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

June 2024

Released

13/09/2024

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Release date and time

13/09/2024 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

In June quarter 2024, there were 634,400 tourism jobs. This was:

11,500 (-1.8%) less jobs than March quarter 2024
12,300 (2.0%) more jobs than June quarter 2023
1 in 25 (4.0%) filled jobs in the economy

Change in number and percentage of jobs
	Jun-24	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Tourism jobs	634,400	-11,500	-1.8	12,300	2.0
Economy-wide jobs	15,768,700	89,000	0.6	382,700	2.5

Filled jobs

All references to "jobs" are referring to "filled jobs" unless otherwise specified. All data in this publication is original series. For information on the various measures of jobs, refer to Methodology.

Tourism jobs ('000)
Quarter	Tourism ('000)	Whole economy ('000)
Jun-19	691.6	13,889.9
Sep-19	714.4	13,968.3
Dec-19	747.9	14,157.1
Mar-20	561.6	14,019.0
Jun-20	358.7	13,173.8
Sep-20	389.3	13,484.2
Dec-20	400.8	13,996.8
Mar-21	405.8	14,046.5
Jun-21	404.5	14,185.2
Sep-21	343.9	13,808.8
Dec-21	424.1	14,552.7
Mar-22	484.1	14,578.5
Jun-22	512.0	14,848.1
Sep-22	572.9	14,880.2
Dec-22	645.3	15,229.7
Mar-23	655.5	15,295.2
Jun-23	622.1	15,386.0
Sep-23	657.4	15,409.6
Dec-23	651.8	15,645.5
Mar-24	645.9	15,679.7
Jun-24	634.4	15,768.7

Tourism jobs ('000)

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Tourism industry

Change in number and percentage of jobs by industry
	Jun-24	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Accommodation	74,000	-1,500	-2.0	-3,900	-5.0
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	195,900	-3,000	-1.5	-17,600	-8.2
Clubs, pubs, taverns and bars	40,700	-1,200	-2.9	-3,600	-8.1
Road transport and transport equipment rental	7,200	100	1.4	-100	-1.4
Air, water and other transport	34,900	-2,700	-7.2	700	2.0
Travel agency and information centre services	36,400	-1,100	-2.9	4,500	14.1
Cultural services	13,600	-1,500	-9.9	-600	-4.2
Casinos and other gambling services	3,400	-100	-2.9	0	0.0
Sports and recreation services	37,400	-5,400	-12.6	1,300	3.6
Retail trade	106,900	1,300	1.2	2,100	2.0
Education and training	67,100	3,600	5.7	30,000	80.9
All other industries	16,900	100	0.6	-500	-2.9

In June quarter 2024, eight of the 12 tourism industries recorded a fall in jobs. The largest falls were in:

Sports and recreation services: down 5,400 (-12.6%)
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: down 3,000 (-1.5%)
Air, water and other transport: down 2,700 (-7.2%)

These were partially offset by an increase in Education and training: up 3,600 (5.7%).

The jobs increase from June quarter 2023 to June quarter 2024 was due to increases in five of the 12 tourism industries. The largest increases were in:

Education and training: up 30,000 (80.9%)
Travel agency and information centre services: up 4,500 (14.1%)

These were partially offset by decreases in:

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: down 17,600 (-8.2%)
Accommodation: down 3,900 (-5.0%)

Full-time and part-time employment

Change in number and percentage of jobs by full-time and part-time employment
	Jun-24	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Full-time	318,900	-9,400	-2.9	11,600	3.8
Part-time	315,500	-2,100	-0.7	700	0.2

Tourism jobs ('000) by full-time and part-time employment
Quarter	Full-time ('000)	Part-time ('000)
Jun-19	342.5	349.1
Sep-19	356.8	357.6
Dec-19	378.5	369.3
Mar-20	284.7	276.9
Jun-20	193.4	165.2
Sep-20	181.0	208.3
Dec-20	185.4	215.5
Mar-21	194.2	211.6
Jun-21	189.0	215.5
Sep-21	163.0	180.9
Dec-21	209.0	215.1
Mar-22	242.5	241.6
Jun-22	255.6	256.4
Sep-22	285.2	287.7
Dec-22	328.0	317.3
Mar-23	337.7	317.8
Jun-23	307.3	314.8
Sep-23	329.3	328.1
Dec-23	332.6	319.2
Mar-24	328.3	317.6
Jun-24	318.9	315.5

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

["Quarter","Full-time","Part-time"]

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Sex

Change in number and percentage of jobs by sex
	Jun-24	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Male	290,000	-4,200	-1.4	9,000	3.2
Female	344,500	-7,200	-2.0	3,400	1.0

Tourism jobs ('000) by sex
Quarter	Male ('000)	Female ('000)
Jun-19	308.3	383.3
Sep-19	312.0	402.4
Dec-19	326.6	421.3
Mar-20	246.7	314.9
Jun-20	166.1	192.6
Sep-20	180.8	208.4
Dec-20	187.4	213.4
Mar-21	194.2	211.7
Jun-21	186.5	218.0
Sep-21	162.9	181.0
Dec-21	192.3	231.9
Mar-22	216.0	268.1
Jun-22	227.1	284.9
Sep-22	252.4	320.5
Dec-22	290.3	355.0
Mar-23	293.3	362.2
Jun-23	281.0	341.1
Sep-23	290.0	367.4
Dec-23	289.7	362.1
Mar-24	294.2	351.7
Jun-24	290.0	344.5

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
	Jun-24	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Full-time: male	174,200	200	0.1	11,300	6.9
Full-time: female	144,700	-9,600	-6.2	300	0.2
Part-time: male	115,800	-4,400	-3.7	-2,300	-1.9
Part-time: female	199,800	2,400	1.2	3,200	1.6

The decrease in June quarter 2024 was driven by full-time jobs held by females (down 9,600), whereas the increase from June quarter 2023 to June quarter 2024 was driven by full-time jobs held by males (up 11.300).

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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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Methodology

Tourism Satellite Accounts: quarterly tourism labour statistics, Australia, experimental estimates methodology, June 2024

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