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

October 2022

Released

28/11/2022

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Release date and time

02/12/2022 11:30am AEDT

Key statistics

The October 2022 seasonally adjusted estimate:

Fell 0.2% month-on-month.
Rose 12.5% compared with October 2021.

An additional information release on 2 December 2022 has seen the inclusion of more detailed results for the October 2022 reference period. Additional timeseries spreadsheets have been published, including; state by industry results, state by industry sub-group results, September quarter 2022 turnover volumes, and online sales.

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

Turnover at current prices
	Oct-2022 ($m)	Sep-2022 to Oct-2022 (% change)	Oct-2021 to Oct-2022 (% change)
Trend	na	na	na
Seasonally adjusted	35,017.9	-0.2	12.5

na not available

Total retail turnover

Monthly turnover, current prices - seasonally adjusted estimate
Month	Monthly (%)	Through the year (%)
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
Sep-2022	0.6	17.9
Oct-2022	-0.2	12.5

Monthly turnover, current prices - seasonally adjusted estimate

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Total level, current prices - seasonally adjusted
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
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
Sep-22	35,096.3
Oct-22	35,017.9

Total level, current prices - seasonally adjusted

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Monthly turnover, current prices, by industry - percentage change from previous month
Industry	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Food retailing	0.4
Household goods retailing	-0.5
Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing	-0.6
Department stores	-2.4
Other retailing	-0.2
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	-0.4
Total	-0.2

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	-0.1
Victoria	-0.1
Queensland	-0.4
South Australia	0.0
Western Australia	0.0
Tasmania	-1.7
Northern Territory	-1.8
Australian Capital Territory	-1.4
Total	-0.2

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["State","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Analysis by industry

Food retailing

Food retailing rose 0.4% ($53.8m) in October, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Food retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
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
Sep-22	13,601
Oct-22	13,654.8

Food retailing

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Household goods retailing

Household goods retailing fell 0.5% (-$32.8m) in October, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Household goods retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
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
Sep-22	6,070
Oct-22	6,037.2

Household goods retailing

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing fell 0.6% (-$18.5m) in October, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
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
Sep-22	2,993.9
Oct-22	2,975.4

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Department stores

Department stores fell 2.4% (-$46.0m) in October, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Department stores
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
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
Sep-22	1,917.6
Oct-22	1,871.6

Department stores

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Other retailing

Other retailing fell 0.2% (-$13.0m) in October, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Other retailing
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
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
Sep-22	5,381.4
Oct-22	5,368.4

Other retailing

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Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services fell 0.4% (-$21.9m) in October, in seasonally adjusted terms.

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services
Month	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
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
Sep-22	5,132.4
Oct-22	5,110.5

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services

["Month","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Online retailing

Seasonally adjusted online sales were relatively unchanged (0.0 per cent; $0.8m), following a 0.5 per cent (-$17.4m) fall last month, and a fall of 1.9 per cent (-$69.7m) in August 2022.

Seasonally adjusted through-the-year sales are down 11.6 per cent (-$462.0m). Online sales were at elevated levels this time last year due to the impacts of the Delta outbreak resulting in a peak for online sales levels in September 2021.

Whilst online sales are down through-the-year, they continue to remain above the level average prior to the Delta outbreak.

Total online, original and seasonally adjusted
	Original ($m)	Seasonally adjusted ($m)
Apr-16	771.4	860.0
May-16	840.4	862.1
Jun-16	904.1	886.5
Jul-16	827.3	880.5
Aug-16	871.8	889.7
Sep-16	923.8	927.9
Oct-16	986	955.7
Nov-16	1,108.8	956.4
Dec-16	1,265.1	1,022.3
Jan-17	903	976.9
Feb-17	825.4	964.9
Mar-17	939.1	963.2
Apr-17	862	948.7
May-17	1,000.7	1,016.2
Jun-17	1,039.3	1,044.9
Jul-17	1,048.2	1,093.5
Aug-17	1,133.8	1,143.2
Sep-17	1,109.3	1,143.5
Oct-17	1,234.8	1,196.6
Nov-17	1,510.6	1,255.1
Dec-17	1,601.8	1,318.3
Jan-18	1,229.4	1,330.8
Feb-18	1,201.2	1,413.8
Mar-18	1,360.6	1,425.2
Apr-18	1,351.9	1,470.0
May-18	1,483.5	1,498.7
Jun-18	1,484	1,545.0
Jul-18	1,447.6	1,506.2
Aug-18	1,499	1,487.0
Sep-18	1,485.4	1,505.2
Oct-18	1,621.5	1,559.7
Nov-18	1,929.6	1,628.6
Dec-18	1,950.6	1,590.5
Jan-19	1,520.1	1,635.9
Feb-19	1,388	1,641.9
Mar-19	1,560.7	1,653.1
Apr-19	1,513.8	1,692.1
May-19	1,693.1	1,705.6
Jun-19	1,659.1	1,711.3
Jul-19	1,680.5	1,727.4
Aug-19	1,737.6	1,729.7
Sep-19	1,758.3	1,746.9
Oct-19	1,867.2	1,769.0
Nov-19	2,118.4	1,829.5
Dec-19	2,306.7	1,912.7
Jan-20	1,712.5	1,833.9
Feb-20	1,675.8	1,932.8
Mar-20	2,069	2,195.1
Apr-20	2,615.4	2,812.8
May-20	2,859.1	2,959.8
Jun-20	2,766.6	2,947.1
Jul-20	2,950.5	2,944.7
Aug-20	3,135.7	3,053.1
Sep-20	3,010	3,038.5
Oct-20	3,157.6	3,001.1
Nov-20	3,632.1	3,035.4
Dec-20	3,548.7	2,931.4
Jan-21	2,740.4	2,995.3
Feb-21	2,496.6	2,987.5
Mar-21	2,856.7	3,024.6
Apr-21	2,677.1	2,953.9
May-21	2,759.4	2,800.0
Jun-21	3,092.7	3,304.7
Jul-21	3,659	3,679.6
Aug-21	4,254.9	4,196.0
Sep-21	4,409.5	4,242.7
Oct-21	4,178.8	3,991.1
Nov-21	4,403.8	3,809.5
Dec-21	4,305.1	3,552.0
Jan-22	3,541.3	3,796.3
Feb-22	3,048.2	3,673.2
Mar-22	3,580.7	3,736.1
Apr-22	3,246.9	3,678.8
May-22	3,505.4	3,643.1
Jun-22	3,544.4	3,638.1
Jul-22	3,584	3,615.4
Aug-22	3,605.2	3,545.7
Sep-22	3,588.5	3,528.3
Oct-22	3,784.3	3,529.1

Total online, original and seasonally adjusted

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In October 2022, online Food retailing sales were $1,003.6m, and online Non-Food retailing sales were $2,525.5, in seasonally adjusted terms. There was a rise in online Food retailing sales, up 1.9 per cent ($18.9m), which was offset by a fall in online Non-Food retailing sales, down 0.7 per cent ($18.2m). Both categories remain above the level average of prior to the Delta outbreak.

Online sales, Food and Non-Food, seasonally adjusted
	Food ($m)	Non-Food ($m)
Apr-16	218.6	641.4
May-16	211	651
Jun-16	212	674.5
Jul-16	211.9	668.6
Aug-16	222.1	667.7
Sep-16	223.1	704.8
Oct-16	232	723.7
Nov-16	240.5	715.9
Dec-16	243.3	779
Jan-17	267.5	709.4
Feb-17	260.2	704.6
Mar-17	250.7	712.5
Apr-17	270.3	678.4
May-17	281.1	735.1
Jun-17	295.9	749
Jul-17	283.4	810.1
Aug-17	281.8	861.4
Sep-17	285.1	858.4
Oct-17	297.3	899.3
Nov-17	305.1	950
Dec-17	324.3	994.1
Jan-18	334.9	995.9
Feb-18	347.9	1,065.9
Mar-18	351.7	1,073.5
Apr-18	359.7	1,110.3
May-18	366.2	1,132.5
Jun-18	373.8	1,171.2
Jul-18	387.3	1,118.9
Aug-18	382.3	1,104.6
Sep-18	380	1,125.1
Oct-18	381.4	1,178.4
Nov-18	423.1	1,205.4
Dec-18	421.7	1,168.8
Jan-19	425.4	1,210.5
Feb-19	426.3	1,215.5
Mar-19	445.6	1,207.4
Apr-19	439.4	1,252.7
May-19	454.5	1,251
Jun-19	453.4	1,257.9
Jul-19	452.9	1,274.5
Aug-19	457.2	1,272.5
Sep-19	478.2	1,268.7
Oct-19	506.5	1,262.5
Nov-19	503	1,326.5
Dec-19	495.9	1,416.9
Jan-20	501.4	1,332.5
Feb-20	530.3	1,402.4
Mar-20	534.5	1,660.6
Apr-20	577.4	2,235.4
May-20	744.8	2,215
Jun-20	797.6	2,149.5
Jul-20	797.5	2,147.2
Aug-20	842.7	2,210.4
Sep-20	849.1	2,189.4
Oct-20	843.9	2,157.2
Nov-20	842	2,193.4
Dec-20	840.7	2,090.7
Jan-21	894.2	2,101.1
Feb-21	885.6	2,101.9
Mar-21	935.4	2,089.2
Apr-21	882	2,071.8
May-21	802.9	1,997.1
Jun-21	909	2,395.8
Jul-21	982.7	2,696.9
Aug-21	1,124.1	3,071.9
Sep-21	1,058.5	3,184.2
Oct-21	1,038.5	2,952.6
Nov-21	1,017.4	2,792.1
Dec-21	1,038.4	2,513.6
Jan-22	1,029.2	2,767.1
Feb-22	1,010.3	2,662.9
Mar-22	1,035.4	2,700.7
Apr-22	1,040.4	2,638.4
May-22	1,034	2,609.1
Jun-22	998.4	2,639.7
Jul-22	1,012.1	2,603.3
Aug-22	993	2,552.7
Sep-22	984.7	2,543.7
Oct-22	1,003.6	2,525.5

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In original terms, the proportion of online Non-Food retailing sales to total Non-Food retailing rose from 16.1 per cent to 16.7 per cent, whilst the proportion for online Food retailing sales to total Food retailing fell from 5.7 per cent to 5.6 per cent.

In original terms, the proportion of online sales to total retailing rose to 10.7 per cent from 10.5 per cent in October 2022.

The average monthly proportion of online sales to total retailing for 2022 remains at 10.6 per cent. This is below the level seen in October 2021 (13.2 per cent) that was elevated due to lockdown impacts, however, is still significantly above the pre-Covid level in October 2019 of 6.6 per cent.

Proportion of industry group turnover online, original
	Food (%)	Non-Food (%)	Total (%)
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	16.4	10.7
Sep-22	5.7	16.1	10.5
Oct-22	5.6	16.7	10.7

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 2. Retail turnover, by industry group - percentage change from previous month
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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 6. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, volume and price, seasonally adjusted - by state
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Table 7. Quarterly retail turnover, chain volume measures - by industry group
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Table 9. Quarterly retail turnover, chain volume measures - by state
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Table 10. Quarterly retail turnover percentage change, chain volume measures - by state
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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 14. Retail turnover; completely enumerated (large) and sample (small), by industry group
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Table 15. Retail turnover; completely enumerated (large) and sample (small), by state
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Table 16. Retail turnover, completely enumerated sector: Australia
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Table 17. Quarterly consumer sales, Australia, by type of activity
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Table 18. Quarterly consumer sales, Australia, by type of activity - percentage change from previous quarter
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Table 19. Quarterly retail turnover per capita, Australia, all series
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Table 20. Quarterly retail turnover per capita, Australia, all series - percentage change from previous quarter
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Table 21. Experimental series - online retail turnover Australia by type of activity
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Table 22. Experimental series - online retail turnover Australia by type of activity percentage change
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Table 23. Experimental series - online retail turnover Australia by type of activity percentage of total Australian retail turnover
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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 October

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.

Post release changes

02/12/2022 - As advertised in the main release of this publication on 28 November 2022, the time series spreadsheets for tables 5 through to 23 are now available under the Data Downloads section. This includes:

October monthly results for State by Industry Subgroup, Completely Enumerated (large) and Sample (small) businesses, and Online Retail Turnover.
September quarter 2022 results, available in tables 5 through to 10. These results have been published previously.
September quarter 2022 results for consumer sales of energy retailing and communications services.

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

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 8501.0.

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Methodology

Retail Trade, Australia methodology, October 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