Retail sales in Australia rose 1.2% month-on-month in June 2025, accelerating from a revised 0.5% increase in May and well above market expectations of a 0.4% gain. This marked the strongest monthly growth since March 2022, driven by a rebound in food sales (0.9% vs -0.1% in May) and stronger gains in household goods (2.3% vs 0.6%) and other retailing (1.9% vs 0.1%). Meanwhile, growth slowed for clothing, footwear, and personal accessories (1.5% vs 3.5%) and department stores (1.9% vs 2.9%), while sales declined for cafes, restaurants, and takeaway food services (-0.4% vs 0.1%). Regionally, retail trade rose across all states, namely New South Wales (1.6%), Victoria (1.2%), Queensland (1.2%), South Australia (0.7%), Western Australia (0.3%), Tasmania (0.4%), Northern Territory (0.8%), and the Australian Capital Territory (1.6%). On an annual basis, retail sales jumped 4.9%—the highest since March 2023—picking up from a 3.5% increase in May. source: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Retail Sales MoM in Australia averaged 0.47 percent from 1982 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 16.00 percent in May of 2020 and a record low of -17.00 percent in April of 2020. This page provides - Australia Retail Sales MoM - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Australia Retail Sales MoM - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2026.