CONSUMPTION


RETAIL TRADE

The January 2011 seasonally adjusted estimate for South Australia's retail turnover rose for the first time in four months to $1,460.1m; a rise of 2.4% from the previous month ($1,425.4m), and 0.4% above the sales recorded in January 2010 ($1,453.9m). Nationally, retail turnover rose to $20,440.6m in January 2011; an increase of 0.4% over the previous month and 1.8% above the sales recorded in January 2010 ($20,078.7m). South Australia's contribution to total retail turnover in Australia rose slightly to 7.1%.

Comparing January 2011 with January 2010, the only two South Australian industry groups with increases in retail turnover (in seasonally adjusted terms) were Food retailing, up 5.2% to $605.1m and Cafe, restaurants and takeaway food services, up 3.5% to $152.4m.

Department stores and Clothing, footwear and personal accessories recorded the largest industry group decreases in turnover over this period, falling by 7.9% and 5.3% respectively.

NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

In trend terms, sales of new passenger vehicles in South Australia rose to 3,205 in January 2011. The latest rise represents a slight increase (0.4%) from the December sales (3,192) but is 1.4% lower than sales in January 2010 (3,250). In contrast, total new vehicles sales fell 0.1% in January 2011 to 5,393.

In Australia, new passenger vehicle sales rose 0.8% to 49,454 in January 2011 from 49,075 in December. The January 2011 estimate is 1.7% above the new passenger vehicle sales for the same time the previous year (48,648). Total new vehicle sales remained unchanged at 85,252 in January 2011.

*DATA NOTES

Please refer to source publications for impact of floods on data and collections.