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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 2023

Released

3/05/2023

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Key statistics

The March 2023 seasonally adjusted estimate:

Rose 0.4% month-on-month.
Rose 5.4% compared with March 2022.
In volume terms, the seasonally adjusted estimate fell 0.6% in the March quarter 2023.

An additional information release on 9 May 2023 has seen the inclusion of more detailed results for the March 2023 reference period. Additional timeseries spreadsheets have been published, including; state by industry results, state by industry sub-group results, March quarter 2023 quarterly turnover volumes, and online sales.

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

Turnover at current prices
	Mar-2023 ($m)	Feb-2023 to Mar-2023 (% change)	Mar-2022 to Mar-2023 (% change)
Trend	na	na	na
Seasonally adjusted	35,306.0	0.4	5.4

na not available

Turnover in volume terms
	March Qtr 2023 ($m)	December Qtr 2022 to March Qtr 2023 (% change)	March Qtr 2022 to March Qtr 2023 (% change)
Trend	na	na	na
Seasonally adjusted	96,174.7	-0.6	0.3

Total retail turnover

Monthly turnover, current prices - seasonally adjusted estimate
Month	Monthly (%)	Through the year (%)
Mar-2019	0.0	3.2
Apr-2019	-0.2	2.5
May-2019	0.3	2.6
Jun-2019	0.3	2.5
Jul-2019	0.2	2.5
Aug-2019	0.5	2.4
Sep-2019	0.5	2.7
Oct-2019	0.2	2.4
Nov-2019	0.5	3.2
Dec-2019	-0.4	2.4
Jan-2020	-0.2	2.1
Feb-2020	0.3	1.9
Mar-2020	7.8	9.9
Apr-2020	-17.2	-8.9
May-2020	16.0	5.4
Jun-2020	3.1	8.3
Jul-2020	3.7	12.2
Aug-2020	-4.0	7.1
Sep-2020	-1.1	5.5
Oct-2020	1.9	7.3
Nov-2020	6.2	13.3
Dec-2020	-3.3	10.0
Jan-2021	0.2	10.4
Feb-2021	-0.9	9.1
Mar-2021	1.2	2.3
Apr-2021	0.8	24.6
May-2021	0.4	7.8
Jun-2021	-1.6	2.9
Jul-2021	-2.5	-3.3
Aug-2021	-1.7	-0.9
Sep-2021	2.0	2.2
Oct-2021	4.7	5.0
Nov-2021	6.6	5.5
Dec-2021	-3.8	4.9
Jan-2022	1.9	6.7
Feb-2022	1.2	9.0
Mar-2022	1.4	9.3
Apr-2022	0.9	9.4
May-2022	0.8	9.9
Jun-2022	0.7	12.5
Jul-2022	0.8	16.3
Aug-2022	0.8	19.3
Sep-2022	0.7	17.7
Oct-2022	0.4	12.9
Nov-2022	1.6	7.6
Dec-2022	-3.9	7.5
Jan-2023	1.9	7.5
Feb-2023	0.2	6.4
Mar-2023	0.4	5.4

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 21	-0.6	4.2
June Qtr 21	0.4	8.7
September Qtr 21	-3.7	-2.0
December Qtr 21	7.7	3.4
March Qtr 22	0.8	4.9
June Qtr 22	0.9	5.4
September Qtr 22	0.3	9.9
December Qtr 22	-0.3	1.8
March Qtr 23	-0.6	0.3

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	27,256.8	27,223.5
Apr-2019	27,208.3	27,262.6
May-2019	27,302.0	27,309.7
Jun-2019	27,373.8	27,373.5
Jul-2019	27,417.8
Aug-2019	27,552.4
Sep-2019	27,676.5
Oct-2019	27,734.8
Nov-2019	27,863.1
Dec-2019	27,755.2
Jan-2020	27,698.8
Feb-2020	27,776.4
Mar-2020	29,953.5
Apr-2020	24,789.9
May-2020	28,767.8
Jun-2020	29,652.9
Jul-2020	30,755.6
Aug-2020	29,515.8
Sep-2020	29,203.8
Oct-2020	29,747.8
Nov-2020	31,579.8
Dec-2020	30,528.5
Jan-2021	30,585.7
Feb-2021	30,296.8
Mar-2021	30,650.6
Apr-2021	30,890.1
May-2021	31,015.5
Jun-2021	30,510.4
Jul-2021	29,748.9
Aug-2021	29,239.6
Sep-2021	29,836.0
Oct-2021	31,237.8
Nov-2021	33,302.5
Dec-2021	32,037.5
Jan-2022	32,641.9
Feb-2022	33,031.9
Mar-2022	33,500.2
Apr-2022	33,796.3
May-2022	34,075.3
Jun-2022	34,311.2
Jul-2022	34,595.7
Aug-2022	34,886.2
Sep-2022	35,123.3
Oct-2022	35,266.2
Nov-2022	35,838.4
Dec-2022	34,436.3
Jan-2023	35,082.1
Feb-2023	35,155.1
Mar-2023	35,306.0

Total level, current prices - seasonally adjusted

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Monthly turnover, current prices, by industry - percentage change from previous month
Industry	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Food retailing	1.0
Household goods retailing	-0.4
Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing	-1.0
Department stores	-0.2
Other retailing	0.0
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	1.5
Total	0.4

Monthly turnover, current prices, by industry - percentage change from previous month

["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],[-0.40000000000000002],[-1],[-0.20000000000000001],[0],[1.5],[0.40000000000000002]]]

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Monthly turnover, current prices, by state and territory - percentage change from previous month
State	Seasonally adjusted (%)
New South Wales	0.3
Victoria	0.1
Queensland	1.2
South Australia	0.6
Western Australia	0.2
Tasmania	0.4
Northern Territory	0.6
Australian Capital Territory	0.3
Total	0.4

Monthly turnover, current prices, by state and territory - percentage change from previous month

["State","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Analysis by industry

Food retailing

Food retailing rose 1.0% ($132.3m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Food retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	11,247.5	11,208.2
Apr-2019	11,217.1	11,212.1
May-2019	11,225.2	11,219.1
Jun-2019	11,186.9	11,230.0
Jul-2019	11,237.4
Aug-2019	11,263.2
Sep-2019	11,352.3
Oct-2019	11,408.0
Nov-2019	11,425.6
Dec-2019	11,427.5
Jan-2020	11,450.2
Feb-2020	11,530.2
Mar-2020	14,312.9
Apr-2020	11,834.5
May-2020	12,624.1
Jun-2020	12,747.1
Jul-2020	12,920.8
Aug-2020	12,885.7
Sep-2020	12,742.9
Oct-2020	12,779.5
Nov-2020	12,731.9
Dec-2020	12,552.3
Jan-2021	12,663.5
Feb-2021	12,330.8
Mar-2021	12,260.2
Apr-2021	12,347.2
May-2021	12,496.4
Jun-2021	12,681.4
Jul-2021	12,921.8
Aug-2021	13,221.0
Sep-2021	13,122.0
Oct-2021	13,032.4
Nov-2021	12,692.1
Dec-2021	12,919.1
Jan-2022	13,245.7
Feb-2022	12,856.0
Mar-2022	12,897.7
Apr-2022	13,124.7
May-2022	13,196.6
Jun-2022	13,231.6
Jul-2022	13,340.2
Aug-2022	13,457.5
Sep-2022	13,634.4
Oct-2022	13,733.9
Nov-2022	13,750.2
Dec-2022	13,807.7
Jan-2023	13,842.1
Feb-2023	13,878.2
Mar-2023	14,010.5

Food retailing

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Household goods retailing

Household goods retailing fell 0.4% (-$26.1m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Household goods retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	4,551.2	4,549.2
Apr-2019	4,521.2	4,549.9
May-2019	4,561.5	4,559.4
Jun-2019	4,577.3	4,576.7
Jul-2019	4,607.4
Aug-2019	4,622.4
Sep-2019	4,633.9
Oct-2019	4,652.9
Nov-2019	4,679.2
Dec-2019	4,671.4
Jan-2020	4,628.8
Feb-2020	4,630.1
Mar-2020	5,001.9
Apr-2020	5,042.8
May-2020	5,846.6
Jun-2020	5,696.8
Jul-2020	5,990.5
Aug-2020	5,587.1
Sep-2020	5,374.8
Oct-2020	5,394.1
Nov-2020	5,977.4
Dec-2020	5,531.8
Jan-2021	5,528.3
Feb-2021	5,517.0
Mar-2021	5,518.3
Apr-2021	5,588.0
May-2021	5,546.4
Jun-2021	5,493.0
Jul-2021	5,413.9
Aug-2021	5,244.3
Sep-2021	5,495.4
Oct-2021	5,729.3
Nov-2021	6,376.9
Dec-2021	5,828.4
Jan-2022	5,889.7
Feb-2022	5,955.6
Mar-2022	6,142.6
Apr-2022	6,000.2
May-2022	6,025.3
Jun-2022	6,020.4
Jul-2022	5,982.3
Aug-2022	6,105.7
Sep-2022	6,080.0
Oct-2022	6,076.0
Nov-2022	6,248.3
Dec-2022	5,761.6
Jan-2023	5,823.1
Feb-2023	5,818.0
Mar-2023	5,791.9

Household goods retailing

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Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing fell 1.0% (-$31.0m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	2,146.7	2,133.3
Apr-2019	2,122.6	2,141.5
May-2019	2,138.4	2,151.1
Jun-2019	2,177.9	2,161.1
Jul-2019	2,159.4
Aug-2019	2,199.6
Sep-2019	2,188.2
Oct-2019	2,180.9
Nov-2019	2,213.2
Dec-2019	2,189.7
Jan-2020	2,166.4
Feb-2020	2,104.5
Mar-2020	1,601.5
Apr-2020	757.1
May-2020	1,719.9
Jun-2020	2,068.0
Jul-2020	2,241.1
Aug-2020	2,002.7
Sep-2020	1,982.9
Oct-2020	2,108.8
Nov-2020	2,593.0
Dec-2020	2,430.4
Jan-2021	2,338.6
Feb-2021	2,381.2
Mar-2021	2,484.3
Apr-2021	2,519.5
May-2021	2,521.2
Jun-2021	2,296.1
Jul-2021	1,950.7
Aug-2021	1,638.0
Sep-2021	1,770.0
Oct-2021	2,230.2
Nov-2021	2,984.9
Dec-2021	2,578.8
Jan-2022	2,517.8
Feb-2022	2,802.9
Mar-2022	2,841.2
Apr-2022	2,886.6
May-2022	2,866.1
Jun-2022	2,925.9
Jul-2022	2,969.4
Aug-2022	2,977.3
Sep-2022	2,982.1
Oct-2022	2,992.5
Nov-2022	3,190.8
Dec-2022	2,770.2
Jan-2023	2,956.6
Feb-2023	2,975.3
Mar-2023	2,944.3

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing

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Department stores

Department stores fell 0.2% (-$3.7m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Department stores
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	1,537.1	1,554.2
Apr-2019	1,567.0	1,558.1
May-2019	1,572.8	1,561.1
Jun-2019	1,567.2	1,563.8
Jul-2019	1,550.2
Aug-2019	1,572.2
Sep-2019	1,577.2
Oct-2019	1,573.0
Nov-2019	1,612.8
Dec-2019	1,577.8
Jan-2020	1,550.5
Feb-2020	1,584.9
Mar-2020	1,426.3
Apr-2020	1,242.9
May-2020	1,754.5
Jun-2020	1,565.5
Jul-2020	1,626.0
Aug-2020	1,469.0
Sep-2020	1,479.5
Oct-2020	1,584.9
Nov-2020	1,858.7
Dec-2020	1,679.0
Jan-2021	1,661.2
Feb-2021	1,671.4
Mar-2021	1,786.9
Apr-2021	1,708.9
May-2021	1,672.7
Jun-2021	1,562.8
Jul-2021	1,387.6
Aug-2021	1,221.2
Sep-2021	1,242.6
Oct-2021	1,529.0
Nov-2021	1,866.6
Dec-2021	1,547.9
Jan-2022	1,605.2
Feb-2022	1,754.2
Mar-2022	1,801.0
Apr-2022	1,805.2
May-2022	1,846.5
Jun-2022	1,830.9
Jul-2022	1,868.0
Aug-2022	1,893.4
Sep-2022	1,901.5
Oct-2022	1,899.0
Nov-2022	2,007.1
Dec-2022	1,720.6
Jan-2023	1,870.6
Feb-2023	1,889.4
Mar-2023	1,885.7

Department stores

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

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Other retailing

Other retailing was relatively unchanged 0.0% (-$0.9m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Other retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	3,873.4	3,899.4
Apr-2019	3,911.3	3,911.8
May-2019	3,932.3	3,932.5
Jun-2019	3,961.7	3,958.2
Jul-2019	3,969.6
Aug-2019	4,001.0
Sep-2019	4,013.9
Oct-2019	4,005.2
Nov-2019	3,966.8
Dec-2019	3,966.1
Jan-2020	3,956.7
Feb-2020	3,977.6
Mar-2020	4,594.7
Apr-2020	3,962.5
May-2020	4,297.8
Jun-2020	4,333.9
Jul-2020	4,564.1
Aug-2020	4,345.7
Sep-2020	4,309.4
Oct-2020	4,391.9
Nov-2020	4,687.1
Dec-2020	4,496.4
Jan-2021	4,543.3
Feb-2021	4,538.5
Mar-2021	4,584.7
Apr-2021	4,639.8
May-2021	4,660.8
Jun-2021	4,622.8
Jul-2021	4,665.0
Aug-2021	4,724.8
Sep-2021	4,846.3
Oct-2021	4,936.9
Nov-2021	5,244.9
Dec-2021	5,058.0
Jan-2022	5,255.1
Feb-2022	5,189.9
Mar-2022	5,269.9
Apr-2022	5,315.6
May-2022	5,368.0
Jun-2022	5,404.7
Jul-2022	5,474.7
Aug-2022	5,401.6
Sep-2022	5,406.6
Oct-2022	5,413.4
Nov-2022	5,490.3
Dec-2022	5,228.3
Jan-2023	5,375.3
Feb-2023	5,354.2
Mar-2023	5,353.3

Other retailing

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

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Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services rose 1.5% ($80.1m) in March, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)	Trend ($m)
Mar-2019	3,900.9	3,881.3
Apr-2019	3,869.0	3,884.5
May-2019	3,871.8	3,884.5
Jun-2019	3,902.7	3,887.7
Jul-2019	3,893.8
Aug-2019	3,894.0
Sep-2019	3,911.1
Oct-2019	3,914.7
Nov-2019	3,965.6
Dec-2019	3,922.9
Jan-2020	3,946.2
Feb-2020	3,949.2
Mar-2020	3,016.3
Apr-2020	1,950.1
May-2020	2,524.9
Jun-2020	3,241.7
Jul-2020	3,413.2
Aug-2020	3,225.6
Sep-2020	3,314.5
Oct-2020	3,488.5
Nov-2020	3,731.8
Dec-2020	3,838.7
Jan-2021	3,850.8
Feb-2021	3,857.9
Mar-2021	4,016.1
Apr-2021	4,086.6
May-2021	4,118.0
Jun-2021	3,854.3
Jul-2021	3,409.9
Aug-2021	3,190.2
Sep-2021	3,359.8
Oct-2021	3,779.9
Nov-2021	4,137.0
Dec-2021	4,105.3
Jan-2022	4,128.4
Feb-2022	4,473.2
Mar-2022	4,547.8
Apr-2022	4,664.0
May-2022	4,772.7
Jun-2022	4,897.6
Jul-2022	4,961.2
Aug-2022	5,050.8
Sep-2022	5,118.7
Oct-2022	5,151.4
Nov-2022	5,151.7
Dec-2022	5,147.8
Jan-2023	5,214.4
Feb-2023	5,240.1
Mar-2023	5,320.2

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services

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Online retailing

Total online retailing sales were $3,833.0m in March 2023, in seasonally adjusted terms. Seasonally adjusted online sales fell 2.3 per cent (-$91.5m), following a rise of 1.8 per cent ($69.4m) in February 2023. Seasonally adjusted through-the-year sales are up 2.7 per cent ($101.4m).

Original sales in March 2023 rose by 11.5 per cent ($373.2m).

Total online, original and seasonally adjusted
	Original ($m)	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Mar-2019	1,560.7	1,648.7
Apr-2019	1,513.8	1,688.7
May-2019	1,693.1	1,712
Jun-2019	1,659.1	1,717.4
Jul-2019	1,680.5	1,725.6
Aug-2019	1,737.6	1,731.3
Sep-2019	1,758.3	1,752.2
Oct-2019	1,867.2	1,762.6
Nov-2019	2,118.4	1,822.2
Dec-2019	2,306.7	1,907.8
Jan-2020	1,712.5	1,848.2
Feb-2020	1,675.8	1,926.7
Mar-2020	2,069	2,188.3
Apr-2020	2,615.4	2,819.4
May-2020	2,859.1	2,962.3
Jun-2020	2,766.6	2,952.8
Jul-2020	2,950.5	2,957.9
Aug-2020	3,135.7	3,056.4
Sep-2020	3,010	3,023
Oct-2020	3,157.6	3,011.9
Nov-2020	3,632.1	3,023.7
Dec-2020	3,548.7	2,916.4
Jan-2021	2,740.4	2,999.2
Feb-2021	2,496.6	2,985.3
Mar-2021	2,856.7	3,025.2
Apr-2021	2,677.1	2,975
May-2021	2,759.4	2,811.7
Jun-2021	3,092.7	3,281.6
Jul-2021	3,659	3,687.1
Aug-2021	4,254.9	4,172.3
Sep-2021	4,409.5	4,270.8
Oct-2021	4,178.8	4,004.4
Nov-2021	4,403.8	3,750
Dec-2021	4,305.1	3,579
Jan-2022	3,541.3	3,803.7
Feb-2022	3,048.2	3,671.5
Mar-2022	3,580.7	3,731.6
Apr-2022	3,246.9	3,677.9
May-2022	3,505.4	3,629
Jun-2022	3,544.4	3,667.1
Jul-2022	3,584	3,602.2
Aug-2022	3,605.2	3,537.9
Sep-2022	3,588.5	3,569.7
Oct-2022	3,784.3	3,553.1
Nov-2022	4,752.9	4,004
Dec-2022	4,576.7	3,839.3
Jan-2023	3,541.5	3,855.1
Feb-2023	3,246.8	3,924.5
Mar-2023	3,620	3,833

Total online, original and seasonally adjusted

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In March 2023, food online sales were $1,090.2m and non-food online sales were $2,742.8m in seasonally adjusted terms. Food sales rose 2.2 per cent ($23.9m) whilst non-food fell 4.0 per cent (-$115.5m).

Online sales, Food and Non-Food, seasonally adjusted
	Food ($m)	Non-Food ($m)
Mar-2019	445.8	1,202.9
Apr-2019	439.4	1,249.3
May-2019	454.7	1,257.3
Jun-2019	454.3	1,263
Jul-2019	452.2	1,273.3
Aug-2019	459.7	1,271.7
Sep-2019	480.8	1,271.4
Oct-2019	503.2	1,259.4
Nov-2019	499	1,323.2
Dec-2019	495.1	1,412.7
Jan-2020	500.7	1,347.5
Feb-2020	531.5	1,395.2
Mar-2020	535.8	1,652.5
Apr-2020	578.9	2,240.5
May-2020	746	2,216.3
Jun-2020	796.5	2,156.3
Jul-2020	799.1	2,158.9
Aug-2020	849.8	2,206.7
Sep-2020	846.4	2,176.6
Oct-2020	843.6	2,168.3
Nov-2020	835.8	2,188
Dec-2020	834	2,082.3
Jan-2021	894.7	2,104.5
Feb-2021	888.6	2,096.6
Mar-2021	930.7	2,094.5
Apr-2021	887.6	2,087.4
May-2021	808.1	2,003.6
Jun-2021	900.5	2,381.1
Jul-2021	991	2,696.2
Aug-2021	1,132.3	3,040
Sep-2021	1,064.4	3,206.4
Oct-2021	1,038.8	2,965.7
Nov-2021	1,000	2,750
Dec-2021	1,023.9	2,555.1
Jan-2022	1,034.1	2,769.6
Feb-2022	1,016.8	2,654.7
Mar-2022	1,035.4	2,696.2
Apr-2022	1,041.1	2,636.9
May-2022	1,038.2	2,590.8
Jun-2022	998.1	2,669.1
Jul-2022	1,015.9	2,586.3
Aug-2022	991.4	2,546.6
Sep-2022	996	2,573.7
Oct-2022	1,011.5	2,541.6
Nov-2022	1,084.5	2,919.6
Dec-2022	1,122.3	2,717
Jan-2023	1,057.5	2,797.6
Feb-2023	1,066.3	2,858.3
Mar-2023	1,090.2	2,742.8

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In original terms, the proportion of online food retailing sales to total food retailing rose from 5.4 per cent to 5.7 per cent. The proportion for online non-food retailing sales to total non-food retailing fell from 16.9 per cent to 16.6 per cent.

In original terms, the proportion of online sales to total retailing rose from 10.4 per cent in February 2023 to 10.5 per cent in March 2023. In March 2022 this proportion was 10.9 per cent.

Proportion of industry group turnover online, original
	Food (%)	Non-Food (%)	Total (%)
Mar-2019	2.7	9.8	5.9
Apr-2019	2.5	10	5.8
May-2019	2.8	10.4	6.3
Jun-2019	2.7	10.1	6.3
Jul-2019	2.7	10.4	6.3
Aug-2019	2.8	10.5	6.4
Sep-2019	2.9	10.7	6.6
Oct-2019	3.1	10.7	6.6
Nov-2019	3.1	11.7	7.2
Dec-2019	2.8	10.3	6.6
Jan-2020	2.8	10.3	6.3
Feb-2020	3.4	10.9	6.6
Mar-2020	3.1	13	7.1
Apr-2020	4.1	20.5	11.1
May-2020	5	16.1	10.1
Jun-2020	4.9	15	9.7
Jul-2020	5.2	15.2	9.8
Aug-2020	5.8	17.6	11
Sep-2020	5.7	16.8	10.6
Oct-2020	5.3	16.6	10.4
Nov-2020	5.2	16.8	11
Dec-2020	4.5	13.6	9.1
Jan-2021	5.2	13.9	9.1
Feb-2021	5.4	14.2	9.3
Mar-2021	5.6	14.1	9.4
Apr-2021	5.1	14	9.2
May-2021	4.9	14.2	9.1
Jun-2021	5.4	16.3	10.5
Jul-2021	6.4	20.4	12.6
Aug-2021	7.4	25.1	15
Sep-2021	7.2	25.5	15.3
Oct-2021	6.4	21.2	13.2
Nov-2021	5.9	18.7	12.5
Dec-2021	5.4	15.4	10.5
Jan-2022	5.8	17.5	11.1
Feb-2022	5.7	16.1	10.4
Mar-2022	5.9	16.7	10.9
Apr-2022	5.5	15.4	10
May-2022	5.6	16.1	10.5
Jun-2022	5.6	16.3	10.7
Jul-2022	5.8	16.2	10.6
Aug-2022	5.8	16.4	10.7
Sep-2022	5.7	16.1	10.5
Oct-2022	5.6	16.7	10.7
Nov-2022	5.8	19.4	12.6
Dec-2022	5.2	15.7	10.4
Jan-2023	5.2	16.7	10.3
Feb-2023	5.4	16.9	10.4
Mar-2023	5.7	16.6	10.5

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 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 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 19. Quarterly retail turnover per capita, Australia, all series
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Table 21. Experimental series - online retail turnover Australia by type of activity
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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 release schedule for Retail Trade, Australia

Changes in this issue

Suspension of trend series

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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

09/05/2023 - As advertised in the main release of this publication on 9 May 2023, 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 2023 results, available in tables 5 through to 10.
Updated Quarterly retail turnover per capita in Table 19.

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

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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