Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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Division G: Retail Trade, includes all units mainly engaged in the resale of new or used goods to final consumers for personal or household consumption or in selected repair activities such as repair of household equipment or motor vehicles. Businesses engaged in retail trade include department stores or other shops, motor vehicle retailers and service outlets, stalls, mail order houses, hawkers, door-to-door sellers, milk vendors, vending machine operators and consumer cooperatives. Units mainly selling goods on a commission basis to final consumers for personal or household consumption are included. However, cafes, restaurants, hotels and motels are included in Division H Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants.

Units mainly engaged in reselling their own goods by auction are included in this Division, but units which are mainly engaged in providing auctioning services for others are included in Division L Property and Business Services.

Subdivisions and Groups

	51	Food Retailing
		511	Supermarket and Grocery Stores
		512	Specialised Food Retailing
	52	Personal and Household Good Retailing
		521	Department Stores
		522	Clothing and Soft Good Retailing
		523	Furniture, Houseware and Appliance Retailing
		524	Recreational Good Retailing
		525	Other Personal and Household Good Retailing
		526	Household Equipment Repair Services
	53	Motor Vehicle Retailing and Services
		531	Motor Vehicle Retailing
		532	Motor Vehicle Services