Retail Trade, Australia

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Monthly and quarterly estimates of turnover and volumes for retail businesses, including store and online sales.

Reference period

August 2022

Released

28/09/2022

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Release date and time

05/10/2022 11:30am AEDT

Key statistics

The August 2022 seasonally adjusted estimate:

Rose 0.6% month-on-month.
Rose 19.2% compared with August 2021.

An additional information release on 5 October 2022 has seen the inclusion of more detailed results for the August 2022 reference period. Additional timeseries spreadsheets have been published, including; state by industry results, state by industry sub-group results, quarterly turnover volumes, and online sales. In addition, an online retailing section has been added to this publication which shows the most-up-to-date online retail sales.

To understand more about changes in this issue, suspension of trend estimates, and COVID-19 in August 2022, please read the survey impacts and changes.

Turnover at current prices
	Aug-2022 ($m)	Jul-2022 to Aug-2022 (% change)	Aug-2021 to Aug-2022 (% change)
Trend	na	na	na
Seasonally adjusted	34,881.6	0.6	19.2

na not available

Total retail turnover

Monthly turnover, current prices - seasonally adjusted estimate
Month	Monthly (%)	Through the year (%)
Aug-2019	0.4	2.4
Sep-2019	0.3	2.5
Oct-2019	0.1	2.3
Nov-2019	0.8	3.3
Dec-2019	-0.4	2.6
Jan-2020	-0.4	2.0
Feb-2020	0.5	1.9
Mar-2020	8.1	9.9
Apr-2020	-17.4	-9.0
May-2020	16.3	5.6
Jun-2020	2.9	8.3
Jul-2020	3.7	12.1
Aug-2020	-4.2	7.0
Sep-2020	-0.8	5.8
Oct-2020	1.3	7.1
Nov-2020	6.5	13.1
Dec-2020	-3.3	9.9
Jan-2021	0.2	10.5
Feb-2021	-0.8	9.1
Mar-2021	1.3	2.3
Apr-2021	0.8	24.9
May-2021	0.2	7.5
Jun-2021	-1.4	3.0
Jul-2021	-2.6	-3.2
Aug-2021	-1.7	-0.7
Sep-2021	1.7	1.8
Oct-2021	4.6	5.1
Nov-2021	7.1	5.7
Dec-2021	-4.1	4.8
Jan-2022	1.6	6.3
Feb-2022	1.8	9.1
Mar-2022	1.6	9.4
Apr-2022	0.9	9.6
May-2022	0.7	10.2
Jun-2022	0.2	12.0
Jul-2022	1.3	16.5
Aug-2022	0.6	19.2

Monthly turnover, current prices - seasonally adjusted estimate

["Month","Monthly","Through the year"]

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Total level, current prices - seasonally adjusted
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Aug-19	27,536.7
Sep-19	27,620.4
Oct-19	27,659.5
Nov-19	27,891.4
Dec-19	27,767.6
Jan-20	27,657.7
Feb-20	27,791.6
Mar-20	30,030.8
Apr-20	24,796.5
May-20	28,835.2
Jun-20	29,660.3
Jul-20	30,753
Aug-20	29,469
Sep-20	29,228.9
Oct-20	29,617.8
Nov-20	31,555.8
Dec-20	30,516.7
Jan-21	30,569.9
Feb-21	30,332.5
Mar-21	30,725.9
Apr-21	30,960
May-21	31,007.7
Jun-21	30,563.8
Jul-21	29,761.4
Aug-21	29,261.9
Sep-21	29,756.7
Oct-21	31,132.7
Nov-21	33,345
Dec-21	31,967.9
Jan-22	32,492
Feb-22	33,085.4
Mar-22	33,626.1
Apr-22	33,923.1
May-22	34,172
Jun-22	34,239.3
Jul-22	34,669.3
Aug-22	34,881.6

Total level, current prices - seasonally adjusted

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Monthly turnover, current prices, by industry - percentage change from previous month
Industry	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Food retailing	1.1
Household goods retailing	2.6
Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing	-2.3
Department stores	2.8
Other retailing	-2.5
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	1.3
Total	0.6

Monthly turnover, current prices, by industry - percentage change from previous month

["Industry","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Monthly turnover, current prices, by state and territory - percentage change from previous month
State	Seasonally adjusted (%)
New South Wales	1.5
Victoria	0.1
Queensland	-0.1
South Australia	1.3
Western Australia	-0.2
Tasmania	2.2
Northern Territory	0.0
Australian Capital Territory	1.9
Total	0.6

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["State","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Analysis by industry

Food retailing

Food retailing rose 1.1% ($142.5m) in August, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Food retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Aug-19	11,262.5
Sep-19	11,322.4
Oct-19	11,374.2
Nov-19	11,441.4
Dec-19	11,445.1
Jan-20	11,444.6
Feb-20	11,554
Mar-20	14,342.6
Apr-20	11,838.1
May-20	12,635.1
Jun-20	12,721.4
Jul-20	12,901.2
Aug-20	12,878.1
Sep-20	12,737.9
Oct-20	12,729.5
Nov-20	12,707.3
Dec-20	12,581.2
Jan-21	12,669.1
Feb-21	12,350.5
Mar-21	12,297
Apr-21	12,373.2
May-21	12,487.4
Jun-21	12,655.1
Jul-21	12,910.9
Aug-21	13,224.5
Sep-21	13,075.4
Oct-21	12,981.5
Nov-21	12,683.6
Dec-21	12,944.2
Jan-22	13,221.4
Feb-22	12,881.2
Mar-22	12,939.6
Apr-22	13,182.7
May-22	13,196.8
Jun-22	13,160.9
Jul-22	13,324
Aug-22	13,466.5

Food retailing

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Household goods retailing

Household goods retailing rose 2.6% ($157.2m) in August, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Household goods retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Aug-19	4,621.6
Sep-19	4,627.7
Oct-19	4,637.5
Nov-19	4,684.5
Dec-19	4,663.6
Jan-20	4,615.7
Feb-20	4,635.7
Mar-20	5,022.2
Apr-20	5,056.7
May-20	5,863.4
Jun-20	5,704.7
Jul-20	5,980.5
Aug-20	5,587.3
Sep-20	5,381.6
Oct-20	5,359.6
Nov-20	5,988.5
Dec-20	5,514
Jan-21	5,506.4
Feb-21	5,535.2
Mar-21	5,544.4
Apr-21	5,605.9
May-21	5,551.9
Jun-21	5,514.1
Jul-21	5,392.5
Aug-21	5,257.4
Sep-21	5,487.7
Oct-21	5,702.2
Nov-21	6,401.3
Dec-21	5,792.8
Jan-22	5,846.5
Feb-22	5,983.3
Mar-22	6,188.2
Apr-22	6,023.3
May-22	6,046.6
Jun-22	6,028.6
Jul-22	5,959.8
Aug-22	6,117

Household goods retailing

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing fell 2.3% (-$68.1m) in August, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Aug-19	2,192
Sep-19	2,182.4
Oct-19	2,175.2
Nov-19	2,228
Dec-19	2,186.1
Jan-20	2,185
Feb-20	2,102.8
Mar-20	1,602
Apr-20	753.5
May-20	1,725.2
Jun-20	2,073.6
Jul-20	2,247.6
Aug-20	1,975.9
Sep-20	1,976.7
Oct-20	2,114
Nov-20	2,604.2
Dec-20	2,410.1
Jan-21	2,372
Feb-21	2,385.8
Mar-21	2,470.8
Apr-21	2,539.2
May-21	2,506.3
Jun-21	2,297.7
Jul-21	1,969.1
Aug-21	1,627.1
Sep-21	1,757
Oct-21	2,241
Nov-21	3,016.1
Dec-21	2,557
Jan-22	2,527.3
Feb-22	2,809.9
Mar-22	2,824.2
Apr-22	2,912.8
May-22	2,871.3
Jun-22	2,907.5
Jul-22	3,003.9
Aug-22	2,935.8

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Department stores

Department stores rose 2.8% ($52.8m) in August, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Department stores
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Aug-19	1,577.9
Sep-19	1,578.9
Oct-19	1,570.8
Nov-19	1,617.7
Dec-19	1,585.2
Jan-20	1,532.2
Feb-20	1,582.2
Mar-20	1,444.4
Apr-20	1,228
May-20	1,764.6
Jun-20	1,564.2
Jul-20	1,618.9
Aug-20	1,475.7
Sep-20	1,500.7
Oct-20	1,569.3
Nov-20	1,864.6
Dec-20	1,678.5
Jan-21	1,649.4
Feb-21	1,673.1
Mar-21	1,804
Apr-21	1,691.2
May-21	1,671.9
Jun-21	1,563.9
Jul-21	1,381.2
Aug-21	1,245.8
Sep-21	1,248.1
Oct-21	1,521.1
Nov-21	1,892.1
Dec-21	1,528.3
Jan-22	1,580.6
Feb-22	1,756.5
Mar-22	1,828.2
Apr-22	1,782.5
May-22	1,873.6
Jun-22	1,805.1
Jul-22	1,872.8
Aug-22	1,925.6

Department stores

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Other retailing

Other retailing fell 2.5% (-$137.4m) in August, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Other retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Aug-19	3,992.3
Sep-19	4,004.5
Oct-19	3,993.7
Nov-19	3,965.6
Dec-19	3,971.6
Jan-20	3,955.4
Feb-20	3,971.1
Mar-20	4,602.4
Apr-20	3,966.7
May-20	4,311.7
Jun-20	4,340.8
Jul-20	4,575.5
Aug-20	4,330.5
Sep-20	4,299.6
Oct-20	4,364.6
Nov-20	4,692.3
Dec-20	4,503.1
Jan-21	4,546.9
Feb-21	4,534.8
Mar-21	4,584.1
Apr-21	4,648.8
May-21	4,670.7
Jun-21	4,642.1
Jul-21	4,680.2
Aug-21	4,716.3
Sep-21	4,825.1
Oct-21	4,910.7
Nov-21	5,246.7
Dec-21	5,053.3
Jan-22	5,246.2
Feb-22	5,189
Mar-22	5,290.5
Apr-22	5,317.8
May-22	5,396.8
Jun-22	5,422.7
Jul-22	5,506.9
Aug-22	5,369.5

Other retailing

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services rose 1.3% ($65.3m) in August, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Aug-19	3,890.4
Sep-19	3,904.4
Oct-19	3,908.1
Nov-19	3,954.3
Dec-19	3,916
Jan-20	3,924.9
Feb-20	3,945.8
Mar-20	3,017.2
Apr-20	1,953.5
May-20	2,535.2
Jun-20	3,255.6
Jul-20	3,429.3
Aug-20	3,221.4
Sep-20	3,332.5
Oct-20	3,480.7
Nov-20	3,698.8
Dec-20	3,829.9
Jan-21	3,826.1
Feb-21	3,853.2
Mar-21	4,025.6
Apr-21	4,101.7
May-21	4,119.5
Jun-21	3,891
Jul-21	3,427.4
Aug-21	3,190.8
Sep-21	3,363.3
Oct-21	3,776.1
Nov-21	4,105.2
Dec-21	4,092.2
Jan-22	4,069.9
Feb-22	4,465.5
Mar-22	4,555.5
Apr-22	4,704
May-22	4,787.1
Jun-22	4,914.6
Jul-22	5,001.9
Aug-22	5,067.2

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

[["Aug-19","Sep-19","Oct-19","Nov-19","Dec-19","Jan-20","Feb-20","Mar-20","Apr-20","May-20","Jun-20","Jul-20","Aug-20","Sep-20","Oct-20","Nov-20","Dec-20","Jan-21","Feb-21","Mar-21","Apr-21","May-21","Jun-21","Jul-21","Aug-21","Sep-21","Oct-21","Nov-21","Dec-21","Jan-22","Feb-22","Mar-22","Apr-22","May-22","Jun-22","Jul-22","Aug-22"],[[3890.4],[3904.4],[3908.1],[3954.3],[3916],[3924.9],[3945.8],[3017.2],[1953.5],[2535.2],[3255.6],[3429.3],[3221.4],[3332.5],[3480.7],[3698.8],[3829.9],[3826.1],[3853.2],[4025.6],[4101.7],[4119.5],[3891],[3427.4],[3190.8],[3363.3],[3776.1],[4105.2],[4092.2],[4069.9],[4465.5],[4555.5],[4704],[4787.1],[4914.6],[5001.9],[5067.2]]]

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Online retailing

Total online retailing sales were $3,532.8m in August 2022, in seasonally adjusted terms. Seasonally adjusted online sales fell 2.2 per cent (-$78.8m), following a fall of 0.7 per cent (-$24.4m) in July 2022. Seasonally adjusted through-the-year sales are down 15.6 per cent (-$654.8m) as online sales were boosted significantly in August 2021, due to the impacts of the Delta outbreak with online sales at a record high at the time. Whilst online sales are down through-the-year, they continue to remain above the level of any month prior to the Delta outbreak.

Total online, original and seasonally adjusted
	Original ($m)	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Feb-16	732.2	821.1
Mar-16	810.6	833.4
Apr-16	771.4	860.2
May-16	840.4	862.1
Jun-16	904.1	886.6
Jul-16	827.3	880.4
Aug-16	871.8	889.2
Sep-16	923.8	928.3
Oct-16	986	955.9
Nov-16	1,108.8	956
Dec-16	1,265.1	1,022.7
Jan-17	903	976.6
Feb-17	825.4	964.7
Mar-17	939.1	963.3
Apr-17	862	948.3
May-17	1,000.7	1,016.3
Jun-17	1,039.3	1,045.4
Jul-17	1,048.2	1,094.2
Aug-17	1,133.8	1,141.9
Sep-17	1,109.3	1,143.9
Oct-17	1,234.8	1,196.5
Nov-17	1,510.6	1,255.2
Dec-17	1,601.8	1,318
Jan-18	1,229.4	1,330.9
Feb-18	1,201.2	1,413.5
Mar-18	1,360.6	1,426.9
Apr-18	1,351.9	1,469.6
May-18	1,483.5	1,498.3
Jun-18	1,484	1,545.9
Jul-18	1,447.6	1,505.5
Aug-18	1,499	1,485
Sep-18	1,485.4	1,505.9
Oct-18	1,621.5	1,560
Nov-18	1,929.6	1,629
Dec-18	1,950.6	1,592.5
Jan-19	1,520.1	1,634.8
Feb-19	1,388	1,641.3
Mar-19	1,560.7	1,651
Apr-19	1,513.8	1,692.6
May-19	1,693.1	1,704.3
Jun-19	1,659.1	1,711.5
Jul-19	1,680.5	1,727.1
Aug-19	1,737.6	1,730.6
Sep-19	1,758.3	1,749.9
Oct-19	1,867.2	1,768.6
Nov-19	2,118.4	1,830.8
Dec-19	2,306.7	1,911.7
Jan-20	1,712.5	1,831.1
Feb-20	1,675.8	1,936.3
Mar-20	2,069	2,192.5
Apr-20	2,615.4	2,810.2
May-20	2,859.1	2,956.7
Jun-20	2,766.6	2,949.7
Jul-20	2,950.5	2,939.3
Aug-20	3,135.7	3,056.1
Sep-20	3,010	3,042.8
Oct-20	3,157.6	3,007.3
Nov-20	3,632.1	3,035.8
Dec-20	3,548.7	2,930
Jan-21	2,740.4	2,993.1
Feb-21	2,496.6	2,985.6
Mar-21	2,856.7	3,022.9
Apr-21	2,677.1	2,945.6
May-21	2,759.4	2,805.2
Jun-21	3,092.7	3,300.6
Jul-21	3,659	3,680.3
Aug-21	4,254.9	4,187.6
Sep-21	4,409.5	4,262.7
Oct-21	4,178.8	3,999.7
Nov-21	4,403.8	3,810.1
Dec-21	4,305.1	3,545.5
Jan-22	3,541.3	3,803
Feb-22	3,048.2	3,669.5
Mar-22	3,580.7	3,730.7
Apr-22	3,246.9	3,674.8
May-22	3,505.4	3,636.7
Jun-22	3,544.4	3,636
Jul-22	3,584	3,611.6
Aug-22	3,601.3	3,532.8

Total online, original and seasonally adjusted

["","Original","Seasonally adjusted"]

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In August 2022, Food online sales were $995.9m, and Non-Food online sales were $2,536.9m, in seasonally adjusted terms. There were falls in both non-food sales, down 2.4 per cent (-$62.5m), and food sales, down 1.6 per cent (-$16.3m). Despite the falls, both categories also remain above the level of any month prior to the Delta outbreak.

Online sales, Food and Non-Food, seasonally adjusted
	Food ($m)	Non-Food ($m)
Feb-16	211.2	609.8
Mar-16	209.7	623.7
Apr-16	218.8	641.4
May-16	211	651
Jun-16	211.9	674.7
Jul-16	211.9	668.5
Aug-16	222	667.2
Sep-16	223.3	704.9
Oct-16	231.9	724
Nov-16	240.2	715.7
Dec-16	243.4	779.3
Jan-17	267.4	709.2
Feb-17	260.1	704.6
Mar-17	250.9	712.3
Apr-17	270.4	678
May-17	281.1	735.1
Jun-17	296	749.4
Jul-17	283.4	810.8
Aug-17	281.5	860.4
Sep-17	285.1	858.8
Oct-17	297.3	899.2
Nov-17	304.9	950.3
Dec-17	324.2	993.8
Jan-18	335.2	995.8
Feb-18	347.7	1,065.8
Mar-18	352.1	1,074.8
Apr-18	360.1	1,109.5
May-18	366.1	1,132.2
Jun-18	374.2	1,171.7
Jul-18	387	1,118.5
Aug-18	382.1	1,102.9
Sep-18	379.8	1,126.1
Oct-18	381.6	1,178.4
Nov-18	422.6	1,206.4
Dec-18	422.2	1,170.3
Jan-19	424.8	1,210
Feb-19	426.1	1,215.2
Mar-19	445.7	1,205.3
Apr-19	440	1,252.6
May-19	454.7	1,249.7
Jun-19	453.9	1,257.5
Jul-19	453.6	1,273.6
Aug-19	456.7	1,273.9
Sep-19	478	1,271.8
Oct-19	505.9	1,262.6
Nov-19	503	1,327.9
Dec-19	495.6	1,416.1
Jan-20	500.7	1,330.4
Feb-20	531.4	1,404.9
Mar-20	534.3	1,658.1
Apr-20	577.8	2,232.4
May-20	744.9	2,211.9
Jun-20	800	2,149.7
Jul-20	796.7	2,142.6
Aug-20	843.5	2,212.6
Sep-20	848.1	2,194.7
Oct-20	843.3	2,164
Nov-20	841.6	2,194.2
Dec-20	839.9	2,090.1
Jan-21	892.9	2,100.2
Feb-21	885.2	2,100.4
Mar-21	939.9	2,083
Apr-21	878.5	2,067.1
May-21	806.7	1,998.5
Jun-21	912.1	2,388.5
Jul-21	981.7	2,698.6
Aug-21	1,119.3	3,068.3
Sep-21	1,057	3,205.8
Oct-21	1,038.1	2,961.6
Nov-21	1,017	2,793.2
Dec-21	1,037.9	2,507.6
Jan-22	1,031.9	2,771
Feb-22	1,009.9	2,659.7
Mar-22	1,034.8	2,695.9
Apr-22	1,042.7	2,632.1
May-22	1,033.3	2,603.4
Jun-22	1,001.3	2,634.7
Jul-22	1,012.2	2,599.4
Aug-22	995.9	2,536.9

Online sales, Food and Non-Food, seasonally adjusted

["","Food","Non-Food"]

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In original terms, the proportion of online sales for non-Food retailing to total non-Food retailing rose from 16.2 per cent to 16.3 per cent. The proportion for online Food retailing remained unchanged at 5.8 per cent.

In original terms, the proportion of online sales to total retailing remained unchanged at 10.6 per cent in August 2022. The average monthly proportion of online sales to total retailing for 2022 remains at 10.6 per cent which is below the peak levels seen at the height of the Delta lockdown in August 2021 (15.0 per cent) and September 2021 (15.3 per cent), but is still significantly above the pre-pandemic levels.

Proportion of industry group turnover online, original
	Food (%)	Non-Food (%)	Total (%)
Dec-19	2.8	10.3	6.6
Jan-20	2.8	10.3	6.3
Feb-20	3.4	10.9	6.6
Mar-20	3.1	13	7.1
Apr-20	4.1	20.5	11.1
May-20	5	16.1	10.1
Jun-20	4.9	15	9.7
Jul-20	5.2	15.2	9.8
Aug-20	5.8	17.6	11
Sep-20	5.7	16.8	10.6
Oct-20	5.3	16.6	10.4
Nov-20	5.2	16.8	11
Dec-20	4.5	13.6	9.1
Jan-21	5.2	13.9	9.1
Feb-21	5.4	14.2	9.3
Mar-21	5.6	14.1	9.4
Apr-21	5.1	14	9.2
May-21	4.9	14.2	9.1
Jun-21	5.4	16.3	10.5
Jul-21	6.4	20.4	12.6
Aug-21	7.4	25.1	15
Sep-21	7.2	25.5	15.3
Oct-21	6.4	21.2	13.2
Nov-21	5.9	18.7	12.5
Dec-21	5.4	15.4	10.5
Jan-22	5.8	17.5	11.1
Feb-22	5.7	16.1	10.4
Mar-22	5.9	16.7	10.9
Apr-22	5.5	15.4	10
May-22	5.6	16.1	10.5
Jun-22	5.6	16.3	10.7
Jul-22	5.8	16.2	10.6
Aug-22	5.8	16.3	10.6

Proportion of industry group turnover online, original

["","Food","Non-Food","Total"]

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Additional notes regarding the online sales series can be found in the Methodology.

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Table 1. Retail turnover, by industry group
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Table 3. Retail turnover, by state
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Table 5. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, volume and price, seasonally adjusted - by industry group
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Table 7. Quarterly retail turnover, chain volume measures - by industry group
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Table 11. Retail turnover, state by industry subgroup, original
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Table 12. Retail turnover, state by industry subgroup, seasonally adjusted
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Table 13. Retail turnover, state by industry subgroup, trend
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Table 16. Retail turnover, completely enumerated sector: Australia
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Table 19. Quarterly retail turnover per capita, Australia, all series
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Table 21. Experimental series - online retail turnover Australia by type of activity
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Retail Trade, Key Statistics - Monthly retail trade estimates for Australian businesses classified by industry group, or by state and territory.

Retail Trade - Monthly and quarterly retail trade turnover estimates for Australian businesses classified by industry group, sub group, and by state and territory.

Survey impacts and changes

The release schedule for Retail Trade, Australia

Changes in this issue

Suspension of trend series

Coronavirus (COVID-19) in August

Differences between Retail Trade and New Experimental Economic Indicators

Monthly Business Turnover Indicator

The ABS first released the Monthly Business Turnover Indicator on Friday 15 October 2021. The first in a series of new monthly economic indicators which includes an indicator for Retail Trade.

This experimental indicator is derived from Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Business Activity Statements (BAS) turnover data from monthly BAS remitters. This differs from Retail Trade, Australia in terms of scope and coverage. Monthly BAS reporting for the Monthly Business Turnover Indicator covers businesses with GST annual turnover of $20 million or more and a proportion of smaller businesses that report monthly on a voluntary basis. The turnover estimates in Retail Trade, Australia are compiled from the monthly Retail Business Survey. About 700 'large' businesses are included in the survey every month, while a sample of about 2,700 'smaller' businesses is selected. The 'large' business' contribution of approximately 69% of the total estimate ensures a highly reliable Australian total turnover estimate.

Retail Trade for the Monthly Business Turnover Indicator is aligned strictly to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006. This includes Fuel and motor vehicle retailing but excludes Cafes, restaurants and takeaways. Retail Trade, Australia does include Cafes, restaurants and takeaways, but does not include Fuel and motor vehicle retailing.

For further information see Monthly Business Turnover Indicator, Methodology.

Monthly Household Spending Indicator

The ABS first released the Monthly Household Spending Indicator on Tuesday 22 February 2022.

The experimental Monthly Household Spending Indicator is derived using aggregated, de-identified banks transactions data from some of Australia’s banking and financial institutions.

The ABS transforms the banks transactions data in order to derive the Monthly Household Spending Indicator. As this data is not designed for statistical purposes, its scope varies from Australian National Accounts concept of household final consumption expenditure (HFCE) and the Retail Trade turnover estimates for retail businesses.

The primary difference between the Retail Trade Survey and the household spending indicator is scope. The Retail Trade Survey focuses on measuring turnover, from sole traders and businesses across the Retail industry that predominantly sell to households. The Household spending indicator is recorded at the point of transaction on goods and services across all relevant industries, not just retail, to track a broader range of consumer spending.

For more information on how the Retail Trade Survey and new experimental monthly household spending indicator differ please see Comparison with Retail Trade and Monthly Household Spending Indicator, Methodology.

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 8501.0.

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Post release changes

05/10/2022 - As advertised in the main release of this publication on 28 September 2022, the time series spreadsheets for tables 5 through to 23 are now available under the Data Downloads section. This includes:

August monthly results for State by Industry Subgroup, Completely Enumerated (large) and Sample (small) businesses, and Online Retail Turnover.
June quarter 2022 results, available in tables 5 through to 10. These results have been published previously.

In addition, an online retailing section has been added to this publication, which shows the most-up-to-date online retail sales.

Methodology

Retail Trade, Australia methodology, August 2022

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Release	Timing	Tables	Content
Main Release (i.e. key statistics)	20 working days following the end of the reference period	1 - 4	Monthly National Turnover
			Monthly Industry Turnover
			Monthly State Turnover
Additional Tables	4 working days following the main release	5 - 23	Monthly State by Industry Turnover
			Monthly Sub-Group Turnover
			Monthly State by Sub-Group Turnover
			Quarterly Volumes and other quarterly statistics
			Online Sales

APA

Retail Trade, Australia

APA

Key statistics

Total retail turnover

Analysis by industry

Food retailing

Household goods retailing

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing

Department stores

Other retailing

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services

Online retailing

Data downloads

Time series spreadsheets

Table 1. Retail turnover, by industry group

Table 2. Retail turnover, by industry group - percentage change from previous month

Table 3. Retail turnover, by state

Table 4. Retail turnover, by state - percentage change from previous month

Table 5. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, volume and price, seasonally adjusted - by industry group

Table 6. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, volume and price, seasonally adjusted - by state

Table 7. Quarterly retail turnover, chain volume measures - by industry group

Table 8. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, chain volume measures - by industry group

Table 9. Quarterly retail turnover, chain volume measures - by state

Table 10. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, chain volume measures - by state

Table 11. Retail turnover, state by industry subgroup, original

Table 12. Retail turnover, state by industry subgroup, seasonally adjusted

Table 13. Retail turnover, state by industry subgroup, trend

Table 14. Retail turnover; completely enumerated (large) and sample (small), by industry group

Table 15. Retail turnover; completely enumerated (large) and sample (small), by state

Table 16. Retail turnover, completely enumerated sector: Australia

Table 17. Quarterly consumer sales, Australia, by type of activity

Table 18. Quarterly consumer sales, Australia, by type of activity - percentage change from previous quarter

Table 19. Quarterly retail turnover per capita, Australia, all series

Table 20. Quarterly retail turnover per capita, Australia, all series - percentage change from previous quarter

Table 21. Experimental series - online retail turnover Australia by type of activity

Table 22. Experimental series - online retail turnover Australia by type of activity percentage change

Table 23. Experimental series - online retail turnover Australia by type of activity percentage of total Australian retail turnover