JUNE KEY FIGURES

Accommodation with 15 rooms or more		Mar Qtr 12	Jun Qtr 12	Mar Qtr 12 to Jun Qtr 12	Jun Qtr 11 to Jun Qtr 12
Trend
	Takings from accommodation ($m)	2 216.4	2 247.6	1.4 %	5.9 %
	Room occupancy rate (%)	66.0	66.2	0.2 pts	1.0 pts
Seasonally Adjusted
	Takings from accommodation ($m)	2 230.1	2 241.8	0.5 %	4.3 %
	Room occupancy rate (%)	66.1	66.2	0.1 pts	0.3 pts
Note: Hotels, Motels and Serviced Apartments with 15 or more rooms

Accommodation Takings, Australia Source(s): Tourist Accommodation, Australia

Room Occupancy Rate, Australia Source(s): Tourist Accommodation, Australia

JUNE KEY POINTS


ACCOMMODATION TAKINGS

• In the June quarter 2012, the trend estimate of total accommodation takings for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms increased by 1.4% to $2247.6 million compared with the March quarter 2012.
• Over the same period, the seasonally adjusted estimate increased by 0.5% to $2241.8 million.

ROOM OCCUPANCY RATE

• The June quarter 2012 trend estimate room occupancy rate of 66.2% for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms was 0.2 percentage points higher than the previous quarter.
• Over the same period, the seasonally adjusted estimate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 66.2%.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
September 2012 December 2012	4 January 2013 28 March 2013

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This issue presents results from the June quarter 2011 Survey of Tourist Accommodation (STA) for the following categories of establishments:

• hotels and resorts with 15 or more rooms
• motels, private hotels and guest houses with 15 or more rooms
• serviced apartments with 15 or more units

CHANGES TO THIS PUBLICATION

The PDF component of this product has been discontinued. Individual tables that were previously included in the PDF publication are available as a data cube on the Downloads page.


GEOGRAPHY CHANGES

The March quarter 2012 release of STA data was the first to incorporate the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) as the geographical framework for the collection. Detailed information on the transition of the STA to the ASGS and how the data is impacted by this change is contained in Information Paper: Future Changes to Tourist Accommodation, Australia (cat. no. 8635.0.55.003)

A summary of the main changes resulting from the move to ASGS are:

• Small area data is now produced at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), replacing Statistical Local Areas (SLA).
• Tourism Regions (TRs) will be constructed from allocations of SA2s and as a result will change. For some TRs, these changes are minimal.
• Data for Local Government Areas (LGAs) and Special area - Brisbane City Core will no longer be produced.

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SUMMARY COMMENTARY


ORIGINAL

Hotels, motels and serviced apartments

This summary contains key findings for original estimates. Original series are impacted by seasonal variations and irregular or non-seasonal influences. Comparison between quarters should be made with caution.

Accommodation takings

In the June quarter 2012, accommodation takings were $2065.5 million for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms.

Takings from accommodation, Hotels, motels and serviced apartments - Australia

Accommodation takings in the June quarter 2012 for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms were highest in New South Wales ($639.9 million) and Queensland ($519.3 million). Tasmania recorded the lowest takings for the period ($42.9 million).

For Australia, the June quarter 2012 average takings per room night occupied were $159.2 for establishments with 15 or more rooms. This was 3.5% higher than the June quarter 2011 ($153.8).

AVERAGE TAKINGS, (a) by type of establishment - Australia

Room occupancy rate

The room occupancy rate for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms was 63.1% in the June quarter 2012.

Traditionally, hotels have higher occupancy rates than motels or serviced apartments. Over the June 2012 quarter, hotels had an occupancy rate of 68.4% compared with 57.1% for motels and 64.0% for serviced apartments.

ROOM OCCUPANCY RATE, Australia

Four out of the eight states and territories experienced an increase in the occupancy rate of hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms between the June quarter 2011 and the June quarter 2012. Western Australia (68.6%) experienced the largest increase (2.2 percentage points). Over the same period, occupancy in the Australian Capital Territory (68.8%) decreased by 4.5 percentage points.

Room nights Occupied

Room nights occupied were 13.0 million in the June quarter 2012 for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms.

New South Wales contributed the largest proportion (30.8%) of room nights occupied for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms, followed by Queensland (26.6%).

Average Length of Stay

The average length of stay over the June quarter 2012 for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms was 2.3 days. Queensland reported the longest average length of stay (2.6 days) followed by Western Australia (2.5 days) and the Northern Territory (2.3 days). New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania had the shortest average length of stay (2.0 days).