5206.0 - Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Jun 2007  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 04/09/2007   
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MAIN FEATURES STATE FINAL DEMAND CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

Trend
Seasonally adjusted
% change
Mar 07
to Jun 07
% change
Jun 06
to Jun 07
% points contribution
to growth in DFD
Mar 07 to Jun 07
% change
Mar 07
to Jun 07
% change
Jun 06
to Jun 07
% points contribution
to growth in DFD
Mar 07 to Jun 07
New South Wales
1.3
4.1
0.4
1.6
4.3
0.5
Victoria
0.9
3.4
0.2
1.5
4.0
0.4
Queensland
2.4
8.2
0.5
3.1
9.5
0.6
South Australia
0.5
3.0
-
0.4
3.4
-
Western Australia
3.8
11.5
0.4
3.2
9.1
0.4
Tasmania
1.3
4.9
-
2.0
5.6
-
Northern Territory
-0.7
-1.2
-
-1.8
0.2
-
Australian Capital Territory
0.9
4.0
-
1.9
3.5
0.1
Australia (DFD)(a)
1.6
5.4
1.6
1.8
5.6
1.8
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Domestic final demand.



JUNE QUARTER

Summary Comments

State Final Demand

  • In trend terms, growth in the June quarter was strongest in Western Australia (up 3.8%) with the weakest result in the Northern Territory (down 0.7%). In seasonally adjusted terms, Western Australia (up 3.2%) showed the strongest growth, due mainly to an increase in Gross fixed capital formation. Weakest seasonally adjusted growth was in the Northern Territory (down 1.8%).

Household final consumption expenditure
  • In trend terms, all states experienced growth ranging from 1.3% in Western Australia to 0.7% in South Australia. Positive growth in seasonally adjusted terms was recorded in all states with the strongest growth in the Northern Territory (up 0.9%).

Government final consumption expenditure
  • Trend growth was strongest in the Australian Capital Territory (up 0.8%), while the largest fall was recorded in Western Australia (down 0.2%). The strongest growth in seasonally adjusted terms was in the Australian Capital Territory (up 2.2%), while both New South Wales and Western Australia recorded a fall of 0.5%.

Private gross fixed capital formation
  • In trend terms, the strongest growth was recorded in Western Australia (up 7.7%) and the weakest growth was in the Northern Territory (down 4.6%). In seasonally adjusted terms the strongest growth was in Western Australia (up 7.6%) and New South Wales (up 7.1%), while the Northern Territory (down 6.9%) and the Australian Capital Territory (down 5.2%) showed the weakest growth.
  • In seasonally adjusted terms, strongest machinery and equipment investment growth was in the Northern Territory (up 78.3%), while Victoria recorded the largest fall (down 4.7%). The strongest growth in non-dwelling construction occurred in Victoria (up 11.5%), with the weakest growth in the Northern Territory (down 25.6%).