8501.0 - Retail Trade, Australia, Mar 2006
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 08/05/2006
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SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
VOLUME MEASURES
NOTES FORTHCOMING ISSUES
CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE Quarterly chain volume data are shown in tables 14 and 15 of this issue.
FOOD RETAILING There has been four months of moderate trend growth. There has been moderate trend growth in Victoria (at least 15 months), New South Wales (seven months), Tasmania (three months) and Western Australia (three months). DEPARTMENT STORES There has been moderate trend growth for the last three months. There has been strong growth in Western Australia and Queensland for four and three months respectively, while the Australian Capital Territory had moderate growth in March 2006 after three months of strong growth. All other published states had moderate trend growth in March 2006 after periods of weak or moderate growth. CLOTHING AND SOFT GOOD RETAILING The trend has been weak for the last three months. New South Wales has had a decline in the trend estimate for seven months. Victoria, Queensland and South Australia had weak trend growth in March 2006, and the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory had no growth. By contrast, Western Australia and Tasmania have had strong trend growth for at least six months. HOUSEHOLD GOOD RETAILING There has been weak trend growth for ten months. New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia have had weak trend growth or been in decline over this period. The Northern Territory has had strong trend growth for eight months. RECREATIONAL GOOD RETAILING The trend has continued to be in decline for 11 months. The Australian Capital Territory was the only state with strong trend growth in March 2006. South Australia has had moderate trend growth in the last four months, while all other states have been flat or in decline for at least four months. OTHER RETAILING There has been strong growth in the trend for the last five months. All published states, except New South Wales and South Australia, have had strong trend growth for at least four months. TOTAL RETAIL (EXCLUDING HOSPITALITY AND SERVICES) Total retail (excluding Hospitality and services) has had moderate trend growth for the last four months. Over the last seven months, the rate of trend growth for Total retail (excluding Hospitality and services) has mostly been slower than Total industries (including Hospitality and services). HOSPITALITY AND SERVICES There has been moderate or strong growth in the trend for twelve months. Victoria and South Australia have had strong growth for four and three months respectively. New South Wales and the Northern Territory had weak trend growth in March 2006 following periods of strong trend growth. STATE TRENDS MONTHLY SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AND TREND ESTIMATES NEW SOUTH WALES There has been moderate trend growth for five months. Food retailing and Other retailing have had moderate or strong growth for 12 and five months respectively. Department stores have had moderate trend growth for two months. Hospitality and services had weak trend growth in March 2006 after six months of strong or moderate growth. Clothing and soft good retailing has been in decline for seven months. VICTORIA There has been moderate trend growth for four months. Hospitality and services and Other retailing have had strong trend growth over the last four months, while Food retailing has had moderate trend growth for at least the last 15 months. Clothing and soft good retailing has had weak trend growth over the last three months, while Recreational good retailing has been in decline for the last ten months. QUEENSLAND There has been moderate trend growth for 13 months. There has been strong trend growth in Department stores (three months) and Other retailing (six months). Hospitality and services has slowed to moderate growth in the last two months following a long period of strong growth. SOUTH AUSTRALIA There has been moderate growth in the trend estimate for four months. Other retailing had moderate growth in March 2006 after eight months of strong growth. Hospitality and services has had three months of strong trend growth. Clothing and soft good retailing has had weak growth for six months and Household good retailing continues to be in decline. WESTERN AUSTRALIA There has been strong growth in the trend estimate for three months. Department stores, Clothing and soft good retailing and Other retailing have had strong trend growth for at least the last four months. Hospitality and services had strong growth in March 2006, following three months of moderate growth. TASMANIA The trend growth has been strong to moderate for the past 11 months, with moderate growth in February and March 2006. Clothing and soft good retailing has had strong trend growth for over 12 months. Hospitality and services has had moderate trend growth in the last two months after six months of strong growth. Food retailing has had moderate growth in the last three months. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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