5206.0 - Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Dec 2006  
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MAIN FEATURES STATE FINAL DEMAND CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

Trend
Seasonally adjusted
% change
Sep 06
to Dec 06
% change
Dec 05
to Dec 06
% points contribution
to growth in DFD
Sep 06 to Dec 06
% change
Sep 06
to Dec 06
% change
Dec 05
to Dec 06
% points contribution
to growth in DFD
Sep 06 to Dec 06
New South Wales
0.6
1.4
0.2
1.4
1.8
0.5
Victoria
1.1
3.2
0.3
0.9
2.9
0.2
Queensland
0.8
6.1
0.2
0.2
6.7
-
South Australia
0.8
2.6
0.1
0.6
2.5
-
Western Australia
0.9
7.2
0.1
4.3
7.8
0.5
Tasmania
-0.4
-3.0
-
2.6
-2.9
0.1
Northern Territory
-0.9
1.0
-
-5.7
-1.0
-0.1
Australian Capital Territory
1.6
6.5
0.1
2.7
5.6
0.1
Australia (DFD)(a)
0.8
3.5
0.8
1.3
3.7
1.3
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Domestic final demand.



DECEMBER QUARTER

Summary Comments

State Final Demand

  • In trend terms, growth in the December quarter was strongest in the Australian Capital Territory (up 1.6%) with the weakest result in Northern Territory (down 0.9%). In seasonally adjusted terms, Western Australia (up 4.3%) showed the strongest growth. Seasonally adjusted growth was weakest in the Northern Territory (down 5.7%), due mainly to a decline in Private gross fixed capital formation.

Household final consumption expenditure
  • In trend terms, all states experienced growth ranging from 1.6% in Western Australia to 0.4% in South Australia. Growth in seasonally adjusted terms was recorded in all states with the strongest growth in Western Australia (2.0%) and New South Wales (1.8%).

Government final consumption expenditure (GFCE)
  • Trend growth was strongest in the Australian Capital Territory (up 1.7%), while the largest falls were recorded in the Northern Territory (-0.3%) and New South Wales (-0.2%). Seasonally adjusted, GFCE fell in Western Australia (down 2.1%), while the strongest growth occurred in the Australian Capital Territory (up 2.2%).

Private gross fixed capital formation
  • In trend terms, the strongest growth was recorded in the Australian Capital Territory (up 2.8%). Trend growth was weakest in the Northern Territory (down 5.0%). In seasonally adjusted terms the strongest growth was recorded in Western Australia (up 11.0%), with the weakest growth in the Northern Territory (down 20.6%).
  • In seasonally adjusted terms, strongest machinery and equipment investment growth was in Western Australia (up 12.6%), while the Northern Territory recorded the largest fall (down 56.6%).

Public gross fixed capital formation
  • Trend growth was strongest in Victoria (up 8.5%), while the largest fall was recorded in Tasmania (down 3.9%). In seasonally adjusted terms, large growth was recorded in Tasmania (up 144.2%), while a fall occurred in Queensland (down 5.2%).