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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

March 2022

Released

4/05/2022

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Key statistics

The March 2022 seasonally adjusted estimate:

Rose 1.6% month-on-month.
Rose 9.4% compared with March 2021.
In volume terms, the seasonally adjusted estimate rose 1.2% in the March quarter 2022.

Total retail turnover

Monthly turnover, current prices - seasonally adjusted estimate
Month	Monthly (%)	Through the year (%)
Mar-2019	0.2	3.4
Apr-2019	-0.2	2.7
May-2019	0.2	2.5
Jun-2019	0.2	2.5
Jul-2019	0.2	2.5
Aug-2019	0.4	2.4
Sep-2019	0.3	2.5
Oct-2019	0.1	2.3
Nov-2019	0.8	3.3
Dec-2019	-0.4	2.6
Jan-2020	-0.4	2.0
Feb-2020	0.5	1.9
Mar-2020	8.1	9.9
Apr-2020	-17.4	-9.0
May-2020	16.3	5.6
Jun-2020	2.9	8.3
Jul-2020	3.7	12.1
Aug-2020	-4.2	7.0
Sep-2020	-0.8	5.8
Oct-2020	1.3	7.1
Nov-2020	6.5	13.1
Dec-2020	-3.3	9.9
Jan-2021	0.2	10.5
Feb-2021	-0.8	9.1
Mar-2021	1.3	2.3
Apr-2021	0.8	24.9
May-2021	0.2	7.5
Jun-2021	-1.4	3.0
Jul-2021	-2.6	-3.2
Aug-2021	-1.7	-0.7
Sep-2021	1.7	1.8
Oct-2021	4.6	5.1
Nov-2021	7.1	5.7
Dec-2021	-4.1	4.8
Jan-2022	1.6	6.3
Feb-2022	1.8	9.1
Mar-2022	1.6	9.4

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 (%)
March Qtr 20	1.3	1.6
June Qtr 20	-3.7	-2.2
September Qtr 20	6.4	4
December Qtr 20	1.9	5.8
March Qtr 21	-0.1	4.3
June Qtr 21	0.4	8.7
September Qtr 21	-4.3	-2.3
December Qtr 21	7.9	3.5
March Qtr 22	1.2	4.9

Quarterly turnover, in volume terms, seasonally adjusted estimate

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

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Total level, current prices - seasonally adjusted
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	27,317.9	27,253.4
Apr-2019	27,253.3	27,295.3
May-2019	27,310.2	27,334.9
Jun-2019	27,378.0	27,382.8
Jul-2019	27,428.6
Aug-2019	27,536.7
Sep-2019	27,620.4
Oct-2019	27,659.5
Nov-2019	27,891.4
Dec-2019	27,767.6
Jan-2020	27,657.7
Feb-2020	27,791.6
Mar-2020	30,030.8
Apr-2020	24,796.5
May-2020	28,835.2
Jun-2020	29,660.3
Jul-2020	30,753.0
Aug-2020	29,469.0
Sep-2020	29,228.9
Oct-2020	29,617.8
Nov-2020	31,555.8
Dec-2020	30,516.7
Jan-2021	30,569.9
Feb-2021	30,332.5
Mar-2021	30,725.9
Apr-2021	30,960.0
May-2021	31,007.7
Jun-2021	30,563.8
Jul-2021	29,761.4
Aug-2021	29,261.9
Sep-2021	29,756.7
Oct-2021	31,132.7
Nov-2021	33,345.0
Dec-2021	31,967.9
Jan-2022	32,492.0
Feb-2022	33,085.4
Mar-2022	33,626.1

Total level, current prices - seasonally adjusted

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

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Monthly turnover, current prices, by industry - seasonally adjusted estimate
Industry	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Food retailing	0.5
Household goods retailing	3.4
Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing	0.5
Department stores	4.1
Other retailing	2.0
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	2.0
Total	1.6

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	1.8
Victoria	0.6
Queensland	3.4
South Australia	-0.7
Western Australia	1.9
Tasmania	0.7
Northern Territory	1.9
Australian Capital Territory	1.1
Total	1.6

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

["State","Seasonally adjusted"]

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An additional information release on 10 May 2022 has seen the inclusion of more detailed results for the March 2022 reference period. Additional timeseries spreadsheets have been published, including; state by industry results, state by industry sub-group results, March quarter 2022 turnover volumes, and online sales.

To understand more about changes in this issue, suspension of trend estimates, and COVID-19 in March 2022, please read the survey impacts and changes.

Turnover at current prices
	Mar-2022 ($m)	Feb-2022 to Mar-2022 (% change)	Mar-2021 to Mar-2022 (% change)
Trend	na	na	na
Seasonally adjusted	33,626.1	1.6	9.4

na not available

Turnover in volume terms
	March Qtr 2022 ($m)	December Qtr 2021 to March Qtr 2022 (% change)	March Qtr 2021 to March Qtr 2022 (% change)
Trend	na	na	na
Seasonally adjusted	93,186.4	1.2	4.9

Analysis by industry

Food retailing

Food retailing rose 0.5% ($58.4m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Food retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	11,266.8	11,220.4
Apr-2019	11,241.3	11,221.2
May-2019	11,214.3	11,221.7
Jun-2019	11,167.7	11,222.8
Jul-2019	11,234.8
Aug-2019	11,262.5
Sep-2019	11,322.4
Oct-2019	11,374.2
Nov-2019	11,441.4
Dec-2019	11,445.1
Jan-2020	11,444.6
Feb-2020	11,554.0
Mar-2020	14,342.6
Apr-2020	11,838.1
May-2020	12,635.1
Jun-2020	12,721.4
Jul-2020	12,901.2
Aug-2020	12,878.1
Sep-2020	12,737.9
Oct-2020	12,729.5
Nov-2020	12,707.3
Dec-2020	12,581.2
Jan-2021	12,669.1
Feb-2021	12,350.5
Mar-2021	12,297.0
Apr-2021	12,373.2
May-2021	12,487.4
Jun-2021	12,655.1
Jul-2021	12,910.9
Aug-2021	13,224.5
Sep-2021	13,075.4
Oct-2021	12,981.5
Nov-2021	12,683.6
Dec-2021	12,944.2
Jan-2022	13,221.4
Feb-2022	12,881.2
Mar-2022	12,939.6

Food retailing

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Household goods retailing

Household goods retailing rose 3.4% ($204.9m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Household goods retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	4,564.2	4,556.0
Apr-2019	4,529.7	4,558.2
May-2019	4,567.5	4,566.9
Jun-2019	4,585.8	4,580.6
Jul-2019	4,603.3
Aug-2019	4,621.6
Sep-2019	4,627.7
Oct-2019	4,637.5
Nov-2019	4,684.5
Dec-2019	4,663.6
Jan-2020	4,615.7
Feb-2020	4,635.7
Mar-2020	5,022.2
Apr-2020	5,056.7
May-2020	5,863.4
Jun-2020	5,704.7
Jul-2020	5,980.5
Aug-2020	5,587.3
Sep-2020	5,381.6
Oct-2020	5,359.6
Nov-2020	5,988.5
Dec-2020	5,514.0
Jan-2021	5,506.4
Feb-2021	5,535.2
Mar-2021	5,544.4
Apr-2021	5,605.9
May-2021	5,551.9
Jun-2021	5,514.1
Jul-2021	5,392.5
Aug-2021	5,257.4
Sep-2021	5,487.7
Oct-2021	5,702.2
Nov-2021	6,401.3
Dec-2021	5,792.8
Jan-2022	5,846.5
Feb-2022	5,983.3
Mar-2022	6,188.2

Household goods retailing

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

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Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing rose 0.5% ($14.3m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	2,153.3	2,137.7
Apr-2019	2,126.8	2,144.6
May-2019	2,136.5	2,151.9
Jun-2019	2,176.3	2,159.0
Jul-2019	2,158.3
Aug-2019	2,192.0
Sep-2019	2,182.4
Oct-2019	2,175.2
Nov-2019	2,228.0
Dec-2019	2,186.1
Jan-2020	2,185.0
Feb-2020	2,102.8
Mar-2020	1,602.0
Apr-2020	753.5
May-2020	1,725.2
Jun-2020	2,073.6
Jul-2020	2,247.6
Aug-2020	1,975.9
Sep-2020	1,976.7
Oct-2020	2,114.0
Nov-2020	2,604.2
Dec-2020	2,410.1
Jan-2021	2,372.0
Feb-2021	2,385.8
Mar-2021	2,470.8
Apr-2021	2,539.2
May-2021	2,506.3
Jun-2021	2,297.7
Jul-2021	1,969.1
Aug-2021	1,627.1
Sep-2021	1,757.0
Oct-2021	2,241.0
Nov-2021	3,016.1
Dec-2021	2,557.0
Jan-2022	2,527.3
Feb-2022	2,809.9
Mar-2022	2,824.2

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing

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Department stores

Department stores rose 4.1% ($71.7m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Department stores
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	1,545.4	1,554.6
Apr-2019	1,566.8	1,558.8
May-2019	1,572.0	1,561.8
Jun-2019	1,561.7	1,564.3
Jul-2019	1,552.8
Aug-2019	1,577.9
Sep-2019	1,578.9
Oct-2019	1,570.8
Nov-2019	1,617.7
Dec-2019	1,585.2
Jan-2020	1,532.2
Feb-2020	1,582.2
Mar-2020	1,444.4
Apr-2020	1,228.0
May-2020	1,764.6
Jun-2020	1,564.2
Jul-2020	1,618.9
Aug-2020	1,475.7
Sep-2020	1,500.7
Oct-2020	1,569.3
Nov-2020	1,864.6
Dec-2020	1,678.5
Jan-2021	1,649.4
Feb-2021	1,673.1
Mar-2021	1,804.0
Apr-2021	1,691.2
May-2021	1,671.9
Jun-2021	1,563.9
Jul-2021	1,381.2
Aug-2021	1,245.8
Sep-2021	1,248.1
Oct-2021	1,521.1
Nov-2021	1,892.1
Dec-2021	1,528.3
Jan-2022	1,580.6
Feb-2022	1,756.5
Mar-2022	1,828.2

Department stores

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

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Other retailing

Other retailing rose 2.0% ($101.5m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Other retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	3,878.0	3,902.4
Apr-2019	3,910.2	3,915.7
May-2019	3,937.1	3,936.6
Jun-2019	3,973.8	3,961.1
Jul-2019	3,971.5
Aug-2019	3,992.3
Sep-2019	4,004.5
Oct-2019	3,993.7
Nov-2019	3,965.6
Dec-2019	3,971.6
Jan-2020	3,955.4
Feb-2020	3,971.1
Mar-2020	4,602.4
Apr-2020	3,966.7
May-2020	4,311.7
Jun-2020	4,340.8
Jul-2020	4,575.5
Aug-2020	4,330.5
Sep-2020	4,299.6
Oct-2020	4,364.6
Nov-2020	4,692.3
Dec-2020	4,503.1
Jan-2021	4,546.9
Feb-2021	4,534.8
Mar-2021	4,584.1
Apr-2021	4,648.8
May-2021	4,670.7
Jun-2021	4,642.1
Jul-2021	4,680.2
Aug-2021	4,716.3
Sep-2021	4,825.1
Oct-2021	4,910.7
Nov-2021	5,246.7
Dec-2021	5,053.3
Jan-2022	5,246.2
Feb-2022	5,189.0
Mar-2022	5,290.5

Other retailing

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

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Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services rose 2.0% ($90.0m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	3,910.3	3,884.3
Apr-2019	3,878.4	3,892.8
May-2019	3,882.9	3,898.1
Jun-2019	3,912.7	3,896.6
Jul-2019	3,907.8
Aug-2019	3,890.4
Sep-2019	3,904.4
Oct-2019	3,908.1
Nov-2019	3,954.3
Dec-2019	3,916.0
Jan-2020	3,924.9
Feb-2020	3,945.8
Mar-2020	3,017.2
Apr-2020	1,953.5
May-2020	2,535.2
Jun-2020	3,255.6
Jul-2020	3,429.3
Aug-2020	3,221.4
Sep-2020	3,332.5
Oct-2020	3,480.7
Nov-2020	3,698.8
Dec-2020	3,829.9
Jan-2021	3,826.1
Feb-2021	3,853.2
Mar-2021	4,025.6
Apr-2021	4,101.7
May-2021	4,119.5
Jun-2021	3,891.0
Jul-2021	3,427.4
Aug-2021	3,190.8
Sep-2021	3,363.3
Oct-2021	3,776.1
Nov-2021	4,105.2
Dec-2021	4,092.2
Jan-2022	4,069.9
Feb-2022	4,465.5
Mar-2022	4,555.5

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services

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Online retailing

Total online retailing sales were $3,717.8m in March 2022, in seasonally adjusted terms. Seasonally adjusted online sales rose 1.4% ($52.7m), partially restoring lost sales in last month’s fall. This is only the second monthly rise in online sales since state lockdowns ended in October 2021. The return to shopping in store has seen online sales gradually fall from the high rises seen during the Delta Outbreak. Total online retailing turnover remains elevated, up 24.1% ($721.6m), in through-the-year in seasonally adjusted terms.

Total online, original and seasonally adjusted
	Original ($m)	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Sep-15	794.6	796.4
Oct-15	789.3	764
Nov-15	892.7	777.7
Dec-15	998.9	800.6
Jan-16	780.6	846.9
Feb-16	732.2	820.5
Mar-16	810.6	833.1
Apr-16	771.4	859.6
May-16	840.4	861.9
Jun-16	904.1	886.3
Jul-16	827.3	880.8
Aug-16	871.8	890.5
Sep-16	923.8	927.9
Oct-16	986	955.8
Nov-16	1,108.8	956.8
Dec-16	1,265.1	1,022.3
Jan-17	903	977.3
Feb-17	825.4	964.7
Mar-17	939.1	962.3
Apr-17	862	948.8
May-17	1,000.7	1,014.9
Jun-17	1,039.3	1,044.7
Jul-17	1,048.2	1,093.9
Aug-17	1,133.8	1,144.1
Sep-17	1,109.3	1,143.9
Oct-17	1,234.8	1,196.7
Nov-17	1,510.6	1,256.3
Dec-17	1,601.8	1,320.1
Jan-18	1,229.4	1,329
Feb-18	1,201.2	1,413
Mar-18	1,360.6	1,422.1
Apr-18	1,351.9	1,469.6
May-18	1,483.5	1,496.8
Jun-18	1,484	1,542.7
Jul-18	1,447.6	1,506.4
Aug-18	1,499	1,489.4
Sep-18	1,485.4	1,509.5
Oct-18	1,621.5	1,557.6
Nov-18	1,929.6	1,631.2
Dec-18	1,950.6	1,593.7
Jan-19	1,520.1	1,634.9
Feb-19	1,388	1,640.1
Mar-19	1,560.7	1,650.9
Apr-19	1,513.8	1,683.1
May-19	1,693.1	1,703.6
Jun-19	1,659.1	1,714.1
Jul-19	1,680.5	1,725
Aug-19	1,737.6	1,731.6
Sep-19	1,758.3	1,753
Oct-19	1,867.2	1,768.6
Nov-19	2,118.4	1,831.4
Dec-19	2,306.7	1,915.7
Jan-20	1,712.5	1,831.9
Feb-20	1,675.8	1,930.1
Mar-20	2,069	2,185
Apr-20	2,615.4	2,809.2
May-20	2,859.1	2,960.4
Jun-20	2,766.6	2,921.7
Jul-20	2,950.5	2,956.9
Aug-20	3,135.7	3,064.1
Sep-20	3,010	3,043.9
Oct-20	3,157.6	3,000.6
Nov-20	3,632.1	3,049.3
Dec-20	3,548.7	2,938
Jan-21	2,740.4	3,002.6
Feb-21	2,496.6	2,982.4
Mar-21	2,856.7	2,996.2
Apr-21	2,677.1	2,942.7
May-21	2,759.4	2,797.4
Jun-21	3,092.7	3,277.6
Jul-21	3,659	3,700.1
Aug-21	4,254.9	4,209.9
Sep-21	4,409.5	4,272.8
Oct-21	4,178.8	4,018.2
Nov-21	4,403.8	3,796.3
Dec-21	4,305.1	3,559.9
Jan-22	3,541.3	3,796.2
Feb-22	3,048.2	3,665.1
Mar-22	3,580.7	3,717.8

Total online, original and seasonally adjusted

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In March 2022, Food online sales were $1,044.4m, and Non-Food online sales were $2,673.4m, in seasonally adjusted terms. Both non-food sales, up 2.8% ($28.8m) and food sales, up 0.9 per cent ($23.9m) contributed to the rise in online sales.

Online sales, Food and Non-Food, seasonally adjusted
	Food ($m)	Non-Food ($m)
Sep-15	215	581.3
Oct-15	210.5	553.5
Nov-15	211.7	566
Dec-15	219.5	581.1
Jan-16	210.6	636.3
Feb-16	211.1	609.4
Mar-16	209.7	623.4
Apr-16	218.8	640.8
May-16	211.2	650.7
Jun-16	212	674.2
Jul-16	212.1	668.6
Aug-16	222.3	668.2
Sep-16	222.7	705.3
Oct-16	231.4	724.4
Nov-16	240.4	716.4
Dec-16	243	779.3
Jan-17	268	709.3
Feb-17	260.4	704.3
Mar-17	250.6	711.7
Apr-17	271	677.7
May-17	281.3	733.6
Jun-17	296	748.7
Jul-17	283.7	810.2
Aug-17	281.8	862.3
Sep-17	285	858.9
Oct-17	295.6	901.1
Nov-17	304	952.3
Dec-17	324.6	995.5
Jan-18	334.8	994.2
Feb-18	348.4	1,064.6
Mar-18	352.2	1,069.9
Apr-18	361.1	1,108.6
May-18	367.1	1,129.7
Jun-18	374	1,168.6
Jul-18	388.1	1,118.3
Aug-18	381.7	1,107.6
Sep-18	380.2	1,129.3
Oct-18	377	1,180.6
Nov-18	421.5	1,209.6
Dec-18	421.8	1,172
Jan-19	425.8	1,209.1
Feb-19	427.3	1,212.8
Mar-19	448.7	1,202.3
Apr-19	441.5	1,241.6
May-19	457	1,246.7
Jun-19	454.9	1,259.3
Jul-19	452.2	1,272.8
Aug-19	455.5	1,276.2
Sep-19	475.7	1,277.2
Oct-19	500.5	1,268.1
Nov-19	501.5	1,329.9
Dec-19	496.2	1,419.5
Jan-20	500.6	1,331.2
Feb-20	533.7	1,396.4
Mar-20	537	1,648
Apr-20	583.7	2,225.4
May-20	756.5	2,203.9
Jun-20	790.5	2,131.2
Jul-20	798	2,158.8
Aug-20	838.7	2,225.4
Sep-20	843.1	2,200.8
Oct-20	832.9	2,167.7
Nov-20	838.3	2,211
Dec-20	840.3	2,097.6
Jan-21	900.6	2,102
Feb-21	889.4	2,093
Mar-21	938.8	2,057.4
Apr-21	892.6	2,050
May-21	814.4	1,983.1
Jun-21	903.6	2,374
Jul-21	986.6	2,713.4
Aug-21	1,114.5	3,095.4
Sep-21	1,044.5	3,228.3
Oct-21	1,031.9	2,986.3
Nov-21	1,009.8	2,786.5
Dec-21	1,035.3	2,524.6
Jan-22	1,031.4	2,764.8
Feb-22	1,015.6	2,649.5
Mar-22	1,044.4	2,673.4

Online sales, Food and Non-Food, seasonally adjusted

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In original terms there were rises in the proportion of online sales for both Food and non-Food retailing to total retailing. The proportion of online Food sales rose to 5.9% in March 2022 from 5.7% in February 2022, while the proportion of online Non-Food sales rose to 16.7% in March 2022 from 16.1% in February 2022.

In original terms, the proportion of online sales to total retailing rose 0.5% to 10.9% in March 2022.

Proportion of industry group turnover online, original
	Food (%)	Non-Food (%)	Total (%)
Feb-20	3.4	10.9	6.6
Mar-20	3.1	13	7.1
Apr-20	4.1	20.5	11.1
May-20	5	16.1	10.1
Jun-20	4.9	15	9.7
Jul-20	5.2	15.2	9.8
Aug-20	5.8	17.6	11
Sep-20	5.7	16.8	10.6
Oct-20	5.3	16.6	10.4
Nov-20	5.2	16.8	11
Dec-20	4.5	13.6	9.1
Jan-21	5.2	13.9	9.1
Feb-21	5.4	14.2	9.3
Mar-21	5.6	14.1	9.4
Apr-21	5.1	14	9.2
May-21	4.9	14.2	9.1
Jun-21	5.4	16.3	10.5
Jul-21	6.4	20.4	12.6
Aug-21	7.4	25.1	15
Sep-21	7.2	25.5	15.3
Oct-21	6.4	21.2	13.2
Nov-21	5.9	18.7	12.5
Dec-21	5.4	15.4	10.5
Jan-22	5.8	17.5	11.1
Feb-22	5.7	16.1	10.4
Mar-22	5.9	16.7	10.9

Proportion of industry group turnover online, original

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Additional notes regarding the online sales series can be found in the Methodology.

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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 5. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, volume and price, seasonally adjusted - by industry group
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Table 7. Quarterly retail turnover, chain volume measures - by industry group
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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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Retail Trade, Key Statistics - Monthly retail trade estimates for Australian businesses classified by industry group, or by state and territory.

Retail Trade - Monthly and quarterly retail trade turnover estimates for Australian businesses classified by industry group, sub group, and by state and territory.

Survey impacts and changes

The revised release schedule for Retail Trade, Australia

Changes in this issue

Extraordinary Annual Seasonal Review (EASR)

Suspension of trend series

Coronavirus (COVID-19) in March

The World Health Organisation identified COVID-19 as an international health emergency on 30 January 2020.

In March 2020, nationwide regulations were introduced to encourage physical distancing which impacted the ability of businesses to trade as normal. Movement across state borders were also restricted.

Following May 2020, regulations have been implemented on a local basis in response to increased case numbers.

In March 2021, the Greater Brisbane region in Queensland saw restrictions reintroduced on 29 March. The restrictions were extended until the end of the month and ended on 1 April.

In April 2021, Perth and some regional areas of Western Australia had restrictions in place from 24 April through to 26 April.

In May 2021, Victoria was under lockdown restrictions from 28 May. These remained in place until June.

In June 2021, the Delta variant began to emerge which saw various states and territories introduce lockdown measures which were initially intended to be a temporary measure to contain the outbreak.

In July 2021, the Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong regions in New South Wales remained under stay-at-home orders for the entire month, while Victoria re-introduced lockdowns mid-month which were in place until 27 July. Other states and territories were able to avoid extended lockdowns with Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory only experiencing snap lockdowns with varying duration and timing which ended within the month.

In August 2021, the Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong regions in New South Wales remained under stay-at-home orders with various regional cities and townships placed into lockdowns. Victoria reintroduced lockdown measures in Melbourne on 5 August which remained in effect for the remainder of the month, with Regional Victoria also in lockdown at different stages. The Australian Capital Territory introduced lockdown measures on 12 August which extended to the of the month. Queensland and the Northern Territory both experienced snap lockdowns which ended within the month.

In September 2021, the Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong regions in New South Wales remained under stay-at-home orders for the entire month with several regional areas in and out of lockdowns as the month progressed. Victoria’s Melbourne metropolitan region remained under stay-at-home orders for the entire month with regional areas in and out of lockdowns as the month progressed. The Australian Capital Territory stay-at-home orders were in place for the entire month.

In October 2021, lockdown measures began to ease with stay-at-home orders ending in New South Wales on 11 October, the Australian Capital Territory on 14 October and Victoria on 21 October. Each state and territory had various restrictions attached to the end of stay-at-home orders which included a range of mask mandates, density limits and conditions based on vaccination status. Tasmania experienced a snap 3-day lockdown in the southern part of the state, including Hobart.

In November 2021 and December 2021 each state and territory experienced a wide range of restriction measures wither introduced or eased depending on the circumstances of each state or territory. The Northern Territory was the only state or territory to introduce lockdown measures

For a detailed breakdown of restrictions throughout 2021, please refer to Coronavirus (COVID-19) in December in Survey impacts and changes section of the December 2021 release.

For a detailed breakdown of restrictions in January 2022, please refer to Coronavirus (COVID-19) in January in Survey impacts and changes section of the January 2022 release.

For a detailed breakdown of restrictions in February 2022, please refer to Coronavirus (COVID-19) in February in Survey impacts and changes section of the February 2022 release.

In March 2022, changes to existing COVID-19 safety measures across the states and territories included:

Queensland - from 6pm March 4, masks will no longer be required in workplaces, schools, shops, hospitality venues such as cafes, restaurants, and pubs. Density limits no longer apply to gyms, private venues, food courts, hairdressers, weddings and funerals.
South Australia - from 12:01am March 12, density limits no longer apply with caps on home gatherings lifted and QR check-ins no longer required for recreational transport, auctions and inspections, public transport, taxis, rideshares and education facilities.
Western Australia - from 12:01am March 3, travellers who have had 3 doses of Covid-19 vaccine will be able to enter WA, however, unvaccinated travellers from interstate will not be able to enter. From 12:01am March 3, Level 2 public health measures introduced state-wide including: mask wearing requirements expanded to children in Years 3-6 in all public indoor settings; home gatherings limited to a total of 10 people indoors and outdoors, except weddings and funerals; private outdoor gatherings in a public space limited to 50 people; 2sqm rule and 150 person capacity limit indoors or outdoors for weddings and funerals, and for places of worship; 2sqm rule and 150 patron limit (not including staff) for hospitality venues (seated service only), fitness venues, entertainment venues (excluding seated entertainment venues), galleries and museums, places of worship, hairdressers, tattoo parlours and beauty services, nightclubs (seated service only); 2sqm rule for public venues such as swimming pools and recreation centres; 50 per cent capacity limit for entertainment venues with forward facing seating, such as theatres and cinemas, and for major stadiums, including Optus Stadium, RAC Arena, HBF Stadium (main area) and HBF Park, with mask wearing at stadiums; 4sqm rule and seated service only for the Crown Casino gaming floor; hospitals, aged and disability care facilities limited to 2 visitors per resident per day to aged care and disability care facilities; no visitors to hospitals, except for spouses, parents or carers, birth partners or for compassionate reasons; 2sqm rule and 150 person capacity limit indoors or outdoors for higher education facilities; indoor and outdoor community sports with no spectators, except for parents or guardians; 2sqm rule and 500 person capacity limit for outdoor public venues and events.
Tasmania - from 12:01am March 5, masks no longer required for retail settings. From 5pm March 11, masks no longer required in offices, seated cafes and restaurants and large outdoor events with more than 1,000 people.
Northern Territory - indoor mask mandate lifted on March 7 except for the Big Rivers region and high-risk settings such as hospitals, GP and health clinics, corrections facilities and disability facilities. Indoor mask mandate for the Big Rivers region lifted at 12:01am March 11.

Differences between Retail Trade and New Experimental Economic Indicators

Monthly Business Turnover Indicator

The ABS first released the Monthly Business Turnover Indicator on Friday 15 October 2021. The first in a series of new monthly economic indicators which includes an indicator for Retail Trade.

This experimental indicator is derived from Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Business Activity Statements (BAS) turnover data from monthly BAS remitters. This differs from Retail Trade, Australia in terms of scope and coverage. Monthly BAS reporting for the Monthly Business Turnover Indicator covers businesses with GST annual turnover of $20 million or more and a proportion of smaller businesses that report monthly on a voluntary basis. The turnover estimates in Retail Trade, Australia are compiled from the monthly Retail Business Survey. About 700 'large' businesses are included in the survey every month, while a sample of about 2,700 'smaller' businesses is selected. The 'large' business' contribution of approximately 69% of the total estimate ensures a highly reliable Australian total turnover estimate.

Retail Trade for the Monthly Business Turnover Indicator is aligned strictly to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006. This includes Fuel and motor vehicle retailing but excludes Cafes, restaurants and takeaways. Retail Trade, Australia does include Cafes, restaurants and takeaways, but does not include Fuel and motor vehicle retailing.

For further information see Monthly Business Turnover Indicator, Methodology.

Monthly Household Spending Indicator

The ABS first released the Monthly Household Spending Indicator on Tuesday 22 February 2022.

The experimental Monthly Household Spending Indicator is derived using aggregated, de-identified banks transactions data from some of Australia’s banking and financial institutions.

The ABS transforms the banks transactions data in order to derive the Monthly Household Spending Indicator. As this data is not designed for statistical purposes, its scope varies from Australian National Accounts concept of household final consumption expenditure (HFCE) and the Retail Trade turnover estimates for retail businesses.

The primary difference between the Retail Trade Survey and the household spending indicator is scope. The Retail Trade Survey focuses on measuring turnover, from sole traders and businesses across the Retail industry that predominantly sell to households. The Household spending indicator is recorded at the point of transaction on goods and services across all relevant industries, not just retail, to track a broader range of consumer spending.

For more information on how the Retail Trade Survey and new experimental monthly household spending indicator differ please see Comparison with Retail Trade and Monthly Household Spending Indicator, Methodology.

Post release changes

10/05/2022 - As advertised in the main release of this publication on 4 May 2022, the time series spreadsheets for tables 5 through to 23 are now available under the Data Downloads section. This includes:

March monthly results for State by Industry Subgroup, Completely Enumerated (large) and Sample (small) businesses, and Online Retail Turnover.
March quarter 2022 results, available in tables 5 through to 10. Please note that monthly revisions made in February 2022 due to amendments to source data in Food Retailing are now reflected in the updated quarterly estimates.

In addition, March quarter results and an online retailing section has been added to this publication, which shows the most up-to-date online retail sales.

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 8501.0.

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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-Group Turnover
			Monthly State by Sub-Group Turnover
			Quarterly Volumes and other quarterly statistics
			Online Sales

APA

Retail Trade, Australia

APA

Key statistics

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

Online retailing

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