IN THIS ISSUE

This issue of SA Stats is a quarterly data release and represents an overview of a number of economic, social and environment statistics. The topics covered include demography, state accounts, consumption, investment, production, prices, labour force, incomes, housing finance, and environment. The overview is updated on a quarterly basis (in March, June, September and December) and in the intervening months the publication includes feature articles that provide a South Australian focus on economic, social and environmental issues.

In the 12 months to November 2007, the number of persons employed full-time in South Australia increased by 12,900 to 533,300 persons. This was driven by growth in female full-time employment (up 11,300 persons). Although more females are working full-time, the wage gap between males and females in South Australia is increasing. In the 12 months to August 2007, the average weekly (ordinary time) earnings for full-time males increased 4.5% to $1,076.40. During this same period, the average weekly (ordinary time) earnings for full-time females increased 1.5% to $926.20.

Explanatory Notes are not included in SA Stats in the form found in other ABS publications. Readers are directed to the Explanatory Notes contained in related ABS publications (links to source documents are provided in the summary table).

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	South Australia	Australia	%	Period
Estimated Resident Population	1 584 513	21 017 222	7.5%	Jun 2007 Qtr
State Final Demand (trend)	$17 434m	$263 460m	6.6%	Sep 2007 Qtr
Household Final Consumption Expenditure	$10 259m	$145 085m	7.1%	Sep 2007 Qtr
Retail Turnover	$1 369.4m	$19 928.2m	6.9%	Oct 2007
New Motor Vehicle Sales	5 135	88 216	5.8%	Oct 2007
Private New Capital Expenditure	$1 244m	$20 406m	6.1%	Sep 2007 Qtr
Mineral Exploration Expenditure	$87.2m	$563.4m	15.5%	Sep 2007 Qtr
Petroleum Exploration Expenditure	$52.7m	$698.3m	7.5%	Sep 2007 Qtr
Building Approvals (Dwelling units)	1 002	13 483	7.4%	Oct 2007
Consumer Price Index Quarterly % Change	1.4%	*1.9%	n.a.	Sep 2007 Qtr
Job Vacancies (original)	10 000	173 100	5.8%	Aug 2007 Qtr
Employed persons (trend)	771 900	10 559 800	7.3%	Nov 2007
Unemployment rate (trend)	5.0%	4.4%	n.a.	Nov 2007
Average Weekly Earnings	$1 026.60	$1 103.60	n.a.	Aug 2007
Exports	$781m	$13 510m	5.8%	Oct 2007
Imports	$636m	$17 403m	3.7%	Oct 2007
Housing Finance Commitments	$ 976m	$15 136m	6.4%	Oct 2007
Average Loan Size (owner occupied) Tourist Accommodation Takings	$194 200 $101.6m	$240 300 $2 122.9m	n.a. 4.8%	Oct 2007 Jun 2007 Qtr

*Average of 8 capital cities
n.a. not applicable