1345.4 - SA Stats, Feb 2008  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 26/02/2008   
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CONSUMPTION


RETAIL TURNOVER

The October 2007 trend estimate for South Australia's retail turnover was $1,369.4m, while the estimate for Australia was $19,928.2m. This represents a 0.9% increase in turnover across all retail industries for South Australia from the previous month, and a 0.7% increase nationally.

RETAIL TURNOVER(a), Current prices, Trend,
Percentage change from previous month

Retail turnover(a), current prices, trend, percentage change from previous month
Source: Retail Trade, Australia (cat. no. 8501.0)


Comparing October 2007 with October 2006, retail turnover (trend) increased by 8.2% for South Australia and 8.0% for Australia.

Over the same period, the two South Australian industry groups with the largest percentage increases in retail turnover (trend) were Other retailing, rising by 9.3% (to $133.7m), and Food, rising by 9.1% (to $577.4m). The South Australian industry group which reported the largest decrease in retail turnover (trend) was Recreational goods retailing, down by 14.2% to $47.0m.

RETAIL TURNOVER BY INDUSTRY GROUP, Current prices, Trend,
Percentage change over last twelve months, October 2007, South Australia

Retail turnover by industry group, current prices, trend, percentage change over last twelve months, October 2007, South Australia
Source: Retail Trade, Australia (cat. no. 8501.0)


NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

In October 2007, 3,072 new passenger vehicles and 5,135 new vehicles in total (in trend terms) were sold in South Australia. Corresponding sales for Australia were 52,028 and 88,216.

NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES, South Australia
New motor vehicle sales, South Australia
Source: Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia (cat. no. 9314.0.)