8635.0 - Tourist Accommodation, Australia, Mar 2010 
Quality Declaration
Quality Declaration ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 30/06/2010
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MARCH KEY POINTS ACCOMMODATION TAKINGS
ROOM OCCUPANCY RATE
NOTES FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ABOUT THIS ISSUE This issue presents results from the March quarter 2010 Survey of Tourist Accommodation (STA) for the following categories of establishments:
FORTHCOMING ISSUE CHANGES The scope of the quarterly STA will be reduced from the September quarter 2010. The revised scope will cover hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms, consistent with the scope of the quarterly STA prior to the March quarter 2005. The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (RET) has funded the expansion of the scope of the STA from the March quarter 2005 to the June quarter 2010. This funding will not be continued from the September quarter 2010, resulting in the following categories of establishments being excluded from the September quarter 2010 issue of this publication onwards:
For further information, refer to the Information Paper: Future Changes to Tourist Accommodation, Australia, May 2010 (cat. no. 8635.0.55.003). INQUIRIES For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070. SUMMARY COMMENTARY ORIGINAL Hotels, motels and serviced apartments This summary contains key findings for original estimates. While trend and seasonally adjusted data are only available for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms, original estimates have two additional data series comprising hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 5 to 14 rooms and 5 or more rooms. 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 March quarter 2010, accommodation takings were $2,053.2 million for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 5 or more rooms, comprising $1,974.0 million for those establishments with 15 or more rooms and $79.3 million for those with 5 to 14 rooms. Accommodation takings in March quarter 2010 for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms were highest in New South Wales ($661.8 million) and Queensland ($464.4million). For Australia, the March quarter 2010 average takings per room night occupied were $151.41 for establishments with 5 or more rooms. This was heavily influenced by hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms which contributed 96.1% of total takings, and had an average takings per room night occupied of $153.73. The average for 5 to 14 room establishments was $110.05. Room occupancy rate The room occupancy rate for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 5 or more rooms was 62.2% in the March quarter 2010. For hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms, the room occupancy rate was 63.4%, while demand for 5 to 14 room hotels, motels and serviced apartments was lower, as reflected by a room occupancy rate of 46.2%. Room nights occupied Room nights occupied were 13.6 million in the March quarter 2010 for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 5 or more rooms. For hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms, room nights occupied were 12.8 million in March quarter 2010, while for establishments with 5 to 14 rooms, room nights occupied were 0.7 million. New South Wales contributed the highest proportion (32.6%) of room nights occupied for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms, closely followed by Queensland at 24.7%. Average length of stay The average length of stay in March quarter 2010 for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 5 or more rooms was 2.3 days. For establishments with 5 to 14 rooms, the average length of stay has remained at 1.9 days. Queensland (2.7 days) reported the longest average length of stay for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms, followed by Western Australia (2.5 days). Tasmania had the shortest average length of stay being 2.0 days. Star grading In the March quarter 2010, the room occupancy rate for five-star hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 5 or more rooms was 75.0% compared with 25.6% for one-star establishments. For hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms, the room occupancy rate was 75.3% for five-star establishments compared with 46.5% for five-star establishments with 5 to 14 rooms. In the 5-14 rooms category, room occupancy rates in the March quarter 2010, three-star establishments had the highest rate with 50.5% and one-star establishments had the lowest at 32.2%. In the March quarter 2010, the average takings per room night occupied for five-star hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 5 or more rooms was $236.70 compared with $72.08 for establishments with one star. The corresponding March quarter 2010 average takings for establishments with 15 or more rooms was $236.52 for five-star establishments and $75.22 for one-star establishments. In comparison, establishments with 5 to 14 rooms had the highest average takings per room night occupied for five-star establishments ($272.51), but lowest average takings per room night occupied for one-star establishments ($67.01). Caravan parks, holiday flats, units and houses, and visitor hostels Accommodation takings In the March quarter 2010, accommodation takings for caravan parks were $299.5 million. Of this, New South Wales contributed the highest amount with $112.2 million or 37.5% of the Australian total for the quarter. Short-term caravan park takings were $252.9 million in the March quarter 2010, 84.5% of total caravan park takings. Accommodation takings for holiday flats, units and houses were $175.2 million in the March quarter 2010. Real estate takings accounted for 30.9% of total holiday flats, units and houses takings, the remainder were for other letting entities. For visitor hostels, accommodation takings were $65.2 million in the March quarter 2010. Occupancy rate The site occupancy rate for all caravan parks in the March quarter 2010 was 54.9%. Short-term caravan park occupancy rate was 51.9% and long-term caravan park occupancy rate was 75.8%. For holiday flats, units and houses, the unit occupancy rate was 48.7% in the March quarter 2010. The bed occupancy rate for visitor hostels in Australia in the March quarter 2010 was 56.9%. New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia had the highest bed occupancy rates for the December quarter with 69.1%, 60.1% and 53.9% respectively. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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