News Articles for Australian Bureau of Statistics

Unemployment in Western Australia retreated slightly last month, while the national jobless rate edged higher, new figures have shown.

The number of Chinese tourists venturing down under has hit an all-time high, while migration levels have slumped to a nine-year low.

Retail sales were up 0.1 per cent in trend terms in Western Australia in May, to $2.82 billion, about 1 per cent higher than the same month last year.

Discretionary spending usually takes a hit in a downturn, but some WA retailers and service providers are banking on a bright future.

Perth dwelling prices fell 1.7 per cent in the three months to March, while the average dwelling price across Australia's capital cities also fell for the first time in over three years.

Unemployment rose in Western Australia last month, while the national rate held steady at 5.7 per cent, with no full-time jobs added in three months.

The value of investor housing loan approvals has fallen to a near two-year low, adding weight to the view the Reserve Bank of Australia could cut interest rates again without fear of restarting a price boom.

Unemployment in Western Australia increased slightly last month, with the jobless rate ticking up by 0.1 percentage point while the national rate remained unchanged.

Limp growth in an economy that generates minimal wage increases is hardly the election campaign banter the Turnbull government is trying to spruik, but new figures suggest just that.

Perth has had its deepest quarter of deflation since the 1991 ‘recession we had to have', with prices falling 0.6 per cent in the three months to March, driven by cooling house prices and cheaper fuel.

The unemployment rate in Western Australia has dropped a whopping 0.5 percentage points in March, to 5.5 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms.

Perth-based ASG Group has won a $10 million contract to provide IT services to the Australian Bureau of Statistics over a two-year term.

The efficiencies of local agribusinesses' owner-operator model makes them prime targets for foreign buyers.

Perth experienced a slight improvement in the Residential Property Price Index during the December quarter, but still suffered a 2.9 per cent fall for 2015 overall, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today.

Western Australian employment fell in February in seasonally adjusted terms while the unemployment rose slightly to 6.0 per cent, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

It seems Australians took a break from the property market over the festive season, sending home loan approvals to a seven-month low.

Peter Della has been appointed as security consultant of Asterisk Information Security.

Australia is close to the top of the leader board of advanced economies after unexpectedly posting GDP growth of 3 per cent in 2015.

January brought a major reduction in the Western Australian unemployment rate, down 0.4 points to 5.9 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, with a record number of women in jobs.

The number of new homes approved for construction in Western Australia fell for a 15th consecutive month in December, with the industry flagging a downturn in national activity.

SPECIAL REPORT: Slowing population growth and a stalling economy are producing significant headwinds in the residential land sector.

Western Australian businesses borrowed more in the 12 months to the end of November while consumers borrowed much less, according to the latest lending figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Western Australia's unemployment rate fell 0.3 points, to 6.3 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms in December, as 8,000 people took on new employment.

The annual number of Chinese visitors venturing to Australian shores has topped 1 million for the first time.

The jobs market is expected to have weakened in December, after enjoying the best two months of employment growth in almost 28 years.

Home building approvals have suffered their biggest slide in three and a half years in November, with Western Australia's residential construction sector expected to take a hit over 2016.

The 12 months to June 2015 has marked the first time in more than a decade that fewer interstate people came to Western Australia than left.

Perth residential property prices fell 2.4 per cent in the September quarter, as the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia tipped eight suburbs to watch next year.

Western Australia's unemployment rate has lifted 0.2 per cent in November to 6.6 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms and employment eased back from a record high, in contrast to strong employment growth in the rest of the country.

A fall in mining export volumes has blown out the trade deficit to $3.3 billion in October.

Wages growth is grinding along at its slowest pace in nearly two decades but a rebound in employment is tipped to help offset this next year.

The resources sector has dramatically increased productivity in the past year, as lower commodity prices drive a wave of cost cutting across the industry, according to the latest national accounts numbers from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Tame inflation figures have given the green light to the Reserve Bank of Australia for an interest rate cut, but it remains unclear whether the central bank is inclined to step on the accelerator at its next monthly meeting.

The unemployment rate in Western Australia was unchanged at 6.1 per cent in September, however it disguised a fall in employment as the number of people working fell by over 9,000 during the month.

Western Australia has experienced the nation's highest rate of births, but the second biggest percentage fall in overseas migrants, taking the state's total population to about 2,587,000.

Perth was one of only two capital cities to post a fall in home prices in the June quarter, while the national average rose 4.7 per cent.

Business must scale down the investment cliff, not jump and hope for the best.

Employment in Western Australia lifted in August to 1.36 million, adding around 7,000 jobs in seasonally adjusted terms on July, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Western Australia's tech sector has proved its mettle against other states, with participants in national data event GovHack winning a suite of national and international prizes.

Falling exports have battered the June quarter GDP growth figures for Western Australia and nationally, but underlying demand increased more in WA than other states.