5206.0 - Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Sep 2007  
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MAIN FEATURES STATE FINAL DEMAND CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

Trend
Seasonally adjusted
% change
Jun 07
to Sep 07
% change
Sep 06
to Sep 07
% points contribution
to growth in DFD
Jun 07 to Sep 07
% change
Jun 07
to Sep 07
% change
Sep 06
to Sep 07
% points contribution
to growth in DFD
Jun 07 to Sep 07
New South Wales
0.9
4.5
0.3
0.8
5.0
0.3
Victoria
0.9
3.3
0.2
1.1
3.2
0.3
Queensland
1.6
7.9
0.3
0.1
6.8
-
South Australia
0.3
2.0
-
-0.2
1.3
-
Western Australia
2.0
11.2
0.2
0.3
12.0
-
Tasmania
0.8
4.6
-
0.7
8.6
-
Northern Territory
0.8
0.2
-
2.5
-1.6
-
Australian Capital Territory
-
2.3
-
-1.9
1.4
-0.1
Australia (DFD)(a)
1.2
5.4
1.2
0.8
5.5
0.8
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Domestic final demand.



SEPTEMBER QUARTER

Summary Comments

State Final Demand

  • In trend terms, growth in the September quarter was strongest in Western Australia (up 2.0%) with the weakest result in the Australian Capital Territory (0.0%). In seasonally adjusted terms, Northern Territory (up 2.5%) showed the strongest growth, due mainly to an increase in Gross fixed capital formation. The weakest seasonally adjusted growth was in the Australian Capital Territory (down 1.9%).

Household final consumption expenditure
  • In trend terms, all states experienced positive growth ranging from 2.4% in the Northern Territory to 0.4% in the Australian Capital Territory. Positive growth in seasonally adjusted terms was recorded in all states with the strongest growth in the Northern Territory (up 2.9%).

Government final consumption expenditure
  • Trend growth was strongest in the Victoria and South Australia (up 0.7%). The strongest growth in seasonally adjusted terms was in South Australia (up 1.6%) and New South Wales (up 1.0%).

Private gross fixed capital formation
  • In trend terms, the strongest growth was recorded in Western Australia (up 3.5%) and the weakest growth was in the Australian Capital Territory (down 2.2%). In seasonally adjusted terms the only state showing growth was Victoria (up 2.6%) with South Australia (down 5.8%) and the Australian Capital Territory (down 4.0%) showing the weakest growth.
  • In seasonally adjusted terms, strongest Machinery and equipment investment growth was in the Northern Territory (up 7.8%), while South Australia recorded the largest fall (down 8.9%). The strongest growth in non-dwelling construction occurred in Western Australia (up 2.3%), with the weakest growth in Queensland and South Australia (both down 12.6%).