INNOVATION INCOME


Businesses were asked to estimate the percentage of their total business income that was resultant from the sale of new or significantly improved goods and/or services introduced during the year ending 30 June 2015. This was the first time that businesses were asked to provide this information.

Percentage of total business sales income generated from the sale of new goods and/or services, by employment size(a)(b), 2014-15
	0%	Greater than 0% and less than 5%	Greater than or equal to 5% and less than 10%	Greater than or equal to 10% and less than 25%	Greater than or equal to 25%
	%	%	%	%	%
0-4 persons	16.8	28.3	17.4	16.8	20.8
5-19 persons	9.0	35.8	30.5	13.9	10.7
20-199 persons	13.3	34.3	25.3	16.6	10.5
200 or more persons	^12.8	^51.4	^27.3	5.8	2.7
Total	13.4	32.0	23.4	15.6	15.6
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution.
(a) Proportions are of innovating businesses with specific innovation in goods and/or services.
(b) Proportions may not add to 100% due to rounding.

The proportion of businesses that introduced new goods and/or services that reported 0% of income generated from sales of new goods and services was 13%. Almost one in three goods and/or services innovators reported generating greater than 0% and less than 5% of total business income from the sale of their new or significantly improved goods and/or services (32%); this was the most common percentage range response by businesses across all employment size ranges.
By industry, half of all businesses that introduced new goods and/or services in Health care and social assistance reported that greater than 0% and less than 5% of their total income was derived from the sale of their new or significantly improved goods and/or services (50%).

More than one in five businesses that introduced new goods and/or services in the Rental, hiring and real estate services industry reported that greater than or equal to 25% of their total income was derived from the sale of their new or significantly improved goods and/or services (23%). This was the largest proportion across all industries.

Further data relating to the percentage of sales income generated by sales of new goods and/or services can be accessed via the Downloads tab.