PUBS, TAVERNS AND BARS
PURPOSE
To collect economic data on businesses in the pubs, taverns and bars industry in Australia.
DESCRIPTION
The survey, covering employing business in ANZSIC Class 5720 Pubs, Taverns and Bars is conducted every three years as part of Service Industries Surveys. ANZSIC Class 5720 Pubs, Taverns and Bars consists of businesses (except licensed clubs) mainly engaged in selling alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. Data are collected by mail-out questionnaire sent to a sample of employing businesses classified to that ANZSIC class in the ABS business register. The reference period for the survey is the financial year ending immediately prior to the despatch of questionnaires.
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
Australia
FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION
Every three years.
DATA ITEMS
Number of businesses
The number of businesses mainly engaged in providing pub, tavern and bar services as at the end of the reference period.
Employment
Employment may be categorised by:
Working proprietors and partners
Permanent full-time employees
Permanent part-time employees
Casual employees
Sex of employed person
Main occupation of employees
Managers and administrative staff
Bar staff and bar managers
Catering staff
Gaming/cashier staff
Other
Income items
The items which make up the income of pubs, taverns and bars include:
Sales of liquor and other beverages for consumption on the premises
Sales of liquor and other beverages for consumption off the premises
Net takings from poker/gaming machines
Commission/venue share from poker/gaming machines
Commissions from Keno
Commissions from TAB
Takings from meals and food sales
Takings from accommodation
Expenditure items
The items which make up the expenses of pubs, taverns and bars include:
Labour costs (e.g. wages and salaries; employer contributions to superannuation funds; worker's compensation costs)
Poker/gaming machine and other gambling taxes/levies
Repair and maintenance expenses
Rent, leasing and hiring expenses
Purchases of liquor and other beverages for resale
Business characteristics
Number of premises
With gambling facilities
Without gambling facilities
Operating profit before tax
Operating profit margin
Selected performance ratios
Type of gambling facilities
The number of premises with the following types of gambling facilities:
Poker or gaming machines
Keno
TAB betting facilities
Number of poker/gaming machines
Records the number of poker or gaming machines in use at the end of the reference period.
Business size
The size of the business in terms of its number of employees during the last pay period of the reference year. This can be grouped into ranges such as:
0-9 persons
10-19
20-99
100 or more
Geographic area
Australia, States and Territories
HISTORICAL DATA
Data have been collected in respect of 1991-92, 1994-95, 1997-98, 2000-01 and 2004-05.
DISSEMINATION
Publications
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Clubs, Pubs, Taverns and Bars, Australia, Cat. no. 8687.0, ABS, Canberra. Price $26.00. Released every three years.
Australian Bureau of Statistics 1994, Hospitality Industries, Australia, 1991-92, Cat. no. 8674.0, ABS, Canberra. Price $25.00.
Other
National Sport and Recreation Industry Database and Directory (NSRIDD).
CONTACT
In the first instance, refer to To obtain data or further information in the Introduction to this directory.
Manager
Service Industry Surveys
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Locked Bag 10
BELCONNEN ACT 2616
Telephone: Canberra 02 6252 5633
Facsimile: Canberra 02 6252 5249
Email: client.services@abs.gov.au
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