The Australian Government's Innovation Report

Appendix 5: Overview of R&D in regions – by state and territory, 2004-05
Business Australian Government State/Territory Government Higher Education
Private
Non-Profit
Gross Domestic R&D
Expenditure
Current Prices $million
Per capita $
% of GSP (%)
Current Prices $million
Per capita $
% of GSP (%)
Current Prices $million
Per capita $
% of GSP (%)
Current Prices $million
Per capita $
% of GSP (%)
Current Prices $million
Per capita $
% of GSP (%)
Current Prices $million
Per capita $
% of GDP (%)
Location
NSW 3,157.0 466.4 1.03 261.6 38.7 0.09 299.0 44.2 0.10 1,192.8 176.2 0.39 137.1 20.3 0.04 5,047.5 745.7 1.65
Vic 2,405.0 478.8 1.08 406.2 80.9 0.18 201.9 40.2 0.09 1,052.6 209.6 0.47 272.0 54.1 0.12 4,337.7 863.5 1.95
Qld 1,037.2 260.8 0.65 159.4 40.1 0.10 234.9 59.1 0.15 715.6 179.9 0.45 13.1 3.3 0.01 2,160.2 543.2 1.36
SA 530.3 343.9 0.89 242.3 157.1 0.40 104.6 67.8 0.17 325.4 211.0 0.54 7.0 4.6 0.01 1,209.6 784.4 2.02
WA 1,051.2 522.7 1.04 105.6 52.5 0.10 101.0 50.2 0.10 442.3 219.9 0.44 37.9 18.8 0.04 1,737.9 864.2 1.72
Tas 73.6 151.5 0.46 109.5 225.4 0.68 3.6 7.3 0.02 83.7 172.3 0.52 0.2 0.4 0.00 270.5 556.9 1.68
NT 30.9 151.7 0.30 28.2 138.7 0.27 24.7 121.3 0.24 33.0 162.3 0.32 n.p. n.a. n.a. n.p. n.a. n.a.
ACT & Ext Terr 76.0 231.3 0.37 257.9 785.1 1.26 2.9 8.7 0.01 437.4 1,331.7 2.14 3.2 9.7 0.02 777.3 2,366.5 3.79
Overseas 85.1 n.a. n.a. 2.8 n.a. n.a. 4.9 n.a. n.a. – n.a. n.a. n.p. n.a. n.a. n.p. n.a. n.a.
Total 8,446.2 419.2 0.95 1,573.4 78.1 0.18 977.3 48.5 0.11 4,282.8 212.6 0.48 493.2 24.5 0.06 15,772.9 782.8 1.76
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