STATE AND TERRITORY COMPARISONS




HOW DOES YOUR STATE OR TERRITORY COMPARE?

Click on the dialogue box above under 'Select a different indicator' and choose from a selection of 7 different indicators.

All of the indicators are available in the publication State and Territory Statistical Indicators (cat. no. 1367.0), and are updated as new ABS data becomes available.

			Highest			Lowest
Indicator	Descriptor	Time period(a)	State	Value		State	Value
Unemployment rate	Trend	Oct 2011 (M)	Qld	5.8%		ACT	3.8%
Average weekly earnings	Full-time adult ordinary time, original	Aug 2011 (Q)	WA	$1 536.40		Tas	$1 164.70
Building approvals	No. of dwelling units approved, trend	Sep 2011 (%M/(M-12))	ACT	36.7%		Tas	-30.3%
State final demand	Seasonally adjusted	Jun 2011 (%Q/(Q-4))	WA	6.6%		NT	-3.5%
Retail turnover	Current prices, seasonally adjusted	Sep 2011 (%M/(M-12))	WA	8.0%		SA	-0.1%
ERP growth	Persons, original(b)	Mar 2011 (%Q/(Q-4))	WA	2.2%		NT	0.4%
CPI	Capital city, all groups	Sep 2011 (%Q/(Q-4))	Adelaide	4.0%		Perth, Darwin	2.8%

(a) M = Monthly release, Q = Quarterly release.
(b) preliminary.