State summary |
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| Period | New South Wales | Victoria | Queensland | South Australia | Western Australia | Tasmania | Northern Territory | Australian Capital Territory | Australia | |
Selected indicators | |
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| Labour force Participation rate (%) (trend) | | | | | | | | | | |
| December 2008 (M) | 63.1 | 64.2 | 67.4 | 63.3 | 69.1 | 61.9 | 72.0 | 72.6 | 65.0 | |
| Unemployment rate (%) (trend) | | | | | | | | | | |
| December 2008 (M) | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 4.4 | |
| Average weekly total earnings ($) (original) | | | | | | | | | | |
| August 2008 (Q) | 913.28 | 881.84 | 871.49 | 826.39 | 1 002.32 | 754.63 | 940.75 | 1 097.00 | 901.75 | |
Selected indicators per head of population(a) | |
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| Final demand ($’000) (Chain volume measures) (seasonally adjusted) | | | | | | | | | | |
| September Quarter 2008 (Q) | 12.4 | 12.4 | 13.5 | 11.7 | 16.3 | 11.3 | 19.4 | 27.8 | 13.3 | |
| Retail turnover ($) (Chain volume measures) (seasonally adjusted) | | | | | | | | | | |
| September Quarter 2008 (Q) | 2 339 | 2 493 | 2 557 | 2 401 | 2 797 | 2 387 | 2 614 | 2 897 | 2 485 | |
| Retail turnover ($) (trend) | | | | | | | | | | |
| November 2008 (M) | 802 | 874 | 892 | 837 | 960 | 828 | 942 | 1 027 | 862 | |
| Private new capital expenditure ($) (seasonally adjusted)(b) | | | | | | | | | | |
| September Quarter 2008 (Q) | 757 | 753 | 1 181 | 923 | 3 334 | 565 | 2 121 | 437 | 1 116 | |
| Registration of new motor vehicles (no. per ’000 population) (trend) | | | | | | | | | | |
| December 2008 (M) | 3.312 | 3.764 | 3.746 | 3.149 | 4.066 | 2.807 | 3.767 | 3.513 | 3.571 | |
| Res. building approvals (no. per ’000 population) (trend) | | | | | | | | | | |
| November 2008 (M) | 0.278 | 0.587 | 0.539 | 0.607 | 0.672 | 0.508 | 0.411 | 0.527 | 0.482 | |
| Res. building approvals ($) (original) | | | | | | | | | | |
| November 2008 (M) | 64 | 125 | 112 | 106 | 159 | 99 | 207 | 98 | 104 | |
| Housing finance commitments ($) (original) | | | | | | | | | | |
| November 2008 (M) | 599 | 532 | 625 | 572 | 684 | 389 | 490 | 512 | 587 | |
Percentage change from previous period | |
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| Final demand (Chain volume measures) (seasonally adjusted) | | | | | | | | | | |
| September Quarter 2008 (Q) | 0.6 | -1.4 | -0.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | -0.8 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
| Retail turnover (Chain volume measures) (seasonally adjusted) | | | | | | | | | | |
| September Quarter 2008 (Q) | -1.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 | -3.0 | 0.1 | |
| Retail turnover (trend) | | | | | | | | | | |
| November 2008 (M) | -0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | |
| Private new capital expenditure (seasonally adjusted)(b) | | | | | | | | | | |
| September Quarter 2008 (Q) | -4.3 | -7.9 | 8.0 | 20.1 | 15.5 | -18.3 | 5.1 | 22.4 | 3.2 | |
| Registration of new motor vehicles (trend) | | | | | | | | | | |
| November 2008 (Q) | -1.6 | -2.0 | -1.4 | -1.2 | -2.3 | -2.9 | -1.2 | -0.1 | -1.7 | |
| Res. building approvals- number (trend) | | | | | | | | | | |
| November 2008 (M) | -2.9 | -4.4 | -4.2 | -3.9 | -6.4 | -1.4 | 15.0 | -8.4 | -4.2 | |
| Res. building approvals- value (original) | | | | | | | | | | |
| November 2008 (M) | -27.5 | -26.1 | -23.6 | -3.7 | -28.4 | -9.6 | 126.2 | -59.4 | -24.5 | |
| Consumer Price Index (original) | | | | | | | | | | |
| December Quarter 2008 (M) | -0.2 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.3 | |
| Labour force participation rate (percentage points) (trend) | | | | | | | | | | |
| December 2008 (M) | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Unemployment rate (percentage points) (trend) | | | | | | | | | | |
| December 2008 (M) | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Average weekly total earnings (original) | | | | | | | | | | |
| August 2008 (Q) | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | -2.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 1.9 | |
| Housing finance commitments (original) | | | | | | | | | | |
| November 2008 (M) | 5.4 | -9.2 | -5.4 | 4.4 | -13.3 | 0.9 | -10.0 | -25.0 | -3.7 | |
| Total hourly rates of pay indexes, excluding bonuses (original) | | | | | | | | | | |
| September Quarter 2008 (Q) | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | |
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| (a) The latest quarterly estimate of Australian resident population is shown in Table 9.2. This estimation has been used to calculate ratios for subsequent periods. |
| (b) Extreme care should be exercised in using the seasonally adjusted series for Private new capital expenditure for Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. The highly erratic nature of this data makes reliable estimation of the seasonal pattern very difficult. |
