BEER
In 2015-16 there were 75.4 million litres of pure alcohol available for consumption in Australia in the form of beer, an increase of 4.5% from 2014-15 (72.1 million litres).
Full strength beer made up 81.3% of all pure alcohol in beer available for consumption in 2015-16, followed by mid strength beer (16.2%) and low strength beer (2.5%).
TABLE 2: BEER, Pure alcohol available for consumption
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| Year ended 30 June | Low strength(a) | Mid strength(a) | Full strength(a) | Total |
|
VOLUME OF PURE ALCOHOL ('000 litres) |
|
| 2011 | r3 367 | 10 207 | r63 639 | r77 213 |
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016 | 2 977
2 710
2 418
1 996
1 856 | 10 395
10 769
11 453
11 165
12 236 | 62 214
61 638
61 992
58 941
61 279 | 75 585
75 116
r75 862
72 102
75 371 |
|
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF PURE ALCOHOL(b) (litres) |
|
| 2011 | 0.19 | 0.57 | r3.54 | r4.30 |
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016 | 0.16
0.15
0.13
0.10
0.10 | 0.57
0.58
0.61
0.58
0.63 | 3.41
r3.31
3.28
3.07
3.15 | 4.14
4.04
4.01
3.76
3.87 |
|
r revised (see paragraph 5 and 6 of the Explanatory Notes).
(a) See paragraph 17 of the Explanatory Notes for definitions of low, mid and full strength beer.
(b) Litres per person aged 15 years and over. |
The volume of beer available for consumption increased 4.9% between 2014-15 and 2015-16, from 1,660.5 million litres to 1,742.4 million litres.
The volume of mid strength beer increased 9.6% while full strength beer increased 4.5%. Low strength beer recorded a decrease (down 6.9%).
TABLE 3: BEER, Volume available for consumption
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| Year ended 30 June | Low strength(a) | Mid strength(a) | Full strength(a) | Total |
|
VOLUME ('000 litres) |
|
| 2011 | r128 692 | 291 579 | r1 386 017 | r1 806 287 |
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016 | 113 298
102 655
r93 366
75 861
70 628 | 296 856
307 815
328 885
319 046
349 746 | 1 352 258
1 319 621
r1 324 729
1 265 599
1 322 014 | 1 762 411
1 730 091
r1 746 979
1 660 505
1 742 389 |
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PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION(b) (litres) |
|
| 2011 | 7.17 | 16.24 | r77.17 | r100.57 |
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016 | r6.20
5.52
4.94
3.95
3.62 | 16.26
r16.55
17.39
16.62
17.95 | r74.05
r70.95
r70.05
65.92
67.85 | r96.51
r93.02
r92.38
86.49
89.43 |
|
r revised (see paragraph 5 and 6 of the Explanatory Notes)
(a) See paragraph 17 of the Explanatory Notes for definitions of low, mid and full strength beer.
(b) Litres per person aged 15 years and over. |
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