Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES, Western Australia
	Nov 2010	Oct 2010 to Nov 2010	Nov 2009 to Nov 2010
Turnover at current prices	$m	% change	% change
Trend estimates	2 217.6	0.3	2.2
Seasonally adjusted estimates	2 210.9	-0.2	1.5
Source: Retail Trade, Australia (cat. no. 8501.0).

• While the seasonally adjusted estimate decreased marginally (-0.2%) in November 2010, WA was one of four states to record positive growth in retail turnover in trend terms (0.3%).
• Despite flattening in early 2010, the WA trend estimate rose for four consecutive months to November 2010, to be 2.2% higher than for November 2009.

• Growth in monthly retail turnover in WA slowed following the global economic downturn. In the three years to November 2010, the average monthly increase in turnover was just 0.2%, compared with an average monthly increase of 0.6% during the previous three years.

Retail Turnover, Selected Industries: Seasonally Adjusted -
Change from Nov 2009 to Nov 2010

• The increase in retail turnover between November 2009 and November 2010 (1.5% in seasonally adjusted terms) was predominately driven by increased turnover in Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services (up 11%).
• For the same period, decreases in turnover were recorded for Household goods retailing (down 3.6%) and Clothing, footwear and personal accessory (down 2.5%) .