ANALYSIS - TOTAL RETAIL
TOTAL RETAIL - MONTHLY
The chart below shows the trend series and seasonally adjusted series to June 2019.
In current prices, the trend estimate for Australian turnover rose 0.2% in June 2019. This follows a rise of 0.2% in May 2019 and a rise of 0.2% in April 2019.
The seasonally adjusted estimate for Australian turnover rose 0.4% in June 2019. This follows a rise of 0.1% in May 2019 and a fall of 0.1% in April 2019.
The original estimate for Australian turnover fell 1.5% in June 2019. The original estimate for chains and other larger retailers fell 0.1% in June 2019. The original estimate for smaller retailers fell 4.6% in June 2019.
RETAIL TURNOVER, Australia
TOTAL RETAIL - QUARTERLY
In volume terms, the seasonally adjusted estimate for the June quarter 2019 rose 0.2%. This follows a fall of 0.1% in the March quarter 2019, and a relatively unchanged result (0.0%) in the December quarter 2018.
In the June quarter 2019 the seasonally adjusted estimate rose in volume terms for Department stores (1.4%), Cafes, restaurants and takeaway services (0.5%), Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing (0.7%), Other retailing (0.4%), and Household goods retailing (0.1%). Food retailing (-0.4%) fell in seasonally adjusted terms in the June quarter 2019.
The Implicit Price Deflator for Australian turnover rose 0.4% in seasonally adjusted terms in the June quarter 2019.
TOTAL RETAIL - BY STATE
The following states and territories rose in trend terms in June 2019: Victoria (0.3%), Queensland (0.4%), South Australia (0.3%), the Australian Capital Territory (0.4%), Tasmania (0.3%), and the Northern Territory (0.2%). New South Wales (0.0%), and Western Australia (0.0%) were relatively unchanged in trend terms in June 2019.
The following states and territories rose in seasonally adjusted terms in June 2019: New South Wales (0.3%), Western Australia (0.8%), Queensland (0.4%), Victoria (0.3%), Tasmania (1.5%), and the Australian Capital Territory (0.3%). South Australia (-0.3%), and the Northern Territory (-0.2%) fell in seasonally adjusted terms in June 2019.
RETAIL TURNOVER, States and Territories
In the June quarter 2019, the seasonally adjusted estimate rose in volume terms in the following states and territories: Queensland (1.1%), Victoria (0.6%), South Australia (1.0%), the Australian Capital Territory (1.0%), the Northern Territory (0.2%), and Tasmania (0.1%). New South Wales (-0.6%), and Western Australia (-0.6%) fell in seasonally adjusted volume terms in the June quarter 2019.