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NAME OF COLLECTION

Accommodation Industry Survey


Contact

Manager
Service Industry Surveys
Australian Bureau of Statistics
GPO Box 9817
BRISBANE Qld 4001
Telephone (07) 3222 6351
Facsimile (07) 3222 6283
Email: client.services@abs.gov.au
Internet: www.abs.gov.au

Purpose

To provide information on the characteristics of the Accommodation Industry in Australia.

Description

Data were collected from a survey of the Accommodation Industry in 1979-80, 1986-87, 1991-92, 1995-96 and 1997-98 (ANZSIC 5710) as part of the former Hospitality Industry Survey. This ANZSIC class comprises those businesses predominantly engaged in the provision of short-term accommodation in hotels, motels, serviced apartments. flats/units, guest houses and youth hostels and of both short-and long-term accommodation in caravan parks,camping grounds and student residences (excludes boarding schools.

The collection was conducted by mail-out questionnaire.

Data detail

• Number of businesses
• Business size
• Characteristics of employment
• items of expenditure
• sources of income
• State and Territory comparisons.
• Performance ratios
• Profitability of accommodation establishments.

Geographic Coverage

Australia, States and Territories

Frequency of data availability

Irregular

Historical data

1979-80, 1986-87, 1991-92, 1995-96 from the former Hospitality Industry Survey. 1997-98

Products and services available

Publications

Accommodation Industry, Australia (cat. no. 8695.0)

Other

Special data service available upon request.