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IN THIS ISSUE OF SA STATS |
This issue of SA Stats is a quarterly data release and represents an overview of a number of economic, social and environment statistics. The topics covered include demography, state accounts, consumption, investment, production, prices, labour force, incomes, housing finance, and environment.
SA Stats provides an overview of the South Australian economy. The overview will be updated on a quarterly basis (in March, June, September and December) and in the intervening months the publication will include feature articles that provide a South Australian focus on economic, social and environmental issues.
Explanatory Notes are not included in SA Stats in the form found in other ABS publications. Readers are directed to the Explanatory Notes contained in related ABS publications (links to source documents are provided in the summary table).
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Estimated Resident Population | 1 575.7m | 20 852.0m | 7.6% | 31 Dec 2006 |
State Final Demand (trend) | 16 893m | 249 793m | 6.8% | Mar 2007 Qtr |
Household Final Consumption Expenditure | 9 833m | 139 691m | 7.0% | Mar 2007 Qtr |
Retail Turnover | 1 361.1m | 18 929.1m | 7.2% | Mar 2007 |
New Motor Vehicle Sales | 5 310 | 87 241 | 6.1% | Apr 2007 |
Private New Capital Expenditure | 1 171m | 18 166m | 6.5% | Dec 2006 Qtr |
Mineral Exploration Expenditure | 66.5 m | 369.3 m | 18.0% | Mar 2007 |
Petroleum Exploration Expenditure | 28.1 m | 460.3 | 6.1% | Mar 2007 |
Building Approvals (Dwelling units approved) | 893 | 12 162 | 7.3% | Mar 2007 |
Consumer Price Index (all groups) | 158.4 | *155.6 | 101.8% | Mar 2007 |
Job Vacancies (original) | 10 200 | 166 500 | 6.1% | May 2007 |
Employed persons | 752 900 | 10 432.4m | 7.2% | May 2007 |
Unemployed persons | 39 000 | 472 100 | 8.3% | May 2007 |
Average Weekly Earnings | 999.5 | 1070.4 | 93.4% | Feb 2007 |
Exports | 740m | 18 190m | 4.1% | Mar 2007 |
Imports | 576m | 19 362m | 3.0% | Mar 2007 |
Housing Finance Commitments | 926m | 14 399m | 6.4% | Mar 2007 |
Average Loan Size (owner occupied) | 174 900 | 229 200 | 76.3% | Mar 2007 |
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*Average of 8 capital cities
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