Tourism Satellite Accounts: quarterly tourism labour statistics, Australia, experimental estimates

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Experimental estimates of quarterly tourism jobs by tourism-related industries

Reference period

December 2023

Released

15/03/2024

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Release date and time

15/03/2024 11:30am AEDT

Key statistics

In December quarter 2023, there were 655,400 tourism jobs. This was:

4,800 (-0.7%) less jobs than September quarter 2023
8,000 (1.2%) more jobs than December quarter 2022
94,600 (-12.6%) less jobs than December quarter 2019, prior to COVID-19 pandemic
1 in 24 (4.2%) filled jobs in the economy

Change in number and percentage of jobs, original series
	Dec-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Tourism jobs	655,400	-4,800	-0.7	8,000	1.2
Economy-wide jobs	15,723,800	253,500	1.6	424,500	2.8

Filled jobs

All references to "jobs" are referring to "filled jobs" unless otherwise specified. For information on the various measures of jobs (filled job, Labour Account main job and Labour Account secondary job), please refer to the Glossary in Methodology.

Tourism jobs ('000), original series
Quarter	Tourism ('000)	Whole economy ('000)
Dec-18	710.4	13,963.5
Mar-19	699.0	13,873.9
Jun-19	693.2	13,928.4
Sep-19	716.3	14,012.0
Dec-19	750.0	14,204.8
Mar-20	563.6	14,079.7
Jun-20	360.7	13,230.3
Sep-20	391.1	13,542.4
Dec-20	402.8	14,072.1
Mar-21	407.7	14,123.0
Jun-21	406.1	14,252.9
Sep-21	344.9	13,858.9
Dec-21	426.1	14,631.3
Mar-22	486.3	14,656.7
Jun-22	513.2	14,909.8
Sep-22	574.6	14,941.2
Dec-22	647.4	15,299.3
Mar-23	657.2	15,347.6
Jun-23	624.1	15,442.6
Sep-23	660.2	15,470.3
Dec-23	655.4	15,723.8

Tourism jobs ('000), original series

["Quarter","Tourism","Whole economy"]

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Tourism industry

Change in number and percentage of jobs by industry, original series
	Dec-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Accommodation	76,500	-2,400	-3.0	-15,900	-17.2
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	207,300	-15,200	-6.8	-7,800	-3.6
Clubs, pubs, taverns and bars	45,700	-4,100	-8.2	-1,500	-3.2
Road transport and transport equipment rental	7,100	-300	-4.1	-500	-6.6
Air, water and other transport	37,400	1,200	3.3	3,600	10.7
Travel agency and information centre services	39,000	800	2.1	2,400	6.6
Cultural services	16,600	500	3.1	3,500	26.7
Casinos and other gambling services	3,500	0	0.0	-100	-2.8
Sports and recreation services	41,000	1,400	3.5	7,500	22.4
Retail trade	108,900	4,400	4.2	-6,500	-5.6
Education and training	55,500	8,300	17.6	23,500	73.4
All other industries	16,700	400	2.5	-300	-1.8

During this quarter, industries with the largest quarterly changes were:

cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: decrease of 15,200 jobs (-6.8%)
education and training: increase of 8,300 jobs (17.6%)
retail trade: increase of 4,400 jobs (4.2%)

Comparing December quarter 2022 with December quarter 2023, industries with the largest changes were:

education and training: increase of 23,500 jobs (73.4%)
accommodation: decrease of 15,900 jobs (-17.2%)
cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: decrease of 7,800 jobs (-3.6%)

Full-time and part-time employment

Change in number and percentage of jobs by full-time and part-time employment, original series
	Dec-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Full-time	334,900	2,600	0.8	1,500	0.4
Part-time	320,500	-7,400	-2.3	6,400	2.0

During this quarter:

full-time jobs increased 0.8% while part-time jobs decreased -2.3%

From December quarter 2022 to December quarter 2023:

full-time jobs increased 0.4% while part-time jobs increased 2.0%

Tourism jobs ('000) by full-time and part-time employment
Quarter	Full-time ('000)	Part-time ('000)
Dec-18	362.4	347.9
Mar-19	360.8	338.2
Jun-19	343.5	349.7
Sep-19	357.7	358.6
Dec-19	378.8	371.2
Mar-20	285.3	278.3
Jun-20	193.4	167.4
Sep-20	180.5	210.7
Dec-20	184.9	218.0
Mar-21	194.4	213.2
Jun-21	189.6	216.5
Sep-21	163.8	181.1
Dec-21	211.7	214.4
Mar-22	243.2	243.0
Jun-22	254.8	258.4
Sep-22	284.9	289.8
Dec-22	333.4	314.1
Mar-23	342.3	314.9
Jun-23	311.3	312.8
Sep-23	332.3	327.9
Dec-23	334.9	320.5

Tourism jobs ('000) by full-time and part-time employment

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Sex

Change in number and percentage of jobs by sex, original series
	Dec-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Male	294,700	600	0.2	600	0.2
Female	360,700	-5,400	-1.5	7,400	2.1

During this quarter:

jobs filled by females decreased -1.5% while jobs filled by males increased 0.2%

From December quarter 2022 to December quarter 2023:

jobs filled by females increased 2.1% while jobs filled by males increased 0.2%

Tourism jobs ('000) by sex
Quarter	Male ('000)	Female ('000)
Dec-18	318.7	391.7
Mar-19	313.7	385.3
Jun-19	310.1	383.1
Sep-19	313.7	402.6
Dec-19	327.6	422.4
Mar-20	249.4	314.1
Jun-20	168.5	192.3
Sep-20	182.6	208.5
Dec-20	189.5	213.3
Mar-21	195.7	212.0
Jun-21	188.2	217.9
Sep-21	164.1	180.8
Dec-21	194.7	231.4
Mar-22	216.0	270.3
Jun-22	227.1	286.1
Sep-22	253.5	321.1
Dec-22	294.1	353.3
Mar-23	295.8	361.5
Jun-23	282.4	341.7
Sep-23	294.1	366.1
Dec-23	294.7	360.7

Tourism jobs ('000) by sex

["Quarter","Male","Female"]

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Sex by full-time and part-time employment

Change in number and percentage of jobs by sex by full-time and part-time employment, original series
	Dec-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Full-time: male	176,200	4,200	2.4	-2,800	-1.6
Full-time: female	158,700	-1,500	-0.9	4,300	2.8
Part-time: male	118,500	-3,600	-2.9	3,300	2.9
Part-time: female	201,900	-3,900	-1.9	3,000	1.5

During this quarter:

Full-time jobs increased for males (2.4%) and decreased for females (-0.9%)
Part-time jobs decreased for both males (-2.9%) and females (-1.9%)

From December quarter 2022 to December quarter 2023:

Full-time jobs decreased for males (-1.6%) and increased for females (2.8%)
Part-time jobs increased for both males (2.9%) and females (1.5%)

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Related release

Australian National Accounts: Tourism Satellite Account

The 2022-23 issue of Australian National Accounts: Tourism Satellite Account was released on 6 December 2023. While the employment estimates are based on the same source, differences will occur due to the timing of updates to the source data.

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This release previously used catalogue number 5249.0.55.005.

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