Chapter 4: Business Conditions


4.1 Value of retail sales

4.1 Value of retail sales

  2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Value (a) – $ million          
New South Wales  74 359  76 025  77 356  79 977  84 970
Victoria  60 045  62 736  63 961  64 439  67 527
Queensland  49 076  50 188  52 089  54 672  57 008
South Australia  17 260  17 320  17 385  17 321  17 844
Western Australia  26 093  27 164  29 809  31 921  32 401
Tasmania  5 287  5 160  5 198  5 059  5 410
Northern Territory  2 672  2 701  2 822  2 889  3 048
Australian Capital Territory  4 508  4 585  4 644  4 855  4 938
Australia  239 299  245 878  253 265  261 132  273 144
           
Annual change – per cent          
New South Wales 5.7 2.2 1.8 3.4 6.2
Victoria 4.2 4.5 2.0 0.7 4.8
Queensland 1.5 2.3 3.8 5.0 4.3
South Australia 1.8 0.3 0.4 -0.4 3.0
Western Australia 2.6 4.1 9.7 7.1 1.5
Tasmania 2.6 -2.4 0.7 -2.7 6.9
Northern Territory 4.6 1.1 4.5 2.4 5.5
Australian Capital Territory 4.6 1.7 1.3 4.5 1.7
Australia 3.7 2.7 3.0 3.1 4.6
           
(a) Seasonally-adjusted data
Source: ABS, Retail trade, Australia, cat. no. 8501.0, ABS, Canberra, Jun 2015.

4.2 Passenger vehicle sales

4.2 Passenger vehicle sales

  2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Number (a)          
New South Wales  183 623  182 772  183 887  182 954  179 774
Victoria  166 421  161 976  159 972  163 443  158 989
Queensland  111 046  103 642  107 310  106 092  103 004
South Australia  38 375  36 720  36 360  35 637  35 780
Western Australia  57 845  57 079  57 398  59 558  53 816
Tasmania  10 084  9 443  8 308  9 269  8 716
Northern Territory  4 259  4 204  4 284  4 161  4 297
Australian Capital Territory  10 426  10 420  10 435  10 836  9 911
Australia  582 079  566 256  567 954  571 950  554 287
           
Annual change – per cent          
New South Wales 6.1 -0.5 0.6 -0.5 -1.7
Victoria 8.2 -2.7 -1.2 2.2 -2.7
Queensland 11.1 -6.7 3.5 -1.1 -2.9
South Australia 6.6 -4.3 -1.0 -2.0 0.4
Western Australia 3.2 -1.3 0.6 3.8 -9.6
Tasmania 6.0 -6.4 -12.0 11.6 -6.0
Northern Territory 5.6 -1.3 1.9 -2.9 3.3
Australian Capital Territory 1.4 -0.1 0.1 3.8 -8.5
Australia 7.2 -2.7 0.3 0.7 -3.1
           
(a) Includes vehicles designed primarily for the carriage of people, such as cars, station wagons and people movers. Also includes four wheel drive passenger vehicles not classified as sports utility vehicles.
Source: ABS, Sales of new motor vehicles, Australia, cat. no. 9314.0, ABS, Canberra, July 2015.

4.3 Dwelling approvals

4.3 Dwelling approvals

  2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Number (a)          
New South Wales  34 777  34 631  35 357  41 290  51 970
Victoria  57 701  60 516  50 483  48 730  54 819
Queensland  36 341  29 596  27 675  29 922  37 659
South Australia  12 872  11 836  8 626  8 800  11 133
Western Australia  25 653  20 998  19 252  24 887  30 373
Tasmania  3 355  3 124  2 126  1 797  2 135
Northern Territory  1 433  1 536  1 617  2 183  2 149
Australian Capital Territory  4 538  5 866  4 863  3 802  4 636
Australia  176 670  168 103  149 999  161 411  194 874
           
Annual change – per cent          
New South Wales 39.7 -0.4 2.1 16.8 25.9
Victoria 38.1 4.9 -16.6 -3.5 12.5
Queensland 22.9 -18.6 -6.5 8.1 25.9
South Australia 5.5 -8.0 -27.1 2.0 26.5
Western Australia 31.5 -18.1 -8.3 29.3 22.0
Tasmania 3.7 -6.9 -31.9 -15.5 18.8
Northern Territory -2.0 7.2 5.3 35.0 -1.6
Australian Capital Territory 57.3 29.3 -17.1 -21.8 21.9
Australia 30.3 -4.8 -10.8 7.6 20.7
           
(a) Houses and other dwellings (for example, flats) intended for long-term residential use; includes both private and public sector dwellings.
Source: ABS, Building approvals, Australia, cat. no. 8731.0, ABS, Canberra, July 2015.

4.4 Business investment

4.4 Business investment

  2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Chain volume measures (a) – $ million        
New South Wales  47 667  50 464  52 396  56 344  51 730
Victoria  40 945  41 536  42 232  37 260  40 992
Queensland  37 116  45 274  62 694  66 830  63 114
South Australia  10 106  10 994  12 231  12 182  11 888
Western Australia  45 045  50 118  73 291  76 460  68 066
Tasmania  2 427  2 619  2 954  2 458  2 280
Northern Territory  3 309  2 619  5 471  9 994  10 590
Australian Capital Territory  2 437  2 366  2 607  2 535  2 082
Australia  189 583  206 495  253 988  264 062  250 741
           
Annual change – per cent          
New South Wales 2.9 5.9 3.8 7.5 -8.2
Victoria 0.3 1.4 1.7 -11.8 10.0
Queensland -15.2 22.0 38.5 6.6 -5.6
South Australia 0.2 8.8 11.3 -0.4 -2.4
Western Australia -3.3 11.3 46.2 4.3 -11.0
Tasmania -23.0 7.9 12.8 -16.8 -7.2
Northern Territory -36.5 -20.9 108.9 82.7 6.0
Australian Capital Territory 2.0 -2.9 10.2 -2.8 -17.9
Australia -4.6 8.9 23.0 4.0 -5.0
           
(a) Private business gross fixed capital formation for other buildings and structures, machinery and equipment, livestock and intangible fixed assets. Reference year for chain volume measures is 2012–13. See glossary for definition of chain volume measures.
Source: Australian national accounts: state accounts, cat. no. 5220.0, 2013-14.

4.5 Bankruptcies

4.5 Bankruptcies

  2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Number (a)          
New South Wales  9 762  8 115  7 627  6 799  6 098
Victoria   249   195   172   206   184
Queensland  5 718  4 500  4 249  4 180  3 854
South Australia  7 012  6 167  6 251  6 052  5 356
Western Australia  1 941  1 589  1 523  1 493  1 188
Tasmania   151   114   80   102   88
Northern Territory  1 886  1 700  1 567  1 469  1 324
Australian Capital Territory   790   713   694   575   509
Australia  27 509  23 093  22 163  20 876  18 601
           
Annual change – per cent          
New South Wales -7.0 -16.9 -6.0 -10.9 -10.3
Victoria 0.8 -21.7 -11.8 19.8 -10.7
Queensland -4.4 -21.3 -5.6 -1.6 -7.8
South Australia 12.3 -12.1 1.4 -3.2 -11.5
Western Australia -0.2 -18.1 -4.2 -2.0 -20.4
Tasmania 46.6 -24.5 -29.8 27.5 -13.7
Northern Territory 13.6 -9.9 -7.8 -6.3 -9.9
Australian Capital Territory -6.2 -9.7 -2.7 -17.1 -11.5
Australia 0.0 -16.1 -4.0 -5.8 -10.9
           
(a) Bankruptcies and Administration Orders (Part IV and XI of the Bankruptcy Act 1966). Number of new debtors, creditors petitions, and part XI deceased estates bankruptcy administration which have occurred in the reporting period.
Source: Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA), Time series, AFSA website.

 

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