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| FEATURE ARTICLES
Regional household and family characteristics in Western Australia
Retail industry in Western Australia |
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| STATE ACCOUNTS
State final demand in Western Australia (trend chain volume terms) has slowed steadily over the last three quarters, from a growth of 3.2% ($923 million) in the March quarter 2007, decelerating by 1.2% ($383 million) or $31,249 million in the December quarter 2007. |
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| PRICES
Perth's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.8% in the December quarter 2007, slightly up from the 0.6% recorded in the previous quarter but lower than the national growth of 0.9%. |
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| CONSUMPTION
Retail turnover (trend) in Western Australia rose by 0.7% ($44 million) to $6,455 million for the three months to January 2008. Sales of new motor vehicles (trend) in Western Australia rose 0.2% (66) to 30,894 in the three months to February 2008, compared to the previous three months period. |
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| INVESTMENT AND FINANCE
Private new capital expenditure (trend chain volume measure) in Western Australia increased by 1.5% ($77 million) to $5,301 million in the December quarter 2007, lower than the growth of 2.1% ($109 million) recorded in the previous quarter. The number of dwellings financed for owner occupation (trend) in Western Australia increased 1.2% (305 commitments) in the three months to January 2008, compared to the previous three month period. |
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| CONSTRUCTION
In the three months to January 2008, there were 4,312 houses approved for construction, 2.0% (89) less in the previous three months. the number of new house approvals (original) in Western Australia fell by 9.1% or 413 approvals, from the previous three month period. |
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| TRADE
Western Australia's trade surplus declined by 4.5% ($457 million) to $9,604 million through the year to December quarter 2007. The value of Western Australia's exports rose by 1.1% ($173 million) to $15,283 million through the year to December quarter 2007. The value of Western Australia's imports rose by 11.3% ($630 million) to $6,218 million through the year to December quarter 2007. |
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| MINING
Expenditure on mineral exploration (trend) in Western Australia rose 8.7% ($24 million) to $295 million in the December quarter 2007. |
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| TOURISM
Western Australia recorded 7,766 (8.8%) less overseas holiday-makers to the state than the corresponding quarter of 2006. There were 21,763 (25.1%) more Western Australians holidaying overseas in the December quarter 2007, compared to the same period of 2006.
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| LABOUR MARKET
There were 32,600 job vacancies in Western Australia in the November quarter 2007, an increase of 9.8% (or 2,900) compared to the previous period. Full-time employment (trend) in Western Australia rose by 1.1% (9,000) to 815,600 persons in the three months to February 2008. The number of unemployed persons (trend) in Western Australia fell by 5.8% (2,200) to 35,900 persons in the three months to February 2008. |
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| POPULATION
The estimated resident population of Western Australia was 2,118,532 in the September quarter 2007, an increase of 12,749 persons (0.6%) from the previous quarter. The state's quarterly population growth was second to the Northern Territory (0.7%) and above the national increase of 0.4%. |
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| SOCIAL TRENDS - FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS
In 2006, 11,600 marriages were registered in Western Australia, an increase of 500 (4.3%) from 2005. There were 27,800 births registered in Western Australia in 2006. This was 5.8% higher than in 2005 (26,300 births), 9.8% higher than in 2004 (25,300 births) and 12.0% higher than in 1996 (24,800). In June 2007, 11.8% of children aged under 15 years (49,200) in Western Australia were living in families where no parent was employed, decreasing from 16.3% in June 1997. |
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