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Grocery retailing in Western Australia
Figure 4.2: Food retailing compared with total retail turnover in WA
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Total Retail Turnover Food Retailing Perth AWE Perth CPI
WA Retail Turnover Index (Jan 1997 =
100)
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Jan-97 Jan-98 Jan-99 Jan-00 Jan-01 Jan-02 Jan-03 Jan-04 Jan-05 Jan-06 Jan-07
Source: ABS Cat. 8501010, 63020012e & 640109
4.1 Characteristics of the retail & grocery sector
4.1.1 Retail Turnover
Retail trade in WA constituted approximately 11% of total retail turnover in Australia
(as at January 2007), 66 approximately equal to their contribution to the Australian
population (10%). 67
Total retail turnover represented approximately 20% of WA’s GSP in financial year
2006, approximately equal to the 23% that retail trade represents at a nationwide
level. 68
Food retailing represents 41% of total retail trade, which is approximately equivalent to
the national average. However, supermarket and grocery trade accounts for
approximately 74% of total food retailing, a greater proportion than the national
average of 71%. 69 Consequently, supermarket and grocery retailing for the year to
January 2007 accounted for approximately $6.98 billion in turnover. 70
66 ABS, Cat. 850104.
67 Ibid, ABS Cat. 31014.
68 ABS, Cat. 850104.
69 ABS, CPI 15 th Series Weighting Pattern 6430.0. Australian average based on all eight capital cities, WA based on Perth
CPI weighting.
70 ABS, Cat. 850104. Calculated as total retail sales multiplied by 41% (food retailing proportion), then multiplied by 74%
(supermarket and grocery proportion). These estimates have been sourced in previous footnotes. This value could be as
large as $8.14 billion (were it to be calculated on the basis of 11% of $74 billion, not the reported ABS figure of $63 billion)
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