |
| August |
2.9 |
5.6 |
3.8 |
2.0 |
3.2 |
| September |
1.5 |
6.1 |
3.8 |
2.2 |
|
| October |
2.3 |
5.7 |
2.3 |
3.3 |
|
| November |
1.9 |
7.2 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
|
| December |
5.7 |
2.3 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
|
| January |
5.7 |
3.0 |
1.7 |
2.6 |
|
| February |
4.3 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
1.9 |
|
| March |
6.5 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
3.6 |
|
| April |
6.9 |
1.7 |
3.1 |
2.3 |
|
| May |
7.7 |
1.1 |
2.0 |
3.7 |
|
| June |
7.8 |
2.1 |
1.2 |
5.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Annual |
4.6 |
3.7 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
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(a) Quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted.
(b) Excludes hotels, licensed clubs, video hire outlets, hairdressing and beauty salons, motor vehicle sales, motor vehicle parts and tyre retailing, fuel retailing and marine equipment retailing.
Source: ABS, Retail trade Australia, Cat. no. 8501.0
Update 5 November 2012
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Key points
Seasonally adjusted retail turnover in August 2012 increased by 0.2 per cent over the previous month, to $21.5 billion.
Comparing August 2012 with August 2011, there was an annual growth in sales of 3.2 per cent. With annual inflation at 2.0 per cent (September quarter 2012) this represents an increase in real terms of 1.2 per cent.
What is measured
The ABS retail trade publication provides estimates of the turnover of Australian retail businesses. Turnover includes wholesale and retail sales, takings from repairs, meals, hiring of goods, some commissions and net takings from gaming machines. Since July 2000, turnover includes the GST.
Data are derived from the Retail Business Survey (RBS), which covers around 3200 businesses per month. This includes 500 large businesses and a sample of 2700 smaller businesses.
During 2008 and 2009 changes to the survey occurred, which were discussed in two MSB feature articles (October 2008 and March 2009 editions). Another revision was implemented in July 2009 which changed the Standard Industry Classifications used in the RBS, and the change is discussed in a feature article of the October 2009 edition of this bulletin.
This bulletin reports the seasonally adjusted monthly results at the Australian aggregate level.
Related statistics in this bulletin
- 2.1 Average weekly earnings
- 2.4 Consumer price index
- 4.2 Motor vehicle sales
- 4.4 Business investment
Related publications
- Westpac – Melbourne Institute, Survey of consumer sentiment
- NAB, Monthly survey of business confidence
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