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QUEENSLAND KEY STATISTICS (Data released after 13 July 2006 are not included.)

Tables updated:
Table 3
Table 4
Table 8
Table 9
Table 11
Table 12
Movements in seasonally adjusted labour force

This page contains the following selected tables on key economic and social indicators for the Queensland economy.

Population and Vitals
Table 1 - Population
Table 2 - Estimated Resident Population (ERP)
Employment and Unemployment
Table 3 - Civilian Labour Force Status
Table 4 - Labour Force - Employees by Industry
Wages and Prices
Table 5 - Average Weekly Earnings of Employees
Table 6 - Consumer Price Index
Building
Table 7 - Building Activity
Table 8 - Building Approvals
Finance
Table 9 - Housing Finance
Trade
Table 10 - Value of Interstate Exports and Imports
Table 11 - Retail Trade - Turnover and Industry
Tourism
Table 12 - Licensed Hotels, Motels, Guest Houses and Serviced Apartments

Click here for an explanation of seasonally adjusted and trend data. For further information, email the time series analysis section of the ABS timeseries@abs.gov.au.

POPULATION AND VITALS

					Net migration				Increase during period
Period		Estimated resident population '000	Natural increase(a) '000		Interstate(b) '000	Overseas(c) '000	Total '000		Number '000	Proportion(d) %
2004
	Dec qtr	3,926.2	7.1		8.8	4.6	13.5		20.6	0.5
2005
	Sep qtr	3,980.8	6.3		6.1	4.4	10.5		16.8	0.4
	Dec qtr	4,001.0	(e)7.6		7.8	4.8	12.6		(e)20.2	(e)0.5
(a) Excess of births over deaths. (b) Estimates for interstate migration have been derived from the latest census data on interstate movement in the preceding one year and unidentified information on interstate changes of address advised to Medicare Australia in the process of administering Medicare. (c) See Technical Note Measuring Net Overseas Migration in the 3101.0 link below. (d) The increase during the period expressed as a proportion of the population at the beginning of the period. (e) Births and deaths data for the December quarter 2005 have been adjusted. Any data used for analysis from births, deaths, natural increase or population growth for the December quarter 2005 should be used with caution. For further detail see paragraphs 8-14 of the Explanatory Notes of Australian Demographic Statistics, December quarter 2005 (cat. no. 3101.0). Source: Australian Demographic Statistics (cat. no. 3101.0).

	2000	2004r	2005p	Change 2000-05(b)	Change 2004-05
Statistical Division	'000	'000	'000	%	%
Brisbane	1,619.3	1,777.7	1,810.9	2.3	1.9
Moreton	702.0	798.9	819.0	3.1	2.5
Wide Bay-Burnett	233.3	250.9	257.0	2.0	2.4
Darling Downs	207.4	218.8	222.5	1.4	1.7
South West	26.7	27.0	26.9	0.2	-0.2
Fitzroy	180.4	188.2	189.8	1.0	0.9
Central West	12.5	12.3	12.2	-0.5	-0.7
Mackay	136.3	143.9	147.4	1.6	2.4
Northern	187.3	201.2	205.6	1.9	2.2
Far North	222.2	235.2	238.5	1.4	1.4
North West	34.1	34.0	34.2	0.1	0.6
Queensland(c)	3,561.5	3,888.1	3,964.0	2.2	2.0
(a) Estimates use the 2005 edition of the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) (cat. no. 1216.0). Estimates for 2000 are final, based on results of the 2001 Census of Population and Housing, while those for 2004 are revised estimates and 2005 estimates are preliminary. (b) Average annual growth rate. (c) Including Off-Shore Areas and Migratory. Source: Regional Population Growth, Australia and New Zealand (cat. no. 3218.0).

		Employed				Unemployed			Total labour force
		Full-time	Part-time	Total		Number	Unemploy- ment rate		Number	Partici- pation rate	Not in labour force	Civilian population aged 15 years and over
Period		’000	’000	’000		’000	%		’000	%	’000	’000
ORIGINAL DATA
2005
	Jun	1,424.0	566.1	1,990.1		97.5	4.7		2,087.6	66.4	1,054.8	3,142.3
2006
	May	1,452.6	570.7	2,023.3		103.7	4.9		2,127.0	66.3	1,080.5	3,207.4
	Jun	1,464.4	575.3	2,039.7		98.6	4.6		2,138.4	66.6	1,074.6	3,212.9
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(c)
2005
	Jun	1,440.1	na	1,989.4		97.4	4.7		2,086.8	66.4	na	na
2006
	May	1,462.7	na	2,022.8		105.2	4.9		2,128.0	66.3	na	na
	Jun	1,481.2	na	2,039.2		98.4	4.6		2,137.6	66.5	na	na
TREND ESTIMATES(c)
2005
	Jun	1,433.2	na	1,990.9		103.8	5.0		2,094.7	66.7	na	na
2006
	May	1,458.3	na	2,023.2		102.3	4.8		2,125.5	66.3	na	na
	Jun	1,467.3	na	2,029.9		100.4	4.7		2,130.3	66.3	na	na
na not available (a) From February 2004, labour force estimates have been compiled using benchmarks based on results of the 2001 Census of Population and Housing. (b) See Sampling errors in Labour Force Survey in Key Statistics Explanatory Notes below. (c) Revisions in Seasonally Adjusted and Trend estimates are explained in the section 'Seasonal Adjustment and Trend Estimation' in the Explanatory Notes of Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0). For further information on changes to ABS labour force products see the following paper: Information Paper: Changes to Labour Force Survey Products (cat. no. 6297.0). Source: Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0).

	May 2005	February 2006	May 2006
Industry division	’000	’000	’000
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing	34.1	34.4	38.2
Mining	26.0	35.4	37.7
Manufacturing	166.5	169.4	177.8
Electricity, gas and water	13.8	18.5	18.5
Construction	130.3	138.6	138.7
Wholesale trade	74.9	74.1	72.2
Retail trade	297.6	281.6	283.6
Accommodation, cafes and restaurants	106.5	98.3	94.5
Transport and storage	82.4	87.8	92.4
Communication services	29.0	22.7	21.3
Finance and insurance	47.5	47.4	53.2
Property and business services	177.8	185.9	194.2
Government administration and defence	95.7	92.6	106.5
Education	139.7	140.0	142.4
Health and community services	167.4	183.4	190.7
Cultural and recreational services	43.4	42.6	41.4
Personal and other services	58.0	67.7	66.0
Total all industries(b)	1,690.7	1,720.5	1,769.6
(a) Estimates have been revised using updated population benchmarks and incorporating a minor change to the definition of unemployed persons. Detail of these changes can be found in the following article; Australia's Labour Market Statistics, April 2004, Feature Article - Technical Report: Improvements to Labour Force Estimates (cat. no. 6105.0). (b) Estimates have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals. Source: Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - Electronic Delivery, Quarterly (cat. no. 6291.0.55.003).

		Males				Females				Persons
		Full- time adult ordinary time earnings	Full- time adult total earnings	All employees total earnings		Full- time adult ordinary time earnings	Full- time adult total earnings	All employees total earnings		Full- time adult ordinary time earnings	Full- time adult total earnings	All employees total earnings
Period		$	$	$		$	$	$		$	$	$
2005
	Feb	982.10	1,049.50	863.40		837.40	850.50	588.10		928.70	975.50	732.60
	Nov	1,014.50	1,079.40	898.90		865.10	879.40	598.80		960.30	1,005.70	752.50
2006
	Feb	1,019.40	1,087.10	912.40		868.10	882.90	600.80		966.70	1,011.60	759.90
Source: Average Weekly Earnings, Australia (cat. no. 6302.0).
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Period		Food	Alcohol and tobacco	Clothing and footwear	Housing	Household contents and services(b)	Health	Transportation
2005
	Mar qtr	157.5	222.7	102.1	135.7	123.3	209.1	144.3
	Dec qtr	160.8	227.8	104.6	139.7	124.8	207.5	151.4
2006
	Mar qtr	164.7	230.1	98.9	140.6	124.5	219.7	153.3
Period		Communication	Recreation	Education	Financial and insurance services(c)	All groups	All groups % change from previous quarter	All groups % change from same quarter previous year
2005
	Mar qtr	115.1	128.1	265.8	na	149.2	0.8	2.6
	Dec qtr	112.4	127.6	266.7	100.9	152.1	0.8	2.8
2006
	Mar qtr	112.9	128.7	279.5	100.4	153.5	0.9	2.9
na not available (a) Unless otherwise specified, base of each index: 1989-90 = 100.0. (b) Series renamed and change to composition (linked to 14th series equivalent), see Appendix 2 of Consumer Price Index, September quarter 2005 (cat. no. 6401.0). (c) Base: June quarter 2005 = 100.0. Note: Analytical Living Cost Indexes for Selected Australian Household Types are compiled once a year after each June quarter release of this publication. The latest update of these series, to June quarter 2003, was released in the September 2004 issue of the Australian Economic Indicators (cat. no. 1350.0). A link to this article can be found in Related Links on the ABS CPI web site page. Source: Consumer Price Index, Australia (cat. no. 6401.0).

		Dwellings completed(d)				Value of building work completed
		New houses	New other residential buildings	Total(e)		New houses	New other residential buildings	Non- residential building	Total(f)	Value of work done in period(g)
Period		no.	no.	no.		$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
2004
	Dec qtr	6,714	2,941	9,663		1,353.1	568.9	995.5	3,167.1	3,362.9
2005
	Sep qtr	6,222	3,452	9,694		1,330.4	847.5	1,004.2	3,466.7	3,719.4
	Dec qtr	6,912	3,332	10,270		1,464.2	716.9	1,085.0	3,557.5	3,789.6
(a) The scope of building activity includes all new residential buildings; alterations and additions to residential buildings with an approval value of $10,000 and over; and non-residential building (including alterations and additions to existing buildings) with an approval value of $50,000 and over. (b) Data are inclusive of non-deductible GST payable on residential buildings. See paragraphs under 'GST on Building Activity' at bottom of page. (c) Some data items have been revised. For further information, see notes in the latest issue of Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0). (d) Including alterations, additions and conversions. (e) Including dwellings created as a result of alterations and additions. (f) Including alterations and additions (valued at $10,000 and over) to residential buildings, which are not shown in the foregoing columns. (g) Including building work that is uncompleted during the period. Source: Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0).

		Dwelling units in new residential buildings				Value of all residential buildings				Value of all non-residential buildings
		Private sector	Public sector	Total		Private sector	Public sector	Total		Total
Period		no.	no.	no.		$m	$m	$m		$m
2005
	May	4,066	64	4,130		973.0	14.2	987.2		387.1
2006
	Apr	2,291	59	2,350		567.4	15.5	582.8		311.6
	May	3,332	39	3,371		807.3	7.6	815.0		679.6
(a) The scope of building approvals includes all approved new residential building jobs valued at $10,000 or more; all approved non-residential building jobs valued at $50,000 or more; and approved alterations and additions valued at $10,000 or more to residential buildings. (b) Revisions to previously published statistics are included in the table. Source: Building Approvals, Australia (cat. no. 8731.0).

		By purpose						By type of buyer
								First home buyers			Non-first home buyers(d)
		For con- struction	For purchase of newly erected dwellings	For purchase of established dwellings(d)	Total	For refinancing of established dwellings		Number of dwellings financed	Average borrowing size		Number of dwellings financed	Average borrowing size
Period		No.	no.	no.	no.	no.		no.	$’000		no.	$’000
2005
	May	1,031	453	10,460	11,944	3,844		1,690	202.9		10,254	211.9
2006
	Apr	890	488	10,102	11,480	3,266		2,157	213.9		9,323	223.2
	May	1,141	548	12,798	14,487	4,277		2,638	215.3		11,849	218.7
(a) Excluding alterations and additions. (b) Seasonal effects and non-seasonal volatility can cause fluctuations in data. Seasonally adjusted and trend figures can be used to take these fluctuations into account and are available on request. (c) Revisions to previously published statistics are included in the table. (d) Including refinancing. Source: Housing Finance, Australia (cat. no. 5609.0).

		Total exports	Change from previous period	Change from same qtr previous year	Total imports	Change from previous period	Change from same qtr previous year
Period		$'000	%	%	$'000	%	%
2005
	Mar qtr	2,090,807	-11.0	4.1	5,333,358	-18.4	-1.6
	Dec qtr	2,585,849	10.0	10.1	5,688,532	1.2	-12.9
2006
	Mar qtr	2,180,087	-15.7	4.3	5,383,449	-5.4	0.9
(a) Interstate exports and imports are compiled using a classification based on the Standard International Trade Classification (Revision 3). (b) In compiling the estimates of Interstate Trade for OESR, the ABS uses a partial coverage census based on businesses with more than $400,000 of interstate trade. This collection is now under review due to frame and coverage issues. New businesses are not well represented, so the estimates are likely to be understated. The estimates are prepared for use in the compilation of Treasury’s State Accounts and users should exercise strong caution in their independent use. Source: Queensland Treasury, Office of Economic and Statistical Research (OESR).

		Food retailing	Department stores	Clothing & soft goods retailing	Household goods retailing	Recreational goods retailing	Other retailing	Hospitality & services	Total
Period		$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
2005
	May	1,272.6	217.2	229.3	434.8	^155.0	328.8	546.6	3,184.3
2006
	Apr	1,375.2	226.2	227.6	438.7	^142.4	339.2	622.0	3,371.2
	May	1,379.3	225.1	244.7	485.8	^138.3	372.3	602.3	3,447.9
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution (a) See paragraph 5 of the explanatory notes in Retail Trade, Australia (cat. no. 8501.0). (b) Seasonal effects and non-seasonal volatility can cause fluctuations in data. Seasonally adjusted and trend figures can be used to take these fluctuations into account and are available in Retail Trade, Australia (cat. no. 8501.0). Source: Retail Trade, Australia (cat. no. 8501.0).

		Establish -ments	Guest rooms	Bed spaces	Room nights occupied	Room occupancy rate(b)	Guest nights	Bed occupancy rate	Guest arrivals	Takings from accomm- odation(b)
Period		no.	no.	no.	'000	%	'000	%	'000	$'000
2005
	Mar qtr	1,058	56,610	173,322	3,139.5	62.0	6,464.7	41.6	2,288.1	386,039
	Dec qtr	1,069	57,127	175,723	3,556.9	67.8	7,128.6	44.2	2,602.3	461,511
2006
	Mar qtr	1,073	56,843	176,667	3,262.2	63.8	6,480.7	40.8	2,344.1	418,231
(a) Comprising establishments with 15 or more rooms or units. (b) Seasonally adjusted and trend figures are available for room occupancy rates and takings from accommodation in the data cube; Tourist Accommodation, Small Area Data, Queensland (cat. no. 8635.3.55.001). Source: Tourist Accommodation, Australia (cat. no. 8635.0).

	Monthly change		95% Confidence interval
Total employment	16,400		39,800	to	-7,000
Total unemployment	-6,800		5,600	to	-19,200
Unemployment rate	-0.3		0.3	to	-0.9
Participation rate	0.2		1.0	to	-0.6