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

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

Reference period

March 2023

Released

16/06/2023

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Key statistics

In March quarter 2023, there were 727,200 tourism jobs: This was:

43,700 (6.4%) more jobs than December quarter 2022
177,200 (32.2%) more jobs than March quarter 2022
30,300 (-4.0%) less jobs than December quarter 2019, prior to COVID-19 pandemic
1 in 21 (4.8%) filled jobs in the economy

Change in number and percentage of jobs, original series
	Mar-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Tourism jobs	727,200	43,700	6.4	177,200	32.2
Economy-wide jobs	15,259,000	3,600	0.0	613,400	4.2

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 jobs ('000)	Whole economy ('000)
Mar-18	690.1	13,543.5
Jun-18	686.3	13,660.6
Sep-18	700.4	13,683.3
Dec-18	710.5	13,967.2
Mar-19	699.2	13,877.2
Jun-19	693.4	13,932.4
Sep-19	723.2	14,017.7
Dec-19	757.5	14,212.2
Mar-20	569.1	14,087.3
Jun-20	363.9	13,236.1
Sep-20	399.8	13,547.7
Dec-20	411.5	14,077.1
Mar-21	417.3	14,127.1
Jun-21	415.8	14,254.1
Sep-21	380.4	13,859.6
Dec-21	475.8	14,625.2
Mar-22	550.0	14,645.6
Jun-22	587.3	14,893.9
Sep-22	603.8	14,911.1
Dec-22	683.5	15,255.4
Mar-23	727.2	15,259.0

Tourism jobs ('000), original series

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Tourism industry

Change in number and percentage of jobs by industry, original series
	Mar-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Accommodation	97,800	2,200	2.3	13,100	15.5
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	261,200	20,400	8.5	69,400	36.2
Clubs, pubs, taverns and bars	57,500	2,800	5.1	17,200	42.7
Road transport and transport equipment rental	7,200	600	9.1	2,700	60.0
Air, water and other transport	44,800	1,200	2.8	5,900	15.2
Travel agency and information centre services	31,900	-3,200	-9.1	-100	-0.3
Cultural services	10,800	0	0.0	2,000	22.7
Casinos and other gambling services	3,900	300	8.3	1,500	62.5
Sports and recreation services	34,200	1,500	4.6	4,500	15.2
Retail trade	119,700	7,800	7.0	34,400	40.3
Education and training	36,500	6,500	21.7	16,200	79.8
All other industries	21,600	3,200	17.4	10,400	92.9

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

cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: increase of 20,400 jobs (8.5%)
retail trade: increase of 7,800 (7.0%)
education and training: increase of 6,500 jobs (21.7%)

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

cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: increase of 69,400 jobs (36.2%)
retail trade: increase of 34,400 (40.3%)
clubs, pubs, taverns and bars: increase of 17,200 jobs (42.7%)
education and training: increase of 16,200 jobs (79.8%)

Full-time and part-time employment

Change in number and percentage of jobs by full-time and part-time employment, original series
	Mar-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Full-time	377,400	28,100	8.0	104,400	38.2
Part-time	349,800	15,600	4.7	72,800	26.3

During this quarter:

full-time jobs increased 8.0% while part-time jobs increased 4.7%

From March quarter 2022 to March quarter 2023:

full-time jobs increased 38.2% while part-time jobs increased 26.3%

Tourism jobs ('000) by full-time and part-time employment
Quarter	Full-time ('000)	Part-time ('000)
Mar-18	361.2	328.9
Jun-18	342.1	344.1
Sep-18	351.6	348.8
Dec-18	362.6	348.0
Mar-19	360.9	338.3
Jun-19	343.6	349.8
Sep-19	361.8	361.5
Dec-19	383.2	374.3
Mar-20	288.4	280.7
Jun-20	195.5	168.4
Sep-20	185.8	214.0
Dec-20	190.5	221.0
Mar-21	200.9	216.4
Jun-21	195.7	220.1
Sep-21	180.5	199.9
Dec-21	235.3	240.4
Mar-22	273.0	277.0
Jun-22	290.2	297.1
Sep-22	297.7	306.1
Dec-22	349.3	334.2
Mar-23	377.4	349.8

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, original series
	Mar-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Male	327,900	16,700	5.4	82,900	33.8
Female	399,300	27,000	7.3	94,400	31.0

During this quarter:

jobs filled by females increased 7.3% while jobs filled by males increased 5.4%

From March quarter 2022 to March quarter 2023:

jobs filled by males increased 33.8% while jobs filled by females increased 31.0%

Tourism jobs ('000) by sex
Quarter	Male ('000)	Female ('000)
Mar-18	300.8	389.3
Jun-18	307.0	379.2
Sep-18	318.8	381.6
Dec-18	318.8	391.7
Mar-19	313.8	385.4
Jun-19	310.2	383.2
Sep-19	317.6	405.6
Dec-19	332.0	425.5
Mar-20	252.8	316.4
Jun-20	170.8	193.1
Sep-20	187.4	212.4
Dec-20	194.4	217.2
Mar-21	201.8	215.5
Jun-21	194.0	221.8
Sep-21	181.9	198.5
Dec-21	218.4	257.4
Mar-22	245.0	304.9
Jun-22	260.0	327.4
Sep-22	265.0	338.8
Dec-22	311.2	372.3
Mar-23	327.9	399.3

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
	Mar-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Male: full-time	199,000	10,900	5.8	48,900	32.6
Male: part-time	128,900	5,800	4.7	34,000	35.8
Female: full-time	178,300	17,000	10.5	55,500	45.2
Female: part-time	220,900	9,800	4.6	38,800	21.3

During this quarter:

jobs filled by males increased for both full-time (5.8%) and part-time (4.7%)
jobs filled by females increased for both full-time (10.5%) and part-time jobs (4.6%)

From March quarter 2022 to March quarter 2023:

jobs filled by males increased for both full-time (32.6%) and part-time (35.8%)
jobs filled by females increased for both full-time (45.2%) and part-time jobs (21.3%)

Changes in this issue

Data previously published for rail transport is now included in air, water and other transport.

The term ‘status in employment’ has been changed to full-time and part-time employment to be consistent with Labour Force, Australia.

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Related release

Australian National Accounts: Tourism Satellite Account (previously used cat. no. 5249.0)

The 2021-22 issue of Australian National Accounts: Tourism Satellite Account was released on 8 December 2022. 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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Filled jobs

Tourism industry

Full-time and part-time employment

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Sex by full-time and part-time employment

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