CAFES AND RESTAURANTS
PURPOSE
To collect economic data on cafes and restaurants in Australia.
DESCRIPTION
The collection is a sample survey of employing businesses classified to ANZSIC Class 5730 Cafes and Restaurants operating in Australia at the end of a financial year. ANZSIC Class 5730 comprises businesses predominantly engaged in providing meals for consumption on the premises. It also includes catering services. Data are collected by mail-out questionnaire.
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
Australia
FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION
Irregular
DATA ITEMS
Number of businesses
The number of businesses mainly engaged in operating cafes and restaurants as at the end of the reference period.
Type of business
Licensed cafes and restaurants
Licensed and BYO cafes and restaurants
BYO cafes and restaurants
Unlicensed cafes and restaurants
Catering services
Business characteristics
Number of locations
Seating capacity
Employment size
Employment
Employment may be categorised by:
Working proprietors and partners
Permanent full-time employees
Permanent part-time employees
Casual employees
Sex of employed person
Main occupation of employees
Managers and supervisors
Qualified chefs and cooks
Other chefs and cooks
Kitchen hands
Bar attendants
Waiters and waitresses
Other
Income items
The items which make up the income of cafes and restaurants are:
Takings from meals consumed on the premises
Takings from take-away food
Takings from catering services
Sale of beverages
Income from other services
Other sales of goods
Rent, leasing and hiring income
Government funding
Interest income
Other income
Expenditure items
The items which make up the expenses of cafes and restaurants include:
Labour costs (wages and salaries; employer contributions to superannuation funds; workers’ compensation costs)
Purchases of foodstuffs used in preparing meals and take-away food
Purchases of beverages
Purchases of other finished goods for resale
Other purchases
Credit card commission expenses
Cleaning services provided by other businesses
Laundry services provided by other businesses
Franchise fees
Paid live entertainment
Rent of land, building and other structures
Other rent, leasing and hiring expenses
Other expenses
Other economic data
Operating profit before tax
Operating profit margin
Selected performance ratios
Geographic area
Australia, States and Territories
HISTORICAL DATA
Data were collected in a survey of the Cafes and Restaurants industry in respect of 1998-99. Data for 1979-80, 1986-87 and 1991-92 were collected in the former Hospitality Industry Survey.
DISSEMINATION
Publications
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2005, Cafes and Restaurants, Australia, 2003-04, Cat. no. 8655.0, ABS, Canberra. Price$22.00. Also available for 1998-99.
Australian Bureau of Statistics 1994, Hospitality Industries, Australia, 1991-92, Cat. no. 8674.0, ABS, Canberra. Price $25.00. Also available for 1986-87.
CONTACT
In the first instance, refer to To obtain data or further information in the Introduction to this directory.
Manager
Service Industry Surveys
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Locked Bag 10
BELCONNEN ACT 2616
Telephone: Canberra 02 6252 5633
Facsimile: Canberra 02 6252 5249
Email: client.services@abs.gov.au
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