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Retail Trade, Australia

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Monthly and quarterly estimates of turnover and volumes for retail businesses, including store and online sales.

Reference period

June 2021

Released

4/08/2021

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Key statistics

The June 2021 seasonally adjusted estimate:

Fell 1.8% month-on-month.
This follows the 1.8% fall published in the Preliminary Retail Trade release.
Rose 2.9% compared with June 2020.
In volume terms, the seasonally adjusted estimate rose 0.8% in the June quarter 2021.

Upcoming changes to Retail Trade, Australia

The Retail Trade, Australia publication will be moving to a new release schedule to better accommodate data users’ needs following the discontinuation of Retail Trade, Australia, Preliminary.

To understand more about any changes to the future release schedule, as well as changes in this issue, suspension of trend estimates, and COVID-19 in June 2021, please read the survey impacts and changes.

Turnover at current prices
	Jun-2021 ($m)	May-2021 to Jun-2021 (% change)	Jun-2020 to Jun-2021 (% change)
Trend	na	na	na
Seasonally Adjusted	30,590.5	-1.8	2.9

na not available

Turnover in volume terms
	June Qtr 2021 ($m)	March Qtr 2021 to June Qtr 2021 (% change)	June Qtr 2020 to June Qtr 2021 (% change)
Trend	na	na	na
Seasonally Adjusted	87,049.5	0.8	9.2

na not available

Total retail turnover

Monthly turnover, current prices - seasonally adjusted estimate
Month	Monthly (%)	Through the year (%)
Jun-2019	0.2	2.5
Jul-2019	0.1	2.4
Aug-2019	0.4	2.5
Sep-2019	0.2	2.5
Oct-2019	0.2	2.3
Nov-2019	0.9	3.3
Dec-2019	-0.5	2.6
Jan-2020	-0.5	1.9
Feb-2020	0.6	1.9
Mar-2020	8.1	10.0
Apr-2020	-17.4	-9.1
May-2020	16.6	5.8
Jun-2020	2.7	8.4
Jul-2020	3.4	12.0
Aug-2020	-4.1	7.0
Sep-2020	-1.1	5.7
Oct-2020	1.5	7.1
Nov-2020	6.7	13.2
Dec-2020	-3.5	9.7
Jan-2021	0.3	10.6
Feb-2021	-0.8	9.1
Mar-2021	1.3	2.2
Apr-2021	1.1	25.0
May-2021	0.4	7.7
Jun-2021	-1.8	2.9

Monthly turnover, current prices - seasonally adjusted estimate

["Month","Monthly","Through the year"]

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Quarterly turnover, in volume terms - seasonally adjusted estimate
Quarter	Quarterly (%)	Through the year (%)
June Qtr 19	0.2	0.3
September Qtr 19	0	0.1
December Qtr 19	0.3	0.5
March Qtr 20	1.2	1.6
June Qtr 20	-3.4	-2.1
September Qtr 20	6.4	4.2
December Qtr 20	2.4	6.4
March Qtr 21	-0.5	4.7
June Qtr 21	0.8	9.2

Quarterly turnover, in volume terms - seasonally adjusted estimate

["Quarter","Quarterly","Through the year"]

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Total level, current prices - seasonally adjusted and trend estimates
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Jun-2019	27,408.9	27,408.6
Jul-2019	27,430.5
Aug-2019	27,543.5
Sep-2019	27,589.2
Oct-2019	27,635.0
Nov-2019	27,895.6
Dec-2019	27,747.2
Jan-2020	27,608.3
Feb-2020	27,775.7
Mar-2020	30,033.3
Apr-2020	24,816.7
May-2020	28,940.1
Jun-2020	29,724.9
Jul-2020	30,729.1
Aug-2020	29,480.4
Sep-2020	29,163.0
Oct-2020	29,601.6
Nov-2020	31,571.4
Dec-2020	30,450.9
Jan-2021	30,538.5
Feb-2021	30,300.6
Mar-2021	30,699.6
Apr-2021	31,028.2
May-2021	31,158.3
Jun-2021	30,590.5

Total level, current prices - seasonally adjusted and trend estimates

["Month","Seasonally adjusted","Trend"]

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Monthly turnover, current prices, by industry - seasonally adjusted estimate
Industry	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Food retailing	1.5
Household goods retailing	-1.3
Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing	-9.5
Department stores	-7.0
Other retailing	-1.6
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	-6.0
Total	-1.8

Monthly turnover, current prices, by industry - seasonally adjusted estimate

["Industry","Seasonally adjusted"]

[["Food retailing","Household goods retailing","Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing","Department stores","Other retailing","Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services","Total"],[[1.5],[-1.3],[-9.5],[-7],[-1.6000000000000001],[-6],[-1.8]]]

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Monthly turnover, current prices, by state and territory - seasonally adjusted estimate
State	Seasonally adjusted (%)
New South Wales	-2.0
Victoria	-4.0
Queensland	-0.9
South Australia	0.6
Western Australia	0.1
Tasmania	-1.6
Northern Territory	-1.8
Australian Capital Territory	1.3
Total	-1.8

Monthly turnover, current prices, by state and territory - seasonally adjusted estimate

["State","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Analysis by industry

Food retailing

Food retailing rose 1.5% ($192.6m) in June, in seasonally adjusted terms.

By industry subgroup, the seasonally adjusted estimate:

rose 1.5% ($152.9m) for Supermarket and grocery stores.
rose 2.7% ($23.4m) for Other specialised food retailing.
rose 1.3% ($16.3m) for Liquor retailing.

Food retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Jun-19	11,199.6
Jul-19	11,260.8
Aug-19	11,292.2
Sep-19	11,325.3
Oct-19	11,383.4
Nov-19	11,433
Dec-19	11,437.8
Jan-20	11,451
Feb-20	11,528.8
Mar-20	14,265.5
Apr-20	11,821.1
May-20	12,652.7
Jun-20	12,761.8
Jul-20	12,948.3
Aug-20	12,910.9
Sep-20	12,739.1
Oct-20	12,745.2
Nov-20	12,685.7
Dec-20	12,564.5
Jan-21	12,684.1
Feb-21	12,307.9
Mar-21	12,191.5
Apr-21	12,359.7
May-21	12,501.4
Jun-21	12,694

Food retailing

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Household goods retailing

Household goods retailing fell 1.3% (-$74.3m) in June, in seasonally adjusted terms.

By industry subgroup, the seasonally adjusted estimate:

fell 3.1% (-$46.4m) for Furniture, floor coverings, houseware and textile goods retailing.
fell 2.0% (-$41.5m) for Electrical and electronic goods retailing.
rose 0.7% ($13.6m) for Hardware, building and garden supplies retailing.

Household goods retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Jun-19	4,572.4
Jul-19	4,596.1
Aug-19	4,614.5
Sep-19	4,620.6
Oct-19	4,639.5
Nov-19	4,689.9
Dec-19	4,663.9
Jan-20	4,608.4
Feb-20	4,646.5
Mar-20	5,028.1
Apr-20	5,068.6
May-20	5,895.3
Jun-20	5,679.3
Jul-20	5,965.3
Aug-20	5,573.8
Sep-20	5,380.9
Oct-20	5,363.4
Nov-20	5,981.3
Dec-20	5,513.3
Jan-21	5,509.2
Feb-21	5,550.1
Mar-21	5,546.1
Apr-21	5,629
May-21	5,569.1
Jun-21	5,494.8

Household goods retailing

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

[["Jun-19","Jul-19","Aug-19","Sep-19","Oct-19","Nov-19","Dec-19","Jan-20","Feb-20","Mar-20","Apr-20","May-20","Jun-20","Jul-20","Aug-20","Sep-20","Oct-20","Nov-20","Dec-20","Jan-21","Feb-21","Mar-21","Apr-21","May-21","Jun-21"],[[4572.3999999999996],[4596.1000000000004],[4614.5],[4620.6000000000004],[4639.5],[4689.8999999999996],[4663.8999999999996],[4608.3999999999996],[4646.5],[5028.1000000000004],[5068.6000000000004],[5895.3000000000002],[5679.3000000000002],[5965.3000000000002],[5573.8000000000002],[5380.8999999999996],[5363.3999999999996],[5981.3000000000002],[5513.3000000000002],[5509.1999999999998],[5550.1000000000004],[5546.1000000000004],[5629],[5569.1000000000004],[5494.8000000000002]]]

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Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing fell 9.5% (-$240.8m) in June, in seasonally adjusted terms.

By industry subgroup, the seasonally adjusted estimate:

fell 11.1% (-$191.6m) for Clothing retailing.
fell 6.1% (-$49.3m) for Footwear and other personal accessory retailing.

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Jun-19	2,179.7
Jul-19	2,152.6
Aug-19	2,189.7
Sep-19	2,176.4
Oct-19	2,161.3
Nov-19	2,236.9
Dec-19	2,189.5
Jan-20	2,160.5
Feb-20	2,099
Mar-20	1,631.5
Apr-20	750.4
May-20	1,736.2
Jun-20	2,098
Jul-20	2,220.8
Aug-20	1,985.4
Sep-20	1,959.1
Oct-20	2,095.6
Nov-20	2,631.7
Dec-20	2,395.3
Jan-21	2,344.8
Feb-21	2,383.2
Mar-21	2,511.8
Apr-21	2,540.9
May-21	2,540.1
Jun-21	2,299.3

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Department stores

Department stores fell 7.0% (-$118.6m) in June, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Department stores
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Jun-19	1,563.5
Jul-19	1,558.2
Aug-19	1,579.8
Sep-19	1,580
Oct-19	1,566.7
Nov-19	1,627.4
Dec-19	1,573.8
Jan-20	1,522.1
Feb-20	1,587.2
Mar-20	1,449.2
Apr-20	1,228.4
May-20	1,766.7
Jun-20	1,577.1
Jul-20	1,619.3
Aug-20	1,481.4
Sep-20	1,494.4
Oct-20	1,571.5
Nov-20	1,877
Dec-20	1,655.4
Jan-21	1,638.8
Feb-21	1,675.4
Mar-21	1,817.1
Apr-21	1,695.3
May-21	1,683.9
Jun-21	1,565.3

Department stores

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Other retailing

Other retailing fell 1.6% (-$76.0m) in June, in seasonally adjusted terms.

By industry subgroup, the seasonally adjusted estimate:

fell 4.3% (-$76.5m) for Pharmaceutical, cosmetic and toiletry goods retailing.
fell 7.7% (-$16.6m) for Newspaper and book retailing.
rose 0.7% ($14.8m) for Other retailing n.e.c..
rose 0.4% ($2.2m) for Other recreational goods retailing.

Other retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Jun-19	3,969.7
Jul-19	3,958.8
Aug-19	3,977.7
Sep-19	3,990.6
Oct-19	3,988.9
Nov-19	3,962.5
Dec-19	3,973.1
Jan-20	3,956.3
Feb-20	3,978.6
Mar-20	4,626.2
Apr-20	3,989.3
May-20	4,333.7
Jun-20	4,337.5
Jul-20	4,548.3
Aug-20	4,317
Sep-20	4,274.9
Oct-20	4,357.1
Nov-20	4,697.9
Dec-20	4,503.2
Jan-21	4,554.9
Feb-21	4,536.1
Mar-21	4,598.9
Apr-21	4,678
May-21	4,708.6
Jun-21	4,632.6

Other retailing

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services fell 6.0% (-$250.7m) in June, in seasonally adjusted terms.

By industry subgroup, the seasonally adjusted estimate:

fell 8.0% (-$186.2m) for Cafes, restaurants and catering services.
fell 3.5% (-$64.5m) for Takeaway food services.

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Jun-19	3,924
Jul-19	3,904
Aug-19	3,889.6
Sep-19	3,896.4
Oct-19	3,895.2
Nov-19	3,945.9
Dec-19	3,909.1
Jan-20	3,910.1
Feb-20	3,935.6
Mar-20	3,032.8
Apr-20	1,958.9
May-20	2,555.5
Jun-20	3,271.2
Jul-20	3,427.1
Aug-20	3,212
Sep-20	3,314.7
Oct-20	3,468.9
Nov-20	3,697.7
Dec-20	3,819.2
Jan-21	3,806.7
Feb-21	3,848
Mar-21	4,034.2
Apr-21	4,125.3
May-21	4,155.1
Jun-21	3,904.4

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Original estimates for chains and larger retailers, and smaller retailers

The original estimate for chains and other larger retailers fell 1.4% in June 2021.
The original estimate for smaller retailers fell 5.4% in June 2021.

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Table 1. Retail turnover, by industry group
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Table 2. Retail turnover, by industry group - percentage change from previous month
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Table 3. Retail turnover, by state
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Table 4. Retail turnover, by state - percentage change from previous month
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Table 5. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, volume and price, seasonally adjusted - by industry group
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Table 6. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, volume and price, seasonally adjusted - by state
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Table 7. Quarterly retail turnover, chain volume measures - by industry group
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Table 8. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, chain volume measures - by industry group
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Table 9. Quarterly retail turnover, chain volume measures - by state
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Table 10. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, chain volume measures - by state
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Table 11. Retail turnover, state by industry subgroup, original
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Table 12. Retail turnover, state by industry subgroup, seasonally adjusted
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Table 13. Retail turnover, state by industry subgroup, trend
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Table 14. Retail turnover; completely enumerated (large) and sample (small), by industry group
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Table 15. Retail turnover; completely enumerated (large) and sample (small), by state
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Table 16. Retail turnover, completely enumerated sector: Australia
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Table 17. Quarterly consumer sales, Australia, by type of activity
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Table 18. Quarterly consumer sales, Australia, by type of activity - percentage change from previous quarter
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Table 19. Quarterly retail turnover per capita, Australia, all series
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Table 20. Quarterly retail turnover per capita, Australia, all series - percentage change from previous quarter
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Table 21. Experimental series - online retail turnover Australia by type of activity
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Table 22. Experimental series - online retail turnover Australia by type of activity percentage change
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Table 23. Experimental series - online retail turnover Australia by type of activity percentage of total Australian retail turnover
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Survey impacts and changes

Upcoming changes to the Retail Trade, Australia release schedule

The ABS has ceased the publication of Retail Trade, Australia, Preliminary (8501.0.55.008). From next month, Retail Trade, Australia (8501.0) will move to a new release schedule to better accommodate data users’ needs.

For the July 2021 reference period onwards, key statistics from Retail Trade, Australia will be released 20 working days following the end of the reference period, with the full suite of statistics to be made available in an “Additional Information” release four business days later.

This replaces the current release schedule where all time series spreadsheets are released approximately 24 working days following the end of the reference period.

The following highlights the timing and availability of time series spreadsheets from the July 2021 reference period onwards:

Table title
Release	Timing	Tables	Content
Main Release (i.e. key statistics)	20 working days following the end of the reference period	1 - 4	Monthly National Turnover
			Monthly Industry Turnover
			Monthly State Turnover
Additional Tables	4 working days following the main release	5 - 23	Monthly State by Industry Turnover
			Monthly Sub-Industry Turnover
			Monthly State by Sub-Industry Turnover
			Quarterly Volumes and other quarterly statistics
			Online Sales

Under the new release schedule there will be no change to the availability of data for this publication. Time series spreadsheet numbering and names, as well as Series IDs remain the same as previously published.

Both releases will be based on the same source data, with no additional data collection activity occurring between these times.

The ABS will continue to quality assure data between the release of the key statistics and the additional tables, with revisions to the key statistics anticipated to be rare.

Dates for future releases are available under ‘Future releases’ from the top of this page. There are two advertised dates for each reference period. The earliest date refers to the release of Tables 1 through to 4. The later date indicates when the additional tables (5 through to 23) will be made available.

Changes in this issue

Suspension of trend series

Coronavirus (COVID-19) in June

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 8501.0.

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Methodology

Retail Trade, Australia methodology, June 2021

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Key statistics

Upcoming changes to Retail Trade, Australia

Total retail turnover

Analysis by industry

Food retailing

Household goods retailing

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing

Department stores

Other retailing

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services

Original estimates for chains and larger retailers, and smaller retailers

Data downloads

Time series spreadsheets

Table 1. Retail turnover, by industry group

Table 2. Retail turnover, by industry group - percentage change from previous month

Table 3. Retail turnover, by state

Table 4. Retail turnover, by state - percentage change from previous month

Table 5. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, volume and price, seasonally adjusted - by industry group

Table 6. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, volume and price, seasonally adjusted - by state

Table 7. Quarterly retail turnover, chain volume measures - by industry group

Table 8. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, chain volume measures - by industry group

Table 9. Quarterly retail turnover, chain volume measures - by state

Table 10. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, chain volume measures - by state

Table 11. Retail turnover, state by industry subgroup, original

Table 12. Retail turnover, state by industry subgroup, seasonally adjusted

Table 13. Retail turnover, state by industry subgroup, trend

Table 14. Retail turnover; completely enumerated (large) and sample (small), by industry group

Table 15. Retail turnover; completely enumerated (large) and sample (small), by state

Table 16. Retail turnover, completely enumerated sector: Australia

Table 17. Quarterly consumer sales, Australia, by type of activity

Table 18. Quarterly consumer sales, Australia, by type of activity - percentage change from previous quarter

Table 19. Quarterly retail turnover per capita, Australia, all series

Table 20. Quarterly retail turnover per capita, Australia, all series - percentage change from previous quarter

Table 21. Experimental series - online retail turnover Australia by type of activity

Table 22. Experimental series - online retail turnover Australia by type of activity percentage change

Table 23. Experimental series - online retail turnover Australia by type of activity percentage of total Australian retail turnover

Survey impacts and changes

Upcoming changes to the Retail Trade, Australia release schedule

Changes in this issue

Suspension of trend series

Coronavirus (COVID-19) in June

Previous catalogue number

Inquiries

Methodology

Articles

Online sales, June 2021 - Supplementary COVID-19 analysis

Media releases

Retail sales volumes rose 0.8% in June quarter 2021

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