Regional retail sales per capita and by industry group

Retail Trade Survey

The retail sales data used in the maps is for actual retail sales in current prices, by region, for the year ended December. For information about how the Retail Trade Survey is compiled, see Retail sales methodology.

Industry groups

The retail industry groups used in the pie charts include the following ANSZIC06 industries.

Motor vehicles, parts, and fuel retailing

-Motor vehicles and parts

-Fuel

Supermarkets and specialised food retailing

-Supermarket and grocery stores

-Specialised food

-Liquor

Other retailing

-Department stores

-Furniture, floor-coverings, houseware, textiles

-Electrical and electronic goods

-Clothing, footwear, and accessories

-Recreational goods

-Hardware, building, and garden supplies

-Pharmaceutical and other store-based retailing

-Non-store and commission-based retailing

Hospitality

-Accommodation

-Food and beverage services

Population estimates

The population estimates used to create the mapped data is the ‘Estimated Resident Population for Regional Council Areas, at 30 June’ (available from Infoshare).

The population at 30 June 2013 is based on the 2013 Census usually resident population count, updated for residents missed or counted more than once by the census (net census undercount); residents temporarily overseas on census night; and births, deaths, and net migration between census night and the date of the estimate.

Subnational estimates at 30 June 2014–17 were obtained by updating the base population at 30 June 2013 of each area for births, deaths, and net migration.

These estimates do not include tourists and other short-term visitors.

Median household income correlation

Regional retail sales per capita are moderately correlated with regional median household income.
Regional retail sales per capita v median household income

Data availability

The data included in the maps is available from Datafinder