3401.0 - Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, Oct 2011 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 05/12/2011   
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OCTOBER KEY FIGURES

Oct'11
Sep'11 to Oct'11
Oct '10 to Oct'11
'000
% change
% change

Short-term visitor arrivals
Trend
503.6
0.7
0.3
Seasonally adjusted
505.4
4.9
. .
Original
498.1
. .
. .
Short-term resident departures
Trend
656.2
-0.6
8.6
Seasonally adjusted
654.5
-1.3
. .
Original
629.0
. .
. .

. . not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term
Graph: Visitor arrivals, Short-term

Resident departures, Short-term
Graph: Resident departures, Short-term




OCTOBER KEY POINTS


SHORT-TERM VISITOR ARRIVALS TO AUSTRALIA
  • Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals during October 2011 (503,600 movements) increased 0.7% compared with September 2011 (500,000 movements). This followed monthly increases of 1.1% in August 2011 and 0.9% in September 2011. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 0.3% higher than in October 2010.
  • Seasonally adjusted estimates: During October 2011, short-term visitor arrivals (505,400 movements) recorded an increase of 4.9% compared with September 2011 (481,700 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 2.7% in August 2011 and a decrease of 3.9% in September 2011.
  • Original estimates: There were 498,100 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in October 2011.


SHORT-TERM RESIDENT DEPARTURES FROM AUSTRALIA
  • Trend estimates: Short-term resident departures during October 2011 (656,200 movements) decreased 0.6% compared with September 2011 (660,000 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 0.2% in August 2011 and a slight increase in September 2011. The current trend estimate for departures is 8.6% higher than in October 2010.
  • Seasonally adjusted estimates: During October 2011, short-term resident departures (654,500 movements) decreased by 1.3% compared with September 2011 (662,800 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.2% in August 2011 and 0.4% in September 2011.
  • Original estimates: There were 629,000 short-term resident departures from Australia during October 2011.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
November 2011 12 January 2012
December 2011 7 February 2012
January 2012 6 March 2012
February 2012 5 April 2012
March 2012 9 May 2012
April 2012 4 June 2012



DATA NOTES

This publication contains overseas movement data which should not be interpreted as 'persons'. See paragraph 5 of the Explanatory Notes for more detail.

The statistics in this publication have been rounded to the nearest 100 for short-term movements and to the nearest 10 for permanent and long-term movements. As a result, sums of the components may not add exactly to totals. Analysis featured in this publication is based on unrounded data. Calculations made on rounded data may differ to those published.


CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

There are no changes in this issue.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Holly Bell on Canberra (02) 6252 6400.