1345.4 - SA Stats, Jul 2007  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 31/07/2007   
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RETAIL TURNOVER

The March 2007 trend estimate for South Australia's retail turnover was $1,361.1m, compared with the Australian total of $18,929.1m. This represents a 0.8% increase in turnover across all retail industries for South Australia and a 0.7% increase nationally from the previous month.


RETAIL TURNOVER(a), Current prices, Trend,
Percentage change from previous month
Graph: Retail Turnover(a), Current prices, Trend, percentage change from previous month
Source: Retail Trade, Australia (cat. no. 8501.0)

Comparing March 2007 with March 2006, retail turnover (trend) increased by 7.5% for South Australia and 6.9% for Australia.

Over the same period, the two South Australian industry groups with the largest percentage increases in retail turnover (trend) were Household goods, rising by 16.6% (to $194.9m), and Food, rising by 10.0% (to $604.4m). The South Australian industry group which reported the largest decrease in retail turnover (trend) was Recreational goods retailing, down by 7.6% to $37.8m.


RETAIL TURNOVER BY INDUSTRY GROUP, Current prices, Trend,
Percentage change over last twelve months, March 2007, South Australia
Graph: Retail Turnover by Industry Group, Current prices, Trend
Source: Retail Trade, Australia (cat. no. 8501.0)


NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES
In April 2007, 3,303 new passenger vehicles and 5,310 new vehicles in total (in trend terms) were sold in South Australia. Corresponding sales for Australia were 53,645 and 87,241

NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES, South Australia
Graph: New Moter Vehicle Sales, South Australia
Source: Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Electronic Delivery,Feb. 2007 (cat. no. 9314.0.55.001)