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

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Experimental estimates of quarterly tourism employment and jobs to help explain the impacts of COVID-19 on tourism activity.

Reference period

December 2020

Released

19/03/2021

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Release date and time

19/03/2021 11:30am AEDT

Key statistics

In December, there were 664,400 tourism jobs: This is

32,300 (5.1%) more jobs than September 2020
80,500 (-10.8%) less jobs than December 2019
a recovery of 4 out of 10 tourism jobs compared to 7 out of 10 economy-wide jobs
driven by an uneven mix of movement across tourism industries

Overview

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.

Change in number and percentage of jobs, original series
	Sep-19 to Dec-19	Dec-19 to Mar-20	Mar-20 to Jun-20	Jun-20 to Sep-20	Sep-20 to Dec-20	Dec-19 to Dec-20 (a)
Tourism	18000 (2.5%)	-47300 (-6.3%)	-91200 (-13.1%)	25700 (4.2%)	32300 (5.1%)	-80500 (-10.8%)
Whole economy	200500 (1.4%)	-119100 (-0.8%)	-861800 (-6.0%)	225900 (1.7%)	461700 (3.3%)	-293300 (-2.0%)

(a) Change on preceding quarter, except for the last column which shows the change on corresponding quarter of the previous year

Percentage change in tourism jobs, original series
	Quarterly change	Through the year
Dec-14	1.0	3.7
Mar-15	0.4	4.0
Jun-15	-0.4	5.7
Sep-15	4.8	5.9
Dec-15	0.4	5.3
Mar-16	-1.7	3.1
Jun-16	0.3	3.8
Sep-16	0.5	-0.5
Dec-16	2.0	1.1
Mar-17	1.3	4.2
Jun-17	-0.3	3.6
Sep-17	3.1	6.3
Dec-17	3.3	7.6
Mar-18	-2.2	3.9
Jun-18	-0.8	3.3
Sep-18	1.4	1.7
Dec-18	1.7	0.1
Mar-19	-1.2	1.1
Jun-19	-0.4	1.5
Sep-19	0.5	0.5
Dec-19	2.5	1.3
Mar-20	-6.3	-4.0
Jun-20	-13.1	-16.2
Sep-20	4.2	-13.0
Dec-20	5.1	-10.8

Percentage change in tourism jobs, original series

["","Quarterly change","Through the year"]

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Percentage change in jobs by industry, original series
	Dec-19 to Dec-20	Sep-20 to Dec-20
Accommodation	-22.8	8.3
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	-10.2	3.9
Clubs, pubs, taverns and bars	-10.2	5.5
Rail transport	-4.5	0
Road transport and transport equipment rental	4.5	6
Air, water and other transport	-40.9	-2
Travel agency and information centre services	-2.8	6
Cultural services	-25.2	-1
Casinos and other gambling services	-12.5	2.9
Sports and recreation services	-12	19.4
Retail trade	2.7	5.5
Education and training	-13.5	3.5
All other industries	-0.8	2.5

Percentage change in jobs by industry, original series

["","Dec-19 to Dec-20","Sep-20 to Dec-20"]

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Key COVID-19 dates

Tourism industry

Change in number and percentage of jobs by industry, original series
	Sep-19 to Dec-19	Dec-19 to Mar-20	Mar-20 to Jun-20	Jun-20 to Sep-20	Sep-20 to Dec-20	Dec-19 to Dec-20 (a)
Accommodation	2300 (2.5%)	-12200 (-13.2%)	-15000 (-18.7%)	600 (0.9%)	5500 (8.3%)	-21100 (-22.8%)
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	7400 (3.3%)	-16500 (-7.1%)	-36300 (-16.8%)	21200 (11.8%)	7900 (3.9%)	-23700 (-10.2%)
Clubs, pubs, taverns and bars	2700 (4.9%)	-4300 (-7.4%)	-5700 (-10.6%)	1400 (2.9%)	2700 (5.5%)	-5900 (-10.2%)
Rail transport	-100 (-4.3%)	100 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	-200 (-8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	-100 (-4.5%)
Road transport and transport equipment rental	-1400 (-4.6%)	100 (0.3%)	-1900 (-6.6%)	1400 (5.2%)	1700 (6.0%)	1300 (4.5%)
Air, water and other transport	1600 (3.9%)	-3000 (-7.1)	-6900 (-17.6%)	-6900 (-21.3%)	-500 (-2.0%)	-17300 (-40.9%)
Travel agency and information centre services	-1300 (-3.5%)	-1300 (-3.6%)	-3800 (-10.9%)	2100 (6.7%)	2000 (6.0%)	-1000 (-2.8%)
Cultural services	1100 (9.5%)	-1100 (-8.7%)	-2700 (-23.3%)	700 (7.9%)	-100 (-1.0%)	-3200 (-25.2%)
Casinos and other gambling services	100 (2.6%)	-200 (-5.0%)	-300 (-7.9%)	-100 (-2.9%)	100 (2.9%)	-500 (-12.5%)
Sports and recreation services	900 (3.1%)	-5400 (-17.9%)	-6300 (-25.5%)	3800 (20.7%)	4300 (19.4%)	-3600 (-12.0%)
Retail trade	5000 (4.4%)	-1900 (-1.6%)	-3400 (-2.9%)	2200 (1.9%)	6300 (5.5%)	3200 (2.7%)
Education and training	-300 (-0.5%)	-1800 (-2.9%)	-7700 (-12.7%)	-700 (-1.3%)	1800 (3.5%)	-8400 (-13.5%)
All other industries	300 (1.2%)	200 (0.8%)	-1300 (-5.2%)	300 (1.3%)	600 (2.5%)	-200 (-0.8%)
Tourism total (b)	18000 (2.5%)	-47300 (-6.3%)	-91200 (-13.1%)	25700 (4.2%)	32300 (5.1%)	-80500 (-10.8%)

(a) Change on preceding quarter, except for the last column which shows the change on corresponding quarter of the previous year
(b) Totals may not add due to rounding

During this quarter, industries with the largest quarterly change in number of jobs were:

cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: 7,900 jobs (3.9%)
retail trade: 6,300 jobs (5.5%)
accommodation: 5,500 jobs (8.3%)

Comparing December 2019 with 2020, industries with the largest change in number of jobs were:

cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: -23,700 jobs (-10.2%)
accommodation: -21,100 jobs (-22.8%)
air, water and other transport: -17,300 jobs (-40.9%)

Jobs ('000) by industry in December quarter 2019 and 2020, original series
	Dec-19	Dec-20
Accommodation	92.5	71.4
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	232.7	209.0
Clubs, pubs, taverns and bars	57.9	52.0
Rail transport	2.2	2.1
Road transport and transport equipment rental	28.9	30.2
Air, water and other transport	42.3	25.0
Travel agency and information centre services	36.3	35.3
Cultural services	12.7	9.5
Casinos and other gambling services	4.0	3.5
Sports and recreation services	30.1	26.5
Retail trade	118.3	121.5
Education and training	62.3	53.9
All other industries	24.7	24.5

Jobs ('000) by industry in December quarter 2019 and 2020, original series

["","Dec-19","Dec-20"]

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Employment status

Tourism jobs ('000) by status
	Full-time	Part-time
Sep-04	306.5	228.3
Dec-04	316.6	228.5
Mar-05	317.4	226.1
Jun-05	312.7	235.1
Sep-05	310.8	233.3
Dec-05	317.4	230.5
Mar-06	319.1	211.2
Jun-06	304.7	230.0
Sep-06	309.2	246.5
Dec-06	307.1	241.4
Mar-07	321.9	233.4
Jun-07	312.6	237.4
Sep-07	322.8	240.8
Dec-07	319.8	231.6
Mar-08	321.5	227.9
Jun-08	310.3	236.9
Sep-08	315.5	247.4
Dec-08	312.7	243.5
Mar-09	304.5	244.8
Jun-09	305.0	250.5
Sep-09	298.6	270.0
Dec-09	309.9	269.5
Mar-10	307.6	258.1
Jun-10	313.8	256.5
Sep-10	313.7	263.2
Dec-10	326.6	253.4
Mar-11	324.3	250.0
Jun-11	312.6	262.5
Sep-11	319.3	263.7
Dec-11	327.5	268.6
Mar-12	322.4	257.8
Jun-12	320.5	266.8
Sep-12	326.2	283.2
Dec-12	344.1	273.9
Mar-13	321.5	285.6
Jun-13	318.6	280.8
Sep-13	331.1	284.8
Dec-13	332.2	286.2
Mar-14	329.7	289.2
Jun-14	322.8	284.4
Sep-14	340.1	295.0
Dec-14	345.4	296.0
Mar-15	345.9	297.9
Jun-15	342.1	299.5
Sep-15	352.6	319.9
Dec-15	357.4	318.1
Mar-16	348.5	315.3
Jun-16	341.1	325.0
Sep-16	348.4	320.7
Dec-16	354.7	328.1
Mar-17	357.9	333.9
Jun-17	359.8	330.3
Sep-17	369.7	341.7
Dec-17	378.1	356.7
Mar-18	382.1	336.7
Jun-18	359.8	353.3
Sep-18	366.6	356.7
Dec-18	378.7	356.8
Mar-19	379.9	346.6
Jun-19	362.5	361.2
Sep-19	367.4	359.5
Dec-19	381.3	363.6
Mar-20	360.6	337.1
Jun-20	331.9	274.5
Sep-20	311.4	320.7
Dec-2020	324.7	339.7

Tourism jobs ('000) by status

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

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This is the second consecutive quarter where part-time jobs exceed full-time jobs.

Change in number and percentage of jobs by status, original series
	Sep-19 to Dec-19	Dec-19 to Mar-20	Mar-20 to Jun-20	Jun-20 to Sep-20	Sep-20 to Dec-20	Dec-19 to Dec-20 (a)
Full-time	13900 (3.8%)	-20700 (-5.4%)	-28700 (-8.0%)	-20500 (-6.2%)	13300 (4.3%)	-56600 (-14.8%)
Part-time	4100 (1.1%)	-26500 (-7.3%)	-62600 (-18.6%)	46200 (16.8%)	19000 (5.9%)	-23900 (-6.6%)

(a) Change on preceding quarter, except for the last column which shows the change on corresponding quarter of the previous year

During this quarter:

part-time jobs increased by 19,000 (5.9%) jobs; this change is more than full-time which increased by 13,300 (4.3%) jobs

Between December quarter 2019 to 2020:

there were 56,600 (-14.8%) less full-time jobs; this change is larger than part-time which has 23,900 (-6.6%) less jobs

Sex

Change in number and percentage of jobs by sex, original series
	Sep-19 to Dec-19	Dec-19 to Mar-20	Mar-20 to Jun-20	Jun-20 to Sep-20	Sep-20 to Dec-20	Dec-19 to Dec-20 (a)
Male	7300 (2.2%)	-17900 (-5.3%)	-29600 (-9.3%)	6600 (2.3%)	17600 (6.0%)	-23300 (-6.9%)
Female	10900 (2.7%)	-29500 (-7.2%)	-61600 (-16.2%)	19200 (6.0%)	14600 (4.3%)	-57300 (-14.0%)

(a) Change on preceding quarter, except for the last column which shows the change on corresponding quarter of the previous year

During this quarter:

jobs worked by males increased by 17,600 (6.0%) jobs; this change is more than females which increased by 14,600 (4.3%) jobs

Between December quarter 2019 to 2020:

there were 57,300 (-14.0%) less jobs worked by females; this change is larger than males who have 23,300 (-6.9%) less jobs

Tourism jobs by sex - percentage change from corresponding quarter of previous year
	Male	Female
Dec-19	-1.2	3.5
Mar-20	-5.2	-2.9
Jun-20	-12.9	-19.0
Sep-20	-10.2	-15.3
Dec-20	-6.9	-14.0

Tourism jobs by sex - percentage change from corresponding quarter of previous year

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

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Sex by employment status

Change in number and percentage of jobs by sex by employment status
	Male		Female
	Sep-20 to Dec-20	Dec-19 to Dec-20	Sep-20 to Dec-20	Dec-19 to Dec-20
Full-time	8000 (5.4%)	-17800 (-10.2%)	5300 (3.3%)	-38900 (-18.9%)
Part-time	9600 (6.6%)	-5500 (-3.4%)	9300 (5.3%)	-18400 (-9.1%)

During this quarter:

part-time male jobs has the largest quarterly increase of 9,600 (6.6%) jobs
full-time female jobs has the smallest quarterly increase of 5,300 (3.3%) jobs

From December quarter 2019 to 2020:

full-time female jobs has the largest yearly change of 38,900 (-18.9%) job losses
part-time male jobs has the smallest yearly change of 5,500 (-3.4%) job losses

Measuring the impacts of bushfires and COVID-19 on tourism activity

The bushfires followed immediately by the COVID-19 pandemic had an unprecedented impact on the Australian economy with tourism particularly affected. This section looks at how tourism has been impacted over the period by comparing estimates of tourism jobs at the end of December 2019 with those in the current quarter.

Tourism jobs peaked at 744,900 in December 2019, then fell to the lowest level (606,400) since June 2013 in June 2020, and increased to 664,400 this quarter
This represents 10.8% (-80,500) less tourism jobs, compared to 2.0% (-293,300) less jobs in the whole economy as at December 2020
This represents a 41.9% recovery of the tourism jobs lost between the peak and the trough jobs estimate since these events

Tourism jobs ('000), original series
	Total	Male	Female	Full-time	Part-time
Sep-04	534.8	247.1	287.7	306.5	228.3
Dec-04	545.0	256.8	288.2	316.6	228.5
Mar-05	543.4	256.5	287.0	317.4	226.1
Jun-05	547.7	258.2	289.5	312.7	235.1
Sep-05	544.1	251.0	293.1	310.8	233.3
Dec-05	547.9	253.7	294.3	317.4	230.5
Mar-06	530.3	247.0	283.3	319.1	211.2
Jun-06	534.7	245.5	289.2	304.7	230.0
Sep-06	555.7	247.7	308.0	309.2	246.5
Dec-06	548.4	243.8	304.6	307.1	241.4
Mar-07	555.4	255.0	300.3	321.9	233.4
Jun-07	550.0	252.5	297.6	312.6	237.4
Sep-07	563.6	262.9	300.8	322.8	240.8
Dec-07	551.5	256.3	295.1	319.8	231.6
Mar-08	549.4	258.2	291.2	321.5	227.9
Jun-08	547.2	253.1	294.1	310.3	236.9
Sep-08	562.9	258.4	304.4	315.5	247.4
Dec-08	556.2	247.9	308.4	312.7	243.5
Mar-09	549.3	245.5	303.8	304.5	244.8
Jun-09	555.4	252.1	303.3	305.0	250.5
Sep-09	568.6	254.0	314.6	298.6	270.0
Dec-09	579.4	260.2	319.2	309.9	269.5
Mar-10	565.7	262.3	303.4	307.6	258.1
Jun-10	570.4	260.2	310.2	313.8	256.5
Sep-10	576.9	269.9	307.0	313.7	263.2
Dec-10	580.0	267.4	312.6	326.6	253.4
Mar-11	574.3	268.1	306.2	324.3	250.0
Jun-11	575.0	264.1	310.9	312.6	262.5
Sep-11	583.0	262.2	320.7	319.3	263.7
Dec-11	596.1	264.0	332.1	327.5	268.6
Mar-12	580.1	266.1	314.1	322.4	257.8
Jun-12	587.3	275.0	312.3	320.5	266.8
Sep-12	609.4	278.8	330.6	326.2	283.2
Dec-12	618.0	284.1	333.9	344.1	273.9
Mar-13	607.1	274.2	333.0	321.5	285.6
Jun-13	599.5	272.1	327.4	318.6	280.8
Sep-13	616.0	278.6	337.4	331.1	284.8
Dec-13	618.4	278.9	339.5	332.2	286.2
Mar-14	618.9	286.8	332.0	329.7	289.2
Jun-14	607.2	279.9	327.3	322.8	284.4
Sep-14	635.0	286.2	348.8	340.1	295.0
Dec-14	641.4	294.2	347.2	345.4	296.0
Mar-15	643.9	298.3	345.6	345.9	297.9
Jun-15	641.6	300.6	340.9	342.1	299.5
Sep-15	672.5	309.4	363.2	352.6	319.9
Dec-15	675.5	309.8	365.7	357.4	318.1
Mar-16	663.8	309.2	354.6	348.5	315.3
Jun-16	666.0	312.4	353.6	341.1	325.0
Sep-16	669.1	312.1	357.0	348.4	320.7
Dec-16	682.8	315.6	367.2	354.7	328.1
Mar-17	691.9	317.9	374.0	357.9	333.9
Jun-17	690.1	315.6	374.5	359.8	330.3
Sep-17	711.4	323.8	387.6	369.7	341.7
Dec-17	734.8	331.6	403.1	378.1	356.7
Mar-18	718.8	323.0	395.8	382.1	336.7
Jun-18	713.1	327.6	385.5	359.8	353.3
Sep-18	723.2	338.0	385.2	366.6	356.7
Dec-18	735.5	340.6	394.9	378.7	356.8
Mar-19	726.5	336.0	390.5	379.9	346.6
Jun-19	723.6	331.7	391.9	362.5	361.2
Sep-19	726.9	329.1	397.7	367.4	359.5
Dec-19	744.9	336.4	408.6	381.3	363.6
Mar-20	697.6	318.5	379.1	360.6	337.1
Jun-20	606.4	288.9	317.5	331.9	274.5
Sep-20	632.1	295.5	336.7	311.4	320.7
Dec-20	664.4	313.1	351.3	324.7	339.7

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The 2019-20 issue of Australian National Accounts: Tourism Satellite Account was released on 10 December 2020. Users are reminded that the estimates in this quarterly release are based on a different data source and are not directly comparable to the estimates provided in the annual tourism satellite account publication. For more information on the strengths and differences between the two employment measures, please refer to the article published in March quarter 2020.

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