1308.8 - In fACT - Statistical Information on the ACT and Region, Aug 2008
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 20/08/2008
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NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
The information paper Gross State Product using the Production approach GSP(P) provides detailed information about the methods and sources for the compilation of Gross Value Added (GVA) by industry (including Ownership of dwellings and Taxes less subsidies on products) for each state/territory which was introduced in 2007. This paper should be used in conjunction with 5216.0 to gain an understanding of the concepts, sources and methods used to compile the state accounts. Additional information can also be found on the National Accounts Theme Page, including upcoming releases and changes. Gross State Product
Gross State Product (GSP) is the state/territory equivalent of GDP for Australia. It represents the total market value of goods and services produced within a state or territory within a given period, after deducting the cost of goods and services used up in the process of production, but before deducting allowances for the consumption of fixed capital. In current prices, the Australian Capital Territory's (ACT) GSP was $21 586m in 2006-07, an increase of 8.0% over 2005-06. GSP increased by 5.0%, from $19 994m to $20 985m in chain volume terms over the same period. In comparison, Australia's GDP increased by 8.2% in current prices and 3.2% in chain volume terms between 2005-06 and 2006-07.
The ACT's GSP per capita was $64 591 in current prices in 2006-07, an increase of 6.7% over 2005-06 and 28.5% higher than GDP per capita for Australia overall ($50 264). In chain volume terms, GSP for the ACT was $62 793 per capita, which was 3.7% higher than in 2005-06 ($60 530). GDP per capita for Australia was $47 954 in 2006-07, 1.7% higher than in 2005-06 ($47 136). GSP per capita for the ACT was 30.9% higher than Australia's GDP per capita in 2006-07, and the highest of all states and territories.
GVA is the value of output at basic prices minus the value of intermediate consumption at purchasers' prices. The term is used to describe gross product by industry. State GVA in current prices is not directly compiled so the Australian GVA by industry is allocated to the states using factor income shares. GVA is compiled in volume terms; for most industries an output indicator approach is used to create the chain volume measures of GVA by industry for each of the states and territories. In chain volume terms, Government administration and defence contributed the most to the growth of the ACT's GSP in 2006-07, with 1.7 percentage points (34.0%) of the 5% annual growth. The next largest contributor was Dwellings owned by persons, with 0.4 percentage points (8.0%). Australia's largest contributors to the 3.2% of GDP were Mining, Construction and Property and business services, each contributing 0.5 percentage points (15.6%). State Final Demand
State Final Demand (SFD) for the individual states and territories is conceptually equivalent to Domestic Final Demand (DFD) for Australia. It is the aggregate obtained by summing government final consumption expenditure, household final consumption expenditure, private gross fixed capital formation and the gross fixed capital formation of public corporations and general government. In chain volume terms, SFD for the ACT was nearly $34b in 2006-07, and increase of 5.6% over 2005-06. This compares with a 4.1% increase in DFD for Australia. In current price terms, SFD for the ACT was $35b in 2006-07, an increase of 9.3% over 2005-06. DFD for Australia increased by 7.4% over the same period.
Final consumption expenditure is the net expenditure on goods and services by either public authorities (General government final consumption expenditure or GFCE) or persons and private non-profit institutions serving households (Household final consumption expenditure or HFCE). This is expenditure which does not result in the creation of fixed assets or inventories or in the acquisition of land and existing buildings or second-hand assets. By contrast, gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) measures expenditure on fixed assets, and includes compensation of employees but not repair or maintenance of fixed assets. GFCF is divided into private and public corporations.By splitting final demand into these components, the structural differences between the ACT and Australia can be highlighted. Each of the components displayed in the table Components of Final Demand total to State Final Demand for ACT and Domestic Final Demand for Australia. In current prices, GFCE represented 51.0% ($18b) of SFD in the ACT in 2006-07, compared to 18.1% of DFD nationally. In contrast, HFCE represented 32.9% ($11b) of the total final demand in the ACT, compared to 55.2% of Australia's DFD. There was also a significant difference in expenditure on private GFCF. It was proportionately lower in the ACT than for Australia as a whole in 2006-07, accounting for 10.8% of SFD in the ACT versus 22.6% of DFD nationally. In chain volume terms, HFCE accounted for 39.8% of total final consumption expenditure in the ACT in 2006-07, with general government accounting for 60.2%. These proportions have remained relatively constant over time.
In 2006-07 those components of HFCE which took up the largest proportions of total expenditure were consistent between ACT households and households across Australia as a whole: Rent and other dwelling serviceswas the single largest expenditure item (18.2% for the ACT and 17.6% Australia as a whole), followed by Miscellaneous goods and services(15.8% for the ACT versus 13.6% nationally), then Recreation and culture (12.5% and 11.8% respectively). Expenditure on Communications took up the lowest proportion of HFCE in 2006-07, for the ACT and Australia as a whole. For the ACT it accounted for 2.7% of HFCE, for Australia 2.8%. The ACT's expenditure on private fixed capital formation, in chain volume terms, was $3.6b in 2006-07, up 10.7% on the $3.3b spent in 2005-06. Expenditure on public fixed capital formation, in chain volume terms, was $1.8b, up $163m (9.7%) on 2005-06.
Total Factor Income (TFI) is that part of the cost of producing the GDP which consists of gross payments to factors of production, these payments being compensation of employees and gross operating surplus. TFI represents the value added by these factors in the process of production and is equivalent to gross state/domestic product less taxes plus subsidies on production, and imports. TFI for the ACT grew by 8.2% ($1 615m) in the 2006-07 financial year, to $19 706m. This was close to the national average growth of 8.4% ($7.8b to $9.3b). Of the components of factor income, Gross mixed income recorded the strongest growth over the previous financial year, at 11.3% ($111m). Compensation of employees also had strong growth, at 10.9% ($1 320m). Gross operating surplus was the weakest, recording 1.1% growth over the previous financial year ($59m). In comparison, at the national level Gross operating surplus had the strongest growth with 10.7% ($3.3b) - Compensation of employees grew by 7.8% ($3.5b), and Gross mixed income by 3.0% ($2 485m). Gross Household Disposable Income Per Capita
Gross state product per capita does not measure income received by residents of a particular state or territory because a proportion of income generated in the production process may be transferred to other states/territories or overseas (and conversely income may be received from other states/territories or from overseas). A measure that takes these interstate or overseas flows into account is gross household disposable income per capita. Households in the ACT recorded the highest level of gross household disposable income per capita of all states and territories in 2006-07, in current price terms. At $49 923 per capita, this was nearly $18 000 more than the next highest juristiction, the Northern Territory ($31 980) and nearly $19 000 higher than for Australia as a whole. Tasmania recorded the lowest gross household disposable income per capita in 2006-07 ($26 752). Differences between states and territories are driven by a number of factors: average wage levels; proportion of the population in employment; the age distribution of the population and differences in the level of dwelling rent, including that imputed to owner occupiers. For example, one reason for the high level recorded for the ACT is the territory's high labour force participation rate - in June 2007 the trend participation rate for the ACT was 73.1%, versus 64.9% for Australia as a whole.
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