As of April 2011, Moody's Analytics Data Buffet offers an expanded subnational Australia database, based on key national statistics sources. Economic sectors include consumer, credit quality, demographics, financial, labor and wages, national accounts, prices, real estate, and national/regional profiles. Coverage varies, but certain data available as often as monthly, with geographic granularity to the statistical division (SD) level.
The following listings and table summarize the new coverage. For full detail, please see other articles in Data Buffet News, attached to time series via Mnemonics 411, or catalog sections linked from the partial list of releases at the end of this article.
The subnational data for Australia is part of the Moody's Analytics Global Database product. Please contact your sales representative for details.
Table 1. Summary of economic indicators. Available series frequencies are five years, annual, quarterly or monthly (5A, A, Q, M). We obtain the bulk of the datasets from ABS; sources are described in Listing 1. Geographic abbreviations are described in Listing 2.
Indicator |
Geo Level(s) |
Frequencies |
Source(s) |
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5A |
A |
Q |
M |
|
Consumer |
Retail trade |
|
|
|
|
M |
ABS |
Vehicle sales |
|
|
|
|
M |
ABS |
Credit Quality |
Bankruptcies |
|
|
|
|
M |
ITSA |
Demographics |
Population by cohort |
|
5A |
|
|
|
ABS |
Population estimates |
SD |
|
A |
|
|
ABS |
Population estimates by cohort |
|
|
A |
|
|
ABS |
Components of change |
|
|
A |
|
|
ABS |
Households |
|
|
A |
|
|
ABS |
Population components |
|
|
|
|
M |
ABS |
Financial |
Lending finance |
|
|
|
|
M |
ABS |
Labor and Wages |
Wage and salaries |
|
|
A |
|
|
ABS |
Average weekly wages |
|
|
|
Q |
|
ABS |
Employment by industry |
Nation, MSR |
|
|
Q |
|
ABS |
Employment |
S/T |
|
|
|
M |
ABS |
Labor market |
S/T, city |
|
|
|
M |
ABS |
National Accounts |
Gross state product |
S/T |
|
A |
|
|
ABS |
Prices |
Consumer price index |
|
|
|
Q |
|
ABS |
Real Estate |
Building approval |
|
|
A |
|
|
ABS |
Housing starts |
|
|
|
Q |
|
ABS |
House price |
|
|
|
Q |
|
ABS |
Housing affordability |
|
|
|
Q |
|
CB, HIA-A |
Residential building permits |
|
|
|
|
M |
ABS |
Construction work completed |
|
|
|
|
M |
ABS |
Housing finance |
|
|
|
|
M |
ABS |
National regional profile |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimates of unemployment |
SD |
|
A |
|
|
ABS |
Estimates of personal income |
SD |
|
A |
|
|
ABS |
Households |
SD |
|
A |
|
|
ABS |
Demographics |
SD |
|
A |
|
|
ABS |
Building approval |
SD |
|
A |
|
|
ABS |
Population by cohort |
SD |
|
A |
|
|
ABS |
Listing 1. Data sources.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- Australia's national statistical agency. Provides main economic indicators including: national accounts, production, prices, labor force and demography, income, housing finance, retail, building approval and foreign trade.
- Commonwealth Bank; HIA of Australia (CB, HIA-A)
- Quarterly housing affordability report for nation and states/territories, including affordability indices, affordability multiple, and minimum mortgage repayments.
- Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia (ITSA)
- Insolvencies and bankruptcies by quarter for nation and states.
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- Listing 2. Geographic levels in the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2006:
- Nation
- Main structure
- State and territory (S/T) - 11 (five states and six territories)
- Statistical division (SD) - 69
- Statistical subdivision (SSD) - 217
- Statistical local area (SLA) - 1,426
- City
- Major statistical region (MSR) - 14. For the five states, each has two MSRs: the SD of the capital city, and everything else. Otherwise the MSR is contiguous with the territory.
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