KEY INDICATORS





POPULATION

ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION
			Australian Capital Territory	Australia
Jun Qtr 08
	Estimated resident population	persons	p344 236	p21 373 998
	Percentage change from previous quarter	%	p0.5	p0.4
p preliminary figure or series subject to revision
Source: Australian Demographic Statistics (cat. no. 3101.0).

MEDIAN AGE OF POPULATION(a)
	Australian Capital Territory	Australia(b)
	years	years
30 June 2008	34.7	36.9
(a) The median age indicates the age at which half the population is older and half younger.
(b) Australia includes Other Territories.
Source: Population by Age and Sex, Australian States and Territories (cat. no. 3201.0).

EDUCATION

SCHOOLS, By category
		Government	Non-government	All schools
		no.	no.	no.
Australian Capital Territory
	2006	95	44	139
	2007	88	44	132
Source: Schools, Australia (cat. no. 4221.0).

STUDENTS
	Australian Capital Territory	Australia
	no.	no.
2006	59 767	3 393 242
2007	59 566	3 441 026
Source: Schools, Australia (cat. no. 4221.0).

APPARENT RETENTION RATES, Full-time students
		Australian Capital Territory	Australia
		%	%
Year 7/8 to Year 12
	2006	88.7	74.7
	2007	85.2	74.3
Source: Schools, Australia (cat. no. 4221.0).

EDUCATION PARTICIPATION AND ATTAINMENT, NON-SCHOOL - 2008
		Australian Capital Territory	Australia
		'000	'000
Students		54	2 576
Non-school qualification(a)
	Persons with a non-school qualification	145	7 472
	Persons without a non-school qualification	88	6 379
Total persons aged 15-64 years		233	13 851
(a) Non-school qualification refers to educational attainments other than those of pre-primary, primary or secondary education.
Source: Education and Work, Australia (cat. no. 6227.0).

CRIME

PRISONERS
		2008
Prisoner counts
	Australian Capital Territory	250
	Australia	27 615
Crude imprisonment rate(a)
	Australian Capital Territory	94
	Australia	169
(a) Imprisonment rates are expressed as the number of persons in prison per 100,000 adult population.
Source: Prisoners in Australia (cat. no. 4517.0).

TOURISM

TOURIST ACCOMMODATION: Hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms
		Establishments	Takings from accommodation	Room occupancy rate
		no.	$'000	%
Australian Capital Territory
	Sep Qtr 07	56	50 520	76.8
	Sep Qtr 08	56	52 482	69.1
Source: Tourist Accommodation, Australia (cat. no. 8635.0).

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
		Canberra	Weighted average of 8 capital cities
		%	%
Dec Qtr 08
	Percentage change from previous period	-0.4	-0.3
	Percentage change from corresponding quarter of previous year	3.7	3.7
Source: Consumer Price Index, Australia (cat. no. 6401.0).

NATIONAL ACCOUNTS

STATE FINAL DEMAND(a): Chain volume measures
		State final demand	Percentage change from previous quarter
		$m	%
Australian Capital Territory
	Dec Qtr 07	9 444.0	-
	Mar Qtr 08	9 474.0	0.3
	Jun Qtr 08	9 529.0	0.6
	Sep Qtr 08	9 578.0	0.5
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Reference year for chain volume measures is 2006-07.
Source: Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product (cat. no. 5206.0).

LABOUR FORCE

LABOUR FORCE STATUS(a): Trend
				October 2008	November 2008	December 2008
Australian Capital Territory
	Employed
		Total persons	'000	192.1	192.3	192.5
		Change from previous month	'000	0.2	0.2	0.2
		Percentage change from previous year	%	2.1	2.0	1.9
	Unemployed
		Total persons	'000	5.3	5.3	5.2
		Change from previous month	'000	-0.1	-	-
		Percentage change from previous year	%	10.6	11.0	8.7
Australia
	Employed
		Total persons	'000	10 742.6	10 747.4	10 749.4
		Change from previous month	'000	6.2	4.8	2.0
		Percentage change from previous year	%	1.8	1.6	1.3
	Unemployed
		Total persons	'000	487.5	493.0	498.1
		Change from previous month	'000	5.2	5.6	5.1
		Percentage change from previous year	%	2.6	4.7	7.1
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Persons aged 15 years and over.
Source: Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0).

LABOUR FORCE STATUS(a): Trend
				October 2008	November 2008	December 2008
Australian Capital Territory
	Participation rate
		Rate	%	72.6	72.6	72.6
		Change from previous month	% pts	-	-	-
		Change from previous year	% pts	0.5	0.6	0.5
	Unemployment rate
		Rate	%	2.7	2.7	2.6
		Change from previous month	% pts	-	-	-
		Change from previous year	% pts	0.2	0.2	0.2
Australia
	Participation rate
		Rate	%	65.1	65.1	65.0
		Change from previous month	% pts	-	-	-
		Change from previous year	% pts	-	-0.1	-0.2
	Unemployment rate
		Rate	%	4.3	4.4	4.4
		Change from previous month	% pts	-	-	-
		Change from previous year	% pts	-	0.1	0.2
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Persons aged 15 years and over.
Source: Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0).

RETAIL TRADE

For information about retail trade please refer to the Journal of fACTS in the Economy section.



BUILDING APPROVALS

BUILDING APPROVALS: Trend
			Australian Capital Territory	Australia
October 2008
	Number of dwelling units	no.	202	10 726
	Percentage change from previous month	%	-10.2	-5.2
November 2008
	Number of dwelling units	no.	182	10 187
	Percentage change from previous month	%	-10.0	-5.0
December 2008
	Number of dwelling units	no.	151	9 692
	Percentage change from previous month	%	-16.6	-4.9
Source: Building Approvals, Australia (cat. no. 8731.0).

HOUSING FINANCE

HOUSING FINANCE FOR OWNER OCCUPATION, Total new housing commitments: Trend
		Number of Commitments	Value of Commitments
		no.	$'000
September 2008
	Australian Capital Territory	705	187 960
	Australia	48 551	12 181 188
October 2008
	Australian Capital Territory	708	189 683
	Australia	48 279	12 188 613
November 2008
	Australian Capital Territory	711	190 956
	Australia	48 271	12 237 395
Source: Housing Finance, Australia (cat. no. 5609.0).

HOUSE PRICE INDEX

ESTABLISHED HOUSE PRICES
		Canberra	Weighted average of 8 capital cities
		%	%
Dec Qtr 08
	Percentage change from previous quarter to current quarter	0.7	-0.8
	Percentage change from corresponding quarter of previous year	-4.1	-3.3
Source: House Price Indexes: Eight Capital Cities (cat. no. 6416.0).

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