NAME OF ORGANISATION
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
OVERVIEW
To measure the characteristics of the Computer Services industry in Australia, including the production and distribution of Information Technology and Telecommunications goods and services by this industry.
Financial data for the industry is required by National Accounts Branch for the production of Input-Output tables, as well as being of interest to users in its own right.
The data collected in this survey is combined with other data collected by "Information Technology Survey - Producers" to produce an overall picture of the IT&T industry.
PURPOSE
To provide a measure of the size, structure and performance of the Computer Services industry in Australia.
To identify the nature and structure of the industry in terms of employment, income, costs and its contribution to the Australian economy.
The following measures provide an indication of the performance of Computer Services businesses:
- the number of businesses specialising in IT&T,
- employment levels
- Gross incomes
- Turnover
- IT&T revenues
- wages and salaries
- total expenses
- earnings before interest and tax
- operating profit before tax
- capital expenditure
- sales of goods and services (own production vs onselling) by commodity
Development of the survey has involved consultations with a number of key users and other industry sources to establish views on significant aspects/outputs of the industry which could be incorporated in the collection.
Published data will reflect a range of standard outputs including business employment details, income and expense dissected by major component and financial performance ratios.
SCOPE
The scope is all MU's with IT&T income within the following ANZSIC classes
7831 Data Processing Services
7832 Information Storage and Retrieval Services
7833 Computer Maintenance Services
7834 Computer Consultancy Services
IT&T revenue includes income from computer services, income from communication services, income from packaged software, income from the sale of computer and communications hardware, and any other income derived from IT&T goods and services.
Coverage is all MUs on the ABS Business Register coded to the following ANZSICs at the time of frame extraction (1 June 1999):
2841 Computer and Business Machine Mfg
2842 Telecommunication, Broadcasting and Transceiving Equipment Mfg
2849 Electronic Equipment Mfg nec
2852 Electric Cable and Wire Mfg
4613 Computer Wholesaling
4614 Business Machine Wholesaling
4615 Electrical and Electronic Equipment Wholesaling nec
5234 Domestic Appliance Retailing
7120 Telecommunication Services
7831 Data Processing Services
7832 Information Storage and Retrieval Services
7833 Computer Maintenance Services
7834 Computer Consultancy Services
The units in ANZSICs other than 7831-7834 are covered by virtue of being in-scope of the "Information Technology Survey - Producers". Any MUs selected in these ANZSICs, but coded to ANZSICs 7831-7834 during processing, will contribute to the Computer Services Industry estimates.
DATA DETAIL
Conceptual framework
Part of the ABS program of industry surveys. The data items will be consistent with Economic Activity Survey (EAS) specifications and outputs will provide key financial statistics in respect of the in scope ANZSICs and National Account requirements
The survey represents part of the "Information Technology Survey - Producers" - see doclink below
Main outputs
Key data items are available at the ANZSIC class level. Some statistics are available at the state level.
The publication contains the following tables at the Australia level:
- sources of income
- items of expenditure
- characteristics of employment
- selected statistics by employment size groupings
- selected performance ratios
Additional information is available through Special Data Services.
Classifications
The survey will collect data classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC).
The main classifications relevant to this collection are:
7831 Data Processing Services
7832 Information Storage and Retrieval Services
7833 Computer Maintenance Services
7834 Computer Consultancy Services
Classifications of secondary interest are:
2841 Computer and Business Machine Mfg
2842 Telecommunication, Broadcasting and Transceiving Equipment Mfg
2849 Electronic Equipment Mfg nec
2852 Electric Cable and Wire Mfg
4613 Computer Wholesaling
4614 Business Machine Wholesaling
4615 Electrical and Electronic Equipment Wholesaling nec
5234 Domestic Appliance Retailing
7120 Telecommunication Services
Units coded to the above industry categories will not contribute to Computer Services estimates, but will contribute to other collections that comprise the "Information Technology Survey - Producers". Similarly units, any units selected for the "Information Technology Survey - Producers" that are classified after processing to a Computer Services ANZSIC will contribute to the Computer Services estimates.
Business will be selected on the basis of ANZSIC at the management unit level.
Classification issues:
Both initial investigation of the Business Register coverage and past survey experience indicate that a number of units currently classified to ANZSIC 7834 are not computer consultants. Many are consultants of other kind such as business, management consultants. Conversely, it is expected that several Computer Services units are "hidden" in ANZSICs such as 7855 - Business Management Services and 7869 - Business Services nec.
Coverage checks have indicated that although some Computer Services units are "hidden" in these ANZSICs, they are relatively small in number and concentrated in the small employers sector, and so will not significantly affect the quality of the final estimates. Nonetheless, a strategy has been proposed to provide coverage for these units - see doclink 1.2 below. The strategy could not be implemented for 1998-99 as Register resources were not available for the proposed units surveys.
Classifications (Doclinks/References):
Other concepts (summary)
The survey deals with the concept of "IT&T goods and services". Income derived from these goods and services is referred to as "IT&T income".
As an example, "Income from sale of goods", an item required by National Accounts, is split into "Income from sale of IT&T goods" and "Other income from sale of goods". The identification of IT&T income is required for the "Information Technology Survey - Producers", as well as being of interest in its own right to users of Computer Services Industry statistics.
GEOGRAPHIC DETAIL
Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Northern Territory
ACT
Comments and/or Other Regions
No exclusions based on geography
COLLECTION FREQUENCY
2 Yearly
Frequency comments
COLLECTION HISTORY
The various Information Technology and Telecommunication industry surveys have been conducted over the years as outlined below:
1987-88 Computer Services Industry Survey (ANZSICs 7831-4 only)
1992-93 IT&T Producers Survey (all relevant industries including computer services)
1995-96 IT&T Producers Survey (all relevant industries including computer services)
1996-97 Telecommunication Servuces Industry Survey (ANZSIC 7120 only)
1998-99 IT&T Producers Survey (all relevant industrues including computer services)
The relevant ANZSIC industries that are included in the IT&T Industry Survey are:
Manufacturing 2841, 2842, 2849, 2852 (from 1998-99 also covered 2430)
Wholesale 4613, 4614, 4615
Telecommunication services 7120
Computer services 7831, 7832, 7833, 7834
The IT&T Industry Survey will be conducted on a biennial basis in the future covering the above industries. Accordingly, there will only be one Collection Management System entry under IT&T Industry Survey for the 2000-01 cycle.
Tailored forms are used to collect data items specific to the Computer services or Telecommunications industries.
DATA AVAILABILITY
Yes
Data availability comments
DATE OF LAST UPDATE FOR THIS DOCUMENT
17/09/2004 08:23 AM
