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

March 2021

Released

10/05/2021

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Key statistics

The March 2021 seasonally adjusted estimate:

Rose 1.3% month-on-month.
This updates the rise of 1.4% published in the Preliminary Retail Trade release.
Rose 2.2% compared with March 2020.
In volume terms, the seasonally adjusted estimate fell 0.5% in the March quarter 2021.

Turnover at current prices
	Mar-2021 ($m)	Feb-2021 to Mar-2021 (% change)	Mar-2020 to Mar-2021 (% change)
Trend	na	na	na
Seasonally Adjusted	30,699.6	1.3	2.2

na not available

Turnover in volume terms
	March Qtr 2021 ($m)	December Qtr 2020 to March Qtr 2021 (% change)	March Qtr 2020 to March Qtr 2021 (% change)
Trend	na	na	na
Seasonally Adjusted	86,393.3	-0.5	4.7

Total retail turnover

Monthly turnover, current prices - seasonally adjusted estimate
Month	Monthly (%)	Through the year (%)
Mar-2019	0.2	3.4
Apr-2019	0.0	2.8
May-2019	0.2	2.5
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

Monthly turnover, current prices - seasonally adjusted estimate

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

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Quarterly turnover, in volume terms - seasonally adjusted estimate
	Quarterly (%)	Through the year (%)
March Qtr 19	0.1	1.1
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

Quarterly turnover, in volume terms - seasonally adjusted estimate

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

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Total level, current prices - seasonally adjusted and trend estimates
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	27,300.5	27,264.0
Apr-2019	27,309.5	27,318.3
May-2019	27,360.0	27,363.7
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

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	-0.9
Household goods retailing	-0.1
Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing	5.4
Department stores	8.5
Other retailing	1.4
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	4.8
Total	1.3

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

["Industry","Seasonally Adjusted"]

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Monthly turnover, current prices, by state and territory - seasonally adjusted estimate
State	Seasonally Adjusted (%)
New South Wales	0.2
Victoria	3.5
Queensland	-0.5
South Australia	-1.1
Western Australia	5.5
Tasmania	1.3
Northern Territory	0.5
Australian Capital Territory	-2.9
Total	1.3

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

["State","Seasonally Adjusted"]

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Changes in this issue

To understand more about any changes in this issue, suspension of trend estimates, and COVID-19 in March, please read the survey impacts and changes.

Analysis by industry

Food retailing

Food retailing fell 0.9% (-$116.4m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

By industry subgroup, the seasonally adjusted estimate:

fell 1.2% (-$122.0m) for Supermarket and grocery stores.
fell 0.6% (-$6.9m) for Liquor retailing.
rose 1.4% ($12.5m) for Other specialised food retailing.

Food retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	11,214.8	11,203.3
Apr-2019	11,231.9	11,208.6
May-2019	11,211.7	11,222.0
Jun-2019	11,199.6	11,236.8
Jul-2019	11,260.9
Aug-2019	11,292.4
Sep-2019	11,325.4
Oct-2019	11,383.5
Nov-2019	11,432.9
Dec-2019	11,437.7
Jan-2020	11,451.1
Feb-2020	11,528.8
Mar-2020	14,265.5
Apr-2020	11,820.9
May-2020	12,652.6
Jun-2020	12,762.1
Jul-2020	12,948.5
Aug-2020	12,910.8
Sep-2020	12,739.1
Oct-2020	12,745.3
Nov-2020	12,685.6
Dec-2020	12,564.5
Jan-2021	12,683.9
Feb-2021	12,307.9
Mar-2021	12,191.5

Food retailing

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

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Household goods retailing

Household goods retailing fell 0.1% (-$4.0m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

By industry subgroup, the seasonally adjusted estimate:

fell 2.1% (-$44.2m) for Electrical and electronic goods retailing.
rose 1.9% ($36.5m) for Hardware, building and garden supplies retailing.
rose 0.2% ($3.7m) for Furniture, floor coverings, houseware and textile goods retailing.

Household goods retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	4,571.6	4,561.3
Apr-2019	4,540.7	4,562.9
May-2019	4,578.2	4,568.9
Jun-2019	4,572.4	4,579.3
Jul-2019	4,596.0
Aug-2019	4,614.4
Sep-2019	4,620.5
Oct-2019	4,639.5
Nov-2019	4,689.9
Dec-2019	4,663.9
Jan-2020	4,608.3
Feb-2020	4,646.5
Mar-2020	5,028.1
Apr-2020	5,068.7
May-2020	5,895.3
Jun-2020	5,679.2
Jul-2020	5,965.2
Aug-2020	5,573.8
Sep-2020	5,380.9
Oct-2020	5,363.3
Nov-2020	5,981.3
Dec-2020	5,513.3
Jan-2021	5,509.2
Feb-2021	5,550.1
Mar-2021	5,546.1

Household goods retailing

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

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Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing rose 5.4% ($128.6m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

By industry subgroup, the seasonally adjusted estimate:

rose 5.6% ($89.1m) for Clothing retailing.
rose 5.0% ($39.5m) for Footwear and other personal accessory retailing.

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	2,166.8	2,142.1
Apr-2019	2,139.1	2,150.5
May-2019	2,141.8	2,157.3
Jun-2019	2,179.7	2,162.1
Jul-2019	2,152.6
Aug-2019	2,189.7
Sep-2019	2,176.4
Oct-2019	2,161.3
Nov-2019	2,236.9
Dec-2019	2,189.5
Jan-2020	2,160.5
Feb-2020	2,099.0
Mar-2020	1,631.5
Apr-2020	750.4
May-2020	1,736.3
Jun-2020	2,098.0
Jul-2020	2,220.8
Aug-2020	1,985.4
Sep-2020	1,959.1
Oct-2020	2,095.6
Nov-2020	2,631.7
Dec-2020	2,395.3
Jan-2021	2,344.8
Feb-2021	2,383.2
Mar-2021	2,511.8

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing

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

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Department stores

Department stores rose 8.5% ($141.7m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Department stores
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	1,545.0	1,554.7
Apr-2019	1,575.3	1,560.5
May-2019	1,571.7	1,564.7
Jun-2019	1,563.5	1,567.7
Jul-2019	1,558.2
Aug-2019	1,579.8
Sep-2019	1,579.9
Oct-2019	1,566.7
Nov-2019	1,627.4
Dec-2019	1,573.8
Jan-2020	1,522.1
Feb-2020	1,587.2
Mar-2020	1,449.2
Apr-2020	1,228.4
May-2020	1,766.7
Jun-2020	1,577.1
Jul-2020	1,619.3
Aug-2020	1,481.4
Sep-2020	1,494.4
Oct-2020	1,571.5
Nov-2020	1,877.0
Dec-2020	1,655.4
Jan-2021	1,638.8
Feb-2021	1,675.4
Mar-2021	1,817.1

Department stores

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

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Other retailing

Other retailing rose 1.4% ($62.8m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

By industry subgroup, the seasonally adjusted estimate:

rose 2.3% ($47.3m) for Other retailing n.e.c..
rose 1.5% ($26.6m) for Pharmaceutical, cosmetic and toiletry goods retailing.
rose 2.7% ($5.4m) for Newspaper and book retailing.
fell 3.0% (-$16.3m) for Other recreational goods retailing.

Other retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	3,886.2	3,914.7
Apr-2019	3,932.8	3,924.3
May-2019	3,947.2	3,942.1
Jun-2019	3,969.7	3,959.5
Jul-2019	3,958.8
Aug-2019	3,977.6
Sep-2019	3,990.6
Oct-2019	3,988.9
Nov-2019	3,962.6
Dec-2019	3,973.1
Jan-2020	3,956.3
Feb-2020	3,978.6
Mar-2020	4,626.2
Apr-2020	3,989.4
May-2020	4,333.7
Jun-2020	4,337.4
Jul-2020	4,548.3
Aug-2020	4,317.0
Sep-2020	4,274.9
Oct-2020	4,357.1
Nov-2020	4,697.9
Dec-2020	4,503.2
Jan-2021	4,555.0
Feb-2021	4,536.1
Mar-2021	4,598.9

Other retailing

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

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Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services rose 4.8% ($186.3m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

By industry subgroup, the seasonally adjusted estimate:

rose 5.9% ($126.7m) for Cafes, restaurants and catering services.
rose 3.5% ($59.5m) for Takeaway food services.

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	3,916.0	3,890.2
Apr-2019	3,889.8	3,903.6
May-2019	3,909.4	3,910.3
Jun-2019	3,924.0	3,906.6
Jul-2019	3,904.0
Aug-2019	3,889.6
Sep-2019	3,896.4
Oct-2019	3,895.2
Nov-2019	3,945.9
Dec-2019	3,909.1
Jan-2020	3,910.1
Feb-2020	3,935.6
Mar-2020	3,032.8
Apr-2020	1,958.9
May-2020	2,555.5
Jun-2020	3,271.2
Jul-2020	3,427.1
Aug-2020	3,212.0
Sep-2020	3,314.7
Oct-2020	3,468.9
Nov-2020	3,697.7
Dec-2020	3,819.2
Jan-2021	3,806.8
Feb-2021	3,847.9
Mar-2021	4,034.2

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services

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Original estimates for chains and larger retailers, and smaller retailers

The original estimate for chains and other larger retailers rose 12.9% in March 2021.
The original estimate for smaller retailers rose 14.2% in March 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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Suspension of trend series

Coronavirus (COVID-19) in March

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Key statistics

Total retail turnover

Changes in this issue

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

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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

Changes in this issue

Suspension of trend series

Coronavirus (COVID-19) in March

Previous catalogue number

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Methodology

Articles

Online sales, March 2021 - Supplementary COVID-19 analysis

Supermarket spending, March 2021 - Supplementary COVID-19 analysis

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Retail sales volumes fell 0.5% in March quarter 2021

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